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.

Sunday, August 19, 2018

‘Be an almoner of God’s bounties’

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      Q: What is the seventh great Truth in Masonry? A: The immutable law of God requires, that besides respecting the absolute right...
Tuesday, August 14, 2018

‘Respect for the word’

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      I get the feeling there isn’t a book by Owen Barfield that isn’t thoroughly lovable for the way they smoothly hum with the electricit...
Saturday, August 11, 2018

‘Mytho-Hermetic Dictionary coming this fall’

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      It’s not due out for another two months, but Ouroboros Press is making a classic text available in its typical high style. First p...
Thursday, August 9, 2018

‘Garibaldi Lodge’s EAº in November’

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      It is hard to think of November during this August heat wave, but mark your calendars for Garibaldi Lodge 542 ’s Entered Apprentice D...
Tuesday, August 7, 2018

‘Cleveland Rocks’

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      I swore I’d never write about the fraudulent “Grand Orient of the USA” on The Magpie Mason , but its demise was so long ago I suppose...
Monday, August 6, 2018

‘Library lecture: Who is Liberty Lodge No. 7?’

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      This month’s lecture at the Chancellor Robert R. Livingston Library is scheduled for Thursday, August 30 at 6:30 p.m. From the public...
Sunday, August 5, 2018

‘Book club: The Sufis’

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      Idries Shah “Freemasonry has been upheld by distinguished people in many countries, reviled and persecuted, linked with politics...
Wednesday, August 1, 2018

‘UGLE extends membership to transgender people’

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The website of the United Grand Lodge of England is offline as this edition of The Magpie Mason goes to press, possibly because of crippli...
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—...
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