Guide to the Nelson H. White Papers
Processed by David C. Gartrell
Department of Special Collections
Davidson Library
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
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Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Guide to the Nelson H. White Papers, 1969-1999
Collection number: ARC Mss 25
Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara
Contact Information:
- Department of Special Collections
- Davidson Library
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- Santa Barbara, CA 93106
- Phone: (805) 893-3062
- Fax: (805) 893-5749
- Email: special@library.ucsb.edu
- URL: http://www.library.ucsb.edu/speccoll/speccoll.html
- Processed by:
- David C. Gartrell
- Date Completed:
-
01 July 2004
- Encoded by:
- David C. Gartrell
© 2004 Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Nelson H. White Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1969-1999
Date (bulk): (bulk 1980-1995)
Collection number: ARC Mss 25
Creator:
White, Nelson H.
Extent:
1.75 linear feet
(1 carton, 1 box, 1 half-size legal box)
Repository:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Dept. of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, California 93106-9010
Physical location: Del Norte
Abstract: Collected self-published works on ceremonial magic by Nelson H. White of Technology Group publications. Collection includes
some unpublished material.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
None.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
Preferred Citation
Nelson H. White Papers. ARC Mss 25. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Acquisition Information
Donated by Nelson H. White's sister, Victoria White Hand, in 2004.
Biography
The following biography was taken from Nelson White's last book, published in 1999. Mr. White passed away in August 2003.
Nelson White (Frater Zarathustra) was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1938. He graduated from James B. Castle High School in
Kaneohe, Oahu, Hawaii in 1956. He served in the U.S. Navy as a Hospital Corpsman in San Diego California. He graduated from
San Bernardino Valley College in 196l with an Associate of Arts in Electronics. While at S.B.V.C. he was active in the San
Bernardino County Sheriff 's Motorcycle Posse, as a Reserve Deputy Sheriff, and also spent several years with the Civil Air
Patrol as Communications Officer of Search & Rescue Squadron 31, at Norton Air Force Base. After working several years in
the Electronics and Defense fields, he returned to college and graduated from The University of Redlands in 1968 with a B.A.
in Government & Public Administration. He attended Graduate School both at Redlands and at UCLA where he received several
Teaching Credentials. First Ordained in 1968, he has since been Ordained by several other Churches, He received his first
Honorary Doctorate in 1969 and has also received several others since then. Dr. White has taught in a number of Junior and
Senior High Schools in both Southern and Northern California. Dr. White was active in the Southern California Occult scene
for over 20 years, and was instrumental in the formation and operation of several Esoteric Churches and Magickal Orders. He
published, edited and wrote numerous articles for a quarterly magazine of Ceremonial Magick: "The White Light" for the entire
15+ years of its existence. He also operated a Religious Supply and Book store in Pasadena, for over 17 years, during that
time he wrote many books on Magick and other topics. Presently he resides in Northern California and is working on his 125th.
book. Dr. White is also a private pilot, an amateur radio operator, a 4-wheel drive enthusiast, and was a member of MENSA
for several years, and was Knighted, by the Alter Souveidner Templer Orden, based in Vienna, Austria, on June 17th, 1989.
He is also recruiting Occult students who speak German, for a Templer Chapter to be organized in the San Francisco Bay Area
Dr. White sings with The Richmond Chor, one of the oldest German singing groups in the Bay area. Dr. White has received numerous
Community Service awards and was listed in: Who's Who in the West, Who's Who in California, Who's Who in American Authors,
Editors & Poets, Two Thousand Notable Americans, among others. Dr. White is presently retired from NASA's Ames Research Center
at Moffett Field, California, and continues his interest in Magick and writing. He also continues to be active in the Book
Publishing business.
Scope and Content of Collection
Collection primarily consists of page proofs for books on ceremonial magic self-published by Nelson White and his wife Anne
under the Technology Group imprint. There is also some unpublished material concerning the O.T.A. (Ordo Templi Astartes),
an occult lodge functioning in the Los Angeles area during the early 1970s.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Magic.
White, Nelson H.
Box 1: 1
101 Questions on Ceremonial Magick, 1987
Box 1: 2
15 Year Index to "The White Light", 1989
Box 1: 3
Aradia, the Gospel of the Witches, 1986
Box 1: 5
Best of "The White Light" the Early Years (Vol. 1-4), 1981
Box 1: 6
Best of "The White Light" the Middle Years (Vol. 5-9), 1983
Box 1: 7
Best of "The White Light"the Final Years (Vol. 10-15), 1991
Box 1: 8
A Brief History of Western Magick and the Modern Magickal Lodge, 1986
Box 1: 9
Collected Rituals from the T.'.O.'.T.'., 1982
Box 1: 10
Collected Shorter Works of the T.'.O.'.T.'., 1987
Box 1: 11
The Complete Exorcist, or, Exorcism from Scratch, 1983
Box 1: 12
Expedition to Vienna, 1992
Box 1: 13
The Grimoire of Raphael (Indexed, Illustrated), 1987
Box 1: 14
The "Gypsy" Fortune-telling Scam , 1990
Box 1: 15
Index and Reference Vol. to the 2nd. Ed. Lemegeton, 1994
Box 1: 16
Index and Reference Volume to "The Grand Grimoire" , 1996
Box 1: 17
Index to Agrippa's "Occult Philosophy or Magic", 1993
Box 1: 18
Index to "The [Greater] Key of Solomon the King", 1986
Box 1: 19
Index to "The Grimoire of Armadel", 1986
Box 1: 20
Index to Barret's "The Magus", 1989
Box 1: 21
Index to the "Grimoirum Verum" (1517 A.D.), 1994
Box 1: 22
Index to The Sacred Magic of Abramelin in the Mage, 1999
Box 1: 23
Index to the Spirits Given in "Honourius", 1983
Box 1: 24
Index to Waite's "Book of Black Magic & of Pacts", 1989
Box 3: 1
Lemegeton; Clavicula Salomonis: or The Complete "Lesser" Key of Solomon The King, 2nd ed. [oversize], 1994
Box 1: 28
Magick & The Law (Vol. 1), 1976
Box 1: 29
Magick & The Law (Vol. 2), 1980
Box 1: 30
Magick & The Law (Vol. 3), 1980
Box 1: 31
Magick & The Law (Vol. 4), 1982
Box 1: 32
Magick & The Law (Vol. 5), 1982
Box 1: 33
Magick, Self-Taught (5th. Ed.), 1996
Box 1: 38
The Meaning of Death, 1988
Box 1: 39
The Meaning of Life, 1987
Box 1: 41
The Revised Book of Baal, 1994
Box 2: 1
The Second Book of Astarte, 1994
Box 2: 2
Secret Magick Revealed (2nd. Ed), 1995
Box 2: 3
Selected Conjurations/Lemegeton (large type), 1995
Box 2: 5
Spiritual Intimidation, 1984
Box 2: 6
Student Reports & Articles by 'outside' Authors, 1983
Box 2: 7
The What & Why of Magick, 1995
Box 2: 9
The Wizard's Apprentice (2nd Edition), 1995
Box 2: 10
Working High Magick (3rd Edition), 1995
Series 2.
Unpublished Materials
Box 2: 12
O.'.T.'.A.'. Picture Book and related correspondence, 1982
Box 2: 13
Photographs and slides, 1969-1971, 1995
Box 2: 14
Copyright registration certificates, 1981 - 1999
Box 3: 2
Combined Book List from Technology Group with annotations [oversize], n.d.
