THE MYSTERIOUS EGYPTIAN MAGIC COIN
My first experience of the Mysterious Egyptian Magic Coin occurred many years ago when I read about it in David Hatcher Childress' "Far Out Adventures: The Best of World Explorer Magazine." I quote the article in full:
In the early nineteen hundreds, a teenaged girl living in the small village of Brady, Texas, found a peculiar medallion in a field her father had been plowing. Discovered near what remained of an ancient Indian mound, the medallion, or large coin, bore an inscription similar in appearance to Egyptian hieratic.
In 1974, John Borden of Brady, the son of Mrs. Frank Kidd, who had found the object as a young girl, told Brad Steiger that his mother had tried in vain to learn the origin of the medallion: "Some people said it was Egyptian, some said Mayan—and some said it was a combination of both."
When Borden sent Steiger the medallion for inspection, Steiger had it photographed and submitted to various experts for their examination: "Some say that it cannot be Egyptian because of certain minting techniques which they did not employ. Others suggested that the medallion came from a culture which seeded Egypt and was therefore more advanced.
"A knowledgeable friend said that he felt the piece was the medallion of an esoteric Egyptian order known as the Brotherhood of Light and that it was no more than 200 years old. The fact that it was found in, or near, an Amerindian burial mound need not pose any real mystery. It could have been an object of trade or a fortune of war."
Who can identify the mystery medallion?
And that ended the article.
I was fascinated by this article, the mysterious Medallion and its possible link to an esoteric Order. Being new to esoteric studies at the time, I cut out the image and consecrated it as a talisman, placing it under my pillow at night and in my bedtime ritual of meditation used it to send out a call to the Masters in the hope that they would answer me.
Amazingly, only a couple of weeks after performing this nightly ritual, I was searching through the ruins of an old church in St. Louis, risking life and limb for the thrill of adventure, when something half buried in the rubble caught my eye. Digging it out, I was astonished to see that it was identical to the coin I had read about! The Masters, in their own way, had indeed answered my call and rewarded me with a treasure that I wear to this day.
Years later, after being initiated into the Mystic Brotherhood, I learned the true origin of these medallions which were later copied and sold or given away as either medallions or coins, usually by stage magicians.
The original Medallion had been created not for the Brotherhood of Light but by the celebrated magician Thomas Tobin sometime around 1882.
He based the design upon a similar medallion he had obtained from the Mystic Brotherhood of Cairo, Egypt and arranged to have a number of them struck after visiting with members of the Brotherhood in Southern Illinois and learning the hidden history of Illinois' "Little Egypt".
The medallion apparently found its way into the hands of someone who took a liking to it and made copies for their own purposes. It even showed up in the Sears and Roebuck Catalog as part of a watch fob (whether the other piece was original to it or added later, I do not know.)
And whether the dissemination of the Medallion through various sources came about as an accident or as part of some mysterious design, I cannot say.
Other variations on the original design were later created by various entrepreneurs, which had no connection to the original "coin."
I have since met with other brothers and sisters who came to possess these medallions, some under quite mysterious circumstances, others just finding them in an antique shop. They continue to be used by the Mystic Brotherhood today.
An original authentic consecrated medallion may be discerned by anyone who is in the least psychically sensitive as possessing real palpable power. Later copies and variations upon the original design do not possess this power.
According to the website "The Mysterious Egyptian Magic Coin",
"Metal detectors have found them in almost every state in the United States, and all over the world including Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Germany, France, Poland, Portugal, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Uruguay, and, yes, Egypt.
"Egypt's King Farouk, a notorious coin collector, may have owned one.
"They frequently appear on Internet coin collector or metal detector forums, usually by people asking "what is this?" or to identify something found as an "Ancient Egyptian Coin", "Aztec Coin" "Mayan Coin", or something similar.
"They have all kinds of names, including "Egyptian Challenge Coin", "King Tut Challenge Coin", "Tutankhamun Challenge Coin", or "Visit to Pyramids Souvenir".
"Some have been sold as "Coins of Joseph", the Biblical character from Genesis who was sold by his brothers and later became an Egyptian official.
"The creator and designer of these items or the base watch fob is unknown. Searches for trademark or patent registrations have turned up nothing.
"Some were sold by traveling carnivals and circuses as good luck coins.
"Some were handed out by stage magicians, hence the description "Magic Coins".
"Some were sold at the Chicago Century of Progress World's Fair of 1933-1934."
Some tourists in Egypt have reported seeing these items for sale in the bazaars, and it is here that I believe we are offered an important clue as to their origin with the Mystic Brotherhood of Cairo and the Magi of Old Egypt.
Submitted by One of the Mystic Brotherhood.
