M. & M. Masons.

A World-Wide Scheme Heretofore Exposed Locally, Now Exposed to All the World.
Guilty Usurpers Without Charter.
Too Much to Hope For.
Guilty Parties Brought to Trial.
Usurpers of World-
Power.
These Patents Granted
No Authority.
Charter No. 8 Chartered a Lodge But Granted No Autonomous Authority.
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of discrediting the Order of Memphis-Mizraim, of troubling the minds of its members and of chal- lenging the laws and constitutions of universal Masonry, were produced.
“These events, which we have already exposed from time to time in our Official Bulletin, took root in the Territory of Belgium, and reverberated themselves in the divers countries of Europe and the Americas.
“For the edification of the members under our jurisdiction and for Masons spread throughout the world, we wish to review the collection of facts and announce the sanctions which have been taken against those guilty of disorder and the usurpers without mandate and without Charter.
“Hoping that they would recognize their errors and cease their illegitimate maneuvers, we have, up to the present time, refrained from bringing these sanctions and the names of the guilty parties before the tribunal of Masonic opinion. “Today these same men persevering in their errors, boasting of being the only and legitimate representatives of our Rite in the world, we are obliged to set aside our reserve and to make an appeal to the opinion of our Brothers.
“Herewith are the facts of which we wish to speak:
“The 25th of July, 1920, the Grand. Master, Jean Bricaud, accorded the 90th and last degree of instruction of the Rite of Mizraim to Fra Rom- bauts, of Brussels. (Patent No. 13.)
“The 19th of January, 1931, he created him 95, with the title of Representative of the Rite for Belgium (Patent No. 95). At the same time he delivered to him a Charter (No. 8) to establish a symbolic Lodge: “The Disciples of Pythagore’ at the Orient of Brussels.
“No patent whatsoever constituting an auton- omous Masonic Organization having been delivered, this Lodge was to function under the obedience of the Sovereign Sanctuary for France and her De- pendencies. Furthermore, the Official Bulletin of
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They Recognized Authority of France
Until September, 1933.
Irregularities Started With Mallinger, Who Is Lewis’ Chief Aid
in Europe.
Without Being Master Mason He Took Charge.
With Non-Masons They Made Lodges of Co-Masonry.
Protests of No Avail.
Rombauts Worked With Mallinger Underhandedly. On His Own Authority.
Lewis Showed ‘Them How. He Has Done So for 'wenty-One Years.
Was Not a Mason in 1907. Claim of Authority False. Italics Ours.
Papus and Teder
the Belgium group ‘ddonhiram’ inserted a side- note with the names of the Sovereign Sanctum of France, which is shown by the collection deposited in our archives, and this up to the issue of Septem-
ber, 1933.
“Trregularities date from the time when Fra Rombauts initiated in the Rite a questionable law- yer named Mallinger, and within a space of a few months gave him the highest degree of instruction and administrative dignities, without any authority whatever and in violation of the Constitution. This was a well-known irregularity complicated by seri- Ous error.
“Without having cut the rough stone and carved the cubic stone, Mallinger installed himself as Director of the Belgium Rite under cover of the limited powers of Fra Rombauts. He surrounded himself with a group of friends, no more Masons than himself, and created mixed [Co-Masonic] Lodges, contrary to the tradition of the Order.
“Grand Master Bricaud and the Sovereign Sanc- tuary found out about these maneuvers in a round- about manner. They protested energetically, and reminded the Belgium Group of the Constitutions —no reply—the Fra Rombauts became very silent; but together with Mallinger he worked under- handedly, on his own authority he declared himself autonomous. ‘To give himself the illusion of legiti- macy and imposing on the Lodges created in Bel- gium, he pretended to hold powers of Papus since 1907, which was claimed to have been confirmed by Jean Bricaud in 1931. It is false, as clearly ap- pears from several peremptory reasons:
“Tn 1907, Rombauts was not a Master Mason, a document deposited in the archives of the Sover- eign Sanctuary of France signed by him is the abso- lute proof. In this document, Rombauts declares that he was raised as Master in 1909 and received the 18, Rose Croix degree, on the first of April, 1920, at Brussels in the Chapter of ‘Philanthropic Friends’ of the Scottish Rite Ancient and Accepted. On the other hand, on this date Papus and Teder
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Not Chartered Until June, 1908.
