Ralph M. Lewis

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Ralph M. Lewis

Birth
New York, USA
Death
12 Jan 1987 (aged 82)
San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, USA
Burial
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Ralph Maxwell Lewis was the Imperator (president) of Rosicrucian organization, the Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis (AMORC), from 1939 to 1987. He is the author of a number of books regarding mysticism, most of which are available from the AMORC. He is the son of Harvey Spencer Lewis, who was the first Imperator of AMORC. In March 1940, Lewis was elected President of the International Supreme Council of the order Rosæ Crucis.

Ralph Lewis received several other awards during his lifetime, including an honorary degree of doctor of literature from Andhra University in India, and the star and the cross of science from the International Academic Council.

He founded the Grand Lodge of Brazil, in the summer of 1956, and commissioned new buildings for the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum in 1966. On March 28, 1923, he married Gladys Natishna Hammer, who was known to the Rosicrucians as Soror Gladys Lewis.
Ralph Maxwell Lewis was the Imperator (president) of Rosicrucian organization, the Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis (AMORC), from 1939 to 1987. He is the author of a number of books regarding mysticism, most of which are available from the AMORC. He is the son of Harvey Spencer Lewis, who was the first Imperator of AMORC. In March 1940, Lewis was elected President of the International Supreme Council of the order Rosæ Crucis.

Ralph Lewis received several other awards during his lifetime, including an honorary degree of doctor of literature from Andhra University in India, and the star and the cross of science from the International Academic Council.

He founded the Grand Lodge of Brazil, in the summer of 1956, and commissioned new buildings for the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum in 1966. On March 28, 1923, he married Gladys Natishna Hammer, who was known to the Rosicrucians as Soror Gladys Lewis.

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