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Guide to the Society of Pragmatic Mysticism records ARC Mss 93

Finding aid prepared by Leland Riddlesperger, 2019.

UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara 93106-9010 [email protected] URL: http://www.library.ucsb.edu/special-collections 2019 March 5

Guide to the Society of Pragmatic ARC Mss 93 1 Mysticism records ARC Mss 93 Title: Society of Pragmatic Mysticism records Identifier/Call Number: ARC Mss 93 Language of Material: English Contributing Institution: UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections Creator: Society of Pragmatic Mysticism Physical Description: 7.79 linear feet(6 cartons, 1 flat oversize box, 53 audiocassettes, 1 CD) Date (inclusive): approximately 1938-2001 Abstract: Consists of 7 boxes of material relating to the Society of Pragmatic Mysticism and its founder, Mildred Mann, and documenting their beliefs and activities from the 1930s to the early 2000s. Included are 53 audiocassettes and 1 CD containing lectures, discussions, and . Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library Access Restrictions The collection is open for research. Use Restrictions Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Research Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Research Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained. Preferred Citation [Identification of Item], Society of Pragmatic Mysticism records, ARC Mss 93. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara. Acquisition Information Library purchase, 2019. Historical Note The Society of Pragmatic Mysticism was formed in by Mildred Mann (1904-1971), a teacher of metaphysics within the movement. Originally a student of Emmet Fox, Mann went on to write several books, correspondence courses, pamphlets, and tracts, which formed the core of the society's teachings. The society was initially run from a facility in Midtown Manhattan which featured space for meetings and lectures, a library, a bookstore, and offices. After her death, Mann was succeeded in leadership by the establishment of a directorship of the society, initially filled by Leonebel Connaway. The headquarters of the society were then moved to a Midtown apartment. Under the guidance of its board of trustees, the society continued to publish and promote Mann's teachings, primarily by mail, for many years. In 1980 the society was reestablished in Pawlet, Vermont, and in 1995 it reported 30,000 members worldwide, with the majority residing in Nigeria. Scope and Content Records of the Society of Pragmatic Mysticism from the 1930s-2000s, including publications authored by Mildred Mann, pamphlets, pledge cards and subscription notes, booklets, prayer books, library materials of works written by other authors on spirituality, Mildred Mann's notes and lectures, lesson plans, newsletters, memoranda, board minutes, financial reports, and church bulletins relating to the teachings of Emmet Fox, Mildred Mann, and to the Society of Pragmatic Mysticism and similar New Thought movements. The collection contains a significant amount of content by the philosopher Sri Aurobindo. This collection also includes runes, the organization's shop sign, a photograph of Mildred Mann, LP records containing a lecture by Mildred Mann, 53 audio cassettes of lectures and discussions, and 1 CD containing music and chants. Arrangement The records are arranged in four series, Series 2 has been further arranged into subseries. The items in Series 1 are arranged by book series and volume number. The series and subseries are arranged as follows: Series 1. Publications, Series 2. Library, Subseries. Artifacts, Series 3. Organizational Records, Series 4. Audiovisual Materials. Subjects and Indexing Terms New Thought Astrology Cabala Spiritual healing Mental healing

Guide to the Society of Pragmatic ARC Mss 93 2 Mysticism records ARC Mss 93 Administrative records Audiocassettes Compact discs Church bulletins Long-playing records Newsletters Notes (documents) Photographs Publications (documents) Rune stones Society of Pragmatic Mysticism -- Archives Fox, Emmet Mann, Mildred Ghose, Aurobindo, 1872-1950

Series 1. Publications Scope and Content Contains the printed message series authored by Mildred Mann, and other materials published by the Society of Pragmatic Mysticism.

