Fifth Order of Melchizedek and Egyptian Sphinx



The Fifth Order of Melchizedek and Egyptian Sphinx (also called the Solar Spiritual Progressive Order of the Silver Head and Golden Star, or Silver Hand and Golden Star) was a secret society, according to Gould & co. The name suggests itself as a link to Melchizedekian and Egyptian orders, while the "silver head" (or "silver hand") and "golden star" may be taken as alchemical in nature.

Of some interest, 25 October 1893 meeting of the order, advertised as being open to the public, was to have been held at No. 8 Pembroke St. in Boston, Massachusetts, which had been, ten years earlier, given as a mailing address for W. J. Colville, and in 1889 published as an address for Julia Noyes Stickney, both associated with the local Spiritualist movement, as well as, in 1888, listed as the address of Julia M. Carpenter, Clairvoyant Physician. However, the address was likely leased only for the event, as it appeared consistently in Boston newspaper classifieds as being available for rent through 1893 and 1894.