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À{A.ìIILY P; H,{LL ¡IENRY T- DRÂKË
P¡esident - Founder Vice.P¡esideût
CONTRIHNORS October l-969
Dcar Frienôs:
One of the nany interestlng folk arts that have corne V
to the I{est fron Japan 1s Orlga,rLi-, nbich means paper
[Link]. ltrere are nÉrny lngenlous ways of [Link] tl
snalJ. squeres of paper into a,musing [Link] of cra,nes,
boats, flowers, boxes, anirnals and. fish. AlthoWh
Orlga,ni 1g non generalJ.y [Link] an amusement for
children, it also has [Link]-e fasclnation for
persons of older years. there ate nany famous e:dpo- (,i
nents of paper [Link], anl new [Link] are continu-
[Link] being added to the more ancient end. [Link] I
formg,
I
It nay not be generally knonr¡ that Origanri ôeveloped I
ðuring the Heian Era (?82 - I1BI+ A.D.). It increased.
fn popul-arity ancl by the earJ.y 16th Century trad many
enthusiastÍc ex¡ronents. The art vas [Link]. between
kintLergarten proJects for snall chlldren, [Link] stately
gatherings of solenn faced. schoLars ln fornal- black
kimono. DrrrÍng the late J-!bh Century' Origaml ras
[Link]. Ln the PubLic ScbooL cumtcuh¡m. It has
[Link]-e educatlonaL value because it not only
invltes origlna}ity, but requlres consÍ-derable seLf-dfscip}ine.
It mlgbt have seemed. th¿t 1n more recent times this eharmlng foLk-art wouLd. have
fallen lnto neglect. [Link], holrever, interest has increased. and. a number of books
have been [Link]. 1n &rglish, thå,t have been wltLely clistributed in the United.
States. It is estieÂted. tbat the nrrmber of different clesigns originatlng from
sheets of ¡nper about 6-lnches squs,re now exceeds 5rO00. Origami are also popuLar
offerlngs at shrines and. telples. They are [Link]. as equivaLent to prayers and.
snal"l [Link] especlalþ find. delight 1n naktrg gtfts of these [Link]. paper objects
to the rrarious Buddh¿s ar¡l Bodhisattt¡as.
We h¿ve recentlycome across a publlcation printed ln Jap'an called. "Sunny Origa,nl."
It is [Link] to papcr [Link] for the pr,rrpose of creatir¡g cteslgns nhlch [Link]
pictorially the prlnclpal [Link] 1n the Llfe of C¡auta,rn¿ Buddh¿. Tt¡ere are ten
subJects begfnning rith an Annunciation scene, in rhLch the [Link] of a sacred.
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elepbant ca,me to [Link]å's mother in her sleep. fhat last scene is the Nlrr¡ana of
Buddhe, shorlng hts [Link]¡re flom nortal Llfe at lhe age of eighty.
In this book the [Link] is [Link] entirely [Link] circul-ar sheets of paper, of nany
eolors. A suppl.y of thls ¡nper is [Link] ln the book. It ls one of the nost
[Link] exa,rples of this art nhich tt¿s cone to ny attentlon.
llre accon¡nnyÍng 1J-lustration shons the enlighter¡mcnt of Br¡[Link] [Link] the Sacred. Bo
Tree. Ítre figure of the great Sage is entlrely rnade by foldlng circLes of paper. Tlris
partlcular book co¡iblnes a pleasant trnstine for the young, rith'the [Link] in the
care€r of Br¡[Link], chich are especially slgnificant to the ne¡dbers of his faitho
lrÞ,ny yeare ego I [Link]. a porbrait head of the [Link]. I'reenason, General
Àlbert PLke. IIe always inpressed. me as an [Link] Anerlcan echolar. IIe nas seLf-
[Link]. ancl combined several careers in whlch he attalned. ctistinctLon. He tar:ght
himseH l¿tln and transLated. the nassive Corpus of Ron¿n I¿w. He learned. Hebrew
fn his [Link] years and. translated. rnany irnportant texbs in this l-anguage. At a tlme
wtren the Untted. States rlas cleeply involved, fn thc [Link]¡rnent of the Far f{est, General
Pike nas en¡rlorlng the q¡sterles of the Zencl-Avesta of PersLa and. the Vedic writings
of [Link].
lfhen re realLze the [Link]¡nr fn [Link] learnf-ng, lt 1s good. to remenrber men who by
sheer courage and. ctedlcation uastered. arts and sciences beeause of a [Link] love of
learning within themseLves. As a young nan, Plke walkecl, nany miles to seek ad¡ríssion
to a great Universtty. He vas rejected. for lack of fi¡nd.s. fn the closÍng years of
his life, the [Link] UnLverslty offered. hin an honorary [Link]. The General- i[e-
clined., ocplalning tt¡at rhen he needed. help there ïas none, and. he h¿d. come to that
place nhere such honörs ïere meanlngless.