The Usurpers Possessed No Powers
Whatever.
Proves Them to Be Usurpers and Pretenders.
Mallinger Made New Co-Masons, Illegitimately Making Women High Masons.
Created Strange Spurious Masonry and Unknown Masonic Titles.
Perhaps Lewis’ Imagination Aided and Abetted.
Remade Masonry.
To Suit Their Fancy and to Serve Their Own Purposes in True Lewistonian Style.
FRAUD
were not chartered and depended then on the Sov- ereign Sanctuary of Spain, which was the only one vested to give powers. France was only chartered June, 1908, and the archives contain no documents whatever which would lead to the supposition that the Fra Rombauts had received any powers what- ever. Furthermore, why should he have accepted from Jean Bricaud a Patent of the 90th degree in 1920 and a Patent of the 95th degree in 1931, with the representation for Belgium, if he had held, since he was 24 years old (i.e., since 1907) identical or superior powers? The Patent of Jean Bricaud, in fact, gave no autonomous judicial powers to Fra Rombauts, and left him rigorously dependent on the Sovereign Sanctuary of France, as stated above.
“Not satisfied with those light affirmations, Rom- bauts and Mallinger, while continuing to create Mixed Lodges, between them had made a few Fra- ters—New Masons of later date. In this group, the ordinaries, men and women, reached the highest grades with a disconcerting rapidity (we have the proof). Prior thereto they had reformed the Rite. They created additional degrees, such as the 99th and the 98th and multiplied at will the 97th and 96th.
“The 99th was the Supreme Hierophant, In- connu (unknown)—Pope of Masonry Universal. The 98th was the Grand Hierophant Mondial. The 97th was part of the Supreme Consistory Interna- tional of the Rite. However, none of these degrees, as created by them, exist in the original constitution of the Order. All of this came out of the delirious imagination of the young Mason Mallinger.
“And further, a commission was named to revise the Rituals of the Order, the Jewel Ornaments, Symbols and Secrets. This commission was under the Fra Mallinger, who took upon himself to copy the Scotch Rituals for all grades up to the 18th, included—we have absolute proof, since we possess copies of all these Rituals. For the superior grades they decolorated and transposed the Rituals of Miz- raim, which are foreign to the Masonic Ancient
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In Ignorance They Plagiarized With Poor Taste.
Self-Exposed.
Frater Gruter Is Grand Master of Lewis’ AMORC in France.* He Is Also Grand Master of the Spurious Sovereign Sanctuary of Memphis-Mizraim Rites for France.
A True Mason Ad- hering to Strict Fra- ternal Law Refused Bogus Title.
H. Spencer Lewis Takes a Hand. Wholly Without Any Masonic Authority,*
and Primitive Rite. For the particular degrees, like the 66th, for example (Grand Consecrator), they took upon themselves to plagiarize with very poor taste; furthermore, with a complete ignorance of the doctrines and the Ritual of Ordination of the Roman Church.
“This done, the irregular maneuvers revealed themselves.
“These Belgians conspired with two members of the Sovereign Sanctuary of France, Fraters Lagreze and Gruter, residing at the Orient of Nice. Having duly taken an oath of fidelity, they agreed to enter the combination. The first agreed to join the Su- preme Consistory International, Apocryphal, with the title of 97th; the second agreed to be put at the head of the Sovereign Sanctuary Francois (illegitimate), created for the needs of the cause. (See Adonhiram and the Bulletin of the Grand Lodge of Santa Fe.) ‘These two brothers were stricken off the list. (See correspondence in the Archives of the official Bulletin M. & M. No. 4 of June, 1934.)
“The Belgian group offered the title of 99th to the Grand Master of the Sovereign Sanctuary of Boston. This Frater, previous to definite accept- ance, asked for communications of the Belgian charters. These could not be produced—being non- existent. Then, Boston was ignored and the Im- perator of AMORC, H. Spencer Lewis, of San Jose, California, entered into action.