box 1, folder 1 Pragmatic Mysticism: Developing Your Awareness Vol. 1 - Vol. 3 box 1, folder 2 Pragmatic Mysticism: Developing Your Awareness Vol. 4 - Vol. 6 box 1, folder 3 Pragmatic Mysticism: Developing Your Awareness Vol. 7 - Vol. 9 box 1, folder 4 Pragmatic Mysticism: Developing Your Awareness Vol. 10 - Vol. 12 box 1, folder 5 Pragmatic Mysticism: Being and Becoming Vol. 1 - Vol. 3 box 1, folder 6 Pragmatic Mysticism: Being and Becoming Vol. 4 - Vol. 6 box 1, folder 7 Pragmatic Mysticism: Being and Becoming Vol. 7 - Vol. 9 box 1, folder 8 Pragmatic Mysticism: Being and Becoming Vol. 10 - Vol. 12 box 1, folder 9 Pragmatic Mysticism: Decreeing Your Good Vol. 1 - Vol. 3 box 1, folder 10 Pragmatic Mysticism: Decreeing Your Good Vol. 4 - Vol. 6 box 1, folder 11 Pragmatic Mysticism: Decreeing Your Good Vol. 7 - Vol. 9 box 12, folder 12 Pragmatic Mysticism: Decreeing Your Good Vol. 10 - Vol. 12 box 1, folder 13 Pragmatic Mysticism: Wisdom is Yours Vol. 1 - Vol. 3 box 1, folder 14 Pragmatic Mysticism: Wisdom is Yours Vol. 4 - Vol. 6 box 1, folder 15 Pragmatic Mysticism: Wisdom is Yours Vol. 7 - Vol. 9 box 1, folder 16 Pragmatic Mysticism: Wisdom is Yours Vol. 10 - Vol. 12 box 2, folder 1 A Metaphysical and Symbolic Interpretation of the Bible Vol. 1 - Vol. 3 box 2, folder 2 A Metaphysical and Symbolic Interpretation of the Bible Vol. 4 - Vol. 6 box 2, folder 3 A Metaphysical and Symbolic Interpretation of the Bible Vol. 7 - Vol. 9 box 2, folder 4 A Metaphysical and Symbolic Interpretation of the Bible Vol. 10 - Vol. 12 box 2, folder 5 A Metaphysical and Symbolic Interpretation of the Bible Vol. 13 - Vol. 15 box 2, folder 6 A Metaphysical and Symbolic Interpretation of the Bible Vol. 16 - Vol. 18 box 2, folder 7 A Metaphysical and Symbolic Interpretation of the Bible Vol. 19 - Vol. 21 box 2, folder 8 A Metaphysical and Symbolic Interpretation of the Bible Vol. 22 - Vol. 24 box 2, folder 9 A Metaphysical and Symbolic Interpretation of the Bible Vol. 25 - Vol. 27 box 2, folder 10 A Metaphysical and Symbolic Interpretation of the Bible Vol. 28 - Vol. 30 box 2, folder 11 A Metaphysical and Symbolic Interpretation of the Bible Vol. 31 - Vol. 33 box 2, folder 12 A Metaphysical and Symbolic Interpretation of the Bible Vol. 34 - Vol. 36 box 2, folder 13 Become What You Believe; The Bible is Your Story box 2, folder 14 How to Find Your Real Self; Mind and Consciousness box 2, folder 15 Ours to Use box 2, folder 16 Pamphlets box 2, folder 17 Pledge Cards and Subscription Notices

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box 2, folder 18 LP Records: Series 2. Library Scope and Content Contains pamphlets, booklets, notes, periodicals, and other printed material that was not published by the Society of Pragmatic Mysticism, but was collected by the organization and used for reference.

box 3, folder 1 Booklets, Pamphlets, and Prayer Books box 3, folder 2 Sri Aurobindo box 3, folder 3 Sri Aurobindo box 3, folder 4 Sri Aurobindo box 3, folder 5 Sri Aurobindo box 3, folder 6 Sri Aurobindo box 3, folder 7 Sri Aurobindo box 3, folder 8 Emmet Fox box 3, folder 9 Emmet Fox box 3, folder 10 Emmet Fox box 3, folder 11 Emmet Fox box 3, folder 12 Manly P. Hall box 3, folder 13 Rudolf Steiner box 3, folder 14 Ervan Seale, Frances Adams Moore, Georgiana Tree West box 4, folder 1 box 4, folder 2 Emma Curtis Hopkins box 4, folder 3 Charles Fillmore, , Genevieve Burrell, Zelia M. Walters box 4, folder 4 , Robert Gordon, Unity School of Christianity box 4, folder 5 Dorothy J. Hulst, Hannah More Kohaus, Lou Austin, Norman Vincent Peale, Satprem box 4, folder 6 M. C., Genevieve Behrend, S. L. MacGregor Mathers box 4, folder 7 H. D. F. Kitto, H. Emile Cady box 4, folder 8 Edward Fitzgerald, G. R. S. Mead, T. H. Huxley box 4, folder 9 G. C. Amstutz, Henrietta Elizabeth Schmandt, Josephine Elizabeth Schmandt box 4, folder 10 Bernard, , H. U. Weitbrecht Stanton, Swami Panchadasi box 4, Folder 11 Existential , Maurice Blanchot, Neale Donald Walsch, William Kingsland box 4, folder 12 Doreal (pseud.), Mike Bunker box 4, folder 13 C. Alan Anderson box 4, folder 14 Kenneth Wapnick box 5, folder 1 Nicholas Herman, Parabola Magazine, Raynor C. Johnson, Richard Steinpach box 5, folder 2 E. Haldeman-Julius, John Dimick, William Wynn Westcott box 5, folder 3 Hans Claudius Michelsen, Michael Baran, and serials box 5, folder 4 Catalogs and loose pages box 5, folder 5 Sri Aurobindo Association peiodicals box 5, folder 6 Sri Aurobindo Association peiodicals box 5, folder 7 Study notes; greeting card; dreams 1989

Artifacts

box 7 Photograph of Mildred Mann box 7 Rune stones box 7 Headquarters office sign Series 3. Organizational Records Scope and Content Consists of lecture notes, newsletters, meeting minutes, reports, bulletins, lectures, lesson plans, and journals.

