LA HAUTE SCIENCE - 1st Ed, 1893-94, 2 Vols - ESOTERIC MAGICK HIGH SCIENCE

Title: LA HAUTE SCIENCE — REVUE DOCUMENTAIRE DE LA TRADITION ESOTERIQUE ET DU SYMBOLISME RELIGIEUX

Author: Numerous contributions, including J.-K. Huysmans, Jules Bois, Louis Menard and Pierre Quillard

Book Details + Condition: First edition from 1893 and 1894; 2-volume complete set. Many contributions including those of A. Ferdinand-Hérold, Louis Ménard and Pierre Quillard. Volume I, First Year (January-December 1893), 764 pages. Volume II, Second Year (January-December 1894), 808 pages. Beautiful marbled boards with gilt on spines. In overall excellent condition, with no interior markings save former owner name on first blank page of each volume. Binding is very tight and solid. "The journal's purpose was to present to a French-speaking audience translations of the "classics" of the esoteric tradition, like the Zohar, the Upanishads, Porphytry's De Antro Nympharum, etc., but intermingled with these articles on "neo-spiritualism," telepathy, Chaldean magic, the symbolism of colors, and the like by A. Laurent Rene Basset, Louis Menard, Jules Bois, "S.U. Zanne" (Auguste Van Dekerckhove), J.K. Huysmans, "Matgioi" (A. de Pourvourville), H. Baraduc, and other contemporaries. The journal, as its motto indicated, was highbrow and not intended as popular. In its final issue, the journal announced that it would be continued as a series, Bibliotheque de la Haute Science, which continued the publication of fundamental texts." [IAPSOP]