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.

Monday, October 7, 2024

‘The official Masonic Lodge skillet’

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     The manufacturer is Lodge Cast Iron . The designs are Masonic—one skillet for each of the Craft degrees. Orders are accepted now for De...
Sunday, October 6, 2024

‘Civil War Dinner at Gettysburg’

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     Rest assured peace and harmony will prevail at the Civil War Dinner next month in Gettysburg. The brethren at Good Samaritan Lodge 336 ...
Friday, October 4, 2024

‘Where there is darkness, light’

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     The Catholic Store The inkling for this  Magpie post has been rolling around the cavern of my skull for years but, as today is the Fea...
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‘2025 Prestonian Lecture’

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     Cheshire Freemasons The announcement came months ago, so I’m not breaking news here, but the United Grand Lodge of England presents its...
Wednesday, October 2, 2024

‘Prince Hall pocket watch on PBS’

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     PBS Maybe you saw this when it first was broadcast in 2009, but an Antiques Roadshow episode recorded in Atlantic City was repeated Mo...
Sunday, September 29, 2024

‘No headline for this post’

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     Grand Lodge of New York MM° lecture. Thank you for reading The Magpie Mason . Today we begin our seventeenth year together, but there’s...
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Saturday, September 28, 2024

‘Slate suggests a solution to men’s solitude’

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     Slate I don’t mind admitting Slate would not be the first place I’d look for a story about Freemasonry but, while I was enjoying a res...
Wednesday, September 25, 2024

‘Steven Tyler’s ancestor was a Freemason’

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     BBC1 A seven-year-old episode of the BBC’s Who Do You Think You Are? uploaded to YouTube yesterday explains how rock star Steven Tyler...
Tuesday, September 24, 2024

‘Possible Bunker Hill project’

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     The October trestleboard of The American Lodge of Research is out, and in its pages is a pitch to the lodge to assume as a side project...
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Monday, September 23, 2024

‘Give up and don’t miss out’

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     Just a quickie edition of The Magpie Mason to direct your attention to new episodes on two of my favorite YouTube channels, both of wh...
Saturday, September 21, 2024

‘CWLR 1865 to meet at Lee Lodge’

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     Civil War Lodge of Research 1865 is staying in Virginia for its next meeting, heading to Lee Lodge 209 in Waynesboro on Saturday, Octo...
Friday, September 20, 2024

‘Lafayette hath come to us now in his fulness of fame’

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     Réunion des musées nationaux Two hundred years ago today—and at this very minute—New York’s Freemasons were hosting and toasting their ...
Thursday, September 19, 2024

‘The Massachusetts Masonic U.S. half dollar’

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     It sounds too good to be true: United States legal tender coinage with a distinct Masonic provenance—but apparently there were half dol...
Tuesday, September 17, 2024

‘Harmonious Masons make a happy Grand Lodge’

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     With apologies to Dublin’s motto. Time to forge a new fake passport! I’ve been keeping tabs on this throughout the year, and part of th...
Monday, September 16, 2024

‘The health of Masonic man’

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     The Worshipful Master of a lodge in Massachusetts is demonstrating his interest in the overall well being of his Masonic brethren. From...
Thursday, September 12, 2024

‘Mark Stavish in the Reading Room’

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     Craftsmen Online’s next discussion in the Reading Room will feature Bro. Mark Stavish and the chapter titled “Occult Masonry in the Eig...
Tuesday, September 10, 2024

‘SRJ: Perspectives on Masonic Writing’

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     If your favorite newsstand is sold out, click here to read the new issue of Scottish Rite Journal , the bimonthly periodical of the An...
Wednesday, September 4, 2024

‘SRRS in Memphis next month’

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     The Scottish Rite Research Society will host its third symposium in Memphis next month, and the call for papers is out. From the public...
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