The Mayans (Periodical, 246 issues, 1936-1963)

San Antonio, Texas: The Mayan Order, 1963. Softcover. VG (Only slightly aged overall.). CAVE. An incomplete run of issues ranging from number 1-280. With either reddish or greenish paper covers, stapled, typewritten contents. Missing these 34 issues: 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 150, 151, 152, 237, 268. Includes three additional special supplements from 1944, as well as a small stack of additional circulars and correspondence from the organization. Take up about 15" of shelf space, stacked. More than two decades' worth of organizational and motivational periodicals from the metaphysical self-help group, or semi-religious fraternal order, of The Mayans, based in San Antonio, Texas. The group was created in the 1930s by William Perry "Koran" Taylor (d. 1953) and his wife Anna Morofsky "Rose Dawn" Taylor (b. 1957). These issues seem to represent their hey-day, although the organization is said to still maintain an office and generate publications. Each issue presents essays and lessons for the members to follow. Successful completion of tasks helps the member advance by degrees within the order. Three special supplementary issues from 1944 are also included here, as is a stack of additional circulars, holiday meditations, and random correspondence from the organization across the same time period. A rare find. (Inventory #: 157317)