In the Library of our Society, r,¡e have a sr¡bstantial collection of General Pike's
Llterary rorks, especlally those concerned. rtth the revlsions of the rltual-s ard.
ceremonles of the Seottish Rite Degrees of lbeenasonry. IIe was Sovereign Grancl
[Link] of the Scottlsh Rlte of the Sorthern [Link], and. there is a [Link].
collectlon of hie original vorks ln Tt¡e House of the TenrpJ.e in l{ashtngton, D. C.
Ife bave autographed coples of several of PLke's most important books, ard, an unusu¿I
grütp of pbotographs take¡ at varLous period,s of his [Link], [Link]. the fa,nous
Brady portrait made durlng the Civil l{ar. Several of his valuabLe nanuscrlpts [Link]-
ing r:ith Indian ancl Persian reJ-igions have been pub}lshed. 1n liníted [Link] by
the l¡bEonlc Fraternlty, anô these are in our Library. Those lntercsted. ln the
Seottieh Rite of tr?eemasonry are invited. to make use of our research naterLal.
Ilr¡ring JuJ.y and. ArUust there ïas a .speciaL exhtbit [Link]. to the çork of Helene
Fairbanks, a natÍve Californlan rtth unusuaL artlstlc skill and. insight. She has
sBent nâny ¡¡ears in close comnr:nion with the Faclflc Ocean, antl. using nateriale
[Link]. fron the sea, she b¿s created re¡narkable and. beautiful pictures ttrat are
much Ín the spirit of Japanese f1ofler arrangements. Sea plants are [Link] d.o¡rn on
picces of papèr and, ae the nateriale are cøpLetely [Link]., the patterns rrll:l- last
[Link]. Helene Fatrbanks shws a sensitive aïareness of the potentlal-s of
her nertia. Eacb pietorfal cqnposftlon [Link] from aLL the others a¡d. rcveals an
intr¡ttlve sense of harnony and. proportion. ftrc [Link] col-ors are most restfirl and
are approprlate to [Link] homes.
In addition to these clellgbtfuJ. pictures, llelene Falrbanks ?r¿s collected alnost
co¡ntless fragnents of driftwood.. These sbe has conbined. ln a most nhlnslcal arrange-
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ment, shorlng reûarl€bl-s rnagln&tion and.
ingenuity. Itbst of these ecapositlons a,re ,1.
qulte sna1L, but she has [Link] clesigned. nany
larger and. more impressive clesigns. Sone
of the eompositlons shqr blrd.s or aninals,
and the [Link] [Link] so perfect tb¿t the mean-
lng is lmediately clear [Link] tbe casual
observer. One of her [Link]. anangementE
ts reproduceè here, erd. gives a faLr [Link] of
the high quallty of her work. !Þ.ny friencls
rrho have seen ttris [Link]-ay bave orpressed.
thelr [Link] at Helene Falrban&s' a¡tistlc
genius.
I{e wlshto take this opportunlty to erqrress
our appreeiatfon to !¡b. StanJ-ey S. SJ-otkin,
rho is engeged 1n a most unusual projeet. Mr.
Slotkln, Fo¡[Link] ancl President of Abbey Rents
of Los Angeles, Ís distributing orlginal.
leaves fron various BlbLes to [Link] organLzations or educatlonal grorps tbrot¡gh-
out the coturtry. AIL the Blbl-ee frm nl¡ich these leaves are taken date before the
yeer 1800, and. each leaf Ís accmpanied. by a faeslml-Ie of tbe tltte trnge of the book
from which it uas taken.
lle have long belteved. ln the FoliophÍIe Pnogran. Tbfs is a project for ochibttine
singJ-e leav¡as flom fa¡nous volunes. When the cø[Link] book - ¡rtrieh nay be rare and.
[Link] to exhtbit - 1s opened Ln a case, onJ-y two pages are [Link] visible.
By naktng use of slngle authentic leaves, one receives the fulL lru¡nct i¡f the ol.d.
prÍntlng, paper and. [Link], ard. the leaves can be stored. in a comparatlvely
snall" space. lfe have used this system nany times in our otln llbrary, and h¿ve covered.
nost of the history of printlng 1n both the East and. t{est. I\tu. Slotkin's glft of
tveLve flne mountcd leaves is greatly appreclated and. rill ctefinltely eontrlbute to
the conpLeteness of or¡r [Link].
Anong the lear¡es presented. to our l,ibrary is the Faraphrase of the OId. Testament by
E&rard. I{hitechurcbe, [Link]. l55L; an [Link] [Link] from a Catholfc Bible publfshed.
