C. W. King's work on the subject is chiefly

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j. Matter. valuable as an excellent catalogue raisonne of
Gnostic Gems ; while the " Histoire Critique " is an exhaustive account of all the mysteries of Gnostic teaching.
GODFRE Y JUGGINS.
HiggTnl HOR.E SABB ATICE ; or, an Attempt to correct certain Superstitions and vulgar Errors respecting the Sabbath, by GODFREY HIGGINS. 8vo., wrapper, uncut, 1833. 7s. 6d.
Sermettr*
HARGRA VE JENNINGS. {See also Phallicism.)
Hargrave DIVINE PYMANDER of Hermes Mercurius jenmngs. Trismegistus in XVII books, translated from
the Arabic by Dr. Everard (1650); with Introduction and Preliminary Essay, by Har- grave J ennings . With emblematical frontispiece. 4to., vellum, uncut, 1884, fine copy, scarce. 20s.
Edition limited to 200 copies. This choice reprint has long been exhausted, and is now very scarce.
Habala*
S. L. MACGREGOR MATHERS.
s. L.Mac THE KABBALAH UNVEILED, containing Makers. tne following books of the Zohar: — 1. The
Book of Concealed Mystery. 2. The Greater Holy Assembly. 3. The Lesser Holy As- sembly. Translated from the Latin of Von Rosenroth, and collated with the original Chaldee and Hebrew text, by S. L. MacGregor Mathers. Plates. 8vo., cloth. 9s. 6d. 42
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BARON KNORR VON ROSENROTH.
KABBALA DENUDATA seu Doctrina Heb- Baron raeorum Transcendentalis et Metaphysica, &c. roth. With symbolical frontispiece and folding plate. 2 vols., 4to., vellum, sprinkled edges, Sulzbaci, 1677. Fine copy, very rare. 63s.
Amongst the contents of this very scarce volume may be noted the famous "Sohar," or, Book of Splendour, and the treatise on Alchemy known as "^Esch Mezareph," or Purifying Fire.
M.J. TRITHEMIUS. POLYGRAPHIE et Universale Escriture caba- "-. J- .
.. , . . Trithemius.
hstique de M. J. Trithemius : avec les tables et figures concernants Peffaict et Intelligence de Focculte escriture, &c. Curious movable plates and magical alphabets. /\to., vellum, Amstel, 1626. 20s.
Naudaeus, though defending Trithemius from the suspicion of being a magician, con- fesses that his Steganographie is " a treatise stuffed with the names of devils and full of invocations." And the reader of the Poly- graphie, when he finds Trithemius giving the names and functions of the " Intelligences " of the Planets, and certain strange alphabets, one of " Hichus, an ancient diviner " ; another by which " Honorius secretly described the rules and ordinances of magic " ; and a third in use among the Alchemists, will conclude that if Trithemius was not a magician he had certainly an extensive knowledge of the sub- ject. It seems, indeed, possible that under the pretence of giving instructions for secret writing, — not a very mysterious subject, — Trithemius has concealed some most interesting and singular matter, which may possibly yield its key to the patient investi- , gator. Witness what he himself says : " I
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~-.7- have determined to hide it and conceal it
Trithemius. .
mystically under unknown signes, and figures and numbers, since the storms of night are more terrible than those at day." And again, he says, he was compelled to use concealment, " lest my meaning should be known and understood by any one."
iftagfc
HENRY CORNELIUS AGRTPPA.
Cornelius THE VA]^ITY 0F ARTS AND SCIENCES,
AgHppa. by Henry Cornelius Agrippa. Fine portrait.
8vo., calf, gilt, 1694. Nice clean copy. 20s. Here are some of his chapters : Of Chiro- mancy, Of Judicial Astrology, Of Witchcraft, Of the Cabalists, Of Necromancy, Of Al- chemy ; in which we find the greatest magician of his age, and one of the greatest magicians of any age, arraigning ^the sciences which won him fame with some and infamy with others, and dismissing them with a Vanitas vanitatum, omnia sunt vanitas. Beyond the curious information it gives us concerning all the occult systems and methods, and the wit and bitterness of those essays, De Lenonia, De Matrimonio, and the like, the book has its own specific interest as something altogether unique in literature, and the reflection of a most unique and wonderful man.