“H. Spencer Lewis was 95th honorary of the
3 See Rosicrucian Digest, May, 1933, Frontispiece, p. 121. There he publishes a
photograph of “Dr. Hans Gruter, R. R. C. Grand Master Rosicrucian Order of France,” under which is subscribed in writing, purporting to be in the hand of Frater Gruter, as follows: “To the Highly Respected Imperator of AMORC, Dr. H. Spencer Lewis, as a token of sympathy from the Grand Master of AMORC for France, Dr. Hans Gruter, 33°, 90°, 95°, Nice, March, 1933.” The Grand Master of AMORC for France is robed in the regalia of a Memphis-Mizraim Mason. Thus AMORC in France, a creation of Lewis’, becomes a clandestine and spurious Rite of Memphis- Mizraim Masonic body.
4Lewis’ Great White Lodge Charter, our Reproduction No. 51, under which he grants Masonic Charters and under which he claims Rosicrucian authority, will pres-
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He Grants Masonic Charters and Creates a Pope for Masonry. —and His—
Pope Rombauts in True Lewistonian Style, as “Phanar,” Sends Greetings to Himself as the Great Or-Zam.
To Obtain the Proper Perspective This Should Be Read Repeatedly.
Lewis’ Handy-Man, Lawyer Mallinger, Publishes the Facts— Spills the Beans.
Here’s the Proof. Acting as “Phanar” He Gave His Own Instructions as The Great Unknown
PorrE Or-ZAM 99°.
Lewis and His Great Masonic Pope— Or-ZaM. Created Non-Masonic Co- Masonic Lodges.
FRAUD
Sovereign Sanctuary of Germany in 1921, conferred by Reuss Peregrinus. He passed himself off as Su- preme Grand Hierophant of a certain Grand Lodge Blanche (Grand White Lodge) of Tibet, under the name of Sri-Sobbitha-Bikkhu. He gave a charter to Fra Rombauts, which invested him purely and simply with the title of Supreme Hierophant, In- connu, the unknown 99th degree, under the name of Or-Zam. Fra Rombauts was also for a time Grand Master National of Belgium, under the name of Phanar and, what is particularly curious in the overbearing personality of the Fra Rombauts— Or-Zam—Phanar, is that [he as] Phanar trans- mitted to the Sovereign Sanctuary of Belgium, Apochryphal, the Orders of [himself as] the Su- preme Hierophant Or-Zam and was charged by the Sovereign Sanctuary to send to Or-Zam [i.e., him- self] the friendly greetings of the Fraters.
“As those modern avatars can be put to ques- tion, we list below two passages, excerpts of the Adonhiram Bulletin, published by Mallinger in the November issue, 1933. ‘These two passages are tex- tual and may be compared with the original:
“The Thrice Illustrious Grand Master Na- tional, the Sublime Fra Phanar, 33, 90, 95, 97th, was received officially by the convent with all the honors and usages of the Rite. During the course of his magisterial Morc.:.d’Arch.-. he pointed out to the convent the precise instructions of the Thrice Illustrious and Thrice Sublime Hierophant Univer- sal, Inconnu Or-Zam, 33, 90, 95, 97, 99, world- wide representatives of the Grand Lodge of Bel- gium for the Order of Memphis-Mizraim. .. . ’
“Tt was called to the attention of the Deputies that the Order possessed two regular autonomous branches: The Rite of the Strict Observance (?) and the Co-Masonic Rite, both placed under the supreme authority of the Grand Master Inconnu
OvZamia.
ently be considered at length in Part Four of this chapter in an extended consideration of Fupost as a faked International Rosicrucian power or Council.
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Lewis, Who Praises “The Sovereign Grand Master General of the Himself Under Order for Belgium and her dependents and the Nom-de-Plumes, Thrice Illustrious Fra Phanar, 33, 90, 95, 97th, Taught Him This addressed to the Supreme Hierophant Universal Trick. Inc. Or-Zam the affectionate sentiments of the Bel-
gian Fraters of the Rite.’
