Manual Order of Service and Ritual [of the] Church of Illumination. Prepared especially for the Priests and Ministers Consecrated and Ordained to the Service of God, in the Priesthood of Melchizedek and Church of Illumination
Quakertown: Philosophical Publishing Company Beverly Hall, 1952. Limited edition, privately printed. (although a stated limitation, there is no indication as to the size of the limitation). Hardback in red buckram, with gilt cross to front board, and gilt title to spine. Boards and contents in very good, clean condition. A touch of darkening to the end pages. 100 pages. 220 x 150 mm (8¾ x 6 inches). A guide to services and prayers of the Church of Illumination. A nominally Christian organisation, based in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, the Church is quite "New Age" in outlook, and would be see as outside Orthodox Christianity. "The Church teaches that within each of us is a Divine Spark, our soul spark, which is a part of God." Still existing in Quakertown.