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Excerpt from The Matchless Altar of the Soul: Symbolized as a Shining Cube of Diamond, One Cubit in Dimensions, and Set Within the Holy of Holies in All Grand Esoteric Temples of Antiquity Member Mercer County Scientific Association, Aledo, Illin01s, 1875; Member Illinois Natural History So ciety, Ottawa, Illinois, 1879; Director New Windsor Observatory, New Windsor, Illinois, 1880; Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Saratoga, New York, 1883; Director Knox College Observatory, Galesburg, Illinois, 1888; Member World's Electrical Congress, Chicago, Illinois, 1893; Director Lowe Observatory, Mount Lowe, California, 1900; Editorial Writer, Hearst Syndicate of News papers, San Franmsco, California, 1901; Member Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, California, 1901; Member Southern California Acad emy of Science, Los Angeles, California, 1902; Mem ber World's Electrical Congress, International Con gress Arts and Science, Astronomical Society of America, St. Louis, Missouri, 1904; Member National Geographical Society, Washington, D. C., 1907; Mem ber World's Theosophical Society, Adyr, India, 1907 Member British Association for the Advancement of Science, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1909; Member Indian Academy of Oriental Science, Tinnevelly, India, 1912; Member Krotona Institute of Theosophy, Krotona Temple, Hollywood, California, 1914; Member Astron omical Society, Los Angeles, California, 1914; Member Proximo Club, Los Angeles, California, 1915; Mem ber Westlake Art Club, Los Angeles, California, 1916. Special Writer for Magazines. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.