EMMA HARDINGE BRITTEN Emma ART MAGIC ; or, Mundane, Sub-mundane, and
BrTtten26 Super-mundane Spiritism. Plates. Large 8vo.,
cloth, gilt, New York, 1876. Very rare. 63s.
" Descriptive of Art Magic, Spiritism, the different Orders of Spirits, with Directions for invoking, controlling, and discharging Spirits, and the Uses and Abuses, Dangers and Possi- bilities of Magical Art." 44
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F T. CAMPANELLA.
DE SENSU RERUM ET MAGIA, Libri £JpanelIa quatuor, pars mirabilis occultae philosophise, &c, Francofurti, 1620. CI VITAS SOLIS, Francofurti. 1623. In one vol., 4/0., calf. 15s.
Campanella's aim was to explain the nature , of the Universe according to the views of the NeoplatonistsandCabalists: hence more than ordinary interest attaches to this work, which he devoted to the subject of magic. He appears to have been a firm believer in astrology and in occult qualities of all kinds ; witness his chapters on the " Gestures and Signs which have a magic power." " De Magia Diaboli," the Appendix on the Spirits of the Dead, and the singular discourse on " Magia ad Generationem."
THE CONJUROR'S MAGAZINE ; or, Magical and Physiognomical Mirror, including a superb edition of Lavater's Essays on Physiognomy, .... Astrologer's Maga- zine, and Philosophical Miscellany, &c. 3 plates and numerous cuts, illustrative of palm- istry, astrology, 6° yellow edges, nice clean copy, very rare. 1792-
94- 35S- m
Containing the three frontispieces which are usually missing. The reader of these volumes will not fail to be struck with the admirable manner in which the design of the magazine was carried out. The subjects treated of include Astrology, Palmistry, Lives of Magicians, Apparitions and Dreams, Witch- craft, Divination, Magic, Rosicrucianism, the Divining Rod, the Sympathetic Powder, Alchemy, Demonology, &c, &c, with trans- lations and selections from Albertus's " Secrets of Nature," and other works on various branches of Occult Science. It is a matter of
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Camp'aneiia. surprise that something of the same kind is
not attempted at the present day ; the want is certainly not supplied by the harmless theosophical futilities of " Lucifer."
DANIEL DE FOE.
geFoe. SYSTEM OF MAGIC ;_ or, a History of the Black Art, being an Historical Account of Mankind's Dealings with the Devil. With curious frontis- piece. 8vo., panelled calf, gilt, blind tooling on sides, yellow edges, 1728, very fine copy. 18s.
/ GAFFARELL. j.Gaffareii. CURIOSITATES INAUDIT^E DE FIGURIS PERSARUM TALISMANICIS, Horoscopo Patriarcharum et Characteribus Coelestibus, Jacobi Gaffarelli. With engraved title and 14 very curious folding plates, two very large,
ILLUSTRATING THE " CELESTIAL CHAR- ACTERS " of the Northern and Southern Heavens. Sm. 8vo., vellum, Hamburgi, 1676.
J5S-
On the various kinds of talismans, celestial
figures, the mode of their preparation, their virtues and efficacy ; on the diabolical talis- mans, the primitive Eastern astrologers, the manner of divination by the shapes of the clouds, the philosopher's stone, the signatures of the planets, &c, &c. It would be im- possible in a short space to give any just idea of the extraordinary multiplicity of subjects treated by the author and his commentator ; it will be sufficient to call the reader's atten- tion to the notes on Alchemy, which contain some most curious quotations from Hermetic writers, bearing on the various names given to the Philosopher's Stone, the various accounts of the First Matter, and the various ways of setting about the Work. For example, one writer says, " This stone (which is no stone) 46
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has a soul and blood, and is called Rebis ; j. Gaffareii, that is, one thing made of two, of soul and body, of Sol and Luna, of wet and cold, and dry and hot." Among the plates are figured the Syrian Teraphim, Isis, Apis, and " Succoth Benoth seu Venus Babylonia," symbolised curiously enough by a hen and chickens.
