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 a Past Master of both The American Lodge of Research in New York City and 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.

Thursday, February 20, 2025

‘Passing Timothy Ridicule’

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     From Masonry Dissected , printed London, 1730. Last night was the occasion of the first meeting of The American Lodge of Research since...
Sunday, February 16, 2025

‘Happenings Ten Years Time Ago’

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     Happy anniversary to…me! It was on this date ten years ago—probably at this very hour—when I was elected to membership by affiliation i...
Monday, February 10, 2025

‘Did you know about Kentucky Long Rifle Lodge?’

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     You might not believe it, but the storied Kentucky rifle figures not only tangentially in Masonic history, but also directly. But first...
Sunday, February 9, 2025

‘Masonic Week congratulations’

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     Masonic Week is still underway in Virginia with the Operatives set to host its events momentarily, but watching social media I see cong...
Friday, February 7, 2025

‘Support this Albany history project’

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     Albany’s Masonic Temple was dedicated in 1896. The first clues of Masonic history in Albany date to the 1750s and the French-Indian War...
Thursday, February 6, 2025

‘Book club’s inaugural meeting’

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     A partnership between New Jersey Lodge of Masonic Research and Education 1786 and Jerusalem Lodge 26 will come to fruition Saturday in ...
Wednesday, February 5, 2025

‘Ontario to host MRF in August’

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     It’s official: The Masonic Restoration Foundation is headed to Ontario this summer, according to the announcement that came the other ...
Tuesday, February 4, 2025

‘John Skene Masonic Conference this summer’

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     Save the date: August 23 for the next John Skene Masonic Conference. The details, thus far, are in the graphic above. The down side is ...
Monday, February 3, 2025

‘New research society in New York “To seek the Light”’

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     The brethren up in the Orange Rockland Sullivan District announced the other day the launch of the ORS Masonic Research Society. Its mo...
Sunday, February 2, 2025

‘Academy reaches its silver anniversary’

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     Pennsylvania Academy of Masonic Knowledge will celebrate its twenty-fifth anniversary next month with a special symposium featuring a f...
Saturday, February 1, 2025

‘Charge your cannons for Fort Ticonderoga’

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     Click to enlarge. New York Freemasonry loses no time in celebrating the semiquincentennial year of the American Founding. The, I think,...
Friday, January 31, 2025

‘Lookit this line-up of speakers!’

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     Registration is open now for the Midwest Conference on Masonic Education, this time in Indianapolis May 2-4. UPDATE: The conference sa...
Thursday, January 30, 2025

‘Royal Arch research chapter to meet’

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     Thomas Smith Webb Chapter of Research will meet in March during the Grand Chapter of New York Annual Convocation upstate. From the publ...
Wednesday, January 29, 2025

‘Shekomeko and the Temple of Virtue’

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     Shekomeko Lodge 458 isn’t prohibitively far from the city—if you’re able to drive—being part of the Mid Hudson District, and the brethr...
Tuesday, January 28, 2025

‘Washington Inaugural Bible on Long Island’

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     I guess it’s time to start looking at March already. On Monday the third, Lynbrook-Massapequa Lodge 822 on Long Island will host a spec...
Monday, January 27, 2025

‘Roundtable discussion on research & writing’

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     Last week’s episode of The Masonic Roundtable podcast is of special interest to researchers and writers in the fraternity—We Happy Few...
Sunday, January 26, 2025

‘Exploring the Role of Masonic Research Lodges in the 21st Century’

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     The announcement is out, so let me be the last to share the great news of a conference being planned to discuss the purpose of researc...
Saturday, January 25, 2025

‘Success: Masonic Con New York!’

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     Not everyone, but many who attended Masonic Con New York last Saturday at Masonic Hall in New York City. Our closing presentation took ...
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