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.

Friday, October 30, 2020

‘Live from New York, it’s Craftsmen Online!’

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      An online magazine devoted to Freemasons in New York went live Wednesday  night .  Craftsmen Online  is an independent labor  coordina...
Wednesday, October 21, 2020

‘Grand Lodge interested in former Buffalo seminary land’

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      New York Freemasonry was among the parties interested in real estate previously used as a Roman Catholic seminary, before the diocese ...
Friday, October 9, 2020

‘Masonic Week 2021 to be canceled’

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       A formal decision and an announcement will be forthcoming in about a week, but I think it is safe to say that Masonic Week 2021 will ...
Monday, September 28, 2020

‘Stream The Magic Flute on Thursday’

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      The Met is closed until (at least) next September, so the annual Christmastime staging of Mozart’s Masonic opera is “on refreshment...
Sunday, September 27, 2020

‘Freemasonry as a Way of Awakening’

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News from  Rose Circle  today concerns a new book! Piers Vaughan explains: I am excited to announce the publication of the English...
Wednesday, September 16, 2020

'A point within a city'

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      The Nat Sherman Townhouse closed permanently this afternoon at 3:45, just one act in the tragedy of the near complete dissolution of t...

'Masonic Book Club is back!'

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      Art de Hoyos just shared this on Faceybook: The  Masonic Book Club (MBC) was formed in 1970 by two Illinois Masons, Alphonse C...
Monday, September 14, 2020

‘Freemasonry and self-actualization’

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      The Chancellor Robert R. Livingston Masonic Library of the Grand Lodge of New York continues its lecture series on Zoom. On Tues...
Monday, September 7, 2020

‘The First Hermetic International Film Festival’

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      The what? The First Hermetic International Film Festival. What? The. First. Herm.Etic. Inter.Nation.Al. Film. Festi.Val. Re...
Sunday, September 6, 2020

‘The new Royal Arch learning center’

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      Okay, so maybe the General Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masonry can be of useful service to the Masonic world. The GGCRAMI disclo...
Wednesday, September 2, 2020

‘Weird Fact Wednesday: A different kind of Masonic home’

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      Courtesy Freemason to Mansion I remember reading about this several years ago in a news story , and recently I found a website ...
Tuesday, September 1, 2020

‘Archetypes in Masonic Initiation’

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      I don’t know what they’re having for breakfast at Ocean Lodge—not pancakes, apparently—but their lecture series continues to kick ass...
Sunday, August 30, 2020

‘33° congratulations’

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      Magpie file photo Bro. Greg Knott Congratulations to Greg Knott, who will receive the 33° of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite...
Saturday, August 29, 2020

‘Bicentenary of Grand Master Henry Clay’

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      On this date 200 years ago, Bro. Henry Clay was elected Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky. To make a point about “Famous Fr...
Wednesday, August 26, 2020

‘Weird Fact Wednesday: The oldest Masonic Bible?’

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      Magpie file photo The oldest Bible in Masonic use in the United States? I believe so. This is a Koberger, printed in Nuremberg in...
Tuesday, August 25, 2020

‘Midwest Conference on Masonic Education’

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      Evidently we have to look into 2021 for a resumption of larger-scale Masonic events in the United States. While this one is far outsi...
Monday, August 24, 2020

’10 weeks of Philosophy Works for free’

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      Who says nothing in this life comes for free? The School of Practical Philosophy offers its 10-week introductory Fall semester, via...
Sunday, August 23, 2020

‘Esoteric Wisdom in a Time of Crisis’

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      Next Saturday will be the 30th anniversary of the death of Manly Palmer Hall. The Philosophical Research Society will present an on-l...
Saturday, August 22, 2020

‘(Digital) Legends of the Craft lectures’

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      The Fifth Manhattan District and Legends of the Craft continue the popular lecture series, taking it to the web with these three upco...
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