Book Review of Mr. John Yarker published “The Old Charges Ancient and Primitive Rite of Freemasonry.”

 Mr. John Yarker published "The Old Charges Ancient and Primitive Rite of Freemasonry." The date of publishing this book is unknown. 

This book has thirty-three chapters. The chapters are not interrelated. The main theme of the book is that God is real, and God is "THE SUBLIME ARCHITECT OF THE UNIVERSE."

People from outside of Freemasonry say that the letter "G" in the middle of the Freemasonry symbol means Agnostic or Gnostic. 

Agnostic means a person who believes that nothing is known or can be known of the existence or nature of God or of anything beyond material phenomena. A person who claims neither faith nor disbelief in God.

Gnostic means, Gnosticism is a collection of religious ideas and systems which originated in the first century AD among early Christian and Jewish sects. These various groups emphasized personal spiritual knowledge over the church's orthodox teachings, traditions, and authority.

Mr. Yarker says the letter G in the middle of the symbol of Freemasonry means "the letter G in the center, the meaning of which s thus exolained:-Glory, Grandeur and Gomel: from which we understand by-Glory, God; by Grandeur, the man who may be great by Perfection; and Gomerl is a Hebrew word, which signifies thanks to God for His supreme power. It is the first word that Adam spoke on discovering the adorable Eve." Page 11-12.  

"Our ancient Hebrew brethren recognized twelve mysterious or cabalistic names by which they expressed the attribute of Deity, namely, three names of three names of three letters each, Jod, Jao, and Jah; three names of five letters each, Eliah, Joheb and Jobel; three names of seven letters each, Shaddai, Adonaih and Jakinai; and three names of nine letters each, Jahbulaum, Elehannan and Yod-he-vo-he. These letters being combined give the numerical signs and are thus explained;3 ' 3=9; 3 ' 5= 15; 3 ' 7 = 21; 3' 9=27.

Then adding 9, 15, 21 and 27 the amount is 72, being the number of the Sanhedrim of Jerusalem...the true pronunciation of the name of God was revealed to Enoch and that he engraved the letters composing that name on a triangular plate of gold. The name was represented by four Hebrew consonants and the vowel sounds of his language being represented by points placed above the consonants composing the mysterious word at different ages received different pronunciations...After the death of Enoch the Ineffable Name was pronounced by Mathuselah, Lamech, and Noah, JUHA (Ye-haw), three ages, Reu, Serug, Nahor, Terah, Abraham, Isaac and Judah, JOVA, (Yo-waw), seven ages. Shem, Araphaxad, Salah, Eber, Peleg and Hezron, JEVA (Ye-waw) five ages. Hezron and Ram, JEVO, (Yay-wo), Aminadab and Nahasson, JEVAH, (Ye-way), Salom, Obed and Boaz, JOHE, (Yo-hay) and by Jesse and David, JEHOVAH (Ye-ho-waw), in all (Yo-hay) and by Jesse and David, JEHOVAH (Yeho-waw), in all nine ages." Page 21.

"The Magi studied every department of nature with attention, with a view to arrive at a knowledge of its essence. The immensity of the aerial fluid filled those fires, which they regarded as so many small Suns and afterwards as Stars. The power of the atmosphere upon all things and the harmony of the organic laws, caused them to admire the wonders of nature; and sharpened their energies to inquire and to discover the vivifying principle, the soul of the Universe. "Page 52.

Mr. Yarker admired the theosophy school of thoughts because the theosophy, associated with their monism, believes that God is utterly transcendent and impersonal, that creation is the product of spiritual emanations from God. Humans are sparks of the divine trapped in the material world who desire to return to their spiritual home.

Mr. Yarker was born on April 17, 1833, and died on March 20, 1913. He did not see how theosophy contributed to Hitler's belief that there was superhuman.