L. W. de Laurence

Lauron William De Laurence

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"L. W. de Laurence (full name Lauron William de Laurence) was an American author and publisher on occult and spiritual topics. He was born in 1868 and died on 11 September 1936 in Chicago, Illinois, USA at the age of 68. His publishing company (De Laurence, Scott & Co.) and spiritual supply mail order house was located in Chicago, Illinois. "Although he is mocked and reviled among modern occultists for his plagiarism (or, more properly, book-pirating) of the Pictorial Key to the Tarot by Arthur Edward Waite, he also wrote his own works, including The Master Key, and The Great Book of Hindu Magic. In addition, he is believed to have co-written some books with his fellow Chicago resident, the prolific New Thought and yoga author William Walker Atkinson. De Laurence was a pioneer in the business of supplying magical and occult goods by mail order, and his distribution of public domain books, such as Secrets of the Psalms by Godfrey Selig and Pow Wows or the Long-Lost Friend by John George Hohman had a great and lasting effect on the African American urban hoodoo community in the southern United States as well as on the development of Obeah in Jamaica. "In early 1930 he was consecrated a bishop by the Spiritualist Arthur Edward Leighton (1890 to 1963), a bishop of the American Catholic Church (a church body founded by Joseph René Vilatte). One surprising result of de Laurence's consecration was that it helped influence the move of some black spiritualist churches towards a more traditional view of Christianity and in the year of his death, 1936, he may have consecrated the first bishops for these churches, e.g. Thomas B Watson (1898 to 1985) of New Orleans." -- Wikipedia.

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A Self Guide for All Men
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Cave of the Oracle
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Sacred Book of Death Hindu Spiritism Soul Transition and Soul Reincarnation
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Hypnotism
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The Master Key
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The Mystic Test Book of the Hindu Occult Chambers
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Medical Hypnosis
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Clairvoyance, Thought Transference, Auto Trance, and Spiritualism
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The Abolition Of Worry And The Acquisition Of Serenity And Mind Power - Pamphlet
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Alchemy And Alchemical Magic - Pamphlet
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The Astral Flame
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The Book Of Secrets - Pamphlet
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Clairvoyance Or Second Site - Pamphlet
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Clairvoyant Vision
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Concentrations Applied To Fear And Disease - Pamphlet
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Death - Pamphlet
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The Distinction Between The Greater And Lesser Arcana
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The Eternal Principle - Pamphlet
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Evil Passions
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God
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The Greater Arcana And Their Divinatory Meanings - Pamphlet
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The Great Gospel Of Optimism - Pamphlet
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The Great Spirit
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The Hindu's And Dogmatic Theology - Pamphlet
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