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, November 30, 2020

‘Masonic Values Art Competition’

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        The results of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania’s 2020 Masonic Values Art Competition are announced. Bro. Ryan’s oil on canvas, “The ...
Saturday, November 28, 2020

‘NPR asks What is the point?’

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        On October 16, National Public Radio’s Christianna Silva contacted the Masonic Society in researching how Freemasonry is coping with...
Sunday, November 22, 2020

‘James Wasserman (1948-2020)’

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        The Wasserman family announced today on social media that James Wasserman had died November 18 after a long illness. Funeral arrange...
Wednesday, November 18, 2020

‘CoinWeek explores the Mark Penny’

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        Courtesy CoinWeek CoinWeek , an online periodical devoted to numismatics, occasionally addresses topics orbiting Freemasonry in arti...
Tuesday, November 17, 2020

‘Philly Temple closed’

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        The Masonic Temple in Philadelphia, headquarters of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, has been ordered closed through the end of the ...
Sunday, November 15, 2020

‘Congratulations, Grand Master!’

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        I’ve never been, but I figure Oklahoma must be a special place since its flag depicts a smoking pipe among its symbolism. Now I know...
Saturday, November 14, 2020

‘Civil War meeting’

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      On this date in 1995, the Grand Lodge of Virginia issued a warrant to a lodge of Masonic research named Civil War Lodge of Research 18...

Sankey Lecture on Sunday

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      I just learned the 2020 Sankey Lecture , postponed in March, is rescheduled for...Sunday! Free and online. Professor Cécile Révauger, ...
Tuesday, November 10, 2020

‘Cryptic Festival next May’

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      UPDATE : This event has been rescheduled to Saturday, October 9, 2021. The Cryptic Rite companions of New York, Connecticut, and Massa...
Monday, November 9, 2020

‘Kirk MacNulty, R.I.P.’

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       W. Kirk MacNulty, the renowned Masonic author, died Sunday, according to Shawn Eyer, who disclosed the sad news on Facebook. He was 8...
Sunday, November 8, 2020

‘The jewel of the Master’

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      The George Washington Masonic National Memorial’s 2020 Commemorative Ornament is available for pre-ordering. Click here for The Squar...
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...
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