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Masonry for Great Britain and Ireland, by Bro. James Hill, 
at 6, Little Britain, E.C. 


PREFACE. 


The completion of the second year’s publication of “ Kneph ” suggests itself as a favorable 
opportunity for the issue of a Title Page and Index for the use of those of our readers who may 
desire to preserve their copies for reference by binding them. It has also been suggested to us that 
as many of the articles have no signatures attached, it would be useful to append the names of the 
writers, and as we know of no objection to this, we have done so. 

It may be remarked, in reference to the monthly compendium of Lodge Meetings, which at the 
desire of many of our Craft Brethren we continued for a few months in Yol. I., but omitted from 
Yol. II., that however interesting these short reports might be to Brethren, the very limited space at 
our command prevented us from giving more than a very small proportion of the meetings that 
took place each month, and moreover occupied space that we felt could be more profitably used ; 
and from the congratulatory letters on the improved appearance and contents of “ K?ieph ” which 
have been from time to time received, we gather that our readers are on the whole satisfied with the 
ohange. 

In conclusion, we may say with old Spencer : — 

“ I, like the Prentyse that hewyth the rough stone, 

And bringeth it to square with hard strokes and many 
That the Mayster after may it oeur gone 
And prynte therein his figures and his story ; 

And so to worke after his propornary 
That it may appear to all that shall it see 
A thyngc right parfyte and well in eche degre. 

So have I now sette out this rude worke, 

As rough as the stone not oomen to the squaie, 

That the lernede and the studyed clerk 
May it oure polysshe aDd clene do it pare, 

Flowrysshe it with eloquence, whereof it is bare, 

And frame it in ordre that yt is out of joynt, 

That it with old authors may gree in every poynt ” 


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Published under the Authority of the Sovereign Sanctuary for Great Britain and Ireland. 
Edited by BRO. KENNETH R. H. MACKENZIE, IX 0 . LL.D., 32 0 . 


VOL. I., No. I.] JANUARY 1st, 1881. SiSiff [Monthly. 


£>pentng 2U3&ress. 


As we this day issue the first number of The 
Kneph, an Official Journal of the Antient and 
Primitive Rite of Masonry, it is desirable that 
some few prefatory remarks should explain the 
sphere and scope of the publication. As a 
Masonic periodical, it in no way interferes with 
its elder contemporaries, with whom it is desired 
to establish the most amicable relations; nor will 
it in any way supersede them. It is not to be 
expected that the Freemason and the Free- 
masons' Chronicle , can continue to open their 
columns to the mere technical and official reports 
emanating from our Sovereign Sanctuary, nor 
give space valuably devoted to Craft Reports to 
the affairs of a single Rite, now growing every 
day in importance. 

The principles upoh which it is proposed to 
conduct this new enterprise are those of the 
purest Masonic good-will. Every Craft Mason, 
anxious to learn what the Antient and Primitive 
Rite really is, may fearlessly expect fair play in 
our columns, and ask for and obtain frank ex- 
planations on the many obscure points which 
continually arise in the study of Masonic Science. 

For a very long time the number of ardent 
Masonic investigators has been on the increase, 
and a public has thus grown into existence, for 
whom The Kneph is especially destined. 
Masonic archaeology and research is now no 
longer in its cradle, but forms a most important 



department of English and American thought. 
Joined with the archaeology of the subject, we 
find many topics of interest, illustrative of the 
history of mediaeval science, and even in a cer- 
tain sense of religious aspect in thought Many 
of them are alluded to in their proper place 
throughout our ceremonials, and deserve the 
most careful consideration in the course of our 
studies. 

Philology has made such marked progress 
that we are now enabled to trace out the origin 
and development of many important mytho- 
logical legends by its aid, thus throwing great 
light upon obscure points connected with ancient 
mysteries and faiths. The emergence of Egypt- 
ology, as a science, is a fact of the highest im- 
portance to those who honestly believe in the 
real antiquity of Freemasonry as a mode of 
education. 

It is necessary to say that the columns of 
“The Kneph “will always be open to sincere 
enquirers into Truth, but a reverent regard for 
the principles of Craft Masonry as transmitted 
to our times must ever be kept in view. The 
promoters of this Journal consider that a studious 
respect for the Landmarksof Freemasonry should 
always be seen in the tone of the articles in its 
pages. 

With an honest desire to act on behalf of the 
general enlightenment of the Craft, an undeviating 
sense of the supremacy of the Craft authorities 
of this country, and a determination to uphold 
all that is legitimate, it is thought that “The 
Kneph ” will be welcome to a numerous body 

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CONTENTS 


TO VOL 


I. 


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EDITORIALS. 

1. Opening Address (Dr. K.R.H. Mackenzie, 32°) .. .. 1 

Leader (the Plan of Kneph) „ ,, .... 4 

Swedenborgian Rite „ ,, .... 5 

2. The Kneph (a Defence of the Title) (Dr. K. R. H. 

Mackenzie, 32°) .. 9 

The Masonic Charities 12 

An Apologue applied (Dr. K. R. H. Mackenzie 4 32°) 17 
Bro. J. W. Hughan and the A & P. Rite „ 20 

Adoptive Masonry— Craft Masonry 20 

Swedenborgian Rite (Reply to “ Freemason ”) Dr. K. R. 

H. Mackenzie, 32°) 20 

Statutes, A. & P. Rite (Fees and Probation) Bro. John 

Yarker, 33° 21 

4. The Awakeniug of Nature (Dr. K. R. H. Mackenzie,’ 32°’) 25 

Bro. Wm. Preston 28 

Bro. T. B. Whyteliead and the Swedenborgian Rite 28 

* The Order of Elijah 28 

5. The End of the World (Dr. K. R. H. Mackenzie, 32°).. 33 

Non-affiliates ,, f| ..36 

National Grand Lodge of Tunis ,, ..36 

The Progress of Kneph ,, ..37 

Ben jn. Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsheld ,, ..37 

6. A Perfect World (Dr. K. R. H. Mackenzie, 32°) . . . . 41 

Masonic Arrogance „ „ . . 44 

Report of Royal, Super-excellent and Select Masters of 

Pennsylvania for 1881 „ „ 44 

The Rosicrucian Society „ „ 44 

Bro. Hyde Pullen „ „ 45 

7. The Heat of the Day (Dr. K. R. H. Mackenzie, 32°) . . 49 

Universality of Freemasonry ,, „ 52 

National Grand Lodge of Tunis ,, 53 

Bro. Matthew Cooke „ „ 53 

8. The Old English York Rite (Bro. James Hill, 33°) .. 57 

The Status of Craft Provincial Grand Officers (Bro. 

John Yarker, 33°) 60 

The Morgan Mystery (Bro. James Hill, 33°) 60 

Ye Legende of ye Antient Fraternitie of Rahere 

Almoners (Bro. James Hill, 33°) 61 

9. Board of Benevolence, Bro. Percival’s Motion (Bro. 

James Hill, 33°). . . . 68 

Masonry in the Colonies (Bro. James Hill, 33°) . . . . 69 

10. The British Association at York (Bro. James Hill, 33°) 76 
Antiquity of the Rose Croix and Senate degrees (Bro. 

James Hill, 33°) .. .. 76 

11. The Rite of Memphis in Egypt (Bro. John Yarker, 33°) 81 

The Site of Solomon’s Temple (Bro. James Hill, 33°) . . 84 

G.L. of England & G.L. of Quebec (Bro. James Hill, 33°) 84 

12. The Rite of Memphis in Egypt „ „ ..89 

Address to the Reader, Kneph „ „ 92 


ESSAYS. 

Which of the Gods was Serapis (111. Bro. C. James, 32°) 5, 13, 22 

29,35, 43 

The Great Pyramid of Cheops (Bro. John Yarker, 33°) 65, 73, 84 
Feathers of the Sat Bhai (Bro. J. H. Lawrence-Archer, 30°) 13 
Cleopatra’s Needle and Egyptian Inscriptions on Sarcophagi 

(Bro. John Yarker, 33°) 11 

Adoptive Masonry, Note on (Bro. John Yarker, 33°) .. ..14 

Reformed Egyptian Rite „ „ .... 11 

Aims of the Antient and Primitive Rite „ .... 26 

The Legend of the Hermit of Eskdaleside (Bro. J. Monkman 

Collier, 32°, Masonic Hermit) 31 

Antient and Accepted Rite, Sup. Gd. Council for U.S.A. 

