The Order of Christian Mystics was a 20th-century spiritual order that was promulgated to give to the western world advanced Christian mysticism based on the Western mystery school tradition.
The Order was founded in Philadelphia in 1908 by Harriette Augusta Curtiss and Frank Homer Curtiss. It's original name was the Order of the Fifteen, but it was later changed to Order of the Christians Mystics. Their intent was to combine theosophy with traditional Christian doctrine. Their teachings were influenced by the Founder of the Theosophical Society, Helena Petrovna Blavatsky .
The Teachings of the Order were promulgated mainly through a system of correspondence, extensive publishing of books and delivering of lectures at many centres. Their pupils numbered many thousands in over 70 countries. Mainly their works were aimed at the American esoteric fraternity, for it was believed that America would remain the spiritually dominant nation on earth for many years to come.
The spiritual philosophy as espoused by this Order was based on a system of personal regeneration, otherwise called spiritual alchemy, by transmuting the base sexual creative energy. This was put forth in the western mystical tradition, a system of mysticism suitable for the western culture and mindset, encompassing a new interpretation on all former teachings given under the names of rosicrucianism, gnosticism and the western mystery school teachings.
The published works of their Teacher, Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, was mainly aimed at making available to the western world the ancient Teachings of the East. This new effort had as its aim the promulgation of Christian mysticism based on the life and teachings of the Master Jesus and a mystical interpretation of the Bible, especially the works of the New Testament.
Together through Hierarchy, Teacher, Order and inner circle they published 27 bound volumes of mystical teachings running over many editions, answered thousands of letters, delivered thousands of lectures, demonstrations and services across the USA over a 40-year period. It has only been in recent years that the combined works of the Order have once more been seen the light of day and have been made available to all in the public domain.
Henriette Curtiss died of natural causes on September 22, 1932 in Washington, D.C. Frank Curtiss died in 1946. After Frank's death, the Order moved to Hollywood California, where it soon disbanded.