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August Order of Light

An Oriental order introduced into this country in 1882 by Mr. Maurice Vidal Portman. Its object is the development of practical occultism, and it is continued at Bradford, Yorkshire, as The Oriental Order of Light." It has a ritual of three degrees, Novice, Aspirans, Viator. It adopted Kabalistic forms, and is governed by a Grand Master of the Sacred Crown or Kether of the Kabala.

August Spirits, the Shelf of the: In the country of Japan, every house has a room set apart, called the spirit chamber, in which there is a shelf or shrine, with tablets bearing the names of the deceased members of the family, with the sole addition of the word Mitama (spirit). This is a species of ancestor worship, and is known as "home" worship.