THE OCCULT SCIENCES - A COMPENDIUM OF TRANSCENDENTAL DOCTRINE AND EXPERIMENT EMBRACING AN ACCOUNT OF MAGICAL PRACTICES; OF SECRET SCIENCES IN CONNECTION WITH MAGIC; OF THE PROFESSORS OF MAGICAL ARTS; AND OF MODERN SPIRITUALISM, MESMERISM, AND THEOSOPHY
Book Details + Condition: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. (London). Second Edition, 1923 (ND; a reprint / facsimile of the original 1891 edition). Hardcover. 282 pages plus index. A.E. Waite's comprehensive overview of occult topics. Arthur Edward Waite (1857-1942) was an American-born writer on occult subjects, member of the Theosophical Society, Rosicruciana in Anglia and longtime member of the Order of the Golden Dawn, before leaving to form his own Fellowship of the Rosy Cross. Firm binding; rubbed corners and edges, as well as fraying to spine ends; light wear to boards, with The Buddhist Society London stamp in gilt to front; same bookplate to inside front board; toning to pages; interior is clean and free of markings. Contents include:
- White Magic
- Black Magic
- Necromancy
- Alchemy
- Crystallomancy
- Divination
- Talismans
- Astrology
- Cabalism
- Mystics
- Rosicrucians
- Freemasons
- Mesmerism
- Theosophy
- And much more.
