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[from http://www.mindspring.com/~solequis/Memphis%20%26%20Mizraim.html ] Secure Sneaky Walls of the OTO Big Stage Note Golden-haired Fire up Women & Freemasonry Inferior [A%26P.gif] A Succinct Introduction to the Antient and Prehistoric Ceremony of Memphis and Mizraim or Egyptian Walls by Gary Ford Supreme Freemasons never progress slim the previous three degrees of the Pessimistic Passenger accommodation. This Ceremony is of substantial add to since of the history and immense numeral of degrees coupled with it. The story of the Antient and Prehistoric Ceremony of Memphis and Mizraim and its coupled organizations and personalities is extremely a shocking and glamorous one. Later 20th Century Masonic authorities bind commonly accused this Means founders and promulgators of functioning fee snatching Masonic diploma mills. They peel its older inaccuracies and overtones of theology. And yet good and justification Masons bind coupled with it. And folks who bind had the gap to spill over again some of its rituals bind found real set a price taking part in and give to. Is it fee snatching and degree transnational to medal a man 10 or 20 or 32 degrees in 1 or 2 weekends for a few hundred dollars? This is the shared practice in the American "York" Ceremony and "Scottish" Ceremony and has been for multiple time. Are give to no older inaccuracies in the Masonic Liner Degrees or folks of the "York" Ceremony and "Scottish" Rite? Of course, give to are multiple. Support give to never been any rascals along with the shape of "Pennant" Masons? The Antient and Prehistoric Ceremony is an assimilation of dissimilar Masonic Means and discrete degrees. The chief Means working are the Prehistoric and Real Scottish Ceremony of 33 degrees, the Ceremony of Memphis of 90 degrees and the Ceremony of Mizraim of 96 degrees. Each Memphis and Mizraim Means get there to bind a large numeral of Degrees in shared. Commenting in passing on these two systems in 1871 Brother Robert Macoy had the investigation firmly entries: MEMPHIS, Ceremony OF Sometimes called the Oriental Ceremony. A deviation of the Ceremony of Mizraim, self-possessed in Paris, in 1839, by Messieurs Marconis and Mouttet. It also wired to Brussels and Marseilles, thence to New York. It was unflappable of 90 working and 6 legitimate degrees. For a time it intolerant some add to in Paris, and thus chop during ambiguity until 1860, some time ago it was updated, the 96 degrees edited to 30, and thus combined during the Immense Orient of France, anyplace it is permitted to forty winks. It may now be regarded as inert. MISRAIM, Ceremony of. This Ceremony was introduced during France hand over the shock of the parade century. It ready important depart, and in 1817, help was ready on the part of its friends to the Immense Orient, to show consideration for it as a officially recognized duty of Walls. The help was denied, in some measure on the base that the antiquity of the Ceremony had not been proved, and in some measure since of the 90 degrees which its ritual comprised 68 were or included in the French format. The rite of Misraim is glamorous and edifying, but multiple of its degrees are too obscure to be appearing in. The initiation is a imitation of the ancient rite of Isis, and represents the contests of Osiris and Typhon, the death, rebirth, and exploit of the last, and the vandalism of the following. give to are 90 degrees estranged during four series - illustrative, philosophical, mystical and cabalistic, and once more estranged during seventeen classes. The traditions of this format are full of anachronisms, older trial and letters, separated by hundreds of time, while ready to run on the awfully position at the awfully time. The work entitled "De l'Ordre Maconnique de Misraim," published at Paris, in 1835, by Mons. Marc Bedirride, purporting to medal the history of the Decipher, is a sea romance, and full of puerilities. In spite of, multiple of the degrees are efficiently glamorous and edifying. [JYarker.jpg] Supreme Celebrated Brother John Yarker 33^0 90^0 96^0 In his book The Inscrutable Schools (William Tait, Belfast, 1909) Brother John Yarker writes : " The rite of Mizraim' was previous culminated and standard in Italy in 1804-5, and consists of 90 degrees, calm from all sources, and is not minus value; it was thus diligent to Paris by the brothers Bedarride. At one time it was looked upon satisfactory in this state (England), the Duke of Sussex was its venerated leading light in England; the Duke of Leinster in Ireland; and in Scotland the Duke of Athol was succeeded by Mountaineer Arnott of Arleary, Esqre. ; but at the end of the day they came to an conclusion to openness the Ceremony. No distrust they were committed in this time by financially viable difficulties in Paris; someone has observed that it needs the affluence of a nation to upset on a Ceremony of 90 degrees with the compulsory spectacle. Specific of the Templar Conclaves continued to inform it plow up recently; in Italy and some other parts it has been edited to 33 degrees, and selected the ' Improved Ceremony of Mizraim.' In a serious way it is peaceful conferred in this state under its own Superseding Senate." In commenting immediately on the Antient and Prehistoric Ceremony Yarker states : "The rite of Memphis' has a dense go in to that of Mizraim, and was standard on the lawsuit of the Means of Prehistoric Philadelaphes and the Prehistoric Philalethes; occult undergrowth of the systems of Paschalis and St. Martin, in which the grades were not fine strict, but each of the three sections during which they were estranged had power to add any within acceptable limits degrees practical for its aims. An Egyptian format of Walls was foreshadowed in the territory of 'Master of Masters,' Paris 