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First edition. Quarto. 274pp. Heavily illustrated in black and white, some by Carl F. Gross, Fred Allen Jr., and the author's son, Glenn Kinley. Black cloth with cover stamped in green. Boards with some rubbing and edgewear, corners gently bumped, a very good or better copy. Signed by Kinley on the front fly. (N.B. It appears that the book was not bound up with pp.153-154. A mimeographed copy of the leaf has been laid in, almost certainly as issued by the publisher.) Kinley's first book and the founding document of the Institute of Divine Metaphysical Research, which in its revised (and retitled) state had gone through at least 12 editions by 2003 (per *OCLC*). The Institute of Divine Metaphysical Research grew out of a purported revelation Kinley received from God in 1931. Previously a minister of the Church of God in Christ, Kinley calls this revelation "a great Panoramic Vision, and on the same day. the Divine Revelation of Spiritual meaning of the Vision" (from the introduction). Almost 30 years later, he and his followers would commit his revelation to print. Of the fascinating illustrations, he writes "To the very best of our artistic ability, we have drawn pictorial illustrative charts of the Great Panoramic Vision, showing the 'Divine Pattern' and Spirit Law, embodied therein. ." The book is composed of four volumes: "God The Archetype Pattern Of The Universe"; "The Mystery of God, The Mystery of Iniquity, and The Mark of The Beast"; "The Mystery of John The Baptist and Jesus, The Messiah"; and "Whose Builder and Maker Is God." The fourth volume is focused on the body, with sections on the "meaning" of blood, teeth, the ear, the thymus gland, and diseases, among many others. This chapter contains images titled "Oral cavity portraying crucifixion and the times following it," and "Female Reproductive Organs compared with Migratory Pattern and the Tabernacle." Although not a great deal of information about the organization is availableâ "they consider themselves more of a school than a religionâ "a 1994 article in the *Los Angeles Times* stated the Institute of Divine Metaphysical Research at that point still claimed a nationwide membership of 5,600 people, mostly African-American. (The topic of the article was a 1,000-person conference in Virginia put on by the Institute, where believers met to discuss and prepare for the end of the world, which they believed would happen in 1996.) The true first edition of a fascinating book, filled to the brim with information and creative imagery, and the founding document of the Institute of Divine Metaphysical Research. Rare, especially when signed by the author. *OCLC* locates only three copies of this 1961 first edition (American Jewish University, two in seminaries). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 519389
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