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, March 3, 2020

‘Morris receives Washington Award’

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      Courtesy Mark Tabbert Jeff Webb, left, president of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association, presents Morr...
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Monday, March 2, 2020

‘Masonic March Madness’

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      Don’t miss these local and nearby events! Saturday, March 7 – Maryland Masonic Research Society to meet at Mount Hermo...
Sunday, March 1, 2020

‘Call for papers: Islamic Esotericism’

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      You have two months to answer the call for papers of this year’s European Network for the Study of Islam and Esotericism. (I didn’t k...
Sunday, February 23, 2020

‘Handel’s temple of sound on Mott Street’

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      Almighty pow’r, who rul’st the earth and skies, And bade gay order from confusion rise; Whose gracious hand reliev’d Thy slave dist...
Sunday, February 16, 2020

‘Sign of Distress from the Stamp Club?’

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      Following the demise four years ago of New York Masonic Stamp Club , the last vestige of Masonic philatelic fraternalism in the Uni...
Wednesday, February 12, 2020

‘White House said to be drafting architecture executive order’

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      Courtesy Khan Academy By Operative Masonry, we allude to a proper application of the useful rules of architecture, whence a st...
Sunday, February 9, 2020

‘Masonic sights at the NRA museum’

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      So I took Saturday off from Masonic Week to catch up with an old friend who relocated to Virginia recently, and we headed to the ...
Saturday, February 8, 2020

‘Hail to the Great Chief’

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      I am not allowed to divulge his name nor reveal his face, but an old friend became Great Chief of the Grand Council of Knight Mason...
Friday, February 7, 2020

‘¡Viva El Presidente!’

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      (With apologies to Ben Elton and Woody Allen.) Courtesy BBC Brotherens, por favor , when next we meet, I would appreciate be...
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‘Mount Vernon to display one of his aprons’

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      One of Bro. George Washington’s Masonic aprons will go on display at Mount Vernon again later this month. Don’t be fooled into thin...
Thursday, February 6, 2020

‘Freemasonry and the Visual Arts’

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      “Freemasonry is a beautiful system of morality, veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols….” That snippet of ritual language...
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