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.

Saturday, May 14, 2022

‘A simple symposium?’

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     Freemasonry in the United States likes symposia. Actually, in France too. Often day-long affairs, these events attract audiences of Mas...
Friday, May 13, 2022

‘Filmmaker now directs PRS’

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     Dennis Bartok The Philosophical Research Society, the center for study of hidden wisdom established by Manly P. Hall in Los Angeles in ...
Wednesday, May 11, 2022

‘A Missouri compromise in Royal Arch’

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     Shop at Freemason’s Hall Mark Master Mason jewel. The new issue of The Royal Arch Mason Magazine tells of an innovation in membership ...
Tuesday, May 10, 2022

‘Railroad Degree recap’

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     Wilmington & Western Railroad : ‘A Museum in Motion.’ So the Saturday before last was the long awaited occasion of the Railroad Deg...
Sunday, May 8, 2022

‘Vivat! £16K firing glasses’

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     BBC A guest on BBC One’s Antiques Roadshow startled one of the program’s experts last week upon producing a pair of firing glasses dat...

‘Ukrainian and Russian Masonry on the Level’

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     Officers of both the Grand Lodge of Ukraine and the Grand Lodge of Russia attended the Annual Communication of the Grand Orient of Ital...
Friday, May 6, 2022

‘New book: Freemasonry in Haiti’

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    Theion Publishing An announcement yesterday from Theion Publishing heralds the release later this year of Freemasonry in Haiti , a revie...
Tuesday, May 3, 2022

‘The downfall of the Freemasons’

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     From Elon Musk a few minutes ago: The replies are even better. I guess a Twitter user fee is coming.            
Sunday, May 1, 2022

‘Omar for President!’

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     George Filippidis photo RW Omar Morris, as George Washington, with MW Richard J. Kessler, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of New York, ...

‘Freemasonry in Cuba’

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Saturday, April 30, 2022

‘You snooze, you lose’

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     “You snooze, you lose,” as we say in the Select Master Degree (and its variants), and I definitely feel self-defeated thanks to procras...
Friday, April 29, 2022

‘New tartan for the Cryptic Clan’

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     Not to be outdone by the Royal Arch Masons, the Cryptic Rite now advertises an official tartan for its companions. The former revealed ...
Thursday, April 21, 2022

‘New meaning to Craftsman’s Wages’

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     Founders Brewing Co. The brethren at the Detroit Masonic Temple have collaborated with their neighbors at Founders Brewing Co. to celeb...
Tuesday, April 19, 2022

‘News you can use’

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     Random News In no particular order: 9) The Center for Fraternal Collections and Research aims to raise $5,000 via Crowdfunding to conti...
Friday, April 15, 2022

‘Masonic time capsule to be opened’

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     WHIZ photo Another chapter in the catastrophic demise of the Zanesville Masonic Temple in Ohio three months ago will be written when th...
Wednesday, April 13, 2022

‘The ALR’s new Fellows’

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     The vote took place during our meeting two weeks ago, but it was announced yesterday that The American Lodge of Research’s newest Fello...
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Monday, April 11, 2022

‘Making the Warrior-Mystic’

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     If I’m not mistaken, it has been a very long time since the Fourth Manhattan District’s Square Club convened a meeting, but the brethre...
Friday, April 8, 2022

‘Wendell K. Walker Lecture’

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     I.R.A. 2 photo Oscar with Worshipful Master Matthew. April really snuck up on me so I missed the Wendell K. Walker Lecture last night. ...
Thursday, April 7, 2022

‘The Spiritual Quest and Freemasonry’

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     For late spring, the Grand Lodge of California has planned an online symposium with three speakers of diverse experiences to be united ...
Sunday, April 3, 2022

‘Kybalion screening Saturday’

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     UPDATE: Another screening has been scheduled for Saturday, May 21 at seven o’clock. In keeping with the news of films and videos in r...
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