1815. Freemasonry had been introduced during Egypt by the armies of Buonaparte, and from thence anyplace it gathered some added extras, was transplanted to Montauban in France, 1816, by the Brothers Marconis, Baron Dumas, Not sufficiently, Labrunie, Sam Honis of Cairo, etc. Following an break of rest it was recharged at Brussels and Paris by Jacques Etienne Marconis, surnamed de Negre, son of Immense Master Marconis; its revival at Brussels took place in 1838, and at Paris in 1839, with the service of the aristocratic Marconis, under the term of the Antient and Prehistoric Ceremony of Memphis estranged during three Sections, and 95 or 97 degrees. At an youthful contemporary it was introduced during America, Egypt and Roumania, the last chartered a Sovereign Retreat for Strong Britain and Ireland in 1872, and in the two following countries it is the just Ceremony whispered in knowingly scale. It requires in this state, that its neophytes ought or be Master Masons, and in this appointment of sensitivity is augment during all but all countries, with whom legislature are directly. It introduced the Ceremony during Germany in 1905, anyplace it has discrete Liner Lodges, and Paris is in course of re-establishing itself." [Marconis.gif] Brother J. E. Marconis Immense Hierophant 97^0 It is glamorous to doorway that the German set up referred to more was under the autonomy of one Theodore Reuss. In the company of other baggage Reuss was a music hall comedian, poet and a spy. He used the grant ready by Yarker to sign a "Masonic Institution" which became known as the Ordo Templi Orientis or O.T.O. and educated a form of "Sex Appeal" to its members which included all men and women. An American group claiming proper from this order peaceful exists. In vogue the course of some of their ritual work the Masonic titles of grades originating from the Antient and Prehistoric Ceremony and other Masonic Bodies are peaceful conferred. Existing is no Masonic specification to know this permission which confers its grades on all men and women. Abundant of its members from the eminent on down fleeting hug themselves to be Freemasons. See the Sneaky OTO strand less than. It want above and beyond be hypothetical that though the Antient & Prehistoric Ceremony has been confirmed dead and behind the times multiple era that it peaceful continues to exist to this day in multiple forms about the world. Masonic traditionalism has failed to take out these pungent Means with their lingering lists of cool titles. [Theodor%20Reuss.gif] Theodor Reuss. He was Aleister Crowley's forerunner as Vanguard of the OTO. "The investigation is a list of the Degrees of the Prehistoric or Antient and Prehistoric Ceremony of Memphis and Mizraim as edited to thirty-three Degrees. The Degrees of the Prehistoric and Prehistoric Ceremony Advertisement 1.- CHAPTERS OF ROSE CROIX. 4. Sensitive Master. 5. Sublime Master. 6. Holy Bow. 7. Unexceptional Be adjacent to. 8. Knight of the Sword. 9. Knight of Jerusalem. 10. Knight of the Orient. 11. Rose Croix. Advertisement 2.- Upper house OF Hermetic PHILOSOPHERS 12. Knight of the Red Eagle. 13. Knight of the Peak. 14. Knight of the Tabernacle. 15. Knight of the Serpent. 16. Knight of Kadosh. 17. Knight of the State-owned Sparkle. 18. Immense Examiner. 19. Parsley of Actuality. 20. Hermetic Truth-seeker. Advertisement 3.- SUBLIME Senate. 21. Immense Installator. 22. Immense Consecrator. 23. Immense Eulogist. 24. Patriarch of Actuality. 25. Patriarch of the Planispheres.* 26. Patriarch of the Vedas. 27. Patriarch of Isis. 28. Patriarch of Memphis. 29. Patriarch of the Paranormal Conurbation. 30. Sub. Master of the G. W., P. P. * This is one of my favorite titles of the tie. But can you fantasize the riposte of one's wife upon while informed of this new title? " My packed, I am now a Patriarch of the Planispheres! Beyond question you are, now go push out the garbage, Patriarch." Oh well, you're never a prophet in you're own home I philosophy. Advertisement 4.- Approved. 31. Immense Protection of the Ceremony. 32. Sublime P. of Memphis. 33. Sov. Immense Conservator of the Ceremony. In the post on the Antient and Prehistoric Ceremony in his State-owned Masonic Cyclopedia, Kenneth Mackenzie gives an the same list of degrees but goes on to assertion "In England, while, these income are varied; as a result - 16. Parsley of Actuality. 17. Hermetic Truth-seeker. 18. Knight Kadosh. 19. State-owned Master. 20. Immense Intendant." It was from the John Yarker set up in England that Theodore Reuss, Carl Kellner and others obtained the grant for the Antient and Prehistoric Ceremony which Degrees they together to their Ordo Templi Orientis. For a list of the degrees of the Oriental Ceremony of Memphis as well as folks of the Ceremony of Mizraim see the Big Stage Note strand less than. See above and beyond the Sneaky Walls of the O.T.O. strand less than. [Bap.gif] Baphomet, devil-god of the Masonic Templars? No, just diverse romanticization of our old friend Eliphas Levi. It self-confident is a cool rally in spite of this and has been knowingly mistaken. In the same way as I was a boy I had a large give birth of this that was about 6 feet high and 5 feet capacious. It was silkscreened in black on a flatten, bluish-purple substantial. It self-confident looked substantial on the wall with the old blacklight and all of my friends were very bemused. In the mid 1970's I sold it at a flea store to a guy with a punk band. Now I don't know why I let it go but my partner self-confident is elated to bind one less sliver of macabre bash around the own. And no, I am not now nor ever bind been a satanist. Secure Sneaky Walls of the OTO Big Stage Note Golden-haired Fire up Women & Freemasonry Inferior Restructured September 10, 1997 Copyright 1997 by Gary Ford All care order hush-hush