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18995896Cincinnati: The Editor Publishing Co 1899. First edition. 17x11cm 128pp. Red cloth boards with vignette illustration and lettering in silver. Spine toned some soiling and bumping to boards. Scattered foxing else clean and sound internally. Very good. <br /> <br /> Unquestionably rare copy of this supernatural occult novel from Laura M. Dake née Wright 1844-1932. Likely published in a very small number we find little mention of the title save for a short review in the Columbia Missouri Herald August 11 1899 under the heading "Books by Home Folks:"<br /> <br /> <br /> "To lovers of the occult 'The Flight of the Shadow.' will appeal with fine fascination. It is a well-written argument for the astral world - a phrase which the theosophists are fond of employing. A gallant young Confederate officer is stricken almost unto death. In his delirium he is confronted by the spirit of a young man of his own age dead many years before. The latter tells his story which is strikingly like the events of the former's life and weaves through it the arguments of occultism. A note of love and mystery runs through the pages and makes of the volume a most charming one even aside from the queer theories it advances or supports."<br /> <br /> The short novel in part takes place on a plantation in Charleston and is steeped in the Southern culture of the time including slave dialect. <br /> <br /> The above review also gives clues as to the author's identity she being a resident of San Diego formerly of Columbia MO and wife of a Charles T. Dake. OCLC lists Dake as the author of a religious novel In the Crucible and an anti-Mormon novel which would make some sense given her upbringing in Missouri called A Man O' Wax published in San Francisco 1902. <br /> <br /> Interestingly an audiobook of this title was recently released. Otherwise we identify just the copy at the Library of Congress. A true rarity of the genre. <br /> <br /> Not in Bleiler not in Locke not in BAL. The New Sabin 9317. <br /> <br /> . The Editor Publishing Co unknown
1992PHIL2621Stuttgart, Frommann-Holzboog 1956-1992. 5151 Seiten, OLnBde. mit OUmschlägen, neuwertig. Die bis heute maßgebliche Gesamtausgabe. - J. W. UEBERFELD, der ungenannte Herausgeber dieser Ausgabe, und seine Mitarbeiter kamen den heutigen Zielen einer wissenschaftlichen Edition schon damals nahe. Sie waren bestrebt, die Texte nach den Originalhandschriften zu geben, und ihre Ausgabe erfasst die »in der gegenwärtigen und in vorigen Editionen geschehene(n) Änderungen« in einem Verzeichnis, das einem historisch-kritischen Apparat entspricht. Der Neudruck der Ausgabe von 1730 und die ?Urschriften? haben ihren jeweils eigenen Wert und ergänzen einander. ? Der Neudruck enthält zusätzlich die schöneren Tafeln der Ausgabe von 1682 und Peuckerts ?Das Leben Jacob Böhmes? in 2., vermehrter Auflage. // J. W. Ueberfeld, the unnamed editor of this edition, and his co-workers came close to reaching the current goals of a scholarly edition even at that time. They strove to provide the texts in accordance with the original manuscripts, and their edition contains the "changes made in the present and in previous editions». The reprint of the 1730 edition and the ?Urschriften? (Original Writings) are both valuable in their own way and complement each other. In addition, the reprint contains the more attractive plates from the 1682 edition and Peuckert's ?Das Leben Jacob Böhmes? (The Life of Jacob Böhme) in a second, enlarged edition
171822558Amsterdam, Wetstein (= Büdingen, Regelein), 1718. Titelblatt, allegor. Frontispiz, 2 Bll., SS. 1 - 10, Sp. 11 - 82, Sp. 1- 1812, 18 (von 20) Bll. Register - letzte zwei (und somit auch das Errata-Blatt) fehlend. 4°, etwas späterer Halblederband. Buchblock verschoben, dadurch Leder des Rückens gespannt. Schnitt angegraut, Innenfalze später verstärkt.
