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.

Thursday, December 2, 2021

‘Pipe auction to benefit Shriners Hospitals’

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     An auction of smoking pipes next Friday will raise money to battle pediatric catastrophic illnesses, with Shriners Hospitals for Childr...
Wednesday, December 1, 2021

‘Proposed ritual change’

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     In the First Degree of many Craft rituals, the apron investiture is narrated by a quick speech explaining the legendary history of the ...
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Monday, November 29, 2021

‘America Lodge 57’

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     I feel like I’m the last one to see it, but there is this well produced 45-minute(!) video on YouTube about the first regular Masonic l...
Saturday, November 27, 2021

‘Masonic tale of two cities and freedom of the press’

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     The latest article from the Worshipful Master of The American Lodge of Research was published yesterday. Click here to read an amazing...
Friday, November 26, 2021

‘2022 Masonic Con plans’

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   Masonic Con 2022 in New Hampshire is coming together. The roster of speakers is final. Tickets are on sale now. (Hotel accommodations ...
Wednesday, November 24, 2021

‘Barbados: What is the future of Freemasonry?’

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     While it has been 370 years since Barbados first attempted to cleave itself from England, the final act of attaining independence will ...

‘Was the murderer a Mason?’

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     The Maryland Masonic Research Society will be back on Zoom next week—December already!—to host a Jack the Ripper enthusiast who claims...
Saturday, November 20, 2021

‘Candidates in waiting’

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     Gothic Room in Masonic Hall. (GLNY photo) Before the pandemic screwed up everything, my lodge had a dozen petitioners in waiting for th...
Friday, November 19, 2021

‘Magic Flute at The Met’

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     The Met Opera Bro. Mozart’s The Magic Flute will return to the Metropolitan Opera next month for its annual yuletide run. This, Mozar...
Tuesday, November 16, 2021

‘2022 Prestonian Lecture’

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     Magpie file photo Obtaining this scant information was like extracting secrets from the proverbial Bone Box, but that’s what I do for m...
Monday, November 15, 2021

‘Masonic Week registration is open’

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      Moises announced this morning that both the hotel and events registration for Masonic Week 2022 are open! We’re still at the Hyatt Reg...

‘Azim elections: 12,000 ballots found!’

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      Azim, “The Most Handsome Grotto in the Realm,” held its annual elections…and Andrew Cuomo is our new Monarch! No, no, that’s wrong! Th...
Saturday, November 13, 2021

‘Possible MBC offerings’

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       You’re all subscribers of the Masonic Book Club , yes? Well, if you aren’t, you will want to remedy that to avail yourselves of the r...
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Friday, November 12, 2021

‘Chapter of Research speakers’

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      Even more obscure than Masonic lodges of research are the very rare Royal Arch chapters of research. In New York, we either have or ha...
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Thursday, November 11, 2021

‘Craft population drops below 900K’

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    For the first time since the nineteenth century, the number of regular Freemasons in the United States totals less than 900,000, accordi...
Tuesday, November 9, 2021

‘ALR jewels available’

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     Breast jewel of the Corresponding Member of The American Lodge of Research. Just in time for the holiday gift-giving season, The Americ...
Monday, November 8, 2021

‘What you do not understand you must darken’

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     On this date in 1887, Quatuor Coronati Lodge 2076 in London installed its officers. (The eighth of November is the Feast Day of the Fou...
Saturday, November 6, 2021

‘New Manly Hall book’

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     The Philosophical Research Society released a new book today featuring previously unpublished writings of Manly Palmer Hall. The Meanin...
Thursday, November 4, 2021

‘An apron that says just enough’

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    “Superfluous compliments and all affectation of ceremony are to be avoided, yet where due they are not to be neglected.” Number 25 Rules...

‘Rosicrucian artist exhibit opens’

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     Tree of Knowledge No. 1 by Hilma af Klint, watercolor, et al. on paper, 1913. An exhibition of watercolors, painted by a renowned pion...
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