(Bro. John Yarker, 33°) 34, 46, 50, 67 

The Lotos (J. H. Lawrence-Archer, 30°) 45 

The Chapter, Senate, and Council Degrees of the Antient and 
Primitive Rite (Bro. James Hill, 33°) .. 18, 27, 38, 51 

Egyptian Antiquities „ ,, 

Dervish Lodges in Egypt (Bro. John Yarker, 33°) 59 

A Fable for the Wise (Spectator) 74 

4 he Holy Rock (Bro. James Hill, 33°) « . . . 75 


ESSAYS. Page 

The Rite of Memphis in Egppt (Bro. John Yarker, 33°) 81, 89 

Origin of Masonic History (Keystone) 91 

A Plea for the High Grades (Bro. James Hill, 33° .... 21 

Aum. Uma. I Am. (Bro. J. H. Lawrence-Archer, 30°) .. 18 

Notes on Swedish Freemasony (Dr* K. R. H. Mackenzie, 32° 23 


POETRY. 

Prometheus, translation (Bro. J. H. Peach, 30°) 

The Story of the Fallen Master, translation (Thomas Carlyle) 

Life’s Beatitude (Bro. J. H. Peach, 30°) • * 

Swedish Freemasons’ Hymn, translation (Bro. Dr. K. R. H. 

Mackenzie, 32°) 

From the German of Sallet (unknown) 

A Hebrew Ode (unknown) 

A Hymn from the Rig Veda, tt anslation(Professor MaxMuller) 

REVIEWS. 


Cosmopolitan Calendar (Kenning) 

Freemans’ Manual (Jeremiah How) 

The Anacalypsis (Godfrey Higgins) 

Ohrestos (J. B. Mitchell, M.D.) 

Aberdeen Masonic Reports (Crombie) 

Proceedings of the M. E. Gd. R. A. Chap, of Pennsylvania. . 

Masonic Magazine, April (Geo. Kenning) 

t , „ May „ •. •• 

The Celestial Sign of the Rainbow (Proteus) 

Ancient Order of Zuzemites (Bro. W. H. Quilliam) . . 

Herald of Progress, No. 39 iW. H. Lambelle) 

Memfi Resortoe, Vols. I. to * 

A. and A. Rite in Philadelphia 

Masonic Charges (John Yarker) 

Morals and Dogma (Bro. Albert Pike) 

The Philosophy of Spirit (William Oxley) 

Notes on the History of Freemasonry (Bro. Sutherland) . . 

MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES. 

Nineveh and its Palaces 

Gib or Giblum • . . 

Antient Pillar Stones of Scotland 

Long Livers 

Fire 


15 

15 

31 

as 

32 
39 
39 
47 
47 
47 
47 
56 
56 
72 
80 
86 
98 


29 

40 

56 

80 

56 


CORRESPONDENCE. 

Masonic Corresponding Societies— Adoptive Masonry . . 12, 19 

Rituals :• 19 ’ 15 

Cemau Council and Northern J urisdiction 

A. & A. Rite, U.S.A 

Reply to a West Country P. M. (Freemason) w 

A. and A. Rite in Ireland . . ^ 

Garibaldi as Gd. Hierophant 

Jerusalem Conclave w 


REPORTS. 

Antient and Primitive Rite, Gd. Trea. Genl. . . ...... 

Hose Croix Chapters, Senates, Councils and Mystic Temples, 

6, 14, 30, 37, 45, 59, 79, 

Sov. Sane. Great Britain and Ireland 8, 58, 

Sov. Sane. America * * 

Sov. Sane. Canada oo, 

Swedenborgian Rite 

Mark Masonry •• •• ^,84,62,71,79,87, 

Craft Masonry 46, o3, 62, 70, 78, 85, 9o, 

Cryptic Masonry .. .. *'ao *71 70 o‘ 7 ‘ 

Royal Arch Masonry 54, 62, 71, 79, 87, 

Scotland 55, 62, 87, 

Tunis « R9 1 

Italy. •* 24 ’ 30 ’ 65 ’ 


85 

83 

85 

46 

14 

30 

94 

94 

96 

94 

91 

55 

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CONTENTS. 


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NOTICES TO COBEESPONDENTS. Page 

4, 12, 20. 28, 36, 44, 52, 59, 68, 76, 84 92 

IN MEMORIAM. 

Bro. Gr. E. Tuson, 32° 11 

Bro. P. L. Dilberoghiu, 33° 55 

Dean Stanley 64 

PARAGBAPHS. 

Bite of Memphis in France 7 

Notice to Members 8 

Clothing 15 


PARAGBAPHS. 

~ .--vyj! 

Early History of Masonry in Massachusets — Count Wartens- 

leben 14 

Masons’ Hall ' . . . . 27 J 

Dr. Carter-Blake’s Lectures— Hon. Court of Judges . . . . 39 

Public Opinion — Theosophist 40|SB 

Dr. Folger’s History of the Scottish Rite— Non -affiliates .. 43 j" 

Kneph 67,||| 

General Garibaldi— Legion of Honour in Canada 72 1 

Library 87 . 

Masonic Female Orphan School of Ireland 9(K . 1 

Lord Mayor Ellis 9%j^P 

Bibhcal Archeology— Bro. Ramsey’s Masons’ Souvenir 


CONTENTS TO VOL. II. 


EDITORIALS. Page 

13. The Old Year and the New (Bro. James Hill, 33 Q ) . . 97 

Treaty of Alliance ,, ,, . . 97 

Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution, and the Antient 

and Primitive Rite — An Appeal from Roumania 

(Bro. James Hill, 33°) 100 

14. The Position of the G. L. of England as to the High 

Degrees, &c. (Bro. John Yarker, 33°) 108 

Palatine Chapter, Manchester (Bro. James Hill, 33°) . . 108 

Sinus Chapter, Burnley „ „ 

15. Craft Masonry and the High Grades „ ..116 

Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution „ 

16. The Rosy Cross and Rose Croix (Bro. John Yarker, 33°) 124 
An Antient and Primitive Ball (Bro. James Hill, 33°) 124 

17. The Antient and Primitive Ball ,, „ 132 

The Masonry of Antiquity (Bro. John Yarker, 33°) . . 132 

18. The Late 111. Bro. Labrey (Bro. James Hill, 33°) .. 142 

The Dublin Masonic Bazaar „ „ . . ; . - 142 

Garibaldi „ „ .... 143 

19. The Metropolitan Grand Mystic Temple „ . . . 149 

The Appointment of Gd. Organist to ditto ,, .... 149 

Masonic Intolerance (Bro. James Hill, 33°) .. .. 152 

American Jurisdiction ,, ,, 152 

20. The Editor to His Readers ,, ,, 162 

The Grand Lodge of Ireland and the High Grades (Bro. 

James Hill, 33°) 

Ancient Freemasonry (Br. James Hill, 33°) 164 

22. Grand Lodge of Ireland and the Higher Degrees (Bro. 

C. Monck-Wilson, 33°) 172 

Naples — The Grand Order of Rome and M. 111. Bro. 

Pessina (Bro. James Hill, 33°) 173 

India — Progress of the A. & P. Rite (Bro. James 

Hill, 33°) .. . 174 

23. Grand Lodge of Ireland and the Higher Degrees (Bro. 

James Hill, 33°) lbO 

23. The Royal, or Sacred, Arch (Bro. James Hill, 33°) . . 180 

24. The Dying Year „ ,, 185 

The Grand Lodge of Egypt „ „ .. 188 

Roumania and the Gd. Or. of Rome „ . . 189 

Ireland (communicated) 189 

ESSAYS. 

The Mundane Egg (Bro. M. V. Portman, 32°) 101 

Egyptian Masonry, Crata Repoa (Bro. Jno. Yarker, 33°) 

105, 113, 121, 129, 137, 157, 169 

Egyptian Mechanics ( Contemporary Review') 110 

Sacred Name (Bro. Jno. Yarker, 33°) 117 

The Great Pool of Siloam (unknown) 117 

The Mystic Number Seven „ 115 

The Creative Week „ 118, 127 

Indian Native Masonry (Theosophist) 133 

Masonry and Religion (“ Voice of Masonry ”) 140 

Garibaldi, Funeral Oration (Bro. Pessina, 33°) 151 

Historical Narrative of Italian Masonry ,, . . . . 156, 166, 170 

The Great Pyramid and its Teachings (Bro. James Hill, 33°) 161 
Kits Coty House „ ,, 164 

Order of St. John of Jerusalem „ ,, 164 

Amasis, Viceroy of Egypt (Aug. Echo) 166 

The Golden Urn of Trajan (Bro. J. Hill, 33°) 168 

Bel, Bal, Bui „ .... .. 174 

The Land of the Pharoahs, On-Heliopolis . . . . . . 183, 190 

The Chemical Wedding (Bro. J. Yarker, 33°) . . 176, 184, 186 


REVIEWS. Page 3 

The Power of Friendship, and Masonic March (Honig) . . 119 

Antiquary ( Contemporary Review) 

Miscellaneous Notes , Queries and Answers (Gould) . . . . 168 ; 

Modem Thought — History of Yorkshire .. .. 176 

Modern Thought — Notes, Queries and Answers 184 . 