194019776np Elsinore CA nd ca. 1940s. Very good. Two volumes. The first mounted awkwardly into a zippered limp leather case and titled "Aheliobas" by hand to front cover. 6" x 4.5" approx. The second a small notebook leather over boards with "Aheliobas" scratched into leather at rear cover. Both volumes worn and a little ad hoc but generally very good overall. <br/><br/>An unusual and intriguing pair of books owned by Dr. Aheliobas A. Johnson 1886-1955. Johnson whose business card laid into one volume describes him as a "Metaphysician Healer Teacher and Spiritual Counselor" was a resident of Lake Elsinore and Pasadena CA and devotee of the "I Am" movement founded by Theosophist Joseph Sieber Benner. Also known as the "Knowledge and Teachings of the Impersonal Life" "I Am" was an eccentric branch of theosophy that taught Christ proclaiming "I Am" indicated "the true spirit that resides in every human being." <br /> <br />The first book included is a copy of "I Am"'s key text Benner's THE IMPERSONAL LIFE 14th edition 1944 heavily annotated by Johnson. Underlining marginalia and other annotations abound with endpapers also filled "This is my life's philosophy and principle as follower: 'I will see beauty and goodness in all things. From all that is unlovely shall my vision be immune.'". These annotations are then further complimented by a series of striking and almost hieroglyphic cryptograms whose key is contained in the accompanying small notebook. This second leather-bound volume is divided into alphabetical tabs and comprises a directory or legend to these symbols which range from the esoteric and alchemical to the more ordinary and practical. Several additional cryptograms are contained in this second volume as well. <br /> <br />Taken together a strange but revealing look into California's experimentation with alternative movements and the formation or cult and counter-cult communities as well as peculiar work of outsider cryptography. Benner's work would go on to be taken up by the likes Guy Ballard and even Elvis Presley — who during the last 13 years of his life gave out hundreds of copies of THE IMPERSONAL LIFE and allegedly had a copy with him the night he died. hardcover books
1971063670Adyar Madras India: Theosophical Publishing House 1971. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 6th Edition. Six volume set in dust jackets and protective mylar sleeves. Some volumes have some small tears to jacket all have clean tight contents. Oversized domestic orders only please as international rate will incur substantial addtional fees. Shipping weight over 12 lbs. Theosophical Publishing House Hardcover
173119771ABLondon, printed for A. Millar, at Buchanan's Head against St. Clement's Church in the Strand, M.DCC.XXXI. [1731]. 8°. 404 + XII S. Original leathing binding, Einband|Inhalt|Titelblatt The third edition corrected, with additions. Vol.
1994OKKU2132Stuttgart, Verl. Freies Geistesleben 1972-1994. Gr.-8°. pro Jg. ca. 1000 S. m. einigen s/w Abb., priv. HLnbde., vereinzelt Unterstreichungen oder Anmerkungen mit Bleistift oder Kugelschreiber, sehr gut erhalten. Versandkosten auf Anfrage
1758622682London, ohne Drucker u. Verlag, 1758. 4to. 272 S. Modernes Halbleinen. [2 Warenabbildungen]
2 voll. in 8 legati in uno 276; 244 + (1b) + (2) + (1b). Due etichette ai rispettivi fr. con indicazioni manoscritte coeve. Gora all'occhietto e alle prime 2 cc. M. pl. con nervi e tit. in oro al d. Ed. originale. L'A. (1743-1803), filosofo illuminista francese, proponeva una lettura dei testi cristiani alla luce del neoplatonismo e delle scienze occulte rigettando la Scolastica. Nell'opera sono indagati i rapporti tra umano e divino attraverso l'alchimia e la simbologia degli elementi di cui compaiono simboli nel testo.
052781Paris Ab. Cherbuliez, Libraire, Alex. Johanneau, imprimerie de H. Fournier et Comp. 1838 in 8 (24,5x16) 1 volume broché, couverture de papier illustrée d'un diagramme, frontispice et page de titre illustrés d'un diagramme colorié à l'aquarelle, XVI et 569 pages, les pages 429 à 432 coloriées en 2 colonnes jaune et bleue, la page 331 est illustrée d'une reproduction d'une curieuse médaille en or à l'effigie du Christ, non coupé, non rogné. Bel exemplaire, tel que paru ( Photographies sur demande / We can send pictures of this book on simple request )
1838111383Paris, Ab. Cherbuliez, Libraire, Alex. Johanneau, impr. H. Fournier et Comp., à Paris 1838 In-8 22 x 13,5 cm. Broché, couverture bleue, titre en noir sur le dos et le premier plat, XVI-569 pp., bibliographie. Exemplaire bien complet du frontispice, un diagramme colorié expliquant le temps et l’éternité, et p. 331, d’une reproduction d’une curieuse médaille en or à l'effigie du Christ, qui passe pour avoir été frappée l'année même de sa mort par un de ses disciples pour les douze apôtres. Bon exemplaire, pages non coupées, de la première édition française d’un ouvrage d’une relative rareté, véritable traité de théosophie transcendante, à la lumière duquel l'auteur a pu élucider d'une façon pénétrante la doctrine essentielle des évangiles.
