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, July 30, 2022

‘Ingathering in NYC’

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     The group portrait at the conclusion of a meeting seems to be a common tradition in Masonic Hall. Wow! What a day! When I stepped outsi...
Friday, July 29, 2022

‘There’s marrow in these bones’

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     It was before my time, and if not for YouTube I wouldn’t know about it, but ITV had a series (exported to CBS) from 1955 to 1959 based ...
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Wednesday, July 27, 2022

‘Washington statue repair starts’

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     St. Mark’s-Vestal Lodge 435 Last December I shared with you the news of a New York lodge’s desire to have a local Masonic George Washi...
Tuesday, July 26, 2022

‘Tubal Cain and the first plow’

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     I hope all of you read The Square magazine. The periodical’s social media of yesterday brings our attention to its September 2021 issu...
Monday, July 25, 2022

‘Putting Masonry Back into Men’

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     Odenton Lodge 209 in Maryland is at it again, hosting another event that promises to be a memorable and enriching experience for the br...
Friday, July 22, 2022

‘Every business meeting should be like Azim’

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     Azim, the Grotto’s capital of handsomeness, has called a business and social meeting in two weeks on the Coney Island boardwalk. It’s a...
Thursday, July 21, 2022

‘A symposium of symbolism’

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     Joseph Fort Newton by Travis Simpkins . If the influence of Masonry upon youth is here emphasized, it is not to forget that the most da...
Wednesday, July 20, 2022

‘Of all the gin joints: The Masonic Temple’

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     Warren Inn Gin and July go together like, well, gin and any warm weather, and a famous cocktail served icy at a landmark destination in...

‘Chess: Geometry is the key’

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  Magpie file photo Remnants of Albert Pike’s chess set are displayed in the House of the Temple. They look to predate the standardization o...
Saturday, July 16, 2022

‘2023 World Conference of Regular Masonic Grand Lodges’

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     The details are still to come, but mark your calendars for the 18th World Conference of Regular Masonic Grand Lodges next year in Jerus...
Tuesday, July 12, 2022

‘Mt. Vernon to host Mark Tabbert’

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     Mt. Vernon will host Mark Tabbert next week for a discussion of George Washington the Freemason. UPDATE: Click here to watch the reco...
Sunday, July 10, 2022

‘Scottish Masonry registration is open’

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     Registration is open for the Scottish Freemasonry in America Symposium. That’ll be at the George Washington Masonic National Memorial i...
Saturday, July 9, 2022

‘Grotto grows beyond the U.S.’

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     Central America’s smallest nation would not have been my first guess at where the Grotto would take root outside the United States, but...
Friday, July 8, 2022

‘Millions for Manchester’

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     Happy anniversary to the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire! It was on this date in 1789 when the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of ...
Wednesday, July 6, 2022

‘Masonry disrupted’

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     MBC photo Frontispiece and title page, autographed by Arturo de Hoyos and S. Brent Morris, are ready to go. That’s Harry Carr, as rende...
Monday, July 4, 2022

‘The cornerstone of a Temple of Justice’

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     MW John Hodge Happy Independence Day to Magpie readers across the United States. Today I am sharing a gem of a speech that was deliver...
Saturday, July 2, 2022

‘Pennsylvania Academy’s new team’

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     An announcement yesterday from the Pennsylvania Academy of Masonic Knowledge proclaims its newly reorganized leadership team. (Hey, I ...
Friday, July 1, 2022

‘Three centuries of British Lodge’

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     Freemasonry Today The Heraldic Badge granted to the United Grand Lodge of England for British Lodge viii. I wrote the other day about m...
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