Ausar Auset Society

The Ausar Auset Society, a Rosicrucian body especially oriented to meet the needs of African Americans, was founded in the mid-1970s by R. A. Straughn, formerly the head of the Rosicrucian Anthropological League in New York City. Straughn, under his adopted name Ra Un Nefer Amen, has written a number of occult texts on Hermetic and Eastern religions. He has also developed a unique tarot

The Ausar Auset Society, a Rosicrucian body especially oriented to meet the needs of African Americans, was founded in the mid-1970s by R. A. Straughn, formerly the head of the Rosicrucian Anthropological League in New York City. Straughn, under his adopted name Ra Un Nefer Amen, has written a number of occult texts on Hermetic and Eastern religions. He has also developed a unique tarot card deck.

The program of the society is directed to people of African origin, and its literature regularly integrates more familiar occult themes with material specific to African Americans, emphasizing lessons in African American history and the accomplishments of Africans. Centered in the large African community in the greater New York City area, the society also regularly holds classes in African American communities along the East Coast from Virginia to Connecticut. The society may be contacted at Box 281, Bronx, New York 10462. It publishes a magazine, Metu Neter.

Sources:

Ra Un Nefer Amen [R. A. Straughn]. Black Man's Guide to a Spiritual Union. Bronx, N.Y.: Oracle of Thoth, 1981.

——. Meditation Techniques of the Kabalists, Vedantins, and Taoists. Bronx, N.Y.: Maat Publishing, 1976.

——. The Oracle of Thoth: The Kabalistical Tarot. Bronx, N.Y.: Oracle of Thoth, 1977.

——. The Realization of Neter Nu. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Maat Publishing, 1975.