A Single Page Printed Summons to a Meeting of the of the Third Order (Ordo Sanctissima Roseae et Aureae Crucis) of the Fellowship of the Rosy Cross.
Privately Printed, ND (ca. 1922). A single 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inch sheet, printed in red on the recto only. Headed "Templum Domini aedificatur in cordibus nostris / Ordo Sanctissima Roseae et Aureae Crucis." Text written by A. E. Waite, who founded and headed the Order. A notice advising members of the Third Order of the Fellowship of the Rosy Cross of a Convocation of the Order to be held on 6 February, 1922 during which Frater Deus Portarum Lucis (i.e. A.L. Coburn) "will be Raised upon the Cross of Tiphareth" (the date and name typed in in red) and summoning them to attend. Alvin Langdon Coburn (1882 – 1966) was a Boston-born photographer who was a key figure in the development of American "pictorialism," but spent much of his life in the United Kingdom. Coburn was also an active Freemason, Kabbalist, and short-lived member of Waite's Fellowship of the Rosy Cross (until he cannibalised the Fellowship's rituals for use in his own Universal Order) who in later life joined the Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia, becoming a VIIo member, and wrote several short monographs on occult themes, including one on the Kabbalah. The summons was issued from 14 Earl's Court Square, S.W.5, under the authority of the "Keeper of the Sacred Mystery", [Frater] Sacramentum Regis, 7 = 4 (A. E. Waite). According to Gilbert these forms were probably printed in 1922, the year in which this example was used. Gilbert C42. A couple of tiny crease to corners, still a near-Fine copy and rare thus. Item #61319
Price: $275.00