A Edimbourd (Lyon), 1782. In-8 relié plein veau de l'époque, dos lisse très ornés de filets et fleurons dorés, pièce de titre rouge. Divisé en deux parties : 276 + 244 pages + avis des éditeurs + errata + table. Reliure légèrement frottée, coins émoussés, petit manque en coiffe, mors du 1er plat légèrement fendu en partie supérieure sur 4 centimètres. Louis Claude de SAINT-MARTIN, dit LE PHILOSOPHE INCONNU, écrivain , théosophe et philosophe de l'école dite ILLUMINEE, né à AMBOISE (Loir et Cher). Sa rencontre avec Martinez PASQUALIS, juif converti au christianisme, l'entraina vers l'initiation aux mystères de la secte des illuminés. Il s'intéressa particulièrement aux sciences occultes et à la philosophie transcendante. Dans l'ouvrage que nous proposons ici, l'auteur se réfère constamment aux symbolisme du Tarot. Son livre est d'ailleurs divisé en 22 chapitres, comme le nombre des cartes du Tarot. Cf. LAROUSSE XIXme qui lui consacre une très importante et intéressante notice. Malgré les défauts signalés bel exemplaire, grand de marges. Rare.
172010778(Ohne Ort und Drucker), 1720. 390 S. Kl.-8°. Ldr. des 18. Jahrhunderts (etw. beschabt und bestoßen).
199319855ABGraz, Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt, 1993. Folio 52 Bl.+ 219 S. Original Samteinband und Original Leineneinband mit Original Schuber, Einband Zwei Bände Minimalen Gbrsp. Codices selecti, 94.
188476074Madras: Madras Christian College Magazine 1884. First edition of this infamous report. Extracted from the November 1884 issue of the Madras Christian College Magazine one suspects that this article comprised the entirety of the issue. Octavo. 112 pp. entirely devoted to this report by Emma Coulomb which severely damaged the Theosophical movement. Contemporary ersatz binding of plain brown wrappers with lighter brown taped for spine front cover with a paper label bearing the title in manuscript. Hinges reinforced. With the bookplate of noted 20th century magician Stanley Collins.A very good copy of the exceedingly rare publication.Blavatsky met Emma and Alexis in 1871 in Cairo. They founded the short-lived Societe Spirite. In August 1879 Emma and Alexis contacted Blavatsky because they had financial problems. They were stranded in Sri Lanka and Blavatsky helped them to get to Bombay and tried to find a job for them. As she could not find a job for them she provided them with a position in the Theosophical Society where they did various chores such as cooking and gardening. In February 1884 Blavatsky and H. S. Olcott travelled to Europe. Prior to their departure Emma had occasion to see what she considered to be fraud on the part of Blavatsky. Blavatsky was rightly famous for introducing the concept of Hidden Masters and their importance in Mankind's crawl toward apotheosis. Traditionally celebrants would seek the advice of a revered Ascended Master through Blavatsky. When Blavatsky asked a question the illuminati would send an answer down apparently originating in midair. Emma claimed to have gone to the room above where Blavatsky was hosting a seeker and she said she saw Blavatsky's assistant in that room dropping little slips of paper through a crack in the ceiling. After their departure a conflict between the Coulombs and the Theosophical Society escalated. The Coulombs tried to blackmail and threaten Blavatsky whereupon Blavatsky dismissed them.After the Coulombs were dismissed they went to their Christian missionary friends of the Free Church of Scotland and gave them letters that were allegedly written by Blavatsky to Emma. These letters suggested that Blavatsky was a fraud. The chaplain George Patterson published extracts from these letters in the Madras Christian College Magazine presented here The incident became well known all over India and also in America and Europe. Blavatsky immediately published a reply in several newspapers. Blavatsky and Olcott then traveled back to India at the end of 1884. Soon afterwards the Hodgson Report was published which further damaged Blavatsky's reputation. The Hodgson Report was an 1885 report by the Society for Psychical Research SPR on Helena Blavatsky and purportedly