Story of Gisdhubar (Modem Thought) 191 

MASON CO NOTES AND QUERIES. . , m m 

Assyrian Antiquities 139 

Babylonian Antiquities- -Temple of Diana — Garibaldi — 

Mormons— Chaldean Antiquities 165 

CORRESPONDENCE. 

Bro. Munro — Admission of a Catholic Priest into Masonry . . 134 

American Jurisdiction 107, 138, 159 

Gd. Lodge of England and the A. and P. Rite .. .. 174 

REPORTS. 

Text of Treaty between the Confederated Powers A. <fe P. Rite 109 

Rite of Mizraim (Charters) 106 1 

Antient and Primitive Rite, Great Britain and Ireland 98, 99 i 

122, 142 3 

Sov. Sane. „ ,, (Gd. Treasurer Gen.) 107, 144, 153 

Rose Croix Chapters, Senates, Councils and Mystic Temples 98 
107, 122, 123, 128, 131, 144, 165, 175, 179, 189 

Craft Masonry 99, 112, 115, 126 ' , 

Mark „ 112, 13fir 

Scotland .. .. 112,126, ISJSy 

Royal Arch life 

Italy •• 125*',, 

Roumania 125, 135 J 

France . . • • . . . . i 126, 128, 131, 146 J 

Swedenhorgian Rite 161 j 

NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. . \ 

100, 108, 116, 124, 132, 141, 162, 162, 172, 17fi, 188 

IN ME MORI AM. 

Bro. Beeby Bowman Labrey 

„ Guiseppe Garibaldi 

„ Dreo • - 

„ Gilbert Th6venot .r 

MASONIC BIOGRAPHY. 

Bro. John Yarker sSfiftS&S 

„ Major J. H. Lawrence- Archer 130 

,, Prince Rhodoconakis .. .. 150,158,171,177,187, 192 

PARAGRAPHS. 

M. Maspero (Pyramid of Meydoum) IQ t 

Aztec Mysteries — Naples i. .. ... 110 

Zodiac -i 

Rite of Memphis . . 

Mithraic Signs 118 

Ship of the Argonauts — Royal Agricultural Journal — 

Bahyloniau Excavations 119 

Egyptian Explorations 

The Electrio Light . . . . . . . . 

Pithom and Raamses .. *. .. ... .. _ 

POETRY. 

Death (A Fragment) — Byron . . . , . .... , . . . 1 

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THE KNEPH. 


of readers, and as it is not intended to be a Jour- 
nal of controversy, it cannot offend. 

Contributions are cordially invited, but they 
should in all cases be clothed in the fewest pos- 
sible words, as matter, and not manner, is what 
is wanted. We thus start fair, making but few 
promises, and hence we shall have none to break. 
The plan of the paper will be best seen by the 
number we now issue, and with every subsequent 
publication we hope to make such improvements 
as time and opportunity suggest. 


REPORT OF THE ACTING TREASURER 
GENERAL. 

Illustrious Brothers, 

Having lecently, after some years of delicate 
health, recovered somewhat of my old elasticity, I decided, 
at the commencement of this year, to undertake the labour 
of resuming the organization of the Antient and Primi- 
tive Rite of Masonry. The continued bad health of the 
Illustrious Brother, who, from the introduction of the Rite 
into this country in 1871, has worthily filled the office of 
Treasurer General, compelled me to perform his duties in 
addition to my own. This concentration, in my own hands, 
of all the work of the Rite was economical, both in time 
and money, and advantageous in other respects. For the 
greater part of this year, I have been obliged to devote 
about six hours daily to these duties, and I have been am- 
ply rewarded for this sacrifice, by seeing the Order, at 
length, on the high road to prosperity. 

In the first years of the Rite, we drew largely upon the 
good nature of the Treasurer General, Illustrious Brother 
S. P. Leather, 33°,asthe expenses of its establishment were 
very heavy, and he often advanced considerable sums of 
money. 1 he Sovereign Sanctuary of America, charged us 
£50 for our Charter, and we paid it. Certificate plate, 
blocks, seals, &c., would cost us £40 more. Expense of 
Freemason’s Hall, London, for our first meeting, printing 
warrants, certificates, &c., £50. Printing Constitutions 
(58 pp.), Public Ceremonials (102 pp.), History (60), say 
£55. Printing Class V. (100 pp. and binding 100) £20. 
This is an approximate account of expenses to the close of 
1878, and to it has to be added £5 miscellaneous 
expenses from time to time. 

I have carefully examined the accounts of the Illustrious 
Brother Samuel P. Leather, 330. which show a small bal- 
ance in hand. The receipts are recorded with great ac- 
curacy and the payments made with much economy and 
prudence. It is difficult to touch pitch without being de- 
filed, and for seven years the Treasurer General has 
performed that duty, I therefore, equally with the Order 
generally, owe him a deep debt of gratitude. 

The great cost of establishing an Order of this extensive 
nature has doubtless kept away from us a large numbet of 
prudent brethren, who thought that sufficient funds would 
not be raised to place the Rite firmly upon its legs ; but, 
notwithstanding, we have plodded on resolutely, through 
all disadvantages, until the point of success has at length 
been attained. 

The several Members of the Sovereign Sanctuary have 
worked con timore, devoting a considerable amount of time 
and money to the cause, and, it is greatly to our credit to 1 
say, that no profit of any kind has accrued to any 
of the officials of the Rite. At first a few Members joined us 
with the hope of some pecuniary advantage, but these 
fell away when they saw that no money was to be made 


out of it, and they left, to the disinterested, the conduct of 
the Rite, which was thus quietly weeded of all those for 
whom it was unsuited. 

This year, during my undivided control of affairs, I 
have received a larger measure of support than usual, and 
1 must specially return my thanks to the Glasgow and 
Scottish brethren generally, for the liberal and energetic 
manner in which they have contributed to the present 
satisfactory result. 

We have during this year chartered five New Chapters, 
and several Senates of Knight Hermetic Philosophers, and 
Sublime Councils. We have also established friendly 
relations with the Sovereign Sanctuary of America, and 
the Sovereign Councils of the Egyptian Rite, in Africa; and 
Italy, of which latter the Illustrious Brother General 
Guiseppe Garibaldi, 33 0 &c., is Grand Master. The 
list of our Representatives, Officers, and subordinate 
bodies will be found in the “ Cosmopolitan Calendar,” 
published by Bro. George Kenning. 

We have kept three printers employed ; two in Man- 
chester, and one in London. In Manchester, have been 
printed, and delivered, the following Manuals, viz : — 
Adoptive Masonry (6 pp.). Class II. and III. (144 P-) 
Class VI. and VII. (196pp.). Official (56 pp.). These are 
printed at a cost of about £77, which is already paid, but 
a considerable sum will have to be added for binding. In 
London, with the dues accuring from the Rose of Sharon, 
No. 6, our Illustrious Brother James Hill, 33 0 , has printed 
Charters. (50), Mizraim, (54 p.), Class IV. (96 p.) These 
at an approximate cost of upwards of £40. With the ex- 
ception of the cost of printing certificates, the miscellaneous 
expenses will be about £2 10s. to £3 for postage, carriage 
&c. To these sums will have to be added a further print- 
ing charge for the Lectures, amounting to about £25 and 
then our labours are entirely complete, and the Sovereign 
Sanctuary in full working order. 

Thus, out of debt, and with a working stock of about 
£250, there is, for the future, no risk of the Rite collap- 
sing, and we, therefore, look forward., in a sanguine spirit, 
to a vast extension of the privileges of the Order, as nothing 
is now lacking to enable us to assist those brethren, who 
seek to work it, in any part of the United Kingdom or its 
dependencies ; and every possible encouragement will be 
given to them for that purpose. 

Our Illustrious Grand Secretary General, Bro. James 
Hill, 33 0 , of No. 7, Kingsland-road, Shoreditch, London, 
has been placed in possession of 150 copies each, of all 
our publications, and 500 copies of the Manual of the Rite 
of Mizraim ; and the power to issue dispensations in Eng- 
land and Wales, will be given to the Very Illustrious 
Grand Master of Light. The same regulations will be ex- 
tended to Scotland. Bro. John Hogg, 13, Paternoster- 
row, London, has also been supplied with the History of 
the Antient and Primitive Rite (64 p. 1 /-); and the 
Statutes, Public Ceremonials, and History. (220 p. 5/6), 
from whom these can be procured. 

