The Last of the Gnostic Masters - A Thrilling Novel - A Challenge to Christianity - Stop Your Monkey Business - Fundamentalism, Evolution and the Bible

Sep 28, 2026

This text is a bibliographic/microform record and accompanying promotional material for "The Last of the Gnostic Masters" by Thomas Sawyer Spivey. It includes publication and distribution details, technical microform data, and listings of other author works. The main content presents an argument against religious “fundamentalism” and discusses relationships among religion, the Bible, and U.S. constitutional principles, citing Jefferson, Madison, and Lincoln while contrasting past tolerance with perceived contemporary intrusions.

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Stop Your Monkey Business!

97-84074-4Spivey,Thomas Sawyer Stop your monkeybusiness!.. Beverly Hills,Calif. C1927 # COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIESPRESERVATION DIVISIONBIBLIOGRAPHIC MICROFORM TARGET ORIGINAL MATERIAL AS FILMED-EXISTING BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD RESTRICTIONS ON USE: Reproductions may not be made without permission trom Columbia University Libraries. TECHNICAL MICROFORM DATA REDUCTION RATIO: 9:1 35mm IMAGE PLACEMENT:IA IB ## FILM SIZE: DATE FILMED: 5-16-97INITIALS: 13 23952 ## TRACKING\#: FILMED BY PRESERVATION RESOURCES,BETHLEHEM,PA. Stop YourMonkey Business! 308 Z Box259 Fundamentalism!Evolution!The Bible!The Schools!The Constitution! 一The Real Issues in the 1928 National Campaign一—Satan is rubbing his itching palms— Copyrighted 1927 一By一 THOMAs SAWYER SPIVEYBeverly HIlls,Californla 50 Cents the Copy. Other Books by the Author ## The Last of the Gnostic Masters BY THOMAS SAWYER SPIVEY A Thrilling Novel A Challenge to Christianity Price,$2.50 Lavius Egyptus(2 vol.) Jane and I Dr.Paul McKim The Hoosier WIdow The Seven Sons of Ballyhack The Caverns of Crail The End of Human Endeavor Is This a Dying World? Speculative Anthropology The Light of the Natlon THE REVELATION(660 pages),Price … …………4.00Dealing with the Translation of the Bible. THE RESURRECTION(illustrated),Price……----…2.50Gnostic Origin of Christianity VISIBLE EvoLUTION(520 illustrations),Price…-----…50CHRISTIANITY AND MYTHOLOGY(illustrated),Price...1.50EcCLESIASTICAL VoCABULARY,Price …………………-…1.50 All prices postpaidPublished and distributed byTHOMAS SAWYER SPIVEYBeverly Hills,Cal. Ask Your Book Dealer 万 r niehalao Mim及tywithitl my beyst regBMiee u,Thomasaug23/27 Monkey Business! "If the Church does not suppress the press,the press willsuppress the Church.” (Cardinal Wolsey,1514) "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment ofreligion,or abridging the freedom of speech,or of the press.”(U.S.Constitution 1789.) "If the State does not suppress the Bible the Church willsuppress the State.” (Spivey,1927) Taedut ni /GB15477 Fundamentalism,Evolutionand the Bible. This nation is confronted by the gravest calamity that everthreatened any nation in human history. Religion,originally,was a casual,but respected guest ofthe United States,tolerated by less than twenty words in itsconstitution,which cautioned it to expect no extension ofthis recognition. Neither God nor Jesus Christ is mentioned. This policy of our government was firmly emphasized bythe early Presidents,extending it into our relations with othernations.In the making of the treaty ending our war withTripoli,(1801-5)this specific declaration was made: "The government of the United States of America is not inany sense founded upon the Christian Religion." This was not the expressed prejudice of a single President.In his first inaugural address Thomas Jefferson said: "Let us reflect that,having banished from our land that re-ligious intolerance under which mankind so long bled andsuffered,we have yet gained little if we countenance a politicalintolerance as despotic,as wicked and capable of as bitter andbloody persecutions.I believe a Republican form of govern-ment is the strongest and best form of government." He was specifically referring to the bloody Christian persecu-tions of "heretical"opponents in Europe. On February 21,1811,James Madison vetoed a bill:“Anact incorporating a Protestant Episcopal Church,in the townof Alexandria in the District of Columbia." "Because—Congress shall make no lao respecting a re-ligious establishment.This bill enacts into,and establishesby law,sundry rules and proceedings relative purely to theorganization and policy of the Church incorporated,and com-prehends even the election and removal of ministers. "This particular Church,therefore,would be a religiousestablishment by law,a legal

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What is “The Last of the Gnostic Masters” and who is it by?

It is presented as a “Thrilling Novel” and “A Challenge to Christianity” by Thomas Sawyer Spivey.

What technical microform details are included in the record?

The record lists a reduction ratio of 9:1 and specifies 35mm film, along with film size placement and date filmed information.

What argument does the text make about religion and U.S. constitutional principles?

It argues that early U.S. leaders supported constitutional separation—while claiming that later religious fundamentalism intrudes into education and public affairs, contrary to the Constitution’s limits.

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