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.

Monday, April 27, 2020

‘Hey, commission this artist to create lodge décor’

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      Tivoli II , statuary marble, 2014. Thirteen inches tall. Matthew Simmonds is an English artist, now based in Denmark, who sc...
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Sunday, April 26, 2020

‘PRS offerings online’

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      “Philosophy is of slight importance unless it is a source of strength in time of trouble; otherwise, higher intellectualism is only...
Saturday, April 25, 2020

‘Learn the secrets of master ritualists’

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      W. Bro. Anthony, Past Master of historic Mariners Lodge 67, will bring his Ritual Memorization Workshop to you via Zoom on Thursday n...

‘California streamin’: five upcoming talks’

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      Beginning Wednesday night, the Grand Lodge of California will offer five online lecture presentations , featuring world renowned s...
Friday, April 24, 2020

‘The Economist: Hand wash, not handshakes for Masons’

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      It’s so new it is dated April 25, but the new issue of The Economist features a story from the United Kingdom about Freemasons’ init...
Thursday, April 23, 2020

‘Moe & Moe present two Michaels’

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      Moe & Moe Productions (that’s Mohamad and Moises ) proudly present two online events starring two Michaels to help get us through...
Wednesday, April 22, 2020

‘Weird Fact Wednesday: Jack White’s newly upholstered bench’

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      All images courtesy Third Man Upholstery I’ve heard of “the furniture of the lodge,” but this is something else! Third Man ...
Tuesday, April 21, 2020

‘The Nine Lives of Benjamin Franklin’

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      Profs & Pints Online will present “The Nine Lives of Benjamin Franklin” with Richard Bell , associate professor of history at t...
Monday, April 20, 2020

‘Stamp Club to carry on’

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      Courtesy GWMSC The stamp club brethren chatting before the meeting in February. The George Washington Masonic Stamp Club live...
Saturday, April 18, 2020

‘Moises to deliver the Truman Lecture’

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      Missouri Lodge of Research’s Truman Lecture Series will continue as scheduled, but with this difference: It will be shown online. ...
Saturday, April 11, 2020

‘Free at last: The Journal of the Masonic Society!’

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      It was way back on March 17 when Parabola , one of my favorite magazines, made available for free a PDF of its “Alone & Togethe...
Thursday, April 9, 2020

‘Sketches from an Esoteric Notebook’

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      Bro. Julian Rees, the noted UGLE Freemason turned Droit Humain Freemason, offered the following thought, “to sustain us all in th...
Monday, April 6, 2020

‘Masonic Society Journal 48’

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       The cover of the Spring 2020 issue of The Journal of the Masonic Society shows the Egyptian Room of Freemasons’ Hall in...
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