To this report will be added a debtor and creditor ac- 
count of all sums received and paid, with the names of 
those through whom they may have been transmitted. 
Whatever is further necessary, for the convenience of the 
Rite, will be obtained, and all amounts owing by the Or- 
der will be cleared off as speedily as possible. A Treasurer 
General will then be appointed in London, with a Banking 
account; and the various members of the Order will be kept 
periodically informed of the state of its financial and other 
affairs. 

I may be excused for adding, that, if the various 
Executive Officers of the Order, who give so liberally of 
their valuable time, are to be kept in good heart, the in- 
dividual members of the Antient and Primitive Rite of 
Masonry, scattered throughout this great Empire, must. 


PROMETHEUS. 


on their part, give them substantial encouragement by 
their zeal, — unappreciated labours and benefits become a 
burthen to the giver. 

To each and all of you, Illustrious Brethren, I return, 
my hearty personal thanks, for your kind and disin- 
terested support, and I earnestly hope that T.S.A.O.T.U. 
will permit us all, for many years to come, to labour 
diligently together for the welfare of our beloved Antient 
and Primitive Rite of Masonry. 

Fraternally yours, 

JOHN YARKER, 33—96°. 
The Poplars, Burton-road, 

Withington, Manchester. 


RECEIPTS. 

Sundry receptions 

111. Bro. M. L. Davies, 33° (No. 5) . . 

„ ,, S. P. Leather, 33°, Trea. Gen. 

„ „ C. James, 33°. Elect (7 & 9) 

„ „ T. M. Campbell, 32°. (No. 8) 

,, ,, Colin Mackenzie, 32°. (No. 9) 

My total receipts 

„ „ J. Hill°,33. G.S.G. (No. 6) 

Total credits 

PAYMENTS. 

Mr. A. Thomson, Class VI. & VII., and binding 
100 copies 

Messrs. J. W. Petty & Son, Class II. & III., Official ; 

50 galleys, &c., &c., and binding 100 copies, 
certs., decl., &c. 

Printing about igo certs., &c., &c., per 111. Bro. 

C. James 

Six tin book boxes and locks 
Postages, Carriages, &c., 1 i years .. 

Binding g8o Mizraim . . . . . . . . . . 3 

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Translated by III. Bro. J. H. Peach. 30°. 

[The following beautiful speech of Prometheus, having in 
itself many allusions to the important part played by the 
founder of the ancient mysteries, and typified in the person of 
the demi-god, has been ably translated by 111. Bro. J. H. Peach 
for our columns. It will be remembered that /Eschylos was 
himself prosecuted for speaking too openly of the Mysteries. — 
Ed.] 

(PROMETHEUS — BOUND TO THE ROCK BY ORDER OF JUPITER, 
FOR HAVING STOLEN FROM HEAVEN THE SACRED FIRE OF 
THE GODS, AND GIVEN IT TO MEN, — IS THE SPEAKER.) 

Think not that thro’ false pride, or stubbornness 
I hold my peace. My heart is sick and faint 
With self-examining. I see myself 
Outrag’d, and woe-begone. Yet who but I 
Gave these divinities their richest gifts. 

But why speak more of this ; or why recount, 

To you who know, what I erst-while have done ? 

But the dread woes of men I have assuag’d 
Hear ye of them, as I recount ; how like 
Th’unreasoning babes they liv’d, till I arous’d 
Their sleeping comprehension to its task ; 

Taught them to think, and gave them laws of thought. 

And this I say, not finding fault with men, 

But showing my good-will in all I gave. 

And first, tho’ seeing, seeing all in vain, 

And hearing, but not rightly ; phantom-like 
Throughout their length of days, with muddled brains, 

They wrought at random ; or still lived content 
In caverns of the earth ; like insects liv’d : 

Nor knew they how to set one brick on other, 

To build them houses, where the sunlight’s warmth 
Might settle ; nor the work of carpentry ; 

But still abode in sunless depths of earth. 

Nor knew they signs of Winter ; nor could mark 
Th’ approach of Spring with leaf and flower clad, 

Nor yet of Summer with rich store of fruits ; 

But void of counsel liv’d they all their years, 

Till I proclaim’d the risings of the stars 
And when they set, (a harder time to tell). 

And number, chief device, to them declar’d 
Its laws, its uses, and its many powers. 

And, as a handmaid true to Memory, 

And Mother of the Muses, I explained 
The use and forms of letters. And I first 
Compell’d submissive to the rein, wild steeds ; 

And broke them to the collar : so that they 

Might with their greater strength lighten men’s toil. 

Those canvas- ringed birds that ride the wave, 

And join together nations sea-divided. . 

All these designs inventing (hapless still). 

For thankless man, I yet have no device 
To free myself from underserved woe. 

Of human race, if any one fell ill, 

And needed help ; or healing food ; or drink 
To quiet thirst in fever; or some drug 
To check the force of fierce disease, to such 
I gave the aid of mild medicaments, 

Wherewith to quell attacks of sickness sore. 

I taught them many modes of prophecy ; 

And read them truths fropi visions ominous, 

Or tokens from the flight of talon’d birds : 

And made clear dim-vision’d omens drawn from fire. 

And ’neath the earth I treasures sought for men, 

Treasures of iron, silver, gold ; who else can say 
That he, not I had found them first?. Not one ! 

Unless he babbles idle words. So learn 

The truth, summ'd up in one short sentence, thus 

All arts of mortals from Prometheus spring ! 

“Prometheus Bound.”— 446— 514. 


4 


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ANTIENT AND PRIMITIVE RITE. 


CONSTITUTION, GENERAL STATUTES 
AND ORDINANCES 

Of the Sovereign Sanctuary of the 
Antient and Primitive Rite of Masonry, 

In and for the United Kingdom of 

GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND AND ITS 
DEPENDENCIES: ALSO 

SKETCH OF THE HIS TOR Y of the RITE 

And the Public Ceremonials Thereof. 

Printed by authority of the Sovereign Sanctuary in and for 
Great Britain and Ireland ; and derived through the Charter of 
the Sovereign Sanctuary of America, from the Sovereign 
Sanctuary and Grand Lodge of France. 


History 64 pp. i/- Constitutions Cloth, 2/6. Public 
Ceremonials, ditto, 3/-. The whole complete, 1 Vol., 
5/6, Post Free. 


OPINIONS. 

The learned, universal, charitable, and unsectarian Antient 
and Primitive Rite (to the 33 0 of which every Master Mason is 
eligible), is so entirely in accord with Craft Masonry, that 
every lodge ought to be acquainted with its Constitution , 
History , and Ceremonials. Outside the Master Mason it is 
emphatically the only system worthy of support, or to which 
craft recognition can legitimately be given. 


BRO. JNO. HOGG, PATERNOSTER ROW, 

And of the Gd. Sec. Gen. at the Offices of the Sov. Sane., 
77-J, Bishopsgate Street Within, E.C. 


So domsjjon&mfs. 

We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our 
correspondents, but we wish in a spirit of fair play to all, to permit 
free discussion. 



LONDON, JANUARY 1, 1S81. 


In our c pen mg address we think we have suffi- 
ciently explained our position as regards our con- 
temporaries of a masonic character, but it may be 
not inopportune to say a word or two as to our 
views in connection with general literature. We 
are a Masonic Journal; but outside and on the 
fringe of Masonry there lie many subjects quite 
within our power to consider. Although pure 
archaeology is well represented by many able 


organs of public note, there are points of contact 
between archaeology and Masonic lore ; upon 
such we invite communications. Heraldry, the 
badges of public companies, and mysteries, and 
the history of guilds and fraternities. 

Stray fragments of perhaps inestimable value 
might be preserved in this way, and by an inter- 
change of such intelligence we may do much to 
aid in the recovery and preservation of the frag- 
mentary history of the corporations, too many of 
which have been forgotten, and might very con- 
veniently be exhumed. Local customs and the 
like also afford a wide and probably profitable 
field. We venture the hint, may it be useful. 

* * * 

Another point to which we should like to direct 
the attention of our readers is that of Biblio- 
graphy. A little while before the restoration of 
Freemasonry in these realms, a great number of 
books, sometimes regarded as having a quasi- 
Masonic character, were freely published and sold. 

Many of these. of a “grave and russet hue ” are 
now not easily accessible and if we could arouse 
the attention of our student brethren to the im- 
portance of these little known works, we think 
that some account of them would materially aid 
in the evolution of an intelligible history of that 
great movement in which our ancestors were the 
primary motive powers, and which it is our privi- 
lege to carry forward with such additional aids as 
the progress of science admits. Hidden within 
forgotten volumes lie many truths, and we owe 
it to our forerunners that these should be turned 
to account. Therefore we hope that our columns 
may from time to time be rendered of permanent 
value by the record of such investigations into 
the literary history of the past. 