/ G. GODELMANN.
TRACTATUS DE MAGIS VENEFICIS ET Jo£elmann LAMIIS, de que his recte cognoscendis et puniendis, propter varias hominum sententias, &c, &c, a Joanne G. Godelmanno. a^to., calf, gilt, Francoforti, 1591. 15 s.
Contains some wonderful and awful his- tories of " pacts " with demons and their result, of Fascination, Incantations, Necro- mancy, " execranda Magiae species," the ritual of which the author is at pains to describe, of the Arioli " who take counsel of the devil in a crystal or a glass," with the story of the citizen of Nuremberg and his Magic Ring, Catoptro- mancy, Hydromancy ; of the Lapps, who know by magic arts what is happening afar off; the Cabala, that peculiar magic " ligare ligulam," Magic Consecrations, the Magical Cure of Disease by Amulets and by the methods of Paracelsus, and the teaching of that Occultist on the Unspeakable Name ; in fact, the work is a compendium of the Black Art and almost as great a store-house of weird and old-world tales as Burton.
WILLIAM GODWIN.
LIVES OF THE NECROMANCERS ; or, an Account of the most eminent Persons who have claimed, or to whom has been imputed,
the EXERCISE OF MAGICAL POWER. Zvo., half
morocco, 1834. 15 s.
On Chiromancy, Astrology, Sorcery, Necro-
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Thomas Marvell,
Godwi?. mancy, Talismans, Alchemy, Rosicrucians,
&c, with accounts of Albertus Magnus, Peter of Apono, Raymond Lully, Arnold of Villa- nova, Cornelius Agrippa, Paracelsus, Cardan, Nostradamus, Dr. Dee, &c, &c.
W. HO WITT.
w.Hcwitt. HISTORY OF MAGIC, translated from the German of J. Ennemoser by William Howitt ; to which is added an appendix of the most remarkable and most authentic stories of Apparitions, Dreams, Second Sight, Somnambulism, Predictions, Vampires, Witch- craft, &c, &c. 2 vols., post Svo., cloth, 1854. 9s.
ELIPHAS LEVI.
Eiiphas CLEF DES GRANDS MYSTERES : La Science des Esprits, Revelation du Dogme Secret des Kabbalistes — Histoire de la Magie — Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie, par Eiiphas Levi. With numerous plates. 5 vols, in all, Svo., wrapper, unopened leaves, 1860-65. £l> ios.
HENR Y MO RLE Y.
Henry THE Life OF HENRY CORNELIUS
Money. AGRIPPA VON NETTESHEIM. By Hy.
Morley. Cuts, 2 vols, in 1, half-calf gilt, red edges. 1856. 12s. 6d.
-Those who are not inclined to read through the works of Agrippa in the original Latin will find in the above an excellent and minute account of the strange life and stranger theories of this central figure among the ma- gicians. Agrippa was a Cabalist, and an admirable summary of the Cabalistic system is given ; as also of astrology, talismans, invo- cations of spirits, the occult powers of the numbers, the seals of the stars, the use of suffumigations, alchemy, magical arithmetic, geometrical characters, and all that world of 48
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wonders in which Agrippa lived and of which Henry he taught. " Morley-
G. NAUD&US.
THE HISTORY OF MAGICK, by way of G.Naudxus. apology for all the wise men who have been unjustly reputed magicians. Englished by J. Davies. Small Svo., calf, gilt. 1657. 12s. 6d.
The author, after first dividing Magic into Divine, Theurgic, or White, and Black, or Diabolical, explaining the distinctions between these three branches, and denouncing the last, or Black Magic, as " occulta non minus quam tetra et horribilis," proceeds to give the reasons which make persons suspected of being magicians, and then to the most im- portant portion of his task, — a most useful and curious series of lives of magicians. Among these great men are Zoroaster, Or- pheus (whose life gives us some strange glimpses of the weird magic of the Greek), which lingered on in later times in Thraces, Pythagoras, Empedocles, Jamblichus, Geber, Artephius, Peter d'Apono, Paracelsus, Agrip- pa, &c, &c. A wonderful list !
