Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1895-09-28
TEE cystic sHRrNB.
Condensed History Of the Aneien, Arabic
order Of the Mobiles Of the Hys-
NC Shrine.


The order ~ the Mobiles " the Mystic
shrine wa- stitu,ei by the MohanIme,ian.
kalif Alec. the cousin german aud -pn.in.
law ~ the Prophet Mohammei. In the
year lIrjira - A. u. 6i6 at Mecca. IN Ara
bia. ~ an inluiSiti0n. " vigilance com.
mttec. ~ dispense justice and execute
punishment upbn criminals who escaped
their Just deserts through the atdinrs- ~
the courts. aud al-o ~ promote religious
liberation among cultured men " all INA.
tiuns. The order u yet one ~ the nu-t
highly favored among the man. secret ~
cirties which abuund IN the countries ~
the orient. aud gathers alnu, it, shrinrs
a select few ~ the hcst educated and cul.
tuf"d. IT. secret and real pufp'-c can
only h. nlade known Ia th,~e who have
rnrlrrlrd thu Mystic shrine according tu
the instructions Ia the bunk ~ the stat.
utr- and regulations II the Imperial Coun.
Ell. The mobiles II the Mystic shrine are
-"ihrtimr- mistaken fnT certain ORDERS II
l~tN i-hrs. hut this l. an error.
- lie who holds I" II belief IN Supreme
hiug l. never questioned ~ ~ any drnni.
iion II that belief hence the mobiles ~ the
Nv site shrine are eminent Tor their broad
and catholic liberation. ffrourn, reyu-
! lutlun- IN \r.h,ia, Persia AMI Turkey have
uli-cur,d the order from time H. time. ~
| APPEARS trum the many breaks IN the con.
tnmiN II the records at Mecca. but II
/ la ~ often been revived. Sniur ~ the
uu-t notable frNiNal- ARE tho. AT Mec-
81 aud Nhplu 4 u, ihN a. u. no
and that AT cairo. T. u. lN3I A. II. 1881
! the latter under the protection II the then
kh,s!i,r II Egypt, vita recognized the ~.
der ~ n i~"riiul mrans 81 civilization
! \. ufganll,d ~ America, the order IN
rulcat"- obedience tu law, morality. ~,
cR1llltl. aud fraternity these virtues NJ,
">rmplll"d III H. Imposing cetrmrnlr-
which never fail Ia leave lasting i'm
preston un the mind IL the initiate.
The ritual first ~ u-r IN this country II
said iu H. u translation from the Origina
III Arabic, found preserved In the archiy~
al th" order IN hlcpp". syria, whence /
Wa. III lSH. brought Ia London. England
h Risk Allah lla--in Enendrt, who wa
the author ut several important works II
Arabic. This ritual wus translated b.
Prof. A. l.. kaw~un. AL eminent Atahi
scholar, and revised anh Perfected undc
) the supervision II l'r. Walter VI. Elem
my, ~ New York. who received his In
structiulls from the Arabic scholar aho,
, mentioned. tn" constitutional authnrit
Tor plomulgating the principles AN
practice ~ the order was cunlded tO III
, Fleming and hi- associates, who were al
/. knights Irmplar ~ Masun- ~ the 32n
degree IN New York city, and they inst
tutrd the first Temple Of the order In til
country under the name III Mecca Tempt,
~ New York city, December. 1873. whr
. the Temple was opened In full form All
= began the practice II the ritual. froi
J Mecca, the Mother Temple. all the other
. In this country hay. sprung, and the ol
: der has grown until its membership Ia
y reached the number of $500 and still /,
number ARE rapidly increasing. In JaI
!. uary is!t there were cn the roll s+yrnt,
j. one Temples In the states and territori,
Il and Canada.
Il Ballut Abyad Temple, A. A. u. y. NJ.
7 Albuquerque. \. NJ, WAS organized Jul
1 II, 1871. with eight charter members;