Brotherhood of the White Temple, Inc. collection, approximately 1930s-1940s

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Summary

Extent:
0.3 Linear Feet (1 pamphlet box)
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Brotherhood of the White Temple, Inc. collection, ARC Mss 57. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

Over 40 pamphlets printed by the Brotherhood of the White Temple, Inc. Most are written by M. Doreal, and include titles such as "Atlantis and Lemuria," "Symbolism of the Great Seal of the United States," and "Wisdom of the Kabbala."

Biographical / historical:

The Brotherhood of the White Temple is a theosophical occult organization founded in 1903 in Denver, Colorado, by Maurice Doreal (d. 1963), the religious name of Claude Doggins. The brotherhood was headquartered in Denver for many years, but immediately after World War II, the brotherhood built a new headquarters complex in Sedalia, Colorado.

The brotherhood teaches a system of Gnosticism that draws heavily on theosophical and kabalistic writings. The organization publishes a periodical, Light on the Path, and a set of booklets written by Doreal called the Little Temple Library. The more than one hundred titles in the library cover a broad range of occult topics.

Acquisition information:
Provenance unknown.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the collection and physical objects belong to the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at the UCSB Library. All applicable literary rights, including copyright to the collection and physical objects, are protected under Chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code and are retained by the creator and the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns.

All requests to reproduce, quote from, or otherwise reuse collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB at special@library.ucsb.edu. Consent is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or their assigns for permission to publish where the UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Brotherhood of the White Temple, Inc. collection, ARC Mss 57. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:
UC Santa Barbara Library
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
Contact:
(805) 893-3062
special@library.ucsb.edu
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