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(MYSTICISM—ROSICRU-
CIANS.) RANDOLPH, PASCHAL B.
The Learned Pundit, and Man with
Two Souls. His Curious Life, Works
and Career. The Great Free Love
Trial. Randolph’s Grand Defense, His
Address to Mankind, The Verdict.
96
pages, tall crown 8vo, original printed tan
and red front cover only.
Boston: Randolph Publishing, 1872
[400/600]
FIRST EDITION OF A SCARCE BOOK
.
Paschal
Beverly Randolph (1825-1875), African-
American medical doctor, occultist, spiritualist
and trance medium was the author of a number
of books on Eastern thought and spiritual mat-
ters. This book was published only a few years
before his death. The “Free Love” part of the
title was meant to sound outrageous, and sell
books. Randolph was the first African
American Rosicrucian which did not sit well
with the conservative African-American public.
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