Benjamine, Elbert 1882-1951 (C. C. Zain)

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BENJAMINE, Elbert 1882-1951 (C. C. Zain)


PERSONAL: Born December 12, 1882, in IA; died November 18, 1951; married Elizabeth Dorris, 1919. Education: Studied with Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor and with astrologer Minnie Higgins.


CAREER: Brotherhood of Light, Denver, CO, affiliate of Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor, 1907-14; astrologer and teacher in Los Angeles, CA, 1915-32; Church of Light, Los Angeles, founder, 1932, governor, 1932-51.


WRITINGS:


(Under pseudonym C. C. Zain) Brotherhood of LightLessons, 21 (some sources cite 22) volumes, Church of Light (Los Angeles, CA), 1922-32.

The Laws of Mediumship, [Los Angeles, CA], 1924.

How to Use Modern Ephemerides, Aries Press (Chicago, IL), 1940.

Stellar Dietetics: The Astrological Road Map to Diet and Health, Aries Press (Chicago, IL), 1942.

How to Select a Vocation, with Statistical Analysis of3,000 Birth-Charts and Thirty Vocations, Aries Press (Chicago, IL), 1942.

Progressed Aspects of Standard Astrology: The EasyWay to Calculate and Judge, Aries Press (Chicago, IL), 1942.

When and What Events Will Happen, with StatisticalAnalysis of 2,000 Charts Progressed to Time of Events, Aries Press (Chicago, IL), 1942.

Beginner's Horoscope Maker, Aries Press (Chicago, IL), 1943, revised edition published in Beginner's Horoscope: Maker and Reader, Church of Light (Los Angeles, CA), 1972.

Beginner's Horoscope Reader, Aries Press (Chicago, IL), 1943, revised edition published in Beginner's Horoscope: Maker and Reader, Church of Light (Los Angeles, CA), 1972.

Astrological Lore of All Ages, Aries Press (Chicago, IL), 1945, reprinted, Church of Light (Los Angeles, CA), 1993.

Church of Light Astrological and Reference Cyclopedia, two volumes, Church of Light (Los Angeles, CA), 1972.

Author of booklet "The Influence of the Planet Pluto,"

Aries Press (Chicago, IL), 1939.


BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:


books


Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology, 5th edition, Gale (Detroit, MI), 2001.


periodicals


Church of Light Quarterly, February, 1970, "The Founders of the Church of Light," pp. 1-2.


OBITUARIES:


periodicals


Church of Light Quarterly, July, 1951-January, 1952, "A Great Soul Marches On," pp. 1-2.*