This is a special edition, autographed by the Managing Editor.

EDITOR'S NOTE

Hiram E. Butler was born in Onieda County, New York on 29 Jul 1841. After a stint in the Army, he had migrated to Boston in 1885 for a short time wherein he gave lectures on a variety of metaphysical subjects to the Esoteric Society of Boston. Butler would not remain long in Boston and had moved to Applegate, California. 

There, he founded the Esoteric Fraternity on a five-hundred-acre homestead, building an 18-room house for him and his fraternity members in 1887. They established a farm for self-sufficiency as well as a printing press. 

Butler published several interesting books such as "The Seven Creative Principles" and his most recognized work, "Solar Biology" in which he simplified astrology by basing horoscopes on sun and moon signs. 

We have compiled his speeches to the Esoteric Society of Boston as well as some papers he wrote on various topics, sprinkled throughout. We found his work quite interesting in an exoteric sense and believe it would be just as interesting to the general public. 

Butler passed away on 3 Nov 1916 in Applegate at the age of 75.

6 x 9 Trade Hardcover, Page Count: 140

IB+SBN: 979-8-88556-047-4

Book Contents

INTRODUCTION 11

MAN AND HIS CAPABILITIES 13

Delivered to the Society of Esoteric Culture, Boston Mass. 1887

THE POWER OF CREATIVE THOUGHT 24

Delivered before the Society for Esoteric Culture, of Boston 1887

WHO SHOULD STUDY ESOTERIC SCIENCE 36

A Lecture delivered before the Society for Esoteric Culture 1887

IN HIM WAS LIFE, AND THE LIFE

WAS THE LIGHT OF MAN 46

THE MYSTERY OF SIN 58

Delivered before the Society for Esoteric Culture, of Boston

GOD RULES 67

Delivered before the Society for Esoteric Culture, of Boston

I KNOW I KNOW 78

Delivered before the Society Esoteric of Boston

THE MIND OF WISDOM 88

Delivered before the Society of Esoteric of Boston

UNITY OF DESIRE 97

THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE RACE 102

Delivered before the Society Esoteric of Boston

IMMORTALITY; CAN IT BE

OBTAINED WITHOUT DEATH 111

AN OPEN LETTER

SUGGESTIONS OF THOUGHT FOR MUSINGS 113

SIGNS OF THE TIMES 117

FAITH IN GOD 122

THE COMING KINGDOM 129

AUTHOR AND MANAGING EDITOR 135

BOOKS BY THE AUTHOR 136

THE ARTIST AND ILLUSTRATOR 137