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1913 · PDF PAGE 6

John Yarker – In Memoriam

…yptian Ritual of the Book of Dead,” another paper on the Old Rosicrucian Doctrines and one on Astrology, made their appearance. All this time articles were being written for the Masonic perodicals, and from 1855 up to the present time the best journals considered it an honour to publish his writings. These therefore can be found in the Freemason’s Magazine, Free- mason, Freemason’s Ckronicle, !}₪;/2 (which he edited from 188 5), the Transactions of Quatuor Coronati Research Lodge, and latterly in this maga- zine. Being much interested in Herald…

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John Yarker – In Memoriam

she left India for England about the end of March 1911 and returned to India onlyin the beginning of October 191 I, during which time, so far as the plaintiff was aware, the boys were kept away from associating with the said Mr. Leadbeater. 6. In or about November 1911 the defendant told the plaintiff that the boys were making rapid Spiritual progress and were approaching initiation by the Masters (a set of superhuman gurus living on the eastern slopes of the Himalayas) believed in by the Theosophists. She therefore propOsed to keep the boys Wi…

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John Yarker – In Memoriam

IN MEMORIAM—JOHN YARKER Absolute Sovereign Grand Master, Rite of Mizraim, 90°, from 1871 down to the present time. Received over twelve patents of 33° of the Supreme Council in various parts of the world. Past Senior Grand Warden of Greece by patent, July Ist, 1874. Hon. Member of Lodge 227, Dublin, 1872, and of various foreign bodies, 1881-3. Among these he received the “Crown of Kether,” admitting to the 5° of the Grand Lamaistique Order of Light. In 1882—3 he acted as General Guiseppe Garibaldi’s Grand Chancellor of the Confederated Rites, w…

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John Yarker – In Memoriam

…dre du Temple, the continuation of the Knights Templars in Paris. This body claims an uninterrupted succession of Grand Masters from the time of Jacques de Molay, who, it is said, invested as Grand Master Marc Larmenius in 1307, when the Order was first impugned, before he himself perished at the stake. Later, Admiral Sir Sidney Smith, and several scions of the French Royal Family, were Grand Masters. It was a time of much activity, a Masonic Renaissance, in which the Very Illustrious Brother John Yarker played an important röle, and many other …

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John Yarker – In Memoriam

at Adyar and do the work of Assistant Correspondence Secretary of the Esoteric Section. The plaintiff had at the time very great respect and veneration for the defendant, whom he regarded as his spiritual preceptress and whom he credited with more than human attributes, and he agreed to serve her as the Assistant Correspondence Secretary with— out receiving from her any remuneration whatever. The plaintiff accordingly took up his abode at Adyar along with his second and third sons, J. Krishnamurti and J. Nityananda, who are respectively aged 17…

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John Yarker – In Memoriam

…hing to do with Leadbeater. In Spite of this, they were again being allowed to associate with the said Leadbeater, and it was about this time that he heard from other Theoso— phist friends that one Luxman, a personal attendant, had seen C. W. Leadbeater and ]. Krishnamurti in the defend- ant’s room'engaged in committing an unnatural offence. On a further remonstrance by the plaintiff, the defendant promised to take the boys away to England, and accordingly I7

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John Yarker – In Memoriam

…have dele- gated-his parental rights to the defendant. Even assuming, however, that he could do so he was at liberty to revoke it at any time, especially with a view to promote the moral welfare of the boys, and that after the receipt of the said letter the defendant had no authority to keep the boys with herself. In answer to the plaintiff's notice the defendant merely acknow- ledged its" receipt and did nothing more, and the plaintiff believes that she has left the b0ys in England. 11. The cause of the action arose partly at Adyar in the year…

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John Yarker – In Memoriam

…hese letters reached the defendant she wrote a letter to the plaintiff on February 7, 1912, from on board steamer, in which for the first time she set up that plaintiff has been ill-treating and starving his children._ The plaintiff submits that this is an impudent and malicious lie trumped up by the defendant in view to further legal proceedings, as would be seen from the fact that the plaintiff was all along one of the trusted members of the Theosophical Society and the Assistant Correspondence Secretary of the Esoteric Section thereof, and wa…

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