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 Worshipful Master of The American Lodge of Research in New York; is a Past Master 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.

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

‘Giorgio Gomelsky was a Freemason?!’

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      I first encountered the name Giorgio Gomelsky more than 35 years ago when, as a teenager, I was busy tracking down Yardbirds records,...
Monday, April 23, 2018

‘Practical Plato studies next month’

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      One of the most apt complements to Masonic studies that I can endorse is the School of Practical Philosophy’s regular course load, an...
Sunday, April 22, 2018

‘See Washington inaugurated amid a day of festivities’

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    It was on April 30, 1789 when George Washington was inaugurated president of these United States, and every year the Masonic brethren o...
Tuesday, April 17, 2018

‘The “decadent” order of architecture!’

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      The Institute of Classical Architecture & Art will offer a study on the Composite Order next month, with a look at the Solomonic ...
Sunday, April 15, 2018

‘Sankey Lecture postponed’

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      Thanks to the vicissitudes and inclemencies of this cold spring season, the Dr. Charles A. Sankey Lecture, that would have taken plac...
Tuesday, April 10, 2018

‘Bridegroom to present Spring 2018 Truman Lecture’

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      John Bridegroom I love seeing friends make the rounds on the national Masonic speaking circuit, so I’m happy to see the news of...
Monday, April 9, 2018

‘BOTA’s Vibratory Attunement on World Healing Day’

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      Builders of the Adytum, the group that postulates certain meanings in “Qabalah, Sacred Tarot, Spiritual Alchemy, and Esoteric Astrolo...
Sunday, April 8, 2018

‘Is Harry Potter a Freemason?’

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      Maryland Masonic Research Society’s meeting on May 5 will feature a presentation on themes and symbolism in the Harry Potter stories....
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Friday, April 6, 2018

‘Inklings celebration, Mythcon 49, coming to Atlanta’

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      Mythopoeic Society ’s 49th Mythcon will be hosted in Atlanta in three months. Titled “On the Shoulders of Giants,” there is a call fo...
Wednesday, April 4, 2018

‘Drama and music at Anthroposophy’

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      The Anthroposophical Society of New York City has a month of great programs for April, including these artistic evenings. That’s 138 ...
Tuesday, April 3, 2018

‘The Orphic Tradition and the Rosicrucian Manifestos’

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      The Chancellor Robert R. Livingston Masonic Library ’s April installment of its lecture series will bring Angel Millar back to the le...
Monday, April 2, 2018

‘MRF is headed to Santa Fe’

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      The Masonic Restoration Foundation’s Ninth Annual Symposium will be held in Santa Fe, New Mexico August 10 through 12. The host l...
Sunday, April 1, 2018

‘This week at the Rosicrucian Center’

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      Great events coming this week at the Rosicrucian Cultural Center in New York City (2303 Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard). From ...

‘Deceased on this date two centuries ago’

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      William Preston by Samuel Drummond William Preston died on this date in 1818. My friend Ben, the most prolific scholar in New J...

‘Masonic secrets coming to Netflix’

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      This is not an April Fools joke. Beginning in two weeks, Netflix will provide subscribers a look at Masonic secrets of recognition...
Thursday, March 29, 2018

‘Testament of Solomon the King’

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      Many years ago, I had the good luck to speak from the lectern at a statewide Allied Masonic Degrees event. While the title of my pres...

‘Esoteric Book Fair returns’

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      Esoteric Book Fair will be back in 2018! Details to come later in the spring, but note the dates September 15 and 16. It will take...
Tuesday, March 27, 2018

‘The professor’s reading list’

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      I meant to get to this yesterday, but let me send belated happy birthday wishes to the late Joseph Campbell, who would have turned 11...
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