birth_date: 1833-04-17 00:00:00
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name: John Yarker
about: John Yarker was an author and occultist who served as International Grand Master of the Rite of Memphis-Misraim from 1902. He was made a Freemason of the United Grand Lodge of England at the age of 21 in the Lodge of Integrity, No. 189, Manchester, on 25 October 1854, becoming a Master Mason at the beginning of 1855.At a time of Masonic renaissance, he revived many rites and promoted a number of rites on his own, including the Rites of Sat B'Hai, Swedenborg, Mizraim, and the Ancient and Primitive Rite. He was was thus associated with the fringe Masonic secret orders that preceded the establishment of the Ordo Templi Orientis and the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. John Yarker was an author and occultist who served as International Grand Master of the Rite of Memphis-Misraim from 1902. He was made a Freemason of the United Grand Lodge of England at the age of 21 in the Lodge of Integrity, No. 189, Manchester, on 25 October 1854, becoming a Master Mason at the beginning of 1855.At a time of Masonic renaissance, he revived many rites and promoted a number of rites on his own, including the Rites of Sat B'Hai, Swedenborg, Mizraim, and the Ancient and Primitive Rite. He was was thus associated with the fringe Masonic secret orders that preceded the establishment of the Ordo Templi Orientis and the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. ...more
death_date: 1913-03-20 00:00:00