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Holy Order of Mans      1974      USA                                                   Art Medium: Pen drawings. Description: The Holy Order of Mans grew out of a group called the Science of Man founded by Earl W. Blighton, a 33° Master Mason of the Inner Order, and was officially incorporated in California on July 24, 1968. It appears to have come to an end in 2000. It taught a type of Western esotericism and Esoteric Christianity based on what it viewed as the esoteric teachings of "The Great Christ" through "The Master Jesus". The curriculum included intense bible study, basic science courses, comparative religions, religious history, astrology, tarot, and psychology, the Order strongly emphasized the necessity that each individual actually experience the mysteries which included Initiations of Illumination and Self-realization.