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.

Wednesday, February 2, 2022

‘The story of Prince Hall’

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     If you’re in the area in two weeks, pay a visit to Odenton Lodge 209 in Odenton, Maryland. Judging from its website , the lodge bustles...
Tuesday, February 1, 2022

‘Masonic Myth of Our Nation’s Capital’

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     February already? It’s hard to believe, but that means my tenure as President of the Masonic Society is in its final days. As always, ...
Sunday, January 30, 2022

‘Chagall and Hesse contests’

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    Please pardon my sloppy cross-outs. Were this the work of any other District of Manhattan lodges, I would be shocked, but being as it co...
Saturday, January 29, 2022

‘A language of delightful sensations’

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     Ally Retberg That part of the lecture describing the Liberal Arts, as we in New York have it, says music is “a language of delightful s...
Friday, January 28, 2022

‘Garibaldi EA Degree’

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    If you still, somehow, have not witnessed Garibaldi Lodge’s famous Entered Apprentice Degree yet, your next opportunity will come this s...
Thursday, January 27, 2022

‘This mighty Secret’

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     The Masonic Book Club announced today how its second offering to subscribers will be Masonry Dissected , that early ritual exposure fro...
Sunday, January 23, 2022

‘Georgia grand lodges to sign treaty’

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     Masonic Messenger I normally do not report all the successes made in establishing relations between coexisting grand lodges in the Unit...
Saturday, January 22, 2022

‘Ralph McNeal, Jr., R.I.P.’

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     Ralph McNeal, Jr. 1959-2022 Bro. Ralph McNeal, Jr., as forceful a voice as any for integrity in Freemasonry, died yesterday. He was 62....

‘40th Brotherhood Night’

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     New England Brotherhood Night is on for 2022! On Saturday, March 19, Masons from Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Is...
Friday, January 21, 2022

‘Archaeological architecture from Solomon’s time’

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     A study published this month in Jerusalem Journal of Archaeology calls ashlar stone masonry “an elite style of architecture” that reve...
Thursday, January 20, 2022

‘A History of Calendars’

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     I have been remiss in helping publicize the activities of the Chancellor Robert R. Livingston Masonic Library, but let me begin again. ...
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Tuesday, January 18, 2022

‘The Railroad Degree’

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     After a two-year hiatus, the Railroad Degree will ride again this spring. It’s a tradition of Ionic Lodge 31 , located in New Castle, D...
Saturday, January 15, 2022

‘Google Pixel & Illuminati Brotherhood’

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      J. Wright photos We’re not supposed to brag about these things, but this is too incredible to keep quiet. So, you’ve been seeing new a...
Tuesday, January 11, 2022

‘Dusting off the Pot of Incense’

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     Magpie file photo For the second time in two weeks, the Master of my lodge called on me to lead an educational discussion for the breth...
Sunday, January 9, 2022

‘Reading the minutes (from 1598)’

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     “But why do we have to read the minutes?” “Because they’re the first draft of history, and we have to ensure their accuracy. And becaus...
Saturday, January 8, 2022

‘Lodge of St. Peter & Harmony 600’

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    This just in: Another special interest lodge in England devoted to the brethren’s enjoyment of real ale and craft beer will be launched ...
Friday, January 7, 2022

‘Fire destroys Ohio Masonic landmark’

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     Zanesville Times Recorder Flames consumed the six-story Zanesville Masonic Temple in Ohio late last night, local media are reporting, l...
Tuesday, January 4, 2022

‘Are you free for dinner?’

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     Masonic Week draws near—next month, in fact—and registration for our events is open. The anchor of the multifaceted affair is the Maso...
Monday, January 3, 2022

‘MRF. Detroit. April.’

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     It’s okay if I say it this time: The Masonic Restoration Foundation will host its eleventh symposium at the Detroit Masonic Temple Apri...
Sunday, January 2, 2022

‘Everybody smiles’

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     Keeping things lighthearted to start the year, you can’t get much more easygoing than making everybody smile, can you? Worcester Art Mu...
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