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​The Author: A. E. Waite (1857–1942) was a prominent British mystic, occultist, and scholarly author who co-created the famous Rider-Waite tarot deck.

​He founded the Fellowship of the Rosy Cross in 1915, a Christian mystical organization that split from the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.This book is a privately printed 1923 book containing secret ritual guidelines and test questions for a mystical society he founded called the Fellowship of the Rosy Cross.

After reading this. I want to read the others. Why are these so hard to find.

Count Cagliostro was an 18th-century magician who created "Egyptian Freemasonry"—a version of Masonry focused on magic, alchemy, and ancient Egyptian secrets. It was unique because it also allowed women to join. Normal Freemasonry has 3 main degrees. Later "Egyptian" offshoots expanded this into a massive system of 100 degrees. This Tarot style and cards and book explains the Tracing Boards. Alexander Rybalka.. "Hierophant" was the Grand Hierophant who interpreted all sacred mysteries. Within the context of the Rite of Memphis-Misraim and other 100-degree Egyptian Masonic systems, the title of Grand Hierophant is used to designate the supreme spiritual leader or international head of the Rite. Historically, famous figures like the Italian general Giuseppe Garibaldi also held this title.

​Rybalka held this high office prior to passing away in May 2022.

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John Yarker(1833–1913), Freemason, occultist, and esoteric author. This book is said to be his magnum opus. Over 500 pages, On the history of mystery schools from ancient Egypt and Greece through to modern Freemasonry and Rosicrucianism.... He established his Sovereign Santuary for the Memphis-Misraïm rites in 1872, And also helped to established other Esoteric Orders: The Swedenborgian Rite, the Sat Bhai (an Anglo-Indian order), the Order of Ishmael, and the August Order of Light. Could he have competed with Albert Pike? Your thought..

This book by M.W. Blackden is not a script for a specific ritual. Its more like an advanced study meant to explain the deep, spiritual themes of the Second Order Grades, where an initiate's soul is symbolically weighed and purified. Your thoughts...

Its not your standard Freemasonry.. What are your thoughts... this book covers from the 4° to the 33°

The "Work of the Sun Realm," is talking about the Work of Tiphereth. Tiphereth is the name for the Sephirah (sphere) on the Tree of Life that represents the Sun. It also represents Beauty and Equilibrium. (Im learning slowly.. but learning.)

I enjoyed reading about the Memphis mark.. ​To understand why a Memphis Mark rirual was different, you have to look at the historical narrative the Rite taught. According to the lectures:

​The Rite claimed that its mysteries did not originate in Jerusalem with Solomon, but were brought out of Egypt by Ormus, a Serapic priest of Alexandria who was said to have been converted by St. Mark in an effort to purify the Egyptian mysteries.The Memphis Mark Degree: Stripped away much of the purely biblical/operative focus and replaces it with a philosophical and Hermetic lens. The tools—the Mallet and Chisel—are explicitly moralized not just as tools to shape a stone, but as the mental forces required to polish the human soul to perceive divine truth. The "Mark" a candidate chooses is treated less like an operative signature and more like a spiritual signature or talisman representing their inner character.