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, June 29, 2022

‘The ALR: a new understanding of familiar history’

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     Bill, Conor, and Oscar. The American Lodge of Research met Tuesday night to hear a brilliant presentation and to tend to necessary busi...
Tuesday, June 28, 2022

‘Our 101st installation’

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     Monday night was the occasion of the 101st Installation of Officers at Publicity Lodge 1000. Vivat! It was on Monday, October 30, 1922 ...
Saturday, June 25, 2022

‘Right Worshipful bourbon’

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     Not to be outpaced by the scotches, gins, beers, and other potable products sponsored by various grand lodges and brethren here and the...
Friday, June 24, 2022

‘St. John’s Day planet alignment’

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     New York Post of June 8. I’ve been watching the skies in recent weeks, enjoying the visibility of Venus, Mars, and Jupiter, which is r...
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Wednesday, June 22, 2022

‘For the Freemason who has everything’

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     What to give the Brother Mason who has everything? How about a reproduction lodge membership patent signed by none other than Benjamin...
Tuesday, June 21, 2022

‘Remembering Daniel D. Tompkins’

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     Daniel D. Tompkins On this date in 1774 was born a great, if historically overlooked, American man and Mason: Daniel D. Tompkins. Biogr...
Monday, June 20, 2022

‘AMD Ingathering in NYC’

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     I was trying to limit summertime Masonic activities to just Warren Lodge’s festive board until news of this singular occurrence broke. ...
Sunday, June 19, 2022

‘This day of all days’

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    GWMNM photo The nineteenth of June in the United States is known as Juneteenth, the commemoration of the emancipation of slaves finally ...
Friday, June 17, 2022

‘Rosicrucians: Who and What?’

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     Dr. Christopher McIntosh, the scholar whose books on Rosicrucianism Rosicrucians should be reading, is scheduled to give a talk next mo...
Thursday, June 16, 2022

‘Our Stations and Places’

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     Sure, the First Manhattan District has the eldest lodges, and the Tenth Manhattan has the exotic lodges, and the Ninth has all the lage...
Wednesday, June 15, 2022

‘Bill Paul Horn Medal 2022’

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     Masonic Society President Oscar Alleyne, doing what he does best, at the lectern Monday at the Grand Lodge of Washington’s communicatio...
Tuesday, June 14, 2022

‘A busy 24 hours!’

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     Bro. Barry Holsten of Flying Fish Brewing. As you know, the Twenty-Four-Inch Gauge divides a day into equal periods for three essential...
Friday, June 10, 2022

‘Moonlighting for 215 years’

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     Happy 215th anniversary to Warren Lodge 32! On this date in 1807, Grand Lodge granted the petition of local Masons to charter the lodge...
Sunday, June 5, 2022

‘MythBusters: Newport 1658’

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      It had been so many years since I last encountered anyone repeating the “Jewish Masons in 1658 Rhode Island myth” that I was surprised...
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