- A.^.A.^. -

Letter from the Supreme Council of Freemasonry about
Crowley's supposed status in the Masonic Order

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( Seal of the 33rd Degree)

THE SUPREME COUNCIL 33~
of the Ancient & Accepted Rite 10 Duke Street
For England and Wales St. James
and all provinces in the London
United Kingdoms SWN 668

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Telephone - (omitted)
Telegrams and Cablegrams
should be addressed to:

Our ref:2413

Ill.^. Bro. R. Noone 32~
(address omitted)
U.S.A.

Dear and Illustrious Brother Noone,

I acknowledge your letter regarding Crowley and Yarker.

I can only tell you that John Yarker was expelled from this
Order on the 30th November, 1870. From this it would follow
that any degrees purported to be conferred by him were
clandestine and irregular.

Yours sincerely and fraternally,

/S/_________________________
Grand Secretary General 33~ A.^.A.^.


2. Text of Clandestine "33rd Degree Patent" which Crowley purchased in 1910, from JOHN YARKER's Degree Mill.

T. T. G. O. T. S. A. O. T. U.
DEUS MEUMQUE JUS SPES MEA IN DEO EST |
( Great Seal )
SUPREME GRAND COUNCIL
OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS PRINCE OF THE ROYAL SECRET
|POST PUISSANT SOVEREIGN GRAND INSPECTORS GENERAL
of the
33rd AND LAST DEGREE
ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE OF MASONRY
H.R.D.M. R.M.S.H.
SITTING IN THE VALLEY OF
MANCHESTER
PEACE - TOLERANCE - TRUTH

From the East of the SUPREME GRAND COUNCIL of the SOVEREIGN GRAND INSPECTORS GENERAL of the 33rd and last degree of the Ancient and Accepted Rite of Freemasonry in and for Great Britan and Ireland under G.L. near the D.B. coresponding to 53', 25" N. Latitude 2', 3" West Meridian of Greenwich.

To all Illustrious, Ineffable and Sublime Freemasons of every degree Around and [unclear] over the surface of the Globe, Greetings:

HEALTH - PROSPERITY - FRATERNITY

KNOW YE - That the undersigned Sovereign Grand Inspectors General
do hereby certify and proclaim, our Illustrious Brother ALEISTER CROWLEY
of *London*,to be an Excellent Master Mason, Secret Master, Royal Master,
Intimate Secretary,Provost and Judge,Intendant of the Building,Elect of
Nine, Elect of Fifteen, Sublime Knight Elected, Grand Master Archetect,
Ancient Master of the Royal Arch, Grand Elect Perfect and Sublime Mason,
Knight of the Temple, Prince of Jerusalem, Knight of the East and West,
Knight Rose Croix of Heredom, Grand Pontiff, Master ad Vitam, Patriarch
Noachite, Prince of Libanus, Chief of the Tabernacle, Prince of the
Tabernacle, Knight of the Brazen Serpant, Prince of Mercy, Commander of
the Temple, Knight of the Sun, Knight of Saint Andrew, Grand Elect Knight
Kadosh, Grand Inspector Inquisitor Commander, Prince of the Royal Secret,
Most Puissant Sovereign Grand Inspector General of the 33rd and Last Degree.

WE ALSO COMMAND: All the Knights, Princes and Sublime Masons under
our Jurisdiction and we pray all other MASONS over the Surface Of The
Globe, to Welcome and Honor Him as a SOVEREIGN GRAND INSPECTOR GENERAL,
and to give credit to these LETTERS PATENT, we have caused to be signed
in the margin by our said Illustrious Bro. ALEISTER CROWLEY, that they
admit no other than himself.

Signed and Delivered by us SOVEREIGN GRAND INSPECTORS GENERAL of
The 33rd and Last Degree with the Seal of our said SUPREME COUNCIL
affixed in the Valley of Manchester this 29th day of the 11th month
|A.M. 5071 coresponding to the 29th November, A.D. 1910.

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/S/_________________________ | Ancient &
(SEAL) | {*} John Yarker 33~ Accepted
M.P.S. Gr. Comm. of England | Scottish
Rite (SEAL)
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(Foil Embossed) (Rubber Stamp)

/S/__________________________ /S/_____________________________
{*} Rich Higham 33~ {*} Edward Yarker 33~
M.W. Chancellor of England W.^.Gr.^. Secretary of England

RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED

/S/___________________________
{*} John Yarker 33~
M.^.P.^.S.^.Gr.^.of Gt. Britan & Ireland


/S/______________________________ /S/__________________________________
{*} Rich Higham 33~ {*} Edward Yarker 33~
M.W. Chancellor of G.^.B.^.& I.^. W.^.Gr.^. Secretary of G.^.B.^.& I.^.

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{*} = Cross of Salem - Aleister Crowley -
(Signature on lower margin)




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