P. POMPONATIUS.
PETRI POMPONATII DE NATURALIUM p. P°mPo- EFFECTUUM CAUSIS, sive de Incanta- natms> tionibus, Opus Abstrusioris Philosophise plenum, \21no. Original limp vellum, Basil. 1556. Rare. 15s.
The most important work of one of the most profound thinkers of the revival of phi- losophy in the fifteenth century. The book is an inquiry into the grounds on which all magic arts, incantations, " Maleficia " {quibus impeditur carnalis copula), geomancy, chiro- mancy, divination in the crystal, rest; the
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p. Pompo- author seeming to be doubtful whether to
assign the source of magic to the influence of spirits or to the constellations.
/. B. PORTA. j. b. Porta. MAGLE NATURALIS, LIBRI VIGINTI. By John Baptist Porta. Engraved frontispiece and numerous cuts, \2n10., vellum, Amstel. with the Sphere. 1664. 670 pp. 10s.
The fifth book is on the " Transmutation of Metals," and the seventh on the " Wonders of the Magnet."
A. T. THOMSON.
Thomson. PHILOSOPHY OF MAGIC, Prodigies, and Apparent Miracles, from the French of Eusebe Salverte, with notes, by A. T. Thom- son, M.D. 2 vols., 8vo., half calf, 1846. 12s. 6d.
ARTHUR ED WARD WA1TE. Arthu^ THE MYSTERIES OF MAGIC : a Digest of Wake! the Writings of Eliphas Levi. With bio-
graphical and critical essay by Arthur E. Waite. Cuts, Svo. cloth. 9s. 6d.
JACOB BEHME.
Jacob AURORA : that is, the Day-Spring, or Dawning
Behme. Qf ^e y_)ay jn ^e Qrient, or Morning Redness
in the Rising of the Sun, &c, by Jacob
Behme. Sm. 4I0., roan gilt, title neatly mounted,
1656. Rare. 42s.
Autograph of Fred. Hockley.
THE EPISTLES OF JACOB BEHMEN, aliter,
Teutonicus Philosophus, very useful and
necessary for those that read his writings,
translated out of the German language. Sm.
5°
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4to., old calf gilt, 1649. A few marginal Jacob notes. The very rare first English Edition. 42s.
"This knowledge," writes the editor, "this precious Pearle of Light, this Garland and Crowne of Virgin Sophia, which surpasseth all . the beauty and treasure of this World ; this Universal Touchstone, to try and finde out the qualities and virtues of all things, this Heavenly Tincture, this true Philosophers' Stone .... is only obtained in the new birth." Are we, then, to look upon Jacob Behmen as an alchemist, and to search in his Epistles, his Threefold Life, and Clavis for those mysterious teachings which some have said are contained in the strange allegories of the mediaeval alchemists, which may prove to be the teachings of an even stranger and more wonderful science than that of the transmutation of metals ?
THE WORKS OF TACOB BEHMEN, THE TEUTONIC THEOSOPHER : containing, 1, The Threefold Life of Man ; 2, Answers to forty questions concerning the Soul ; 3, treatise of the Incarnation ; 4, the Clavis : or an explanation of some principal points and expressions in his writings. With figures, illustrating his principles, left by the Rev. William Law, M.A. afo., old calf, 1 763.
NICE CLEAN COPY WITH LARGE MARGIN. 30S.
E. N. DENNYS.
ALPHA (THE) : a Revelation, but no Mystery, by Edward N. Dennys. %vo., cloth, uncut, 1868. Name on title-page, otherwise
CLEAN COPY. 7s. 6d.
A work written with the laudable object of discovering " the true basis of a Positive Philosophy and a Real Religion."