“On the other hand, the title of Grand World This Spurious Title Wide Hierophant Supreme Visible Authority of
Given to Master of the Order, 98th degree, was offered to the Thrice Spurious M. & M. Illustrious Fra Troilo, Grand Master of the Grand Grand Sanctuary in Lodge of Santa Fe (Argentine), who accepted it. South America.® (See the November issue, 1933, of Adonhiram.)
“We learn that the Grand Lodge of Santa Fe was instituted and chartered in 1905 by Pessina, who proclaimed himself 97th, on the death of Fra
Illegitimate Sovereign Garibaldi, but had not been recognized by anyone.
Sanctuaries in Then some illegitimate Sovereign Sanctuaries were Switzerland® and created in a baseless manner and without legal au- Elsewhere or Any- thority, in Central Europe, in Switzerland, in India where. and in China. Furthermore, most of them never
functioned. The Grand Master who was designated for India practically ignored all the plotting, in- trigues and the irregularities committed. He was a loyal and enlightened man, an occultist of value, and he withdrew from the adventure, without ill- will, with a docility and politeness which were en- tirely Oriental, from his first contacts with the
The International Belgians and their associates. Following these facts, Congress, Brussels, an Internationa] Congress was convoked at Brussels Called for Aug. 1934 for the month of August, 1934, with the object of
for Lewis,’ by putting on its feet a universal organization and
5 Lewis claims that his jurisdiction has been extended to South America. The _ Rosicrucian Forum, December, 1934, p. 69.
6In The Rosicrucian Digest, February, 1936, Frontispiece, p. 1, Mr. Lewis pub- lishes a photograph of Dr. Ed. Bertholet, K. R. C., whom he describes as “our beloved Grand Master in Switzerland.” In The Rosicrucian Digest, November, 1934, pp. 378, 379, Dr. Bertholet is also described as the Grand Master of the Martinist Order, a Masonic Order, based upon the Rites of Memphis and Mizraim. Thus, his R. C. Order in Switzerland becomes a spurious Masonic organization. .
7In The Rosicrucian Forum, December, 1933, p. 79, Lewis gave notice as heretofore quoted of the “Great World Convention” to be convened the next year (1934) when the true leaders of all the properly authorized occult and mystical organizations of the world would come together under the sponsorship of the “Great White Lodge”
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Mallinger, His Chief Aide de Camp.
H. Spencer Lewis, Right Reverend Sobbitha-Bikkhu, Highest Masonic Authority Existing, Delivered to His Confederates in an Illegitimate Masonic Plot a Masonic Charter of Incon- testable Authority (!) As Supreme Invisible Hierophant of the Great White Lodge of Tibet— —Under It—
the Congress Met And Distributed
the Spoils.
Fupos1® Created— A Most Unique Lewistonian Fraudulent Device.
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to condemn this Sovereign Sanctuary (the franchise in question) which had refused to recognize them, at least for effect, without a mandate from the Rite of Memphis and Mizraim: This convent was without authority.
“These promoters, having nothing of value in hand, so again, the old guard, H. Spencer Lewis (alias Sri-Sobbitha-Bikkhu), delivered to the ille- gitimate Belgian Sovereign Sanctuary a charter recognizing himself as the only authority, which having preserved (!!!) the tradition of the Initial Masonry, authorized him [Lewis] to create an In- ternational Secretary of the Order, who would evi- dently be the regulatory power. This Charter was proclaimed to the world (Urli et Orbi)—(See Adonhiram of October, 1933, and the Bulletin of the Grand Lodge of Santa Fe, November, 1933) as a superb document and an uncontested and incon- testable authority. However, this famous Grand White Lodge of Tibet is unknown to the Masonic World (and is otherwise unrecognized) and _pos- sesses neither the authority nor the jurisdiction which it transmitted so generously to the Congress at Brussels.
“The Congress was held between the 10th and 15th of August, 1934. The delegates were carefully selected in secret session and they unscrupulously divided among themselves the Charges and the Dignities.
