The Initiates and the People ( 5 Volumes ); ( A Magazine Issued by the Authority of the Rosicrucian Fraternity and Devoted to Mysticism, Occultism and the Well-Being of Man )
Quakertown, PA: Philosophical Publishing Company, ND [ Copyrighted 1928-1941 ]. Hardcover. Octavos. Five volumes. xvi + 204pp + iv & xvi + 208pp & xxii + 200pp & viii + 192pp & viii + 136pp + 74pp. Original cloth with gilt titling to spine, gilt Rosicrucian symbol to upper boards.R. Swinburne Clymer (1878 - 1966) enrolled as a Neophyte in the Temple of The Rosy Cross and Imperial Eulis in 1897, and rose through the ranks, succeeding Edward H. Brown as Supreme Grand Master of Fraternitas Rosae Crucis in 1922. He is well known as a prolific author and publisher of Rosicrucian works. Vol. 1: May-June 1928 to May-June 1929. Vol. 2: May-June 1929 to May-June 1930. Vol. 3: May-June 1930 to May-June 1931. Vol. 4: May-June 1931 to May-June 1932. Vol 5: May-June 1932 to May-June 1941. A mixed set: the cloth of Vol. I is considerably darker than that of the other volumes, as common. Many titles published by the Philosophical Publishing Company list only Copyright dates, without indicating the actual date of publication or edition of the particular volume. These volumes may well be First Edition sheets, but bound up at different times, as needed, thus explaining the differing cloth bindings although we can't be certain of that. Among others, articles include: (Vol. I): "P.B. Randolph and the Supreme Grand Dome of France", "Convocation of the Rosy Cross", "The Destroyer of Faith in Religion", "Difficult Problems", "John Roach Stratton and the New Hypocrisy", "Munchausen of the Occult World [H. Spencer Lewis], "Fraternity of Osiris, Temple of Memphis". (Vol II): "The Resurrected Sphinx" "The Preisthood of Aeth", "The Call to the West", (Vol III): The Challenge (by Bruce McDaniel), "General A.E. Hitchcock, First American Alchemist and Rosicrucian", "The Sacred Cup, a Legend of Alexandria", "Knights of the Rose Cross, Temple of the Illuminati", "The Law" (by a Neophyte), "Science and Mysticism". (Vol. IV): "Sabeans and Star Temples", "Marriage, A Reciprocal Partnership", "Light on the Way", "The Application of Occult Terms", "Secret Schools", "Deferred Desire and Reincarnation", "First Sectarian Settlement in America", "The Depression, to the Uttermost Farthing", "Breathing Exercises and Coryza". (Vol V): "The Secret Schools", "The At-One-Ment", "A Formula for Judging Occult Fraternities", "The Crucifixion, a Great Esoteric Mystery", "The Painter and his World, an Allegory", "What is the Rosicrucian Fraternity?", "The Destiny of America as Revealed by the Seal of the United States of America", "The Home of the Ansaireth, after notes left by Drs. Lyle and Randolph", "Marriage and the [Occult] Law", "Fraternitas Rosae Crucis (Historical Sketch)", (Part II, vol. V): "The Confederation or Fraternity of the Initiates" (a 74pp supplemental attack on - or defense against - H. Spencer Lewis and his AMORC). Each issue has one or more of "Three Hundred and Sixty-Five Nights and One Night" a series of bed-time stories for children, as well as various illustrations, book reviews etc. Cloth lightly rubbed, light chafing and bumps to corners and spine ends, a few bumps to edges, paper toned. Overall a clean, unmarked VG+ set. Item #59490
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