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The Brotherhood of Light lessons can be viewed here in three ways.
They can be viewed in the Ease of Comprehension Order. This ordering is for those you are curious about hermetic teachings while, perhaps not as yet deeply ingrained in the tradition. The lessons are presented with a view to encouraging exploration by presenting the topics that may be of more general interest first.
They can be viewed in the Numerical Order in which the lessons were written (1-210), and in most cases the numerical order is chronological also, but not always because of the revisions at a later time.
Or they can be viewed in the traditional Book/Chapter Order which consists of 21 books.
In 1915, when the first lesson was written, it started as a monograph, 8 1/2 by 11, of ten pages, bound at the top, with an aqua-blue stapled cover. Each monograph had the official seal on the front cover. As the monographs were completed, Mr. Benjamine started expanding his series and listening to what students wanted and needed. It was both a learning experience for him as well as his students, and he accommodated everyone whenever he could so they could master the Ancient Wisdom.
Originally, a student could buy any manuscript in any order, and study the courses in any order, but as time progressed, Mr. Benjamine decided to issue a diploma of completion, and arranged a curriculum in the best order that he could. This was the beginning of the Book/Chapters Order, which was to be issued in 21 volumes, in which he succeeded.
Modern day students of Hermetics study the courses in both orders. Some prefer one system over the other, so the webmaster has decided to make both available.
The Not Sold Award Manuscripts
The Award Manuscripts at the end of the Numerical Order was an afterthought. Some of the earlier manuscripts were really included in the lessons and sold as lessons also, before the Not Sold Award concept was employed. However, Mr. Benjamine never obtained copyright protection on any of these award manuscripts, and they are in public domain, according to the 1908 copyright law, which was in effect when he issued most of his work, and same law was in effect when he died in 1951.
Some of the titles and ideas in the manuscripts, have been developed by modern authors and entire books are now available with expanded themes. These manuscripts were informative in their day, but now students want so much more than is available in this outdated series, and prefer to buy books on the whole subject.
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Dates, Revision Dates, Working Titles
| | Course 01 | Laws of Mediumship and Spiritualism | 1919 | | | Rewritten | Jan 1921 | | | Revised | May 1921 | | Course 01 | Laws of Occultism | Rewritten 1948 |
| | Course 02 | Laws of Astrological Signatures | Revised 1921 | | Course 02 | Astrological Signatures | 1932 |
| | Course 03 | Spiritual Alchemy | 1921 |
| | Course 04 | Ancient Masonry | 1916 |
| | Course 05 | Esoteric Psychology | 1921 |
| | Course 06 | Kabbalism (working title) | | Course 06 | The Sacred Tarot | 1918 | | Course 06 | The Sacred Tarot | Revised 1936 |
| | Course 07 | Religion of the Stars | Discarded 1919 | | Course 07 | Spiritual Astrology New Edition | 1921 | | Course 07 | Spiritual Astrology (revision) | 1935 |
| | Course 08 | Horary Astrology | 1921 |
| | Course 09 | Mental Alchemy | 1922 |
| | Course 10 | Natal Astrology | 1923 | | | Pt 1. Delineating the Horoscope Parts Revised | 1923 | | | Pt 2. Predicting Time of Events | 1923 | | | Pt 2. Progressing the Horoscope Name Change | 1964 |
| | Course 11 | Delineation and Character Reading | 1925 |
| | Course 12 | Natural Alchemy of Religious Opinion | 1924 | | Course 12 | Natural Alchemy: Evolution of Life | | | | Divided & Revised | 1949 | | Course 12 | Natural Alchemy: Evolution of Religion | | | | Divided & Rewritten | 1949 |
| | Course 13 | Mundane Astrology | 1929 |
| | Course 14 | Occultism Applied to Daily Life | 1930 |
| | Course 15 | Weather Predicting | 1933 |
| | Course 16 | Medical Astrology (working title) | | Course 16 | Stellar diagnosis and Stellar Healing | 1934 | | Course 16 | Stellar Healing | | | | Rewritten, Additional Charts, Astrodynes | 1947 |
| | Course 17 | Cosmic Alchemy | 1932 |
| | Course 18 | Imponderable Forces | 1932 |
| | Course 19 | Inorganic Alchemy (working title); | | Course 19 | Organic Alchemy | 1932 |
| | Course 20 | The Next Life | 1932 |
| | Course 21 | Medical Alchemy (working title) | | Course 21 | Personal Alchemy | 1933 |
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