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.

Saturday, September 15, 2018

‘New book: Mayan Masonry’

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      Bro. Richard Cassaro of George Washington Lodge 285 has a new book coming next week. From the publicity: Mayan Masonry: Were the a...

‘Lao Tze and how the universe is governed’

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      The School of Practical Philosophy teaches Western Thought, but it does have a yen for Eastern philosophies. Registration opens Monda...

‘Discovering Greece and Rome in Gotham’

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      I really need to pay closer attention to the Institute of Classical Architecture and Art. Located just a mile north of Masonic Hall, ...

‘Need help identifying this pin’s origins’

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      There is no prize for the correct answer, but maybe someone can help MW Simon LaPlace track the origins of this pin. He was present...

‘Judaism lectures at Anthroposophy NYC’

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      The Anthroposophical Society of New York City will begin a ten-lecture stint on Judaism beginning next Wednesday. From the publicity:...

‘Inside the Freemasons debuts on Netflix’

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      Inside the Freemasons , Sky TV’s 2017 documentary about Masonic life in the United Grand Lodge of England, debuts on Netflix today...

‘Library lecture: The Missing Degree!’

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      This month’s lecture at the Chancellor Robert R. Livingston Masonic Library will bring Bro. Michael LaRocco to the lectern to discu...
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: ...
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