“On the other hand, at this same Congress an International Organizer was appointed, who at once declared himself the only and unique owner
‘of Universal Initiation, excommunicating in advance
all the fraternities and all the groups which would
and that a list of the “genuine” organizations might be issued—as it was—at the close of the convention. For a year or more prior to August, 1934, his literature was replete with hints and notices that the Great International Congress—the scheme soa long planned by him as a fraudulent device—would meet, establish and certify the regularity of his fraternal racket and mystical swindle.
8 The Fuposi, created at this Congress—a Lewistonian scheme and a Masonic monstrosity—will be considered at great length as a Rosicrucian Authority, as claimed by Lewis, in Part Four of this chapter.
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Lewis—Master-Mind of This Congress— Joined With His Confederates in Approving and in Ratification of Co- Masonry Installed by Mallinger, His Chief Confederate and Promoter of Anti- Masonic Rites and Female Masonry.
These New Leaders Had No Real
Masonic Knowledge.
Their Mistakes Exposed ‘Them.
Legitimate Masons And Occultists Learned the Truth and Quickly Withdrew.
Europe Now Clearly “Sees Through” the Great White Lodge Charter Fraud.
not come under his flag. Thus ruposr was created. (See Rosicrucian Digest of November, 1934.)
“Finally a new violation of the tradition of the Rite of Memphis and Mizraim was accomplished by the approval of the creation of Co-Masonry, announced by Phanar at the Convent of October 29, 1933, which was now sanctioned. This ratifi- cation was a godsend in the minds of the congres- sionists whose sole purpose was to ratify the error of the mixed (Co-Masonic) Lodges, previously camouflaged under the name of Lodges of Adoption, which had caused the condemnations pronounced by the Sovereign Sanctuary of France. But this maneuver could only deceive very naive Masons, as the fourth page of the official Belgian Bulletin, Adonhiram (sole responsible editor, Jean Mallin- ger), had remained during four months (November, 1933, to March, 1934) under the title of Osiris, official organ of the Co-Masonic Order. The criti- cisms.of the regular Masons becoming more severe, it was necessary after March, 1934, to conceal the identity of the sole leader, and to affirm each day, with more strength, the respective independence of the two orders.
“This was the apology and also the swan song. The new leaders admitted, in a sudden manner, to the highest grades, had no real Masonic knowledge. Authoritative by temperament, they committéd mis- take after mistake and elevated neophytism and companionship to the state of an institution. In- cidents multiplied themselves and quarrels became epidemical. Some Masons of good faith, who had joined the impasse, understood that they had been misled and asked for explanations. Those being im- possible, it resulted in disintegration. Some facts leaked out in the documentation and certain news- papers published some illuminating revelations. The Charter of the Grand Lodge of Belgium, that is, of the Great White Lodge, was held up to ridi- cule—which was its ultimate end. ‘Therefore, the authority of the Supreme Consistory of Brussels was undermined at its origin.
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Rombauts, Unable to Further Tolerate
the Brazen Fraud and White Lodge Hoax, Withdrew, But Lewis and
His Confederates Continued Their Masonic Trickery.
Lawyer Mallinger Is Sar Elgin.
Frater Lagreze ls Sar Mikael.
Lewis, Originally Grand Master U.S.A. in the Scheme, Is Rev. Sobbitha Bikkhu, also Sar Alden. He Still Clings to Dear Fuposi—His Self- Created ‘Eminent Authority.”
Fra Lanval,°® the Nudist Advocate, Is Sar Helios.
Fra Delaive, Director of Female Masonry, Is Sar Kapros.
FRAUD
“Fra Rombauts, understanding rather late that his confidence had been betrayed, lulled the Belgian Sovereign Sanctuary to sleep and, instead of using the authority which he had arrogated, under the cover of the Charter of H. Spencer Lewis, returned into his tower of ivory without occupying himself concerning the disorder his intervention had occa- sioned. But his decrees were disregarded (his iden-
_tity being exposed by the very ones who should have
kept it secret) and still the promoters pursued their nefarious work, passing themselves off as the au- thentic directors of the Rite.
“Among these specially to be noted are:
“Fra Mallinger, who proclaimed himself Grand Secretary International of the Rite and National Grand Master for Belgium, 97th degree, under the nom de plume of Sar Elgin.