* * * 

We have reserved one point for express men- 
tion, and we hope we shall in this not be mis- 
understood. The columns of this Journal are 
not to be converted into a vituperative arena. 

Calm discussion we invite, and we do not see 
why plain language as to matter of fact should 
not be used, but we deprecate personalities of 
every kind. But we especially draw attention to 
the fact that as the organ of the Antient and 
Primitive Rite, it is our wish to aid in the Masonic 
education and edification of reading Masons. 

Many interesting points of investigation yet 
require illustration, and some problems lie ready 
for solution. 

We shall have difficulties to encounter, but we 
are determined to surmount these, and we feel 
certain that we shall carry our battle flag, 
bearing the myrtle and the glaive, to victory, our 
watchwords being Truth and Tolerance to 
all. 


THE KNEPH. 


5 


SWEDENBORGIAN RITE. 

As to a certain extent, this Journal may be 
regarded as an organ of the above Rite, it would 
ill become the first number to be without a few 
words in reference to it. It has for a considera- 
ble time been occultly opposed by influences 
somewhat unworthy of the notice of true 
Masonic Brethren ; but this very opposition 
proved that these influence* knew nothing of the 
true importance of the Rite. The present Grand 
Secretary of England, Col. Shadwfll-Clerk, 
was invited by the Secretary of the Rite to make 
himself acquainted with it, and accept honorary 
membership in it, as his predecessor, Bro. John 
Hewey had done. This our Bro., in a graceful 
note, declined, and it is not for any one to dispute 
his will and pleasure. The Swedenborgian Rite 
is a purely voluntary body, and a philosophical 
institution of no mean importance. It is quite 
as capable of enduring a period of probationary 
neglect as any other Masonic body, but it is 
quite certain that ultimately its merits will be as 
generally acknowledged as those of other 
systems. But from certain bodies in England, 
as in Ireland, it is idle to expect frankness. 
Hence the Rite of Swedenborg labours under 
several disadvantages. Among these we may 
number the unfounded dislike entertained by 
the Theological body of the New Church to 
Freemasonry. We would ask that eminently 
respectable class of thinkers whether the 
Swedenborgian Rite has ever done them any 
harm ? It has never entered into dispute upon 
Swedenborg’s ideas, or controverted any of the 
canons of the Intellectual Repository, itself 
an admirable work. But the present chief 
representatives of the Theosophical side of 
Swedenborg’s character are not Freemasons, 
and know nothing of his Masonic career, and so 
we can forgive them. 

In our next issue, wc shall present to our 
readers a full report of what has been done in 
the Swedenborgian Rite, and we shall show that 
we have used our limited funds both wisely and 
well. 

WHICH OF THE GODS WAS SERAPIS? 

By Illustrious Brother Charles James, 33 0 Elect. 

In tracing the rise of the Worship of Serapis, 
and its connection through Apis, with the Osiric 
Rite, it is necessary first to glance at the general 
state of animal worship in Egypt, and this we shall 
find never existed to any very great extent ; or to 
that degree which only a casual glance, at the re- 
cords of their religious customs would lead us to 
suppose; indeed it was only in Lower Egypt, a part 
of the dual kingdom always inferior in art, learning, 


and theology, to the upper country, that animal 
worship at all found a place ; and even here only in 
the minds of the lower and more ignorant classes 
of the people, who, there is good reason to suppose, 
were raceably distinct, from the better educated, 
and governing classes, who, so far as history 
carries us back, were always in possession of a 
much more elevated and highly spiritualistic 
theology. 

It is true the Cynocephalus received a certain 
amount of veneration at Thebes, and that some 
animals, insects, and reptiles, such as the Scara- 
baeus, and Uraeus, received the same in both Upper 
and Lower Egypt, yet in no case did this veneration 
amount to adoration, and no Temples were erected 
to their worship, no Priesthood maintained for their 
service, nor any kind of religious ceremony per- 
formed expressly in their honour ; they were simply 
looked upon as types of the attributes of certain 
Deities, or of the eternal principles of Nature. 

It was at Memphis, in Lower Egypt, at a period 
anterior to exact history, and while even The- 
bes was yet young, that animal worship was 
first established, probably under the successor of 
“Kakau.” the first King of the fourth dynasty; and 
no doubt reached Egypt from beyond the Ganges. 

Here the animal Deity was the bull Apis, but his 
worship never spread past the confines of Memphis, 
certainly not beyond the home, or province belong- 
ing to that city ; for at the neighbouring city of 
Heliopolis, was worshipped another bull, called by 
the Egyptians “ Amim-Ehe,” and by the Greekhis 
torians “ Mnevis” ; and the people of Mendes, alto- 
gether discarding the bull Divinities, adopted for 
themselves another animal, the Sacred Goat, while 
in other cities in Lower Egypt, various animals were 
considered sacred. 

The Bull, on account of his pro-creative powers, 
was held to be an emblem of Deity by most eastern 
nations from a very early period, and by many of 
them an inferior incarnation, of some one or other 
of their Gods. Thus, in India, the Sacred Cow is 
yet held in high veneration, whilst in Japan and 
China, Temples are still erected to the honour of 
the “ Horned Bull,” and it is by no means difficult 
to trace the progress of this worship, in its march 
westward, through Chaldea, and Assyria, to Phoe- 
nicia, and thence into Egypt, and when the two 
great branches of the Cymry passed, the one. west- 
ward from the coast of Phoenicia, into Spain and 
Gaul, and the other, crossing the Bosphorus, pene- 
trated northward, and at length settled in this Is- 
land, they carried with them into these countries, 
both the image and the worship of the Bull, and 
even further north we find Thor, whose name in 
Scandinavian signifies Bull, ranking as the first 
Deity of the people. 

That each Apis was said to have had no tather, 
but a ray of light overshadowed his mother; and we 
find the Bull thus represented on a Cyprian Coin, 
dated about 500 B.C., whilst on the obverse is an 
Eagle. This Island which had often been tributary 
to Egypt, though remaining under native Kings, 


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and native laws, was entirely subdued by “ Amasis,” 
who established there Egyptian religion and customs. 

To be an Apis, it was necessary the Bull should 
be black, with a white spot upon his forehead (Cir- 
cular, as the Sun ; a Crescent, as the Moon ; or a 
Square, emblem of a Cube). A second white spot 
upon his back (or side) in form of an Eagle, double 
hairs upon his tail, and a ball under his tongue, said 
to be a Scaraboeus. 

An animal thus gifted was adopted as the repre- 
sentative of the vivifying principle of nature, and 
as such, was a type (or inferior incarnation) of the 
Sun, which latter, was adored by all the nation as 
the manifestation in nature of the creator and 
giver of life. But as Osiris was the Sun personified, j 
the^bull became, in a second degree, also the type j 
(or inferior incarnation) of Osiris, and hence the j 
connection of the two symbols of the one great 
luminary. 

(To be Continued.) 


^Reports. 


ROSE CROIX, CHAPTERS n°.— 18°. 

No. i. Mount Sinai, London. Sir Kt. A. D. Lowenstark, 
M. W. This Chapter, after admitting ab6ut a dozen Members, 
appears to have become dormant ; it requires, however, but a 
little fresh energy infused into it, to set it again in motion, 
and with better chance of success at the present, than at any 
former period. 

No. 2. Palatine and Jerusalem, Manchester. This Chap- 
ter commenced work vigorously and has admitted since its 
formation, some 60 Members. Lately, owing, it is said, to the 
removal of its presiding officer, Sir Kt. Jno. Croll, 32 0 to 
Liverpool, the remaining Members do not appear to have 
taken much pains to keep up the prestige of theAntient Jeru- 
salem Chapter (claiming from time immemorial under The 
Royal Grand Council of Antient Rites), with which the Pala- 
tine was amalgamated. We trust, however, that with new life 
infused into it its dormant energies will be revived, and we have 
authority for saying that The Grand Master and Officers of the 
Sovereign Sanctuary will give every facility for that purpose. 
We are unable at the present to give a list of the officers, or 
of the times and places of meeting, but, as the chapter is, we 
believe, to be re-organised, we shall probably be in a position 
to do so in an early number of The Kneph. 

