Evolution of Immortality — Rosicruciae / F. B. Dowd (1900)

A Rosicrucian study of immortality, consciousness, spiritual development, and the powers of the soul, newly returned to print by Holographic Pagan Press.

Physical edition: The Holographic Pagan Press edition is a handmade softcover book, not a hardcover.

Evolution of Immortality, first published in 1900 under the name Rosicruciae, is a work by Freeman Benjamin Dowd concerned with immortality not merely as a condition of a future life, but as a state of conscious and spiritual development.

Dowd explores life, love, sex, truth, wisdom, consciousness, divinity, disciplined thought, and self-transformation, placing the book squarely within the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century American Rosicrucian and occult-metaphysical tradition.

This Holographic Pagan Press edition preserves the historic character of the work while presenting it in a newly prepared, large-format reading edition. The handmade physical edition features blue cardstock with a matching blue cloth tape-bound spine.

This is a newly prepared Holographic Pagan Press edition and not an original antique copy.

Handmade edition note: Holographic Pagan Press editions are produced, assembled, and finished by hand in small batches. As a result, minute variations may occur between individual copies, including slight differences in materials, color, binding, trimming, placement, or hand-applied details. Materials may also vary slightly according to availability. We make every effort to preserve the intended design, character, and quality of each edition while allowing for the natural variations inherent in handmade bookmaking.

Title: Evolution of Immortality
Author: Rosicruciae (Freeman Benjamin Dowd)
Original publication: 1900
Original publisher: Eulian Publishing Co., Salem, Massachusetts
Length: 160 pages
Formats: Handmade physical book or digital PDF
Physical dimensions: 8.5 × 11 in.
Cover: Blue cardstock
Binding: Matching blue cloth tape-bound spine
Interior: Black-and-white
Edition publisher: Odd Enough Books / Holographic Pagan Press
Condition: Newly produced

Historical Note

Evolution of Immortality is presented as a primary document in the history of American Rosicrucian, occult, and metaphysical thought. Its spiritual and philosophical claims reflect the language and assumptions of its period.