E. N. Denny
Thomas Marvell,
DR. ANNA KINGSFORD AND ED WARD MAITLAND.
Kin Iford THE PERFECT WAY ; or, the Finding of Christ. and Edward With illustrative diagrams. By Dr. Anna
Maitknd. Kingsford and Ed. Maitland/ Sm. tfo.
Syinbolical designs on cover, doth. New edition.
12s. 6d.
JOHN NORRIS, M.A. johnNorris, COLLECTION OF MISCELLANIES : con- sisting of Poems, Essays, Discourses, and Letters, by John Norris, M.A. 8vo., calf, gilt. Oxford, 1687. 7s. 6d.
By the well-known John Norris of Bemerton, a mystic who wrote in opposition to Locke, and whose poems remind one strangely of Madame Guyon's.
THEOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS, by the
Philadelphian Society, consisting of Memoirs, Conferences, Dissertations, &c, for the advancement of piety and divine philosophy. Curious folding plate, 4to., calf, gilt, 1697. Rare. 30s.
These Transactions of a body of English Illuminati, apparently followers of Jacob Boehmen, contain many most interesting papers, chiefly on the Mystic Interpretation of Genesis, Theologia Mystica, the Cabbala, &c. We would direct the attention of the curious to the " Relation of the Apparition of a Spirit keeping the Treasures of the Earth;" the numerous extracts from the works of Jane Lead, the " Conference between Philochrysus andPhiladelphus" (treating of the true invisible gold, and proving that this world is a Dream and a Shadow) ; and the " Heavenly Jeru- salem," by Johanna Petersen. It is not too much to say that this volume represents a most singular phase in the history of English occultism. 52
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R. A. VAUGHAN HOURS WITH THE MYSTICS, by Robt. Alfred Vaughan. New Edition, 2 vols, 8vo., cloth, gilt. 1 6s.
On early Oriental Mysticism, the Mysticism of the Neo-Platonists, German Mysticism in the 14th Century, Persian Mysticism in the Middle Ages, Theosophy in the Age of the Reformation, Paracelsus, Behmen, the Rosi- crucians, &c,
R. A.
Vaughan.
Robert Howard.
ROBERT HOWARD. REVELATIONS OF EGYPTIAN MYS- TERIES and Allegories of the Greek Lyric Poets, clearly interpreted by Robt. Howard. 8vo. cloth, gilt, unopened leaves, 1850. 153.
BARON DE SACK RECHERCHES SUR LES MYSTERES du Barcn Paganisme, par le Baron de Sainte-Croix, deSacy- revue et corrigee par le Baron de Sacy. Folding plates, 2 vols., Svo., half-calf, gilt. Paris, 1817. 21s.
Briefly, the aim of the writer of this work has been to trace the source, development, teaching, ceremonies, and inner meaning of those peculiar institutions known as mysteries. Among those of which an account is given are the Mysteries of the Cabeiri at Samoth- race, the Eleusinian Mysteries, the Bacchic and Sabazian Mysteries, and the rites in honour of Mithras, Isis, and Cotytto.
J. NEUHAEUSER. CADMILUS, sive de Cabirorum Cultu ac Mys- JaNeu; teriis, scripsit Josephus Neuhaeuser. &vo.} wrapper. Lipsia, 1857. 3s.
An enquiry into the nature of the Mysteries of the Cabeiri and of the three Cabeiric divinities, Axieros, Axiokersa, Axiokersos.
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Baron Ouvaroff.
BARON OUVAROFF. ESSAY ON THE MYSTERIES OF ELEUSIS, by M. Ouvaroff, translated by J. D. Price ; with Observations by J. Christie. With folding plate and two vignettes. 8vo., half- calf, 1817. 1 8s.
W. GREGORY. w.Gregory. RESEARCHES ON MAGNETISM, ELEC- TRICITY, &c, in their Relation to the Vital Force, translated from the German of Karl Baron von Reichenbach, by W. Gregory. With 3 plates and 23 woodcuts. Demy 8vo., original cloth, uncut, 1850. 20s.
