Art, Symbol & Imagination
On the Way to the Shrine
Two armed riders advance across a pale desert while a walking figure carries long chains. The printed text frames the scene as candidates travelling towards initiation within the fraternity’s imagined eastern caravan.
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Illustrator not identified. "On the Way to the Shrine" [editorial title]. In Mount Sinai Temple: Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, Mount Sinai Temple. Limited commemorative edition of 500 copies, 1910, 1910, E. J. Hall Publishing Co.. Source scan leaf 115. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0506-0114
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
A historical image from an American fraternal organisation’s commemorative volume. Its theatrical desert imagery reflects the organisation’s period visual language.
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Illustrator not identified. On the Way to the Shrine. Mount Sinai Temple: Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Scan leaf 115. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0506-0114