Ln Strasbrrg in L701; a leaf fron SeLect I{orks of T{tlJ-iam Penn, [Link], I77L; a [Link]
from the NeÌr Testament prlnted. by Robert Barker ln tondon, J:602; an orlgÍnal- page
. frm tbe I'hrttn tuther Blb1e, Frankfort, L57\; a ].eaf fron a llebrew Bible printed.
fn ftrttzer].ard. ln L6O9; and. a leaf from a Greek Book of Rel"lgfous Ï{orks, publlshed.
in Frankfort in I6J.O, etc. fhese Leaves rlL1 be e¡<hibfted. rith our nort [Link] of
examples of rare printing.
Ife are ever [Link] of the wonclerful help ard. cooperation re have receiræd. fron our
[Link] friend.s. lfe hope you rlLL aecept our thanks and. our assura,nce that we
shalJ. continue to be as usefuJ' as possible in the years tf¡at f-ie ahead.
Altrays most sLncerely,
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.\ Nr)N-pRoFn' otrcÄNrzATIoN, F'ouNDro tN 1934, DEDICATED To rHE DISSEMINÀTIoN oF USEFUL KNo!üLEDct
rN THE FTELDS OF PH¡LOSOPHY, COMPARATTVE RELIGION, AND PSYCHOLOGY
Contributors' Bu]-lgtln - October 1969
STECIAT NOTICE
FROM OUR BOOK ÐEPAnm,Ím{T
A number of important and. scholarly volumes ln our field.s of Ínterest are now arraiJ--
abla in attractive and. accurate reprints. Most of those listed here are [Link] in
ì'h:. HeLLrs ].iet of recomended. readlng and. have long been rare and. out of print. To
these bave been added. selected. rorks by [Link] modern authors. The Contributors'
Bullctin rr111 ].iet [Link] books in future íssucs. Be sure to read. this pa,ge
carcfully.
TitLcs Author RetaiL
A ta Z Horoscope ldaker and. Dellneator 1,. George 12.00
[Link], Attrs, Osirf s J.G. Fraser 10.00
Íhe Ad.r¡ancement of Learning Bacon 2,4'
Aion (vot. n- #9) CarI Jung 7.54
ÀLehemicaL Str¡[Link] - #lZ Carl Jung [Link]
Àlice in Ï{ontterLand. frelrts Carrotl L,95
ALL and Everybhing Gutrdjoeff 8.%
AmuLets ancl TaLiem¿ns E.A.W. Budge 10.00
Anacal¡rpsis, Vols. I and. II [Link] Hlggins 50.00
AnalybÍcal Psychology, Its Theory & hactice CarJ- Jung 6.95
Ancient Socíety L.H. Morgan (paper) 3.95
lbe Ancient Ì[Link] Annle Besant 3.9'
Ansrer to Job Carl Jung (paper) L.95
thc Apocry¡rha ftl. by Goodspeed. 2.\'
Appolonlus of Tyana Mead 5.00
Archetypes & The ColJ-eetlve Unconscious (#9) Carl- Jtrng 7.50
Arts of the Àlcheuústs, fhe C.A. Burland 9.95
.Art of the Ancient Near East S. Lloyit 7.50
Thc Art of the Byzantlne hpire Grabar 6.9>
Art of the Byzantlne Era D. T. Rice [Link]
Art of China, Korea and. Japan P. Sl¡'ann 7.50
The Arts of Japan H. Mrnsterberg 8.75
Art of thc Renaissance P. & L. l,ftrrray 7.50
Art ancl Creatlve Unconsclous E. Newman 3.50
The Art of Drift¡rood. & Dried Amangements Tatsuo Ishimoto 3.95
The Art of S¡¡cúhesis Alan Lco [Link]
AsÍan Psyc-ho3-ogy Gardner & Lerrphy [Link]
[Link] Tlrpes Horard. Du:ff, Sr. 1.50
Astrology, Your Place Anong the $fars EvangeJ-ine Ad.a¡ns 5.9'
Astrology for A1I AIan l¡eo 5.00
AstroLogy and Rellgion Among the Greeks Franz Cr¡mont (pupct) 1.50
Ask].epos Kercnyl [Link]
Auroa Consurgens (Aqulnas) l',larie von Franz [Link]
Thc Awakenlng of Faltb .Asrragasha 5.O0
Basic lfrltings of C.G. Jt¡ng &1. by V. Del¿zJ.o 2.45
Beyond. C'ood and. Evil Nietzsche (pape") L,65
tUa,ga.¡ad Cita Annie Besant 1.50
Book of the Dcad E.A. [Link] ]-2.50
These BookE my be [Link]. dlrcctLy from The PhÍlosophlcaL Research Socicty Inc ,
[Link] on flrst pa,gc. Please aÃd. 25ú for hand.l-ing on orders of lcss than $¡ .00
(Satcs ta>r shoulcl. be [Link] by California [Link] ).
