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ARC Mss 100
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Title: Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor collection
Identifier/Call Number: ARC Mss 100
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Physical Description:
0.2 Linear Feet
(1 half size document box)
Creator:
Davidson , P. (Peter), (1842-1916)
Creator:
Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor
Date (inclusive): 1899 - 1913
Abstract: This collection is made up of two publications and one series of correspondence from the Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor and
its founder, Peter Davidson.
Physical Location: Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
Container: 1
Adapted from the dealer description:
This collection contains publications and correspondence related to the Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor. The correspondence
includes 8 postcards and letters to Peter Davidson, a leader in the Scotland and American chapters of the Hermetic Brotherhood.
Two people mentioned - Aleister Crowley and Israel Regardie - were also of the Brotherhood.
One publication is the Executive Committee's original notes called "Temple Talk". This group includes three out of a reported
10 only known to be in existence. Two are in museums (the Louvre and the Rijksmuseum) in Europe; five are in two separate,
private hands. The second publication, The Morning Star, are dated 1898 to 1908 and cover a variety of topics relevant to
the Brotherhood's belief system.
The collection is open for research.
Library purchase, 2022.
This collection contains two series:
- Series 1, Publications
- Series 2, Correspondence
Peter Davidson was the Provincial Grand Master of the North and East (Scotland and America), and is often credited as a co-founder
of the brotherhood alongside Max Theon.
The Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor was an occult society that was founded in England and Scotland, then spread to America,
in the late 19th to early 20th century. The brotherhood followed practical occultism and was influenced by Paschal Beverly
Randolph's magico-sexual ideas that found a balance between sexuality and religion.
[Identification of Item], Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor collection, ARC Mss 100. Department of Special Research Collections,
UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
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the Department of Special Research Collections at the UCSB Library. All applicable literary rights, including copyright to
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and the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns.
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