Theos-Talk Archives (November 2006 Message tt00097)

First, there are six different groups of Co-masons in the US, and 
thee of this are leadbeaterian.

The "Le Droit Humain" has never been a part of the Adyar TS. After 
the death of John Yarker on 20 March 1913 Annie Besant becomes the 
head of the Co-masonry in the British Empire. Thru her Leadbeater 
and other Adyar-people got high offices in the "Le Droit Humain". 
They introduced the "Leadbeaerian Rite", in other words Leadbeater's 
own version of the Scottish Rite (A.A.S.R.). Around year 2000 the 
Supreme Council of the 33 and Highest Degree of the A.A.S.R. - "Le 
Droit Humain" in Paris forbid and band the "Leadbeaerian Rite", 
within its lodges. This Mr. Algeo and friends of course didn't like, 
so they left and founded their on order. 

There are still several Theosophists in the "Le Droit Humain", but 
they want to work according to the real Masonic Rite, and the 
tradition Co-Masonry.

One interesting event within the history of Co-masonry was the 
meeting of the Sovereign Sanctuary in Manchester June 28 1913. In 
the article "Aleister Crowley: freemason!"
 by Martin P. Starr we find:

"Richard Higham, a long-time member of the Antient and Primitive 
Rite, convoked a meeting of its Sovereign Sanctuary in his home city 
of Manchester on 28 June 1913.12 Crowley protested at the presence 
of Wedgwood, whom he challenged to prove himself a mason; Wedgwood 
replied with the mildness of a clergyman that if Crowley was right 
in his contention that Wedgwood was no mason, that Wedgwood was 
equally entitled to object to Crowley's presence, 'it being the 
first condition of membership that a candidate should be a freemason 
in good standing under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of 
England'.13 After a diatribe by Crowley, attacking Besant, 'the 
nominal mistress' of the Theosophical Society, and her occult 
partner C. W Leadbeater, 'a senile sex-maniac', who is 'the hand 
which moves the wooden-headed pawn Wedgwood, hardly a man, certainly 
no Mason',14 the meeting disbanded sine die, only to regroup at 
Crowley's London studio on 30 June 1913, without Wedgwood and 
without incident, electing Henry Meyer to replace Yarker as 
Sovereign Grand Master General of the Rite. This convocation marks 
the effective terminus for the Antient and Primitive Rite, for it 
was Crowley's intent to consolidate all the 'bodies of initiates' in 
one system, that of the Ordo Templi Orientis, and he quickly lost 
all interest in Yarker's nearly moribund body. But there remained 
that nagging matter of masonic recognition, so Crowley strove for 
the last time to obtain the approval of the United Grand Lodge of 
England."

Read the whole article on: http://freemasonry.bcy.ca/aqc/crowley.html

I know that Theosophists normally not are friends of Crowley, but 
sometimes he hade certain points, as one can find above.

For more info on Co-masonry see:

www.droit-humain.org  (The webpage of the Supreme Council in Paris, 
the original Co-masons)

http://www.droit-humain.org/uk/ (The British Federation of above)

http://freemasonry.bcy.ca/biography/esoterica/besant_a/besant_a.html 
(Besant and Masonry)
http://comasonic.net/ (Eastern Order of International Co-
Freemasonry , Mr. Algeo's own leadbeaterian version)
http://www.grandlodge.org.uk/ (This is the leadbeaterian friends of 
Mr. Algeo in England)

The "Eastern Star Order of Co-masonry" is a break away group from 
Algeo's. This is  NOT to be mixed up with "Order of the Eastern 
Star" (that is an old "party order" and affiliated with the regular 
American Masonry).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Droit_Humain (Wikipeida on Co-
masonry, and link to other Co-masonic groups)

Carl


--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "M K Ramadoss" <mkr777@...> wrote:
>
> There are two groups of co-masons in the USA. One has no 
allegiance to the
> leadership in Paris and is self-contained in the USA and the other 
has many
> well known members of theosophy leaders active. Both have members 
of
> theosophy.
> 
> The division of two groups was followed by litigation in the US 
Courts
> (about the property and money) which has finally settled with a 
final
> decision by the courts. There was msg posted which gave a URL link 
for the
> full decision of the US  Appeals court which is of interest to 
anyone
> interested in the historical background to co-masonry in the US.
> 
> mkr
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Carl wrote:
> 
> The Eastern Star Order of Co-masonry (so called "theosophical
> masonry" or leadbeterian, headed by Algeo) is very small outside 
the
> US. And if a real co-mason of the "Le Droit Humain" has any
> connection with this group, they will be anathemased at once. The
> same will happen to all other masons, of the London or
> Paris "divisions", too. The only two Eastern Star lodge, outside 
the
> US I have heard of is in London and Amsterdam, but I think there
> must be one in Adyar to.
> 
> Carl
> 
> 
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