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1913 · PDF PAGE 9

John Yarker – In Memoriam

IN MEMORIAM—JOHN YARKER in due order, Bro. W. Henry Quilliam, 33°, 90°, 96°, called the Convocation to order, and called upon Brother Crowley, 33°, 90°, 95°, to read the summons calling this Convocation. This was duly done, and a copy of such summons so there read15 set out in extenso in the minutes hereinafter written. On the motion of Bro. W. Henry Quilliam, seconded by Bro. Aleister Crowley, 33°, 90°, 95°, the Very Illustrious Prince Patriarch Grand Conservator, 33°, 90°, 95°, Bro. Henry Meyer, of 25 Longton Grove, Sydenham, SE., County of K…

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John Yarker – In Memoriam

…m, and because notices were not issued to all the Prince Patriarch Grand Conservators of the Rite. Brother Crowley, however, attended in order to protest against the illegalities. He further found a person claiming admission whose status he knew to be doubtful. The proceedings therefore began and ended with the following Speech: Very Illustrious Prince Patriarch Grand Conservators of the Sovereign Sanctuary of the Antient and Primitive Rite, Although I rise to protest against the illegality of the present Convocation, it is not in order to quib…

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John Yarker – In Memoriam

IN MEMORIAM—JOHN YARKER [Tlzz's Manifesto following has been issued by order of 6/68 new MI. Sovereign GrandMaster Generalfor G. B. and I.] . To all Sovereign Sanctuaries, Supreme Councils and Masonic Bodies in friendship with the Sovereign Sanctuary of the Antient and Primitive Rite of Masonry in and for Great Britain and Ireland. WE, Grand Secretary General of the Sovereign Sanctuary of the Antient and Primitive Rite of Masonry in and for Great Britain and Ireland, hereby give due Notice to all Sovereign Sanctuaries, Supreme Councils and Maso…

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John Yarker – In Memoriam

…1872, and of various foreign bodies, 1881-3. Among these he received the “Crown of Kether,” admitting to the 5° of the Grand Lamaistique Order of Light. In 1882—3 he acted as General Guiseppe Garibaldi’s Grand Chancellor of the Confederated Rites, which he arranged throughout the world. Hon. Grand Master of the Sovereign Grand Council of Iberico, October 5th, 1889. Rite of Swedenborg: In 1876 he was appointed Supreme Grand Master for the United Kingdom under the Charter of T. G. Harrington, P.G. Master of Craft Grand Lodge of Canada; Colonel W.…

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John Yarker – In Memoriam

The brethren present having proved their right to sit, speak and vote, Brother Quilliam called the Convocation to order, and called upon Brother Crowley to read the summons, a copy of which is here appended. This was done. Brother Crowley remarked that no written protest against the present Convocation had been received from any Prince Patriarch, and that it might therefore be taken that no question could hereafter be raised as to the legality of the Convocation. Brother Crowley proposed, and Bro. Theodor Reuss seconded, that Bro. Henry Meyer t…

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John Yarker – In Memoriam

…e has accordingly done. The defendant has now returned to India, and has purposely refrained from bringing the boys with her to India in order to hamper the plaintiff in his efforts to recover the boys. 9. The plaintiff states that all along the defendant has been aware of the practices of Leadbeater, and that after she reached England she took the boys again to Mr. Leadbeater in Italy. The plaintiff submits that the conduct of the defen- dant as aforesaid renders her totally unfit to be in charge of the boys. The plaintiff further submits that …

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John Yarker – In Memoriam

…et, President). ` Docteur en Science Hermetiques. Conferred October 10th, 1899, by the Free University of Paris. Nischal al Iftikhar, or Order of Glory. Founded in one Class by Sultan Mahmoud II in 1831. Granted by Sultan Abdul Hamid, June 13th,19o5. Honorary Fellow of the Theosophical Society 1879—presented with a com- plimentary Jewel of the Society. Early1n his career V. .Illust. Br. John Yarker turned his attention to literature. He was a prolific writer on many subjects other than Masonic. In 1869 he compiled “Notes on the Temple and Hospit…

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John Yarker – In Memoriam

…uccession of Grand Masters from the time of Jacques de Molay, who, it is said, invested as Grand Master Marc Larmenius in 1307, when the Order was first impugned, before he himself perished at the stake. Later, Admiral Sir Sidney Smith, and several scions of the French Royal Family, were Grand Masters. It was a time of much activity, a Masonic Renaissance, in which the Very Illustrious Brother John Yarker played an important röle, and many other old Rites were rescued from the oblivion into which they had fallen—such were the Rite of Mizraim, th…

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