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occasions, and those special to himself, that is, when not sitting for the public, he has not only no evidence of the agency of departed spirits, but that there is no necessity for the hypothesis, nothing ever occurring which could not be performed by the action of his own spirit, working independently of his body, and seeking in the psychic emanations of those present the information (?) he is enabled to give them.
I have the several slates in my possession, and shall bring them with me to Great Russell-street, where I hope soon to greet my friends face to face.
New York, Oct. 26th, 1877.
Grand Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star
On the first day of October, 1868, Bro. Andres Cassard was constituted Grand Patron of the Order, and appointed General Representative and Deputy, ad hoc, in all matters and things concerning the Order of the Eastern Star, with full power and authority to confer the Eastern Star degrees upon the wives, widows, mothers, sisters, and daughters of Master Masons in good and regular standing, in the Islands of the Antilles, Mexico, South and Central America, Italy, Spain, and all countries, cities, and places, and wherever the Spanish language is spoken, and with authority to establish Chapters of the Order in those countries.
Bro. Cassard was also duly authorized to appoint Vice or Associate Grand Patrons. In the performance of this special duty he did authorize and appoint from among the ablest and most distinguished members of the Masonic fraternity in South America a number of Associate Grand Patrons.
In 1876, Bro. Cassard, in his travels through South America, established the Order in Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Montevideo, which have been productive of much good, particularly in Brazil, where the Order has been the medium of manumitting hundreds of slaves.
On the 8th of March last, Bro. Andres Cassard appointed, with our concurrence, Dr. David E. Dudlay,* a Deputy Grand Patron, with ample authority to confer the degrees upon worthy and qualified persons, and establish Chapters in Egypt, China, Japan, Philipian Islands, Singapore, Calcutta, Bombay, and several of the chief towns on the Island of Java. And thus are we enabled, with the assistance of generous friends and a never-tiring perseverance, to establish this glorious Order, the brilliant emblem of the Star of Bethlehem, in all parts of the world.
* F.T.S. Recieved a Charter after taking him oblige ... – with the privilage of astablishing branches of the Theosophical [Society] at Singapoore, ...
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