ROBERT HUNT. THE POETRY OF SCIENCE; or, Studies of the Phenomena of Nature, by Robert Hunt. 8vo., cloth. First edition, 1848. 3s. 6d.
Has much interesting matter respecting the history of, and various theories concerning magnetism.
W. SPENCE. w.spence. ESSAYS IN DIVINITY AND PHYSIC, with an Exposition of Animal Magnetism and Magic, by Wm. Spence, M.D. 8vo., bds., 1792. 5s. With the author's autograph.
Robert Hunt.
B. Connor.
My#tit &natomp*
~B. CONNOR. EVANGELIUM MEDICI, seu Medicina Mystica ; de Suspensis Naturae Legibus, &c, by Bernard Connor, M.D. Sm. 8vo., old calf , gilt, 1697. 15 s. Rare.
A most extraordinary book, dealing with the mysteries of Generation and other recondite subjects. 54
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F. BARRETT.
F. Barrett.
Cardan.
MAGUS (The), or Celestial Intelligencer ; being a Complete System of Occult Philosophy, con- taining the Cabalistic Art, Natural and Celestial Magic, Alchymy, Talismanic Magic, Ceremonial Magic, &c, &c, by Francis Barrett, F.R.C. With portrait and 23 coloured engravings, plates, magical diagrams, &c. 4/0. half-calf, top edges gilt, by Zaehnsdorf 1 80 1. The rare first edition, fine copy. 50s.
Also a Reprint of the above, half-calf. 30s.
JEROME CARDAN.
HIERONYMI CARDANI Mediolanensis Opera J - Omnia, cura Caroli Sponii. With fine portrait, 10 vols, folio, old mottled calf, gilt. Lugduni,
1663. A SPLENDID COPY. £4 4S.
An occult library can scarcely be said to be complete without the writings of the great Jerome Cardan, a man of superior acquire- ments to Paracelsus, who cast the glamour of his own peculiar and original turn of thought over almost every science then known to the learned. Cardan has been selected by Mr. Henry Morley with Cornelius Agrippa as one of the greatest men of his time ; he was pro- foundly learned, and a great occultist. The whole of one of these volumes is devoted to the subject of Astrology, in which Cardan was more especially skilful.
HENRY CHRISTMAS. CRADLE of the Twin Giants, Science and History, by Henry Christmas. 2 vols., 8vo., cloth, 1849. 12s. 6d.
Valuable for its bibliography of the occult sciences and excellent accounts of Magic, Astrology, Cheiromancy, &c.
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Thomas Marvell,
Friswell.
/. BAIN FRISWELL.
j. Rain VARIA : Readings from Rare Books, by T. Kain Friswell . With fine vignette portraits of Para- celsus and Sir Thomas Browne. Original cloth, gilt, uncut, 1866. Fine copy. 7s. 6d.
A remarkable series of studies containing much information, which it would be difficult for the reader to find elsewhere without going to the original authorities. Among the sub- jects of these biographies are Paracelsus, Nostradamus, Madame Guion, Michael Scot, and Thomas Aquinas. There is also an essay on "The Spirit World and its Literature."
/. B. VAN BELMONT.
J. B^yan TERNARY OF PARADOXES. The Magnetick cure of wounds, the nativity of , tartar in wine, the image of God in Man, written by J. B. Van Helmont, and translated by W. Charleton. 4/0., half-calf, gilt, 1650. Rare. 21s.
Helmont.
J. F. GAIL. j.F.Gaii. RECHERCHES SUR LA NATURE DU CULTE DE BACCHUS EN GRECE, et sur l'Origine de la Diversite de ses Rites, par J. F. Gail. 2>vo., half-calf gilt, Paris, 1821. 10s. 6d.
Explains the connexion between the wor- ship of Bacchus and the Phallic Rites, the Mysteries of Eleusis and the teachings of Pythagoras. It is well known that the wor- ship of the divinities Zagreus and Sabazios, identified with Bacchus, was of a highly mystical nature ; there seems, indeed, reason to suspect that the popular worship of Bacchus as a beneficent wine-god was a mere veil to a mysterious doctrine, not thought fit for the vulgar. 56
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HARGRA VE JENNINGS.
