Complex sentence: At Crowley's bidding, he took over the position of lodge leader from Wilfred Talbot Smith in 1942 and ran it from his manor on Orange Grove Avenue, Pasadena.
Split into simpler sentences: At Crowley's bidding, he took over the position of lodge leader from Wilfred Talbot Smith in 1942. Parsons ran the lodge from his manor on Orange Grove Avenue, Pasadena.