THE SECRET DOCTRINE IN ISRAEL: A STUDY OF THE ZOHAR AND ITS CONNECTIONS
Book Details + Condition: William Rider and Son, Ltd. (London). First Edition, 1913. Very scarce hardcover with cobalt blue boards, gilt decoration and titling to front and spine, upper edge gilt. 324 pages with Index and Advertisements. Illustrated. Provenance: Personal copy of renowned author, scholar and occultist H. Stanley Redgrove. Signed by Redgrove on the front free endpaper. The book was also previously owned by W.E. [William Elliot] Carnegie Dickson, whose bookplate is on the inside front board. Dickson was a well-renowned and published physician, and was a member of the Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
Arthur Edward Waite's THE SECRET DOCTRINE IN ISRAEL is a scholarly, esoteric examination of Jewish Kabbalah and magick, specifically focusing on the Zohar. Waite, a prominent occultist and mystic, analyzes the Zohar's central themes, symbols, and its influence on western esoteric traditions, such as Hermeticism and Christian mysticism. Chapters include:
- The Early Students of Kabalism
- The Hidden Church of Israel
- The Mystery of God in Kabalism
- The Doctrine of Cosmology
- The Myth of the Earthly Paradise
- The Serpent, Son of the Morning, and Fall of the Angels
- The Fall of Man
- The Legend of The Deluge
- The Covenant with Abraham
- On Moses, The Master of the Law
- The Temples in Jerusalem
- The Coming of Messiah
- The Soul in Kabalism
- The Doctrine Concerning Sheol
- Concerning Resurrection
- The Mystery of Sekinah
- The Mystery of Sex
- The Occult Sciences
- Developments in Later Kabalism
- The Alleged Christian Elements
- Conclusion of Jewish Theosophy
A very scarce copy, with fascinating and renowned provenance. Firm binding; shelf wear to boards, with discoloration and mottling to spine and lightly to rear; toned endpapers; interior is clean and free of markings, save one or two pencilled marginal notations, which we retained due to the book's previous noteworthy owners. All books are carefully packed, and shipped in boxes.
