Private Lessons. Interpreting the Inner Meaning of Masonry, and the Bible, including the Seven Churches; the Psalm The Lord is my Shepherd; the 19th. Psalm; 15th. Chapter of St. John, and showing how the Immortal Body is built, etc. and the Seed of Abraham.
Chicago, IL: Hermetic Publishing Co., ND (circa 1940s). First Edition. Softcover, Quarto. 8" x 11", 80 pp, Original printed wrappers. Undated but presumably a first or early edition. Much of the treatise seems to be devoted to drawing connections between various power centers on the human body and mystical and religious concepts. Published by the Hermetic Publishing Company - publishers of various works by A. S. Raleigh - who is thought to be the author of this work, under the psedonym "Phylotus." Dr. A. S. Raleigh, was apparently the 'Official Scribe' of a group called 'the Hermetic Brotherhood' and author of a quite a number of alchemical texts, "Science of Alchemy", "Speculative Alchemy", "Hermetic Fundamentals Revealed" "Hermetic Science of Motion and Number", "Philosophia Hermetica", among others. Wrappers evenly faded and a trifle dusty, otherwise a tight, clean VG+ copy. Item #14965
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