Theos-Talk Archives (November 2006 Message tt00124)

Carl,

It's interesting, thanks,   Carlos. 

 
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Data:Thu, 02 Nov 2006 03:43:19 -0000

Assunto:Theos-World Re: Co-masonry

> 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" 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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