Brotherhood of the White Temple
30 August 07The last organization I was able to find that related themselves to the White Brotherhood was, The Brotherhood of the White Temple. This Brotherhood claims to again have it’s origins from mystical and divine sources. Their teachings are based upon the translations of _ The Emerald Tablets of Thoth_. Not to be confused with The Emerald Tablet of Hermes.
The tablets were translated by Dr.Doreal. Dr.Doreal has a connection with the Great White Lodge or mystic masters that presumably exist upon the ethereal planes. The tablets themselves are said to be created by Thoth the atlantean from a substance made from alchemical experimentation.
“His writings consist of twelve Tablets of Emerald Green formed from a substance created through alchemical transmutation. They are imperishable, resistant to all elements, corrosion and acids. In effect, the atomic and cellular structure is fixed, and no change can take place, thus violating the material law of ionization.
Upon them are engraved characters in the Ancient Atlantean language; characters which respond to the attuned thought waves of the reader and which release much more wisdom and information than the characters do when merely deciphered. The Tablets are fastened together with hoops of a golden colored alloy suspended from a rod of the same material.”
You can order a copy of the tablets translated by Dr.Doreal here or read them online here. From the description of the tablets, they seem about as tangible as the gold plates of the mormons. In other words there is no tangible evidence of either of them. If this were not enough, little to no information can be found on Dr.Doreal. Not even a first or last name.
Now this can mean one of two things, the first is that Dr.Doreal is in fact fictitious and started his own cult. After all the brotherhood is on over 1500 acres in Colorado. Or it could in fact mean that Dr.Doreal is of the Great White Brotherhood. Given his description and the description of the tablets could very well be a high possibility.
Regardless it seems that the famed White Brotherhood of esoterica remains intangible. The Brotherhood holds as much realism and esteem as Santa Claus, or the Easter Bunny, that is to say it is probably only a dream. However since the true brotherhood is said to exist in higher dimensions; we were damned from the start to never find empirical evidence. So ultimately whether they are real or imaginary remains in your hands my dear reader.
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Sieran said
I lived in Sedalia for a long time on acreage adjacent to the Brotherhood of the White Temple — not a member myself but have attended many functions and know many of the members today. I thought you might be interested to know that Maurice Doreal was actually born Claude Doggins in Sulfer Springs, Oklahoma in or about 1898.
JackDirt said
Fantastic, thank you for that insightful comment!
Dr. Gregg said
I’m new to the Dr. Doreal information, but you certainly enlightened me as to his philosophy and his birth/death dates.
Do you have any more to relate regarding his Temple Church in Colorado? They have a promising web site.
JackDirt said
Spend some time on their site and you can find out quite a bit. If you are looking for information on the White Brotherhood in general visit the links below.
In search of the great white brotherhood
The Great White Brotherhood of Ascended Masters
The Universal White Brotherhood
A visit to the brothers of st.john
Peter said
I grew up on BWT literature. After reading The Emerald Tablets again I can only conclude that Doreal was a fraud. He mixes science fiction with occult and Christianity. While much of the knowledge he gives is valid, much of it is also straight science fiction. My father wasted his life on this stuff and died waiting for Armageddon to happen. But I am thankful my father was into it, nonetheless, because he started me on a path of mysticism and yoga. Perhaps in the end, considering Reality as not apart from Divinity, it is faith and practice that is more important than absolute truth. This is Brahman.
I am also thankful for being introduced to things like looking at scripture as something to be decoded by wisdom, as opposed to literal interpretation.