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 a Past Master of both The American Lodge of Research in New York City and 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.

Sunday, December 27, 2020

‘British Freemasonry, 1717-1813’

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      Happy St. John’s Day! I hope it was possible for you to celebrate someway. The Open Lecture folks took this weekend off, and they shal...
Friday, December 25, 2020

‘Grand Lodge safely half mile from blast’

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      No time is right for a massive explosion, especially Christmas morning, but, as you probably have heard, that’s what rocked Tennessee’...
Wednesday, December 23, 2020

‘Congress as a Prince Hall research resource’

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      Of course the Library of Congress is a galaxy of opportunity for researchers pursuing any subject, including Freemasonry, but I want t...
Tuesday, December 22, 2020

‘Trump issues architecture order’

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      Hey, who said the Five Orders of Architecture are dead? President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order yesterday to determine the ar...
Monday, December 21, 2020

‘MBC’s first offering announced’

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      The newly reestablished Masonic Book Club’s first title is a in production. The Perfect Ceremonies of Craft Masonry and the Holy Royal...
Friday, December 18, 2020

‘The Tiler as guardian of our moral compass’

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      Writing in The Square magazine, W. Bro. Stephen J. Goulding treats us to his personal and mightily insightful reflections on the impor...
Monday, December 14, 2020

‘New media for Royal Arch’

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The General Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons International is readying its new website and a redesigned Royal Arch Mason  magazine. The we...
Friday, December 11, 2020

‘Hail the Men of the Malt!’

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      The brethren of South Bend, Indiana have done it again. The Scottish Rite valley there has a long-standing habit of establishing new w...
Thursday, December 10, 2020

‘Launch of Prince Hall cigars’

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      Bro. David Blanco, of Blanco Cigars, announced Monday the release of a line of Nicaraguan sticks named for one of the most significant...
Wednesday, December 9, 2020

‘New QCCC Local Secretary’

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        Over in New Jersey, one of the research lodge’s very own has been tapped to serve Quatuor Coronati Correspondence Circle. Congratula...
Tuesday, December 8, 2020

‘The Prince Hall secret is out’

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    A work in progress: Bro. Ryan has been laboring on a portrait of Bro. Prince Hall for months. He revealed this photo via social media Mo...
Tuesday, December 1, 2020

‘Azim 7 officers elected’

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      Azim Grotto No. 7, the handsome Veiled Prophets in New York City, elected its officers two weeks ago at Kinahan’s , where the followin...
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, ...
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