At the time of writing, race and culture were muddled concepts. "Learned" racist stereotypes of the period are perpetuated, but with considerable more restraint than in many other contemporaries. "Aryan" is used for an imaginary race, common practice in the period but not as later. Theosophical legends are used with more restraint than was common in the period.
Yarker did not know that Polynesians traveled thousands of miles by ship, that mid oceanic sea floors spread, etc.
Theories of lost continents are briefly propounded with open mind, some dated by limits of scholarship of the period: e.g. Many Christian traditions are presented in great detail and multiple example to be ignorant glosses of the ancient mysteries. The author is more skeptical than most, and there is a distinct flavor of Frazier in the style of presentation. Yarker's thesis is to demonstrate universal and indigenous initiation in symbol and legend throughout the history and places of the world and, by relating the meanings and practices of ancient and modern Masonry (through the 19th century), to disclose the universal content of the rites and mysteries. The Western Occult Revival is documented in its origins. initiations, particularly in matters like the inclusion of the Samothraian deities in the former and the details of the lower and middle degrees for the latter. oOo- Introductory notes to the electronic edition: This book provides background necessary to understand elements of the Golden Dawn and O.T.O. Not for "share-ware" distribution or inclusion in any commercial enterprise. Copies may be made for other individuals at reasonable cost of copying and mailing only, no additional charges may be added. With these provisos, anyone may copy this file for personal use or research. In particular, this paragraph and the copyright notice are not to be deleted or changed on any copies or print-outs of this file. LIMITED LICENSE Except for notations added to the history of modification, the text down to the next row of asterisks must accompany all copies made of this file. For poems, most longer footnotes are cited in the text to expanded form below the stanzas. Text Footnotes have been expanded at or near the point of citation within double angle brackets, e.g. Descriptions of illustrations and symbols are not so identified, but are simply in curly brackets. Pages in the original are marked thus at the bottom: Comments and notes not in the original are identified with the initials of the source: e.g. This Format and new notes Copyright © 1994 by O.T.O. Additional proofreading and formatting needed. > > Every trade in Japan has a Guild, and they are said to have been. Scanned, corrected and first proofreading by Bill Heidrick, T.G. It is further stated that the country had temples of black and white stones. ARCANE SCHOOLS by John Yarker, ASCII (TEXT) VERSION December 12/5-9/93 e.v.
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