“Fra Lagreze, who declared himself substitute of the Grand Visible Hierophant, 97th degree, under the name of Sar Mikael.
“Fra H. Spencer Lewis, originally Grand Mas- ter National for the United States, 97th Degree, and whom it is pretended that they have expelled because of the unsatisfactory charter signed by him, but who continues a campaign in favor of the legiti- macy of the powers of Fuposi and to which he re- fers, and without ceasing, in an attempt to create for himself a world-wide authority. He uses, in addition to that of Sri Sobbitha Bikkhu, the name of Sar Alden.
“Fra Lanval, who mounted the steps of the hier- archy with unbelievable rapidity, but who concerns himself more with sexual theories, than he does Masonry, assumed the name of Sar Helios.
“Fra Delaive, promoted to the highest degrees of Initiation in a few months, directs, under the name of Sar Kapros, the Mixed Belgian (Co- Masonic) Rite, contrary to all the orthodox Ma- sonic laws.
9 See our Reproductions No. 53, 53A and 53B.
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The Leaders of the Congress and Fuposi Are Irregulars Seeking to Destroy All Regular Orders Standing in the Way of Their
Usurpations.
It Was When French Memphis and Mizraim Masons Discovered the Belgian Group Had Created Co-Masonic Lodges, Strange Rites, New Rituals, New Titles and Had Offended Against Every Law and An- cient Landmark of Masonry and Were Preparing to Denounce and Expel Them, That H. Spencer Lewis’ Seized His Great Opportunity to Issue to Them His Faked White Lodge Charter, to Use Them to Carry Out His Scheme of a World-Congress of Occult Organizations to Create Fuposi
as an Authority for His American R.C.
and Masonic Fraud.
enjoying an incontestable vitality.
“On the whole, we find ourselves facing a per- fectly illegitimate movement, reposing on an invalid basis, the irregularity of which its leaders could not ignore, since they knew that they were in the presence of organizations long under charter and In their desire to dominate and impose themselves upon Masonry, they tried systematically to eliminate the legitimate Order, because it represented the very negation of their usurpation.
“Against these maneuvers, contrary to the Con- stitution and Anti-Masonic to the highest degree, the reaction of the Sovereign Grand Master of the Sovereign Sanctuary for France and her depend- encies was immediate:
1. He called for the return to the tradition of the Rite by the suppression of the mixed (Co- Masonic) Lodges.
2. He informed the Fra Rombauts:
(a) That the grades introduced in the Hier- archy were the height of folly.
That the representation of the Rite accorded to him was incompatible with the anti- Masonic activity displayed by him.
(b)
That the path taken by the Belgian group no longer permitted his being considered attached to the Sovereign Sanctuary of France. (See minutes of the reply of Grand Master Bricaud, to Fra Rombauts, August 31, 1933.)
3. The permanent committee of the Sovereign Sanctuary convoked by the Sovereign Grand Master, Jean Bricaud, approved his line of Masonic action.
(c)
“Consequently, on September 5, 1933, the Lodge ‘Disciples of Pythagores’ was stricken off the rolls and its charter was annulled. The other Lodges created by the Belgian group were declared irregu- lar. The Patent No. 95 accorded to Fra Rombauts, 95th degree, and the representation of the Rite in
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‘The Action Taken by the Masons of France Was Good Fraternal Usage.
Lewis Would Not Permit Them to Do Otherwise—Because the Ultimate and Full Success of His Das- tardly Scheme Re- quired That They Remain Irregular and Supply Plausible Authority for His American Fratern1l Racket.
The Masonic Congress in August, 1934, Held by Irregular and Expelled Memphis- Mizraim Masons, Re- pudiated and Declarea to Be Irregular and Their Acts Void by Regular Masons of ‘That Rite.
Complete Exposé of
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Belgium, were revoked. But, on the advice of Jean Bricaud, the permanent committee agreed not to publish its sanctions, so as not to provide a new element to the polemics which the Universal Ma- sonry was battling with at that time. He hoped, however, that the incriminated Fraters would have the common sense and loyalty to recognize their errors and repent of their faults. They did nothing.