box 5, folder 8 Notes of Lessons from Emmet Fox's class on Divine Science box 5, folder 9 Notes of Lessons from Emmet Fox's class on Divine Science box 5, folder 10 Notes of Lessons from Emmet Fox's class on Divine Science box 5, folder 11 Gnosticism and Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge notes

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box 5, folder 12 Mildred Mann notes box 5, folder 13 Mildred Mann notes box 5, folder 14 Mildred Mann notes box 5, folder 15 Mildred Mann interview transcripts, correspondence box 5, folder 16 Board notes box 5, folder 17 Cabala notes box 5, folder 18 Charts, notes, etc. box 5, folder 19 Tree of Life notes box 5, folder 20 Quotations, notes on Emmet Fox box 5, folder 21 Clippings, memorandums, dream journal box 5, folder 22 Journal box 5, folder 23 The Cabala, SPM bookplates box 6, folder 1 Self-Realization Fellowship Lessons. Volume I: lessons 1-26 box 6, folder 2 Self-Realization Fellowship Lessons. Volume II: lessons 27-52 box 6, folder 3 Self-Realization Fellowship Lessons. Volume III: lessons 53-78 box 6, folder 4 Self-Realization Fellowship Lessons. Volume IV: lessons 79-104 box 6, folder 5 Self-Realization Fellowship Lessons: Volume V: lessons 105-130 box 6, folder 6 Self-Realization Fellowship Lessons: Volume VI: lessons 131-162 box 6, folder 7 Correspondence and greetings from Self-Realization Fellowship box 6, folder 8 Mildred Mann lectures box 6, folder 9 Mildred Mann lectures box 6, folder 10 Doctrine of Paul; Words of Jesus Gospels box 6, folder 11 SPM Newsletter box 6, folder 12 SPM meeting minutes box 6, folder 13 SPM reports box 6, folder 14 SPM reports box 6, folder 15 Church of the Healing Christ bulletins Series 4. Audiovisual Materials Scope and Content Contains a CD and audiocassettes with lectures, discussions, and meditations.

item A37275/CS M. P. Pundit: The Practical Side of Spiritual Life 1977 March 10 item A37276/CS Studies in Practical Metaphysics, Part 8: Health & Wholeness (Eric Butterworth) item A37278/CS Man's Love Affair with (Eric Butterworth) item A37280/CS Laboratory of Personal Renewal: Part 1 (Eric Butterworth) item A37281/CS Laboratory of Personal Renewal: Part 2 (Eric Butterworth) item A37282/CS Laboratory of Personal Renewal: Part 3 (Eric Butterworth) item A37284/CS MLP - NYU 1979 April 13 item A37285/CS MLP - NYU II item A37286/CS MLP - NYU discussion item A37289/CS Passover 1980 March 28 item A37290/CS Festival Tapes: Mind - Body - Spirit (Solomon) 1979 item A37291/CS Festival Tapes: Mind - Body - Spirit (Irving Oyle) 1979 item A37292/CS Festival Tapes: Mind - Body - Spirit (N. Brandon) 1979 item A37293/CS Lecture N. W. item A37294/CS Lecture #7: Case Histories (Mildred Mann) item A37295/CS End of lecture #7, lecture #8, start of lecture #9 (Mildred Mann) item A37296/CS Lecture #9 continued. 23rd Psalm lecture #10 (Mildred Mann) item A37297/CS Lecture #10 and first half of lecture #11 (Mildred Mann) item A37299/CS II: Impersonal Life; Thinking and Creating 1971 February item A37301/CS #2. Long John; The Bible and You - Troward item A37302/CS #3. Troward (continued); Bible Class: Prodigal Son item A37303/CS #4. Case Histories: MLP 2nd half item A37304/CS #4. Bible Class: Luke item A37305/CS #4. Bible Class (Luke continued); Case Histories item A37306/CS #5. Reincarnation; Revelation item A37307/CS #5. Revelation (continued) item A37308/CS #6. Good lectures; Universal Nature and Life (Mildred Mann)

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item A37309/CS Radio Programs (WUNT) item A37310/CS #7 item A37311/CS 7 item A37312/CS Bartholomew (1 of 6) 1994 April 30 item A37313/CS Bartholomew (3 of 6) item A37314/CS Monday Lecture "Reincarnation" (Mildred Mann) item A37315/CS Mildred Mann - Margie Syvars 1972 item A37316/CS 3 Case Histories item A37318/CS (illegible title) item A37319/CS (illegible title) item A37320/CS (no information provided) item A37321/CS (no information provided) item A37322/CS (no information provided) item A37323/CS All About God: A Dialogue Between Neale Donald Walsch and Deepak Chopra, M.D. 2000 item A37324/CS The Lost Tapes of Denver (Neale Donald Walsch) 1997 December 2 item A37325/CS The Lost Tapes of Denver (Neale Donald Walsch) 1997 December 2 item A37326/CS Discovering Your Life's Work (Tara Singh) 1991 December 1 item A37327/CS Discovering Your Life's Work (Tara Singh) 1992 December 1

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