(See also Rosicrucians.) OBELISK (The) : Notices of the Origin, Pur- Hargrave pose, and History of Obelisks, by Hargrave J6"1111188, Jennings, author of " The Rosicrucians," &c. Cuts, Svo., 62pp., wrapper, 1877. Scarce.
5s-
Those familiar with the " Rosicrucians "
and " Phallicism " of the author will not need
to be informed of the meaning which he
attaches to the mysterious obelisk.
PHALLICISM, Celestial and Terrestrial, Heathen and Christian, its connexion with the Rosi- crucians and the Gnostics, and its Founda- tion in Buddhism. With an Essay on Mystic Anatomy, by Hargrave Jennings. Large Svo., orig. cloth, unopened leaves, 1884. Rare. 42s.
With the series of plates, illustrating the subject, which were presented, on application, by the publisher. The edition of this work was limited to 400 copies, and it has now been for some time out of print. As it will not be reprinted, it will probably command a high price in the course of the next few years. The intrinsic interest and curious nature of the work are too well known to need any comment.
R. PA YNE KNIGHT. DISCOURSE ON THE WORSHIP OF R??y»e PRIAPUS, and its Connexion with the st' Mystic Theology of the' Ancients, by Richard Payne Knight ; to which is added an Essay on the Worship of the Generative Powers during the Middle Ages of Western Europe. With the 40 plates. Large paper. 4to., half -morocco, uncut, top edges gilt. Privately printed, 1865. A splendid copy. Very rare. ^10.
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P. N ROLLE. p.N.Roiie. RECHERCHES sur le Culte de Bacchus, symbole de la Force Reproductive de la Nature, considere sous ses rapports gen£raux dans les Mysteres d'Eleusis, par P. N. Rolle. 3 vols., Svo., half-calf, uncut, top edges gilt, by Zaehnsdorf Paris, 1824. 63s.
G Sch G- .SCH0PPIUS-
Pius.c °P PRIAPEIA, sive diversorum Poetarum in Priapum Lusus illustrati commentariis Gasparis Schoppii et aliorum. Sm. 8vo., mottled calf, gilt, Patavii, 1664. 10s. 6d.
A collection of very unsavoury poems, of interest as bearing on the subject of Phallic Worship among the Romans, but almost as " unspeakable " as the humour of the Turk.
JOHN SYDENHAM.
John • BAAL DUROTRIGENSIS : A Dissertation
ydenham. Qn ^ ancient coiossai figure at Cerne, with
observations on the Worship of the Serpent
and that of the sun. Frontispiece. Svo.,orig.
cloth bd. 7 s. 6d.
An interesting study on a difficult yet most engrossing subject. At the close of his remarks the author says, " The observant visitor to this memorial will discover indica- tions of the Phallic corruptions to which the worship of the all-vivifying sun invariably led ;
FOR THOSE CORRUPTIONS UNQUESTIONABLY
extended to this island." The interesting theory that Abury and Stonehenge were dracontiums or temples of serpent-worship, is fully discussed.
$ortrafts>*
A COLLECTION of 20 finely-engraved
copper-plate PORTRAITS, containing
among others The Indian Bacchus, A
Priest of Bacchus, Poppcsa, wife of Nero,
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Maecenas, Ptolemy, brother of Cleopatra, &c. Sm. \to., half-calf. ios. '
JULIAN THE APOSTATE. SELECT WORKS OF THE EMPEROR JULIAN, and some pieces of the Sophist Libanius, &c, translated by J. Duncombe, M.A. 2 vols., 8vo., tree-calf gilt, 1784. 5s.
Illustrates an interesting epoch in the history of religions ; the attempt of Julian at the head of the old Philosophy and the old Faith to thrust back the already victorious Christians to the position of an obscure sect.
W. &> E. DENTON. SOUL OF THINGS; or, Psychometric Re- searches and Discoveries, by Wm. and Eliz. Denton. Numerous Illustrations. 3 vols. 8vo., cloth. Boston, 1870, 1873, and 1874. 21s.
