Gods in Exile by J.J. Van Der Leeuw First Edition Templar Grades

Templar Grades

Dee and Francis Barett

there is a charming portrait of Krishnamurti which was tipped in by Bray with the date of '1925' written below it on the adjacent leaf

boards are slightly albeit evenly faded

Beautifully illustrated throughout

Gods in Exile by J.J. Van Der Leeuw First Edition Templar GradesGods in Exile by J. J. Van Der Leeuw Publication: 1926 The Theosophical Press; Chicago First Edition Association copy signed on flyleaf (in pencil) by cult California artist Beatrice Wood Author Jacobus Johannas Van Der Leeuw was a theosophist and priest at the Liberal Catholic Church which was founded by C. W. Leadbeater, and was in fact a student of Leadbeater. This work (perhaps his best known) is based on the awakening of Ego consciousness which