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A few years back, a little known book dealer was offering a curious title. It was called Occult Theocracy by a woman named Edith Starr Miller using the pen name of Lady Queenborough. The book is a fascinating look into the various occult traditions from the 16th century to the early 20th century (the book was privately published in 1933), after the author died in mysterious circumstances. Perhaps, she had revealed too much of the truth? After I had the chance to study the book intimately, I could certainly understand why someone wanted Miller to stop revealing esoteric secrets of the various occult orders reviewed in her book. Occult Theocrasy was originally published in 1933 shortly after Edith Starr Miller's death. This is the complete book with volume 1 of 2 included and contains a wealth of information about secret societies and occult philosophy. At the same time as coming to England, Edith read "Le Diable au XIXe siècle (The Devil in the 19th Century)" written by 'Dr Bataille' (Leo Taxil). She took it entirely to heart and then determined to understand occult philosophy and expose the secret, satanic societies (in her mind masonry, judaism etc.) that she supposed were controlling society as a whole while advancing "the agenda of the super-rich". Her investigation culminated in the book for which she is remembered today: "The Occult Theocrasy," dedicated to her late uncle Lloyd E. Warren, an architect formerly of Paris, "who first guided me in this work". Though not as widely read nor publicized, her book was in many ways the "Da Vinci Code" of its day. In it, she sometimes referred to herself as "the victim" and wrote in the third person: "Irrefutable evidence of a particular example of underworld tyranny has come into my possession. The victim's guilt was her reluctance to step from virtue into the mire of evil which surrounded her. Moreover, she was intolerant of evil and sought to oppose and destroy it. The case of her persecu