28 Items: Including Booklets, Flyers, Leaflets, Letters, Charts Etc.

Item Details

San Jose, CA, AMORC, (c. 1967-1972), Paper Ephemera

Very Good

I). Brown paper Introductory and Private Mandamus folder, containing Membership Credentials, 3 pieces in printed pouch; Rosicrucian Initiation Neophyte Guide, 15 pp. , with copy letter on AMORC letterhead laid in. Master Monograph; Rosicrucian Initiation, First Portal, 8 pages. Broadside: Hail Neophyte! II) . Two 4to Booklets in wrappers: Mastery of Life, 32pp. , no date, 21st edition, b&w photos; AMORC, 32pp; front cover with cut-out for temple door, an Introduction to AMORC, no date, 31st Edition, with drawings and color illustrations. III). Booklet: Rosicrucian Glossary. 16mo, 40pp. , stapled gold wrappers. IV) . Ten circulars: 6.5 x 3.5", plus a card, Cosmic Law Fulfills. V). Two Brochures: Rosicrucian Supply Bureau Catalogue of Worthwhile Books, 46pp. , illus. History of the Rosicrucian Order, 8pp. VI). Bulletin: A Treasury of Good Reading. Single sheet folded to 10.5 x 8", folded again twice by previous owner; forms 7 pages of book reviews with pictures. Some items check in pen by previous owner. VII). Copy typescript: The Mystical Side of Living by Ralph M. Lewis, F. R. C. 10.5 x 8; blue cover sheet and 3 sheets typed on both sides; corner staple. VIII). Answers to Neophyte First Atrium Examination Questions. Single sheet, copy typescript on both sides. Answers in holograph pencil on separate yellow lined legal paper, with owners name and address, dated 1972. IX). Three charts: Cosmic Vibrations, Tree of Life, Chart 1, 1st Monograph, 2nd Temple Degree. And finally, two single page circulars: The Passion of Matter, The Rosicrucian Supply Bureau promoting a Magnet kit. Take Steps to Insure AMORC's Growth! , with reminders and a quote from Edmund Burke.  Most items formally undated, but where indications exist, as in the Answers to Examination questions, the range appears to be 1967-1972.

Introductory and Private Mandamus folder with stain lower leading corner front cover, and quote circled in pen. Master Monograph booklet in folder with pen annotations by the initiate. Remnants of wrap around band front and rear covers. Mastery of Life with loss at top corner near spine, a bit of wrinkle to pages. Mystical Side of Living title sheet shows some tanning and chips at left edge, a bit of crinkle. Rosicrucian Initiation, First Portal with slender stain back cover, leaving a spot inside back cover. All else fine.