No. 3. Orion, Havant. This chapter meets (at the Ma- 
sonic Hall), on the 4th Tuesday in March and September at 
7 p.m. The officers for the current year are Sir Kts. J. 
Harrison, 31 0 , M.W. ; T. Francis, 30°, Kt. S.W. ; T. Adams, 
30° Kt. J.W. (We shall be glad to receive reports from 
time to time as to the progress of the Antient and Primitive 
Rite in the south, and trust our Brother, Sir Kt. Secretary 
will keep us well informed). 

No. 4. Sirius, Burnley, Lancashire. (No report). We 
hear, however, that Sir Kt. Tom Bradshaw, is taking 
steps to bring his chapter to the front, and we hope shortly 
to be able to report great things from Burnley. 

No. 5. Primitive Pilgrims, Holyhead. Meetings, 1st 
Monday in September, November, January, March and May, 
at 8 p.m. Officers for the year : — 111 . Bros. J. Wonfor, 32 0 M.W. 
Auguste Mouillot, 30° 111 . Kt. S.W. ; Maurice L. Davies, 33 0 ; 
111 . Kt. J.W., Marinus de Groot, 30°, 111 . Kt. Orator ; W. F. 
Lawler, 30°, Kt. Conductor; T. Wilson Fair, ii°, Kt. 
Capt. of Gd. ; John Younge, ii°, Kt. Gd. of Tower; 111 . 
Bro. A. Mouillot, Treas. Maurice L. Davies, M.D., D.D.S., 
Sec. - ■ • • 

We are glad to see this chapter so active, and considering 
the difficulties under which our Irish brethren labour,, we 


congratulate them heartily on the promising aspect of their 
affairs They are arranging to take the advantage of the 
Friendly Societies’ Act, and 111 . Bro. Davies has offered to 
give them a suite of rooms that they may fit them up suitably 
for the requirements of the degrees of the Rite. 

No. 6. Rose of Sharon, London. Meeting on the first 
Tuesday in the months of February, April, June, September, 
October, December, at the Chapter House, 77L Bishopsgate- 
street Within, at 7 o’clock. The rooms are open as a Chapter 
of Instruction, every Tuesday evening, throughout the year, 
( fuly and August excepted). The last Tuesday in each month 
being reserved as an open night for Members of the R.A. 

The Officers for the current year, are — Sir Kt. Hy. Meyer, 
32 0 , M.W. ; James Hill. 33 °. P.M.W. ; W. J. Meek. 32°. Ilk 
Kt. S.W. ; Bernard Meyer. 31 0 , 111 . Kt. J.W. ; Hy. Stephens, 
31 0 111 . Kt. Orator ; Edward Harrison 111 . Kt. Trea. ; A. P. 
Little, 30°, Kt. Conductor ; Richard Marshall. . 30° Kt. 
Capt. of Guard ; J. H. Peach, 30°, Kt. Archivist ; Thos. Sims, 
Kt. Gd. of Tower : Geo. Chas. Young, 30°, Kt. Organist. 

The great labour attending the founding this Chapter in 
London, and the grave difficulties it had to contend with at 
the outset, has necessarily retarded its development ; occupy- 
ing, as it does, the representative position of the Rite in the 
Metropolis, it was doubly necessary that every possible care 
should be taken to place it on a firm footing at the outset of its 
career, and that no exception should be taken to the mode in 
which its work was performed.or to the character of its fittings 
and regalia. And without risking the charge of boastfulness, 
we may safely challenge hostile criticism on either point. It is 
to be regretted perhaps, that the burden of all this work and ex- 
penditure should rest on the shoulders of so few individuals, 
but as the Rite becomes better known, and the idle threats 
and falsehoods propagated by interested schemers, with the 
view of deterring our Craft brethren from associating them- 
selves with the Antient and Primitive Rite, come to be treated 
with the comtempt they merit, there is little doubt but rapid 
progress will be made. It is very gratifying to find the breth- 
ren cheerfully undertaking a task which might well tax the 
energies “of a more numerous body. All the Members of this 
Chapter, hold the corresponding grades of the Rite Of Miz- 
raim. < , ■> 

No. 7. Lily of the Valley, Liverpool. This Chapter 
founded in September of this year, by the energies and exer- 
tions of our 111 . Bro. Chas. James, 32 0 and 33 0 elect, who has 
also placed his offices at the disposal of the Chapter until 
their arrangements are complete. The list of officers com- 
prise several well-known and influential names in Liverpool, 
and is as follows: — Sir Kt. John W. Turley, 32 0 , M.W.*; 
Charles James, 32 0 , P.M.W. ; William Henry Quilliam, 31°, 
111 . Kt. S.W. ; Squire Chapman, 32 0 , 111 . Kt. J.W. ; Wm. Long- 
bottom, 30°, Kt. Orator; Samuel Howard, 30°, Kt. Sec.; 
Theophilus W. Blades, 30°, Kt. Archivist ; Francis B. Barn- 
ham, 30°, Kt. Conductor; William Kinsey, 30° Kt. Capt. of 
Guard; Fredk. Evans, n°, Kt. Gd. of Tower; James Jack, 
i°, Kt. Organist. 

The meeting nights are the third Fridays in the months of 
January, February, March, April, September, October, Nov- 
ember, and December, at 40, Castle-street, at 7 p.m. They 
admitted four new Members of the n°, at their last meeting 
in the month of November. 

No. 8 . Sphynx, Glasgow. This Chapter, the first 
chartered under the Antient and Primitive Rite in Scotland, 
is, we are pleased to see, making good headway ; and boasts a 
flourishing muster-roll of 23 members, not including 111. 
Bros. Yarker and James as honorary members. 

Notwithstanding a series of attacks levelled against the 
Rite, and its officers, which may, considering the personalities 
with which they abound, be justly characterised as disgraceful, 
the Glasgow brethren have right manfully put “ shoulder 
to shoulder ” in good Scottish fashion ; ana are now in a 
position to bid defiance to the detractors and would-be 
assassins of the Rite. This we are pleased to see, and we 
bid them good speed in their work of Masonic enlightenment 
of Peace, Tolerance, and Truth. 

The following brethren are the officers for the year; — Sir 
Kts. Stephen Roberton, 3%% M-W. ; Thos. M. Campbell, 32 0 , 
P.M.W., and Treas. pro., tern. ; John Me Innes, 31 0 , S.W. ; 


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J. Me Innes, 31 0 . J.W. ; Jas. Coombe Maddever, M.D ao° 
Orator ; D. Chalmers, 30°, Sec. ; Robert Headrick, 30°, Con- 
ductor : T. Duthie, 30°, Archivist ; John M’Nair,30 o , Kt. CaDt 
o f Guard ; Wm. F. Shaw, 30°, Kt. Gd. of Tower ; James Gray 
30 , Sentinel. A meeting was recently reported in the Ma- 
sonic J o urn als , which appears to have resulted in some very 
eligible additions to the roll of Members. 

No. 9. St. Andrew, Glasgow. This Chapter, in six 
months, boasts a list of 25 energetic Masons,' drawn from the 
best of the Scottish Lodges. It meets at St. Marks Hall, 
Glasgow, on the third Friday of each month, at 7 o’clock 
p.m. At first, its harmony was imperilled by the grant of No. 
8 to the Sphynx Chapter, but we are happy to say, that the 
Members of both chapters, determined to abandon all un- 
masonic rivalry, and work hand in hand for the good of the 
Rite , this is as it should be. The Chapter is now engaged in 
working up the degrees for instruction. The officers are 
Sir Kts. Thos. Waters Brownlee, 32 0 , M.W. : Colin Mackenzie 
32 0 , Past M.W. ; Robert Morrison, 31 0 , R.K.S., W. ; George 
Nicol, 31 0 , R.K.I.W. ; Charles Marshall, 30°, Orator ; Andrew 
Holmes, 30°, Treasurer ; John Templeman, 30°, Conductor • 
Frederick Neute, 32 0 Capt. of Gd. ; Wm. Robertson, 30°’, 
Organist; Robert Muir, 30°, Archivist; James Higgins, 30°, 
Gd. of the Tower. 


SENATES K.H.P., 20°— 33°. 

No. 1. Mount Sinai, London. 111. Kt. A. D. Lowenstark 
33 0 , S.G.C. (dormant.) 

No. 2. Palatine and Jerusalem, Manchester. 111. Kt. 
Edward Pickstone, 3 2°, S.G.C. 

No. 3. Orion, Havant. Meets fourth Tuesday in May at 
Masonic Hall at 7 p.m. The officers are 111. Kts. T. Clay 
3a 0 , S.G.C.; A. R. Robinson, 31 0 , 111. Sen. Kt. Intpr. ; L 
Roads, 31 0 , 111. Jr. Kt. Intpr. 1 J 

No. 4. Sirius, Burnley. 111. Kt. Hobson Wadsworth a2° 
S.G.C. (No report.) 

No. 5.9. St. Andrew, Glasgow. This Senate of Knight 
Hermetic Philosophers, was chartered on the nth October, 
and is engaged in working the various degrees for instructions' 
It consists of 25 Members. The officers are as follows 
Illustrious Brothers, Fredk. Neute, 32 0 , Sub. Gd. Com.: 
John Dick, 31°, Sen. Kt. Int. ; Andrew Holmes, 31 0 , Jun. Kt. 
Int. ; John Templeman, 30°, Orator; John G. Phillips, 30°, 
Kt. of Finance; Wm. Cochran, 30°, Kt. Recorder; Robert 
Jamieson, 30°, Kt. Marshal; Alexander Pedie, 30°, Kt. Archi- 
vist ; Wm. Brown, 30°, Kt. of Introd. ; Wm. Robertson, 30°, 
Kt. Capt. of Guard ; Wm. Wallace, 30°, Kt. Std. Bearer ; 
James Higgins, 30°, Kt. Sword Bearer ; James Baird, 30°, Kt! 
Gd. of Sane. ; Robert Drummond, 30°, Kt. Organist. 

No. 6 . Rose of Sharon, London. Meets at the Senate 
House, 77L Bishopsgate-street Within, on the third Tuesday 
in January, May, September, and November. The first 
meeting was held on Tuesday, 16th November, when the 
following officers were installed by 111. Bro. James Hill, 33 0 , 
G.S.G., (as representative of the Grand Master of Light for 
the Province of Middelsex.) 111. Sir Knt. William Stephens 
32 0 P.M. P.Z. Sub. Grand Commander, 111. Sir Knts. Henry 
Stephens 31 0 P.M. and Edward Harrison 31 0 Senior and Jun- 
ior Kts. Interpreters respectively, 111. Sir Kt. John H. South- 
wood 32 0 P.M. P.Z. Knight of Eloquence, 111. Sir Knt. W. J. 
Meek 31 0 Knt. of Finance, 111. Sir Knt. J. H. Peach 
30° Knt. Recorder, 111. Sir Knt. A. P. Little 30° Kt. 
Marshal, 111. Sir Knt. Thomas Sims 30° Knt. Archivist, 111. 
Sir Kt. R. Marshall 30°, Knt. of Introduction, and 111. Sir Kt. 
G. C. Young 30° W.M. 820° Organist. The Senate was 
opened and closed in the degree of Knt. Grand Inspector (20). 
The brethren subsequently partook of a cold collation served 
in the ante-room, at which the S. Grand Com. gave the usual 
Loyal A. and P. toasts, which were heartily responded to. 

No. 7-8. Sphynx, Glasgow. This Senate consists of 23 
members and was chartered on the 4th November. We have 
received the following list of officers for the ensuing 
year : — 111. Kts. T. M. Campbell, S. G. Commander; Stephen 
Robertson, S. Knt. Interpreter ; John Me Innes, J. Knt. 
Interpreter ; John Coombe Maddever, 111. Knt Orator ; 
John Me William, Kt. of Finance ; David Chalmers, Kt. 


Recorder; WUham F. Shaw, Kt. Marshal; James Duthie, 
M a ,n. Ch T : Joh r Watters - Kt. of Introduction ; James 
r a i PL 1 ' ° f Guard ; Jas- Bruce Miller, Standard 
rT rG f 'J° hn Mc Q u T een Baw * Sword Bearer James Me Crone 
Gd. of Sanctuary ; James Gray, Sentinel. 

COUNCILS, S.M.G.W., 3 o°— 90°. 

A. Universal, 4°- 3 o° (Movable and in charge of the 
Sov. Sanctuary.) This Chapter, Senate and Council has 
registered 26 members. 

, Mount Sinai, London. HI. Bro. A. D. Lowenstark, 

33 0 , Sub. Dai. (Dormant.) 

NO; 2- Palatine. Manchester. 111. Bro. B. B. Labrey 
33 0 , Sub. Dai. (No report.) ^ 

No. 3. Orion, Havant Meeting at the Masonic Hall at 
7 p.m. on 4th Tuesday in November. 111. Bro. T. N. Hill- 
man 33 0 , Sub. Dai. ; 111. Bro. J. Harrison 31 0 , First Mvst • 
111. Bro. J. Clay, 32 0 , Second Myst. 3 ’ ySt ‘ * 

U.D. Sirius, Burnley. (Under Dispensation. No report.) 
Ralph Landless Sub. Dai. We regret to hear that our esteemed 
brother is unable at present to give any attention to the 
Rite owing to the state of his health. We hope to have 
better tidings of him in our next. 

No. 4-9. Sphynx, Glasgow. This Sublime Council con- 
sists of 23 members and was chartered on the 4th November. 
The following are the officers :—T. M. Campbell, Sub. Dai. ; 
Stephen Robertson, 1st Myst.; John Mclnnes, 2nd Myst/; 
John Coombe Maddever, Orator; John McWilliam, Trea-* 
surer ; David Chalmers, Secretary ; Charles Inglis, Expert ; 
James Duthie, Archivist; Willm. L. Shaw, Messgr. of 
Science; John Me Watters, Accompanier; James McCrone, 
Standard Bearer; John Sloane McCant, Sword Bearer; 
James Macnair, Guard, of Sanctuary; James Gray, Sentinel. 

MYSTIC TEMPLE, 32°-^9 4 °. 

Province of Lancashire. Chartered 16th June, 1872. 
Grand Master of Light, 111. Bro. B. B. Labrey, 33 0 ; Past 
Master of Light, 111. Bro. S. P. Leather, 33 0 ; Past Master of 
Light, 111. Bro. John Yarker, 33 0 ; Grand Orator, 111. Bro. O. 
Andreasian, 32 0 ; Grand Examiner, 111. Bro. Adolph Shiers, 
32 0 ; Grand Treasurer, 111. Bro. Geo. E. Tuson, 32 0 ; Grand 
Annalist, 111. Bro. Charles James, 32 0 , 40, Castle-street, 
Liverpool : Grand Keeper of Rites. 111. Bro. Edwd. Pickstone, 
32 0 ; Grand Expert, 111. Bro. Jonathan Gresty ; Grand Master 
of Ceremonies. 111. Bro. John Croll ; Grand Conductor, 111. 
Bro. Tom Bradshaw ; Grand Gd. of Council, 111. Bro. Hobson 
Wadsworth. 

TRIBUNAL OF GRAND DEFENDERS OF THE RITE. 

Grand Judge or Suffete, 111. Bro. Wm. Hy, Quilliam, 31 0 . 
A re-election of office bearers is due in six months. 


PROVINCE OF MIDDLESEX. 

A special convocation of the S.P.M. 32 0 assembled at the 
Rooms, 77^, Bishopsgate-street Within, on Tuesday, December 
7th, under sanction of the Gd. Sec. Gen. (acting as the G.M.L. 
for the Province). The following 111. Brethren attended; Bros. 
James Hill, 33 0 , Acting G.M.L. ; William Stephens, 32°, Gd. 
Orator ; Henry Meyer, 32 0 , Gd. Treas. ; J. H. Southwood, 
32 0 , Gd. Examiner ; and W. J. Meek, 32 0 , Gd. Keeper of Rites. 
The convocation having been opened in ample form with 
solemn prayer, declared on the 31 0 (T.G.D.R.), and received 
several 111. brethren. The appointment of the officers of the 
Grand Tribunal 31 0 , was then proclaimed, and the following 
Ills, brethren invested with the insignia of their rank, viz., 
Bros. Edward Harrison, 31 0 , Gd. S. ; Bernard Meyer, 31 0 , Gd. 
Def. (in absentio) : and Henry Stephens, 31 0 , Gd. A. The 
convocation was then closed, and the 111. Brethren attended 
the Rose of Sharon Chapter of Rose Croix, held on the same 
evening. 

[Several Reports necessarily stand over for our next Issue.] 


FRANCE. 

Rite of Memphis. We shall have very soon in France 
only the Masonic obedience of the Rite of Memphis, which 
maintains firmly and resolutely its prescribed formulae, the 
declaration of the belief of God, and the immortality of the 
Soul. La Chaine d } Union. Edited by Bro. Hubert. 


8 


THE KNEPH. 


ANTIENT AND PRIMITIVE RITE OF 
MASONRY, 

In and for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 
and its dependencies. 

SOVEREIGN SANCTUARY, 33 0 — 96°. 

The degrees of this Rite are open to all Master Masons in 
good standing, believing in the Fatherhood of God, the 
Brotherhood of Man, and the Immortality of the human Soul. 
Strictly unsectarian, it offers an intellectual treat of the highest 
order to the Masonic enquirer, whether he be a literal student 
of Masonic history, or a philosophical seeker into abstruse 
truth. Its basis is that universal Craft Masonry which has 
encircled the Globe. 

OFFICERS OF THE SOVEREIGN SANCTUARY, 33 0 — 96°. 
M. 111. Gd. Mast. Gen. — John Yarker (33 0 — 96°) P.M. ot all 
Orders. P. Sen. Gd. Warden. Greece. Past Grand Con- 
stable of the Temple, &c., &c., Withington, Manchester. 

T. 111. Gd. Administrator General. — Samuel P. Leather, 
P.M., P.Z. Burnley. 

T. 111. Gd. Keeper of Golden Bk. — Patrick J. Graham, M.A., 
L.L.D., P.M., P.Z., Cape of Good Hope. 

R. 111. Gd. Expert Gen. — Maurice L. Davies, M.D., P.M., 
P.Z., 10, Lower Sackville-street, Dublin. 

R. 111. Gd. Mast. Cer. — Jabez N. Hillman, P.M., P.Z., Bed- 
hampton, Havant. 

R. 111. Gd. Chan. Gen. — Beeby Bowman Labrey, P.M., P.Z., 
Disley, Derbyshire. 

R. 111. Gd. Treas. Gen. pro. tern. — Samuel P. Leather, 
P.M., P.Z., Burnley, Lancashire. 

R. 111 . Gd. Sec. Gen. — James Hill, P.M.W., 7, Kingsland- 
road, London, E. 

R. 111. Gd. Keeper of Sane. — A. D. Lowenstark, P.M., P.Z., 
Strand, London, W.C. 

HONORARY MEMBERS. 


5. — “St. Andrew,” Glasgow. 111 . Kt. Fredk. Neute, 

S.G.C. 

7. — “Sphynx,” Glasgow. 111. Kt. T. W. Campbell, Sub. Gd. 
Com. 

6. — “ Rose of Sharon,” London. 111. Kt. Wm. Stephens, Sub. 

Gd. Com. 

CHAPTERS ROSE CROIX. (n°— 18 0 ) 

1. — “ Mt. Sinai,” London. Sir Knt. A. D. Lowenstark, M.W. 

2. — “ Palatine and Jerusalem,” Manchester. Sir. Kt. Jno. 

Croll, M.W. 

3. — “ Orion,” Havant. Sir Knt. J. Harrison, M.W. 

4 — “ Sirius,” Burnley. Sir Kt. Tom Bradshaw, M.W. 

5. — “Primitive Pilgrims,” Holyhead. Sir Knt. J. Wonpor. 

M.W. 

6. — “ Rose of Sharon,” London. Sir Knt. Henry Meyer, M.W. 

7. — “Lily of the Valley,” Liverpool. Sir Knt. J. W. Turley, 

M.W. 

8. — “ Sphynx,” Glasgow. Sir Knt. Stephen Robertson, M.W. 

9. — “ St. Andrew’s,” Glasgow. Sir Kt. T. W. Brownlee, 

M.W. 

N.B.— All communications concerning the Rite to be 
addressed to the Grand Secretary General, at the Offices of 
the Sov. Sane., 77$, Bishopsgate-street Within, London, E.C. 


LIST OF MEMBERS 
Of the Antient and Primitive Rite, who have 
decorations since it was chartered in 187 
Grand Star of Sirius, 111. Bro. Jno. Yarker, 


Cross of Alidee &c. 

„ „ 3rd Series, &c... 

Lybic Chain, &c. 

Gol. Brch. of Eleusis ... 
Gd. Star of Sirius, 
Cross of Alidee, 

,, ,, 3rd Series,... 

Lybic Chain, 

G. Br. of Eleusis 


M. Caspari, 
Chas. Scott, j.p. 
O. Andreasian, 
H. R. Trigg, ... 
S. P. Leather 
B. B. Labrey, ... 
J. N. Hillman 
Hy. Meyer, ... 
W. Longbottom, 


received 

1. 

3 3 0 _ i 8 7 i 
33 0 — 1872 

33 ° — 1 &73 
32 0 -1875 
3 o°— 1875 
33 0 — 1876 
33°-i8 7 7 
33 0 — 1878 
32 0 — 1879 
30° — 1880 


M. I. P. P. — General Guisseppe Garibaldi (33 0 — 96°) 
Premier Mason of Italy, Caprera, Italy. 

M. I. P. P.— Harry J. Seymour (33 0 — 96°) P. Sov. Gd. Mast. 

U.S., New York. 

M. I. P. P. — Alexander B. Mott, M.D. (33 0 — 96°) M. 111. 
Sov. Gd. Mast. U.S., New York. 

REPRESENTATIVES. 

M. I. P. P. — Dr. Nicolo S. Cassanello (33 0 — 90°) Tunis, 
Africa. 

M. I. P. P. — Chevalier-Com. Giambattista Pessina(33° — 90°) 
Via Fontana di Serpi, 14, Naples. 

R. 111 . — Wm. Youngblood (33 0 — 95 0 ) 424-6, Broadway, New 
York. 

MYSTIC TEMPLES (32 0 — 94 0 ), with their Grand 
Tribunals (31 0 — 92 0 ). 

Province of Middlesex. 

V. I. Gd. Mast, of Light. — Vacant, in charge of Gd. Sec. Gen. 
Gd. Annalist. — Kenneth R. H. Mackenzie, LL.D., Wel- 
lington-road, Hounslow. 

Province of Lancashire. 

V. I. Gd. Mast, of Light.— Beeby B. Labrey. 

Gd. Annalist. — Charles James, 41, Castle Street, Liverpool. 

COUNCILS OF SUB. MAST. OF G.W. ( 3 o°— 90°). 

A. (Movable, and in charge of Sov. Sane.) 

1. — “ Mt. Sinai,” London. 111 . Bro. A. D. Lowenstark, Sub. 

Dai. 

2. — “ Palatine,” Manchester. 111. Bro. B. B. Labrey. Sub. Dai. 

3. — “ Orion,” Havant. 111. Bro. J. N. Hillman, Sub. Dai. 

4. — “ Sphynx,” Glasgow. T. W. Campbell, Sub. Dai. 

SENATES OF HERM. PHIL. (20 0 — 33 0 ). 

1. — “Mt. Sinai,” London. 111. Kt. A. D. Lowenstark, Sub. 

Gd. Com. 

2. — “ Palatine and Jerusalem,” 111. Kt. E. PickStone, S.G.C. 

Manchester. 

3- — “ Orion,” Havant. 111. Kt. J. Clay, Sub. Gd. Com, 

4. — “ Sirius,” Burnley. 


BRONZE STAR OF MERIT, 

First Class. — For Saving Life. 

J. H. Lawrence Archer, 30° (Capt.) 1872. 

Richard Woof, Worcester ... ,, 

John Craddock, Salford ... „ 

M. Costa, Trouville (saving H. R. H. Prince Arthur). 
Third Class.— Literary. 

John Yarker as Masonic Author, 1872. 

B. D. Hyam „ 

H. Lawrence Archer 

.I.H. Prince Rhodocanakis, ... „ ,, 

Richd. Woof, F.S.A., F.R.S.L ,, ,, 

W. J.Hughan „ ,, ,, 

Robert Bigsby, L.L.D „ ,, ,, 

K. R. H. Mackenzie, LL.D., IX° ,, 1877. 


NOTICE TO MEMBERS OF THE 
ANTIENT AND PRIMITIVE RITE. 

No. 1 of the Kneph is sent to every Member whose address 
is shown on the books of the Sovereign Sanctuary. Members 
desiring the Kneph to be posted to them regularly, should re- 
mit 1/6 (stamps or P.O. order) for current year’s subscription, 
to 111. Bro. James Hill, Gd. Sec. Gen., 77$, Bishopsgate-street 
Within, London. A list of subscribers will be published in an 
early number. Secretaries of Chapters, &c., will greatly oblige 
by sending in before the 20th of each month, any reports in- 
tended for publication. The Kneph being intended as a 
medium of communication between the Sovereign Sanctuary 
and the individual Members of the Rite, itis earnestly hoped that 
Illustrious Brethren will co-operate heartily, and endeavour to 
extend its usefulness, by at once sending in their names as sub- 
scribers, and by circulating it amongst our Brethren of the 
Craft degrees. 

Printed for the Sov. Sane., A. & P. Rite, by Bfo. A. P.’ Little, yy\, 
Bishopsgate Street, in the Parish of St.- Ethelburga, Within the 
City of London, and Published by Bro. Jas: Hill at the same address. 
■—January 1st, 1880.