“But under the plan elaborated by the Frater Rombauts, Mallinger, H. Spencer Lewis, Lagreze, Gruter and others, they continued the irregularities as above exposed.
“Also in November, 1933, when it was confirmed that the Fra Gruter had accepted the Grand Mas- tership of a Sovereign Sanctuary (illegitimate) for France and the Fra Lagreze had confirmed that he had accepted the offer to collaborate in the revi- sion of the Rituals (it should be said fraudulent plagiarism of the Regular Rituals of the Obedi- ence), they were relentlessly stricken from the rolls, they having disregarded and violated their oaths of fidelity. The Official Bulletin of the Rite of Mem- phis and Mizraim, in the June issue of 1934, pub- lished the revocation of their Patents of the 95th Degree.
“Finally, the Convention of the Sovereign Sanc- tuary of France held at the Zenith of Lyon, the Ist and 2nd September, 1935, declared the Con- gress of Brussels irregular and the decisions promul- gated by it null and void. The Assembly protested strongly and with great vehemence against the im- proper Initiations and the great increase of salaries to the promoters made without discernment and with regrettably un-Masonic rapidity. They further con- firmed all the condemnations pronounced against the guilty violators of the Rite. They further com- missioned the Sovereign Grand Master General to publish these edicts, giving notice of such to all members holding obedience, and to all other Masons of friendly or allied Rites.
“That is why we, the Titled Fraters of the Sov- ereign Sanctuary of France, its Territories and
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Lewis’ Masonic-R.C. Scheme and Bold Fraudulent Device Published to All The World.
The Fupost' Was Lewis’ Master Plan to Create an R. C. International Council Composed of Masons to Give Plausible Rosicrucian Authority for His Masonic- Rosicrucian Swindle.
It Will Be Recalled That Lewis Claims R.C. Authority and Masonic Honors by Charter (?) From
Reuss-Peregrinus.
All Italics in the Text Have Been Supplied.
Dependencies, in solemn Conclave, having weighed all the above words and affirmations, we send forth this present exposé to show to all the Masons to what degree the profane spirit introduced into the Masonic Temple can cause trouble, error and even ridicule, so that it is not possible to qualify this puerile enterprise by any name other than that of profanity.
“We must pass in silence many other problems which were upheld and solved ex-cathedra, with puerile pontifical infallibility, by the congress in question. We say little, but remark that the Supreme Council Sovereign Regulator of the Universal Initi- ation (Fupost1) designed, made and launched by the congress, is composed of three ‘Imperators’ of which, naturally, the Thrice Illustrious Frater, H. Spencer Lewis, was the leader; however, he now sees the fantastic authority, which he bestowed on the as- sembly, under cover of the Charter of “Sri Sobbitha Bikkhu, ignominiously cancelled with usurious in- terest.
“We reserve the right to deal with this series of facts at a future time, if it becomes necessary. ~
“In conclusion, we recall that the Sovereign Sanctuary for France and her Dependencies had been chartered in 1919 by Reuss-Peregrinus re- placing the Sovereign Grand Consistory, created in 1908 by Papus and Teder, under Charter from Reuss, who had received his power of authority from John Yarker in 1902. John Yarker was titu- lar head of the Rite by virtue of a Charter granted to him by Illustrious H. J. Seymour in 1872.
“H. J. Seymour was the legitimate Sovereign Grand Master for the United States and its De- pendencies by virtue of a Charter granted to him by Jacques Etienne Marconis de Negre on Novem- ber 9, 1856. This Charter was recognized as valid by the Grand Orient of France under signature of Marshal Magnan. In 1856 pledges of friendship
1 The Three Imperators of Fuposi, referred to in the text, will be considered and all facts disclosed in Part Four of this chapter.
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were exchanged between Paris and New York (see letter of May 1, 1865, No. 314, Vol. 30, of the correspondence), the Thrice Illustrious Fra Heul- lent, 33rd degree and Chancellor of the Legion of Honor, and he was the guarantot of friendship of the Grand Orient the Sovereign Sanctuary.
“Given at the Zenith of Paris, this Ist day of Wrarch;, 1936; I. Vio Signed :
THE SOVEREIGN GRAND MAsTER GENERAL,