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.

Tuesday, July 31, 2018

‘Friday: The Feminine Divine’

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      Never before have I heard of an Eastern Star chapter hosting an event like this, so I cannot resist forwarding the news. On Friday, L...
Thursday, July 26, 2018

‘Natural Table translation is out’

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      Big news from the irrepressible Piers. He has translated this historic text, and has made it available to you. From the publicity: ...
Monday, July 23, 2018

‘If you want good friends, it gonna cost you’

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      American roots music spans a galaxy of styles and traditions, regions and generations. I practically used to live on the music of c...
Sunday, July 22, 2018

‘Remember, remember the Ninth of Av’

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      On this Jewish calendar date, the Ninth of Av, Nebuchadnezzar’s troops took Jerusalem and destroyed King Solomon’s Temple in the year...
Monday, July 9, 2018

‘Alleyne apron presentation’

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      Save the date: Saturday, September 22, at the Poughkeepsie Grand Hotel, for the Mid-Hudson District Grand Lodge Officers Apron Prese...
Saturday, July 7, 2018

‘Summer Stories series starts next week’

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      The School of Practical Philosophy’s “Summer Stories” series is near. If you’ve never attended a lecture or taken a course at the s...
Sunday, July 1, 2018

‘Masonry in the Age of Enlightenment’

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      If you were afraid of having nothing to do in the summertime, don’t worry, and get thee to Masonic Hall. On Saturday, July 14, a day ...
Saturday, June 30, 2018

‘Masonic researchers festive board’

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      I screwed up by not posting this a month ago, when I should have, but fortunately the secretary says there still are seats available—...
Monday, June 25, 2018

‘New Masons Reception: A worthwhile exercise’

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      A blog post today by the secretary of Covenant Lodge 4344 under the United Grand Lodge of England offers a great idea others might w...
Sunday, June 24, 2018

‘Thursday: Mystical Symbolism and Music’

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      The Fourth Manhattan District of the Grand Lodge of New York (my home district!) is the sponsor of the next lecture at the Livingston...
Wednesday, June 20, 2018

‘How can YOU be free?’

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      This class is selling out very quickly. If you are interested, act now. The School of Practical Philosophy will remain pretty busy...
Sunday, June 17, 2018

‘Square Club launches book club’

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      I floated the idea of starting a book club in my lodge a number of months ago, but it didn’t catch on, so I’m very happy to see the S...
Saturday, June 16, 2018

‘Sankey in September’

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      The 2018 Dr. Charles A. Sankey Lecture has been rescheduled for Sunday, September 9. Hosted by the History Department of Brock Un...
Friday, June 15, 2018

‘French Rite EA° on Tuesday’

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      Have you seen Garibaldi Lodge’s Italian-language Entered Apprentice Degree? You will have a chance to see the same ritual in its orig...
Sunday, June 3, 2018

‘Vernacular Universalism: Freemasonry in Haiti and Beyond’

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      Previous Magpie posts on Haiti have been getting a lot of traffic the past few weeks, so I went looking for reasons why—and found th...
Saturday, June 2, 2018

‘NJ LORE to meet next Saturday’

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      New Jersey Lodge of Masonic Research and Education 1786 will host its quarterly communication next Saturday with an interesting full ...
Friday, June 1, 2018

‘MRF Symposium plans announced’

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      I see the MRF website is up. Click here to start planning your trip. The Masonic Restoration Foundation’s Ninth Annual Symposi...

‘The 2019 Prestonian Lecturer will be…’

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      Congratulations to Bro. Michael Karn upon being tapped to serve as the United Grand Lodge of England’s Prestonian Lecturer for 2019! ...
Sunday, May 20, 2018

‘Freemasonry and Existentialism’

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      The Masonic Philosophical Society will have its hands full two Sundays from now, when the topic of discussion will ask “How does the ...

‘A Masonic view of Yale’s campus’

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      I don’t know about you, but the closest I’d ever get to Yale University would be as a tourist. Fortunately, the research lodge tha...
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