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.

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

‘Patrick Craddock in New York’

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      The President of The Masonic Society, the most powerful man in the free world, will come to New York next week on a speaking engageme...
Saturday, February 17, 2018

‘Masonic philatelists to meet’

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      It seems like I’m writing only about Virginia these days, but here’s one more event. The George Washington Masonic Stamp Club will m...
Friday, February 16, 2018

‘Freemasons in the Transatlantic World’

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      I learned a new term today! “Atlantic History.” If I understand it correctly, it is the study of how Europe, Africa, and the Americas...
Thursday, February 15, 2018

‘Spiritual Laws study day’

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      The living Heaven thy prayers respect,  House at once and architect, Quarrying man’s rejected hours, Builds t...

‘Masonic research at Manassas’

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      The next meeting of Civil War Lodge of Research 1865 is taking shape. The lodge announced yesterday that it will meet at the Manassa...
Wednesday, February 14, 2018

‘Chuck Dunning at A-W 22’

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      Historic Alexandria-Washington Lodge 22 at the George Washington Masonic National Memorial in Virginia will host Bro. Chuck Dunning n...

‘Masonic Knowledge on March 17’

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      Don’t forget the Pennsylvania Academy of Masonic Knowledge next month. I’m going. Ric Berman and Adam Kendall will be the presenters ...
Monday, February 12, 2018

‘Muses Threnodie discussion next month’

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      I’d love to get to these meetings, but they’re just too far away, but maybe you can attend. The Maryland Masonic Research Society ’s ...
Sunday, February 11, 2018

‘A great night for The Masonic Society’

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      A great annual meeting and banquet this evening in Arlington, Virginia at Masonic Week. Good food, fine fellowship, and an...
Thursday, February 8, 2018

‘Washington’s birthday at DeWint House’

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      Magpie file photo DeWint House in Tappan, New York. DeWint House, the George Washington historic site in Tappan that is owned ...
Wednesday, February 7, 2018

‘Freemasons and presidential funerals’

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      The lecture series at the Chancellor Robert R. Livingston Masonic Library of the Grand Lodge of New York will continue in two weeks ...
Monday, February 5, 2018

‘Philosophies of freedom’

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      I haven’t posted in a while, and since registration for this event just opened, I might as well resume with this news from the Scho...
Saturday, January 6, 2018

‘The Masonic Society at Masonic Week’

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      It’s official: The keynote speaker at The Masonic Society’s banquet at Masonic Week next month will be Bro. Eric Diamond of Chicago! ...
Friday, January 5, 2018

‘Portuguese Masonic lodge to gain a sister in New York’

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      Grand Lodge aims to launch a third lodge in the near future, and is seeking brethren to affiliate with it. In addition to the two ...
Tuesday, January 2, 2018

‘La musique de Brel le samedi’

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      I appreciate lodges that bring some culture into Freemasonry. I’m sorry to say I won’t be able to attend this performance, but maybe ...
Sunday, December 31, 2017

‘The Times (London): Mafia’s enthusiastic participation in Freemasonry’

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      Freemasons in the United States, and probably the rest of the English-speaking Masonic world also, have an enormous blind spot when i...
Wednesday, December 20, 2017

‘Grant Wood’s Masonic painting in Whitney retrospective’

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      Of course the Whitney’s upcoming Grant Wood show will feature the artist’s Masonic masterpiece. It’s the Whitney. The Whitney Museu...
Tuesday, December 19, 2017

‘The Magic of the Kybalion’

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      Always happy to promote a Mitch Horowitz speaking engagement, so here is one in three weeks in Manhattan. From the publicity: Th...
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