The Magpie Mason

The Magpie Mason is an obscure journalist in the Craft who writes, with occasional flashes of superficial cleverness, about Freemasonry’s current events and history; literature and art; philosophy and pipe smoking. He is a Past Master of both The American Lodge of Research in New York City and of New Jersey Lodge of Masonic Research and Education 1786; and also is at labor in Virginia’s Civil War Lodge of Research 1865. He is a past president of the lamented Masonic Society as well.

Thursday, May 11, 2017

‘Living in the Know’

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      I always recommend the School of Practical Philosophy for both its coursework and its special lectures, and, if you don’t believe me,...
Friday, May 5, 2017

‘Celebrate 15 years of OHNY at Masonic Hall’

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      Open House New York is an annual city-wide event in which hundreds of landmarks and other notable properties are made open to th...
Tuesday, May 2, 2017

‘The wise man knows himself to be a fool’

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      “The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.” Touchstone in As You Like It William Shakespeare 1...
Monday, May 1, 2017

‘Piers Vaughan at the Valley’

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      The flier says it all, but take note of the “open to Master Masons” part. Click to enlarge.      

‘Traveling Man Bluegrass Festival next month’

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      The lodges of the Ninth Manhattan District will be back at German Masonic Park to host its Sixth Annual Traveling Man Bluegrass Fes...
Sunday, April 30, 2017

‘Moments of Vision’

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      Magpie file photo Eighteenth century French engraving depicting First Degree ritual on display at the Livingston Library in Mas...
Saturday, April 29, 2017

‘Assorted Saturday stuff’

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      Here are a few things worth reading, if you’re not outdoors enjoying this beautiful spring day. Courtesy GLNY Ms. Catherine Wal...
Wednesday, April 26, 2017

‘Freemasonry in Cuba’

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      There’s no escaping this on social media today. Definitely stay for the Festive Board, but you must buy tickets in advance. Clic...

‘Gurdjieff sacred dances to return to New York’

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      And now for something completely different: Gurdjieff Movements will be staged in New York City for the first time in a long time. Fr...

‘Jolly good show’

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      Inside the Freemasons , the Sky TV five-part documentary series being presented to television viewers in Britain on Monday nights, is...
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Tuesday, April 25, 2017

‘Live deep and suck out the marrow of life’

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      July 12 will bring the 200th anniversary of the birth of Henry David Thoreau, a seminal figure, to say the least, in American letters...
Sunday, April 23, 2017

‘Parallel Universes and Eternal Life’

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      Maryland Masonic Research Society will meet in a few weeks for another luncheon-lecture that makes me wish I didn’t live so far away...
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Saturday, April 22, 2017

‘Book report: titles coming this fall’

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      Inner Traditions/Bear & Co. , “one of the largest and oldest publishing houses in the world devoted exclusively to the subjects o...
Friday, April 21, 2017

‘Next Friday: seems like old times’

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      It’s that time of year. Already. On April 30, 1789, Bro. George Washington, America’s most famous Freemason—a title he retains to t...
Tuesday, April 18, 2017

‘In Thy light shall we see light’

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      The title of this edition of The Magpie Mason derives from Psalm 36, and it is the motto of Columbia University, the elder of the ...
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