An essay on the fundamental principles of operative occultism prepared by Manly P. Hall to accompany three oil paintings by Mihran K. Serailian ([ca. 1930]) - Page 17

A complex, colorful symbolic cross centered on a dark background. The cross is white with gold trim, featuring a central diamond containing a rose and lotus. Each arm of the cross ends in a triangular point with a colored diamond and is flanked by three golden knobs. Behind the cross is a seven-pointed star with colored tips, and a series of concentric rainbow-colored rings. Surrounding the entire central motif is a circle of twelve smaller globes, each a different color, representing the zodiacal signs with their respective symbols (Aries, Taurus, etc.). The whole composition radiates light from the center.

A SYNTHETIC EMBLEMATIC CROSS

Reproduced from an oil painting by the well-known Armenian artist, Mihran K. Serailian. Copyrighted 1926, by Manly P. Hall.

The theme of this painting is a symbolic cross designed by Mr. Hall in the early summer of 1923. The cross represents a composite of the emblems and figures of the various Mystery Schools gathered to form one harmonious pattern, thus signifying the unification of all religious and philosophic doctrines into one perfect and beautiful unit—a condition which must first come to pass before the ideals of Universal Brotherhood can be realized. The original design has not been altered in any way, but in the oil painting two additions have been made. The first addition is the radiating spectrum behind the cross and the second is the chain of twelve globes, the latter signifying the zodiacal constellations in their appropriate colors. Soon after the design was completed, the cross was reproduced in diamonds, platinum, gold and enamel, and presented to Mr. Hall by his Los Angeles congregation.