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IN this Work, which we have written chiefly for the information of those who are curious and

We take great pleasure in presenting to the attention of students and investigators of the Secret

I believe that time will show the Babylonian traditions of Genesis to be invaluable for the light

IN our following Treatise of Magnetism we have collected and arranged in order some valuable and

It has been my endeavour in the following pages to sketch, however imperfectly, some phases of the

The dictionaries define the word aura as: "Any subtle, invisible emanation or exhalation." The

Anna Lawaetz: Research Librarian, PhD, The Royal Danish Library. Magnus Blomkvist: Librarian,

"The Occult of Today Is the Science of Tomorrow." I have chosen this motto for my book relating to

The Zohar, is usually divided under two heads: the Exegetical applied to the interpretation of the

The system which began to be called alchemy in the 6th and 7th centuries of our era had no special

THE Sacred Books of Hermes, says Mrs. Child in her admirable compendium, containing the laws,

Few realize that even at the present stage of civilization in this world, there are souls who, like

It is not given to all to penetrate the innermost sanctuary of the secrets of Nature, very few know

BEHIND the veil of all the hieratic and mystical allegories of ancient doctrines, behind the

Apart from, and yet linked with, the explicit proofs of the rite of blood-covenanting throughout

The Finns possess a considerable number of words and epithets for wizard, sorcerer, witch, seer,

Seven years have passed since this essay was written, and the pages have been lent to many friends

The number of books in the English language dealing with the interesting subject of Alchemy is not

THIS book is a true mystical mirror of the highest wisdom. The best treasure that a man can attain

IN presenting this celebrated magical work to the student of occult science some few prefatory

The main purpose of our existence on earth-aside from the sacred and paramount duty of securing our

We search into emblems with an intention different from that with which we inquire into ordinary

The twenty-third Psalm seems to break in two at the end of the fourth verse. The first four verses

All the fault and cause of difficulty in Alchemy, whereby very many persons are reduced to poverty,

Of the various modes of communicating instruction to the uninformed, the masonic student is

This Book forms a complete treatise on the mysteries of the Cabala and Ceremonial Magic; by the

'The sin of witchcraft is as the sin of rebellion.' The idea which inspires this text probably is

Reference to the astral plane, or Kâmaloka as it is called in Sanskrit, has frequently been made by

It chanced once on a time my mind was meditating on the things that are, my thought was raised to a

Jehan de Vézelay ou Jean de Jérusalem (1042-1119) serait un Templier ayant participé à la

By Cabala we understand that system of religious philosophy, or more properly, of Jewish theosophy,

I wish particularly to point out in the present volume that I am not giving the meanings of symbols

THIS curious relic of an age long past cannot fail to attract the attention of every earnest

Ever since mankind, the prodigal spirit sons of our Father in Heaven, wandered into the wilderness

As knowledge increases, the attitude of science towards the things of the invisible world is

There is no age more remarkable to the quiet observer than our own. Everywhere there is a

Prominent among the stones of a fireplace in my country den, one large rounded giant stands out. It

This remarkable grimoire was translated by S.L.M. Mathers from a 15th century French mauscript.

This book is the second edition of a work which in its first edition was titled, more

L'auteur de cet essai explore l'imaginaire de l'intériorité corporelle dans quelques oeuvres de