Book Details + Condition: William Rider and Son, Ltd (London). Complete 2-volume set. Hardcovers. Volume I: 1914 (First New Edition); Volume II: 1913 (First Edition). Originally issued as such in 1913, and then again in 1920. Extremely scarce. 204 & 215 pages. By Sepharial (Dr. Walter Gorn Old), 1864-1929, eminent English Theosophist, and a notable 19th century mystic and astrologer, as well as founding member of the Theosophical movement in England. THE KABALA OF NUMBERS explains Kabalistic numerology, explaining how numbers affect our lives, and how they can be used to create our manifestations. The book explores the geometry of nature and how it affects us, numbers that sway human will, and much more. For practitioners of the paranormal arts and those interested in the history of science and pseudoscience, this is a fascinating and essential book. Chapters include: The power of Numbers; Various methods of Kabalism; Number and Automatism; Thought-reading by Numbers; The Kabalism of Cycles; Bruno's Symbolism; God Geometrises; Number as expressing Thought; Number in relation to Feeling; The law of Periodicity; Coincidences make Laws; Phrenoscopy; Planetary Hours; Science and superstition. Part I: wear to original covers, with rubbing to corners, edges, and spine ends; slight lean to book; faded library stamps on half-title page and text block (as well as on 2 other text pages); front & rear endpapers missing (blank); one page with pencil notes and great drawing, and likewise on inside rear board - fantastic drawing of a WWI officer, with numbers in pencil. Part II: light wear only, mainly at corners; ink and bookplate to front endpaper; old tape marks to endpapers; clean interior.
