The Temple of the Rosy Cross by Freeman B. Dowd Yogi Miscellaneous Writings 1883-1896 + Prose

Miscellaneous Writings 1883-1896 + Prose Works Other Than Science and Health with The Key to the Scripture

title page with small soil stain

several color plates along with some b&w illustrations

Publication: 1886 J

who was best known for his writing on the subject of phallism (phallicism) and its place in the origin of all religions

The Temple of the Rosy Cross by Freeman B. Dowd Yogi Miscellaneous Writings 1883-1896 + ProseThe Temple of the Rosy Cross: The Soul its Powers, Migrations, and Transmitigations by Freeman B. Dowd Publishing: 1901 Eulian Publishing Co; Salem, MA Fourth Edition Revised and Enlarged Dowd was a strong critic of the Theosophical Societies preoccupation on celibacy. As a proponent of sexual occultism, he held the notion that celibacy was a sure way to delusion. Dowd's views on Rosicrucianism were far from conventional. It has been noted that occult