" The air is one vast library, on whose pages are for ever written all that man has ever said, orvwoman whispered."
Julian the Apostate.
W. & E. Denton.
HARGRA VE JENNLNGS. THE ROSICRUCIANS : Their Rites and Hargrave Mysteries ; with chapters on the ancient Jennm«s- Fire and Serpent Worshippers, and Explana- tions of the Mystic Symbols represented in the Monuments and Talismans of the Pri- meval Philosophers. Plates and cuts. Crown 8vo., cloth, 1879. ios. 6d.
The misguided author of this well-known and certainly very curious book is under the impression that it is a comment on the writings of the Rosicrucian, Robert Fludd ;
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whereas, if anything, it is a treatise on Phallic Worship.
"LORENZO." "Lorenzo." MAID OF RENMORE ; or, Platonic Love, by Lorenzo. Small 8vo., half cloth, uncut, 1810. 7s. 6d.
Almost all the valuable matter in this book is contained in the voluminous appendix of notes, which give a good deal of interesting information about the Rosicrucians, Neo- Platonists, Paracelsists, Pythagoreans, Appo- lonius of Tyana, the Cabala, &c, &c.
ARTHUR EDWARD WAITE.
Edward THE REAL HISTORY of The Rosicrucians,
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W. L. BARLES. j£ ^ DISSERTATION ON THE CELTIC DEITY
TEUTATES, in proof of the Origin of the great Temple at Abury, by Rev. W. L. Barles. Cuts. Svo., boards, uncut, 1828. 10s. Presentation copy, with Author's autograph. The writer endeavours to prove that the Celts worshipped Thoth or Hermes Trisme- gistus ; that their mystic doctrines concerning the soul were derived from the same source as the teaching of Pythagoras ; that the Ser- pent of Avebury symbolised Eternal Life as taught by Thoth ; and quotes the following extraordinary confession of Celtic belief: " Zws is a mighty sphere producing a circle ; in it the earth revolves. The mighty sphere bhows the course of the self-puissant one ; the nature of his inherent wisdom illuminates the seat of animation, thence made prolific," &c. 60
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CHARLES MAURLCE DAVLES, D.D. MYSTIC LONDON ; or, Phases of Occult Life Charles in the Metropolis, by C. M. Davies. Large Dane's06 8vo., doth, 1875. 7s. 6d.
A very interesting record of the state of Spiritualism in London in the early part of the seventies. Among the phases are, " Interviewing an Astrologer," " Psychological Ladies," "A Psychopathic Institution," " An Evening's Diablerie," " An Evening with the Higher Spirits," " A Seance for Sceptics," &c, &c. The reader will note that the Spirits have their fashions ; the procedure described by Dr. Davies differs considerably from the tricks now exhibited.
ROBERT DALE OWEN. FOOTFALLS ON THE BOUNDARY OF Robert Dak ANOTHER WORLD, with Narrative Illus- °wen- trations, by Robert D. Owen. 8vo., cloth, uncut. Trubner, i860. 7s. 6d.
Calfemans.
TEN. ALCOTT. NATIVITY : its Facts and Fancies, Legends and Ten. Aicott. Lore. An Almanac and Perpetual Calendar of Cabalistic Texts, Gems, Talismans, and Guardians, by Ten. Aicott. Coloured frontis- piece. Oblongfolio,cloth, New York, 1887. 7s. 6d.
P. F. ARTE. DE PRODIGIOSIS NATURE et Artis Operi- p. f. ArPe. bus, Talismanes et Amuleta, by P. F. Arpe. Sni. &vo., half-calf, red edges, by Zaehnsdorf Hamburgi, 17 17. 15s.
A dissertation on the various kinds of talismans, with anecdotes of their use, and notices of the authors who have written on the subject. The author gives the mysterious words in use at Ephesus : Aski, Cataski Hex,
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Tetrax Damnameneus, ^Esion, which will interest students of " mystery- languages."