You wanted to know what kind of credibility Dr. Spencer Lewis has for his "Mystical Life of Jesus". Frankly, I don't know. But what I know , and you know as well, is that big organized religious groups have a tendency to discredit any pronouncements or writings that go against their grain. The big ones are convinced they have the heavenly mandate to propagate the absolute, immutable and infallible truth. Therefore "smart asses" are not to be tolerated, and many of the small ones also feel duty-bound to persuade 'seekers' not to stray from the straight-and-narrow.
I believe the "Mystical Life of Jesus" and "Secret Doctrines" first appeared in California in the mid-thirties. Whether they were well received, pooh-poohed or condemned, I don't know. But what I do know is that Dr. Spencer Lewis was a respected scholar, an author with a powerful and commanding style, a highly multi-talented man and a mystic. He was the First Imperator of the Rosicrucian Order (AMORC) at San Jose, California.
I am sure you will find much info of interest to you at
rosicrucian.org.
By the way, "Cosmic Mission Fulfilled" is a biography of Dr. Harvey Spencer Lewis by his son, Ralph Maxwell Lewis. They were related to the explorer, Merriwether Lewis, one of the leaders of the famous Lewis and Clark expeditions of the late 1700s and early 1800s. I think you will find much info about the aforementioned and other books and publications at the URL given.
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