fraudulent Mahatma Letters. According to OCLC there is not record for the copy here presented. After wading throuh a miasma of red tape we think that there was a report issued in London in 1885 with a title page reading "Some account of my Intercourse with Madam Blavatsky" that followed the original report issued by the Madras Christian College Magazine in 1884 an obvious extract with the title page reading "Some Account of My Association with Madame Blavatsky. In either case it is exceeding rare with no copy ever ever having come up at auction and none ever offered in the trade that we could find. Madras Christian College Magazine unknown
192976701Point Loma: The Theosophical Society 1929-35. Edited by G. de Purucker. Monthly. Small octavo. Vol. I Nos. 1-12; Vol. II Nos. 1 2 5 8 9 10 11 12: Vol. III. Nos. 1 2 3 4 7 8 9 10 11 12; Vol. IV. Nos. 1 2 3 4 6 7 10 11; Vol. V Nos. 3 4 5 8 10 11 12: Vol. VI. Nos. 1 2 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12; Vol. VII Only 1 2 & 4 are present. Fifty-seven issues. Each volume is separately paginated. The wood pulp paper used in the first two years is truly execrable-About half of these issues have problems e.g. on Vol. I No. 1 the last two pages have broken in half a few with wrappers loose edges chipped. They upgraded the paper stock for the later years. A very good and early assemblage.Katherine Tingley founded the Theosophical Society's main U.S. branch at Point Loma California in 1900. After her death in 1929 Gottfried de Purucker took over as leader of that community. He was a much more dedicated researcher and writer and he is still highly thought of in theosophical circles. He authored many works including The Esoteric Tradition and Studies in Occult Philosophy. He sold the Lomaland estate in 1942 and moved the branch’s headquarters to Covina but died within months of the move. The Theosophical Society unknown
193176697Los Angeles: The Theosophy Company 1931-1942. Edited by John Garrigues. Monthly. Octavo. Vol. XX; Nos. 1 2 3 4 7 8 9 10 11 12 1931-1932; Vol. XXI. Nos. 1-12 1932-1933; Vol. XXII Nos. 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1934-1935; VOL. XXVI Nos. 8 10 1928; Vol. XXVII Nos. 1-12 1938-1939; 52 issues plus 9 odd issues from 1940-1946. 6 issues with their covers off but present and 3 with stains to the front cover. Very good overall. This was the mouthpiece of the United Lodge of Theosophists formed by Robert Crosbie in 1909. Crosbie was a student of William Judge who headed the American Division of the Theosophical Society. With the death of Blavatsky the leadership was thrown into disarray with Annie Besant heading the International Society and Katherine Tingley the American Society. In 1900 Crosbie threw his lot in with Tingley and moved to Lomaland but by 1904 he had grown disillusioned with her increasing theatricality and moved to South Pasadena and 5 years later founded the ULT. The United Lodge adhered tightly to the teachings of Blavatsky and paid no attention to either Tingley’s Kingdom in San Diego nor to the Maitreya of Annie Besant. In every issue they state “This Magazine is an independent journal unconnected with any theosophical society or other organization.†The ULT is likely the most active remaining theosophical group in the world. The Theosophy Company unknown
19509014London U.K.: Various 1950. 30 publications journals monographs offprints generally 8x6" or smaller various paginations. Staple bound in wrappers occasional illustration or diagram. Several pamphlets with wrappers detached many chipped along edges few ownership signatures. All complete and good or better. Housed in a beat up open box labeled "T.R.C. Pamphlets. <br /> <br /> Very interesting collection of esoteric health and science pamphlets many of which deal with the Anti-Vivisectionist movement of the first half of the 20th century. The holistic view of health and belief in the spiritual evolution of all living things which were core tenets of Theosophy provided a natural link to the Anti-Vivisectionist movement as well as that of women's suffrage. Several prominent Theosophists of the time took up both of these