, 1869-03-21
THE ORIGINAL WOMAN's
RI0HlS MOVEMEMr,
Il FeH3lis C0paplrncy.
Enm l hn Phil N all EtxettH

At The pre.eut moment, when the subjects
Of wo1neu's clubs and the higher educstton Of
girls are attracting consiaerabls attention,
strange little book vbieh Is now before Is.
aid which treats Of both those subjects,
seems worthy Of notice. The book 1as pur-
chased some time ago 1t o sale by u dealer,
who imagined Il was some religious work Ia
an unknown tongue, probably cmsnatlng
from p's in H. Af3 Or aas
a1ehpt5,co aS 9es aee IS it, 1Gs Ill., rbish es
tainly sppears to bear out that suppositton
"Ebpob cs lyo utluo, umgoml nydohjof le
yty sqDntSi 3nns voeo n;9n ntso uPnato" aso &C.
' Death is the impr:nt :: London, isss."
The volume happened to fail into the hands
of ao enthusiastic phflolaefst, who at first
began 10 study it joytully, but soon perceived,
to bis extreme disappointment, tnat It vas
I'D n oSea Sesbss1 nnss s u @ Sphe xl Guf1,S uaeS
out 10 be "0rder Of the Altar. Ancient
Mysteries to which Females we're alone ad-
mi.*siblc. Beng Part OF the First Of tue
Secrets preserved IN the Association Of Maiden
no, care to go, hut We have thought it worth
our while to pay the book fftsle more atten--
uop, aud We row proceed To mike known the
ntuit OF Our Investigations.
The book Is divided into two paris, the
first c3ntafa,ng the laws Of the Association
ond beInf devoted TO IN nccount Of the
Mysteries Of Vcs,a, Ceres sud Minerva"
From the Introduction We learn Tint '4thc
ultimate object at which this ASSOCIATION
asplrcs IS 10 tupltt d tone to society hy Sc
curtns 10 tue female re1 thr nscendcncy in
domestic liir to wh,rh they arc entitled By
nsture ard the laws If civilized tnc!ctJ, and
10 I'm 1ove, through their influence. not only
the manners, hut The moral aud religious
ch ,rac,cr Of Doth sexes" In order TO attain
| . I 1nre 4f ho ~
10 10 hlrd against s'the passions and
| pylics, ef tae other sex.:' They vii
tten udd to the moral isfaenee theE
derive from "thc maiden pnri.y
! Of their lives, the dccurum OF their manner.
aud the order O! thclr 1ellklon," 8 formidable
"c1paaili : to deicat the attempts Of secret
and nlesoLic societies ncainst revelation, BY
po' sessing theiE private signs aud mystic
kuow1edEe." The socicty consists OF 8 Eu.
pcrior, called her lllchueSs, aud three orders
ord that Of ihe Band md thc third that OF
the altar. With respect 7, membership,
"corc hui unidtns nrc admissible.
No naideu who y Of low birth or ssrviie hab,
ils cau be admitted. =. No maiden
who has no; reectTed the sacfameas
: CHURCHES is admissible"
: Great ttrek6 Is laid Ia The rn3es on The Sc.
| cret character Ia which the writings Of The
: s4,cleiy arc to be Transcribed. There arc to
| be Two te's Oh uff0Ely pHlC&, tne one 10 pf
j taught to ali tho mtmocr the other to bs
rcssryvd Tor the use Of The higher crde1
OILY. All the bookB issued By the society
arr to be printed 10 cipher, aad theF are to b
jcAlously guarded bs the members 10 WHOM
they belong tn sailed packet marked my
dying requcst Is that this packet may be d.
lvercd unopened to -'
AL! this secrecy naturally gives risc to th'
idea that something very wonderful Tt'i b
|, | found lu the chapters which follow the rules
! md which profess to initiate their rea der
iuto the " mysteries Of Ceres and AllLcrva.'
But the promise which they seem to hol'
, out Is not fulfilled. There Is nothing partac
;. ulnrly new or Interesting In the information
thAt - ehe elevation Of Joseph to the his hes
dieury 1n Egypt renderxd him absolute Fl
:, thai cou1uy" or the statement that 18th
~ doctrine OF = tnturc state Of reward. an
- Punlshments vas taught In the mysteries {
;a Cefes nnd hacchus.H Nor does the roctr
which acrt and there alscrsl1's the tex
=, show any great Signs Of inspiration. As a
~ exercise LOT students Of c1vp.ogFaphy u
~ ~ give q. specimen Of these ctfusions:
n L. ven 70 Ce<do ( RI autn!oAf In ,ob ,-o
:. Ynneo busy ebssadoo ovon b a e,ffeni:
Is Va EKq toeo 1n nts. bog qaitoo III bosjto.
bc F'o otpekoi uIp be1np yin Gleeop olonu. njgt
D. The book Is mystery for which 1t Is ii
In leult to aecount. 1t Is too long for soul
=. for Il contains about couple Of huads,
II pages. Its printing must therefore, ha
IL cost more money than uerc hoax
~ that the association OF which II speaks
~ lourishiuc among us! Or Is the whole boz
u the mere embodiment Of the Eavlugs
H. tnlna lunatic, wlo:e prevailing delusion
ID The idea that o humber OF women could ke
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