Dedication _This Special Student’s Edition of “The Initiates of the Flame” is dedicated by the author to the One Thousand Students of the Classes of 1922, and is limited to one thousand copies of which this one is_ _Number 91_ [Illustration: _Multiplicatio._] The INITIATES of the FLAME [Illustration] He who lives the Life shall know the Doctrine FULLY ILLUSTRATED Copyrighted, October, 1922 All rights reserved Permission to copy or translate may be secured upon application CONTENTS Page Introduction 7 Foreword 13 Chapter One The Fire Upon the Altar 15 Chapter Two The Sacred City of Shamballa 25 Chapter Three The Mystery of the Alchemist 35 Chapter Four The Egyptian Initiate 45 Chapter Five The Ark of the Covenant 55 Chapter Six The Knights of the Holy Grail 63 Chapter Seven The Mystery of the Pyramids 73 ILLUSTRATIONS Page The Cube Altar 14 The Everburning Lamp 16 The Masonic Censor 18 The Grave Digger’s Spade 20 The Candle 22 The Lotus 28 The Rod That Budded 30 The Philosopher’s Stone 34 The Five Pointed Star 38 The Marriage of the Sun and Moon 40 The Pillars of the Temple 42 The Serpent 44 The Masonic Apron 46 The Scepters of Egypt 48 The Sacred Scarab 50 The Priest before the Ark of the Covenant 54 The Rod that Budded, the Pot of Manna, and the Tablets of the Law 58 The Holy Grail 62 The Stone and the Sword 64 The Rosicrucian Rose 66 The Sacred Spear 68 Cross Section of the Great Pyramid of Gizah 74 The Pyramid 76 The Sphinx 78