Chicago Followers of Strange Religions

Chicago Tribune - April 16, 1899

Isis Worshipers, Martinists, Hermeticism and more. 

UPDATE:  Blogspot reduced the size of this image.  I've uploaded a larger, legible 6.3 mb  jpeg of this article here:  http://www2.zshare.ma/r1gm8ufd5efv
 

Madame Colette Willy

From the Chicago Examiner.  September 4, 1910.  Madame Colette Willy is shown "practicing occultism."  I was going to quote a few things from this, but I love every bit of it.  So you'll just have to look at it yourself.

Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor

I plan on posting a bit more on this subject when I get a chance, but I found this link with quite a bit of interesting material regarding Chicago and the Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor in the late 19th century.  There is an obvious bias here, but still some information of interest.

https://theeyelessowl.wordpress.com/tag/hermetic-brotherhood-of-luxor/