Allegedly, the Aegpytian Rite of Mizraim [or Misraim] was founded in Milano/Italy in 1805 and transferred to France in 1814. But the Misraim-Rite was (and still is) not accepted by Regular Freemasonry. In 1862, another irregular rite, the Memphis-Rite took hold in the US. "The Antient and Primitive Rite of Masonry", that is Rite of Memphis, which sometimes also was called "Oriental Order of Memphis".
On 4th June 1872, the ex-mason John Yarker bought the permission to introduce the Memphis-Rite in England. Under his jurisdiction, Memphis and Misraim came together [now called The Antient and Primitive Rite of Memphis and Misraim, or Memphis-Misraim, MM]. Allegedly, on 24th September 1902 the German Theodor Reuss bought the permission from Yarker to install the Scottish Rite (AASR, 33 degrees) and the "irregular" MM-Rites (90 and 97 degrees) in Germany although Yarker has been expelled by order of the Supreme Council on recommendation of a Sovereign Tribunal held at Manchester, 18 November 1870.
Reuss published an alleged transcript of his charter in his privae magazine "Oriflamme" (the issue of December 1902 mentions the 33°, 90° and 96°), the original Charter extant mentions the degrees 30°-33° (without MM) only for which Reuss has permission to give. Nevertheless, Reuss assumed making regular freemasons through his compilation of Orders. In 1917, he would render some AASR- and MM-degrees into the O.T.O., founded in 1906.
The Memphis-Rite alone sometimes was called "Antient and Primitive Rite of Masonry", sometimes "Oriental Order of Memphis", sometimes "Oriental Templars" Who was in which of Reuss' orders? How were they linked? Was an O.T.O.-member automatically an MM- member?
In the following on-line texts, the reader can find information on Memphis-Misraim, sometimes called the Mother-Order of the O.T.O.:
Joanny Bricaud: Notes
Historique sur le Rite Ancien et Primitiv de Memphis-Misraim
Reuss' transcript of the Memphis-Misraim-charter, allegedly bought from John
Yarker in 1902
Manifesto 33° and Memphis-Misraim, November 1902
Manifesto 33° and Memphis-Misraim, December 1902
Carl Kellner: Einführung in den Esoterismus unseres Ordens der A. und A. Freimaurer. [1903]
Carl Kellner and Theodor Reuss: Das Geheimnis der Hochgrade unseres Ordens [1903]
Short biography on Franz Hartmann
Carl Kellner, Franz Hartmann, Theodor Reuss, Henry Klein: Amtliche Bekanntmachungen. [1903, AASR, MM]
Carl Kellner and Theodor Reuss: Von den Geheimnissen der okkulten Hochgrade unseres Ordens [1904]
Manifesto 33°, 95°, RoseCroix and Johannis Logen, 1903
Theodor Reuss and Memphis-Misraim in 1904
Theodor Reuss and Memphis-Misraim in 1905
Theodor Reuss splitting his three Orders in
1906
Theodor Reuss: Passwords of the 91°-95°
Das OTO-Phaenomen: for example: Joanny Bricaud's
"Notes on Memphis-Misraim"
Materialien zum OTO (facsimiles of
documents: the Order Degree System, Reuss' MM-charters)
Der OTOA-Reader: Michael Bertiaux's MM-version
How to make your own McOTO (e.g.
the comparison of MM- and OTO grades)
Der Grosse Theodor Reuss Reader: statutes,
constitutions (1903), manifestos; the Oriflamme as facsimile, and many more
Biography of Theodor Reuss
Development of the MM in Switzerland
Theodor Reuss' MM- and O.T.O. rituals
Development of the early OTO: Questions and
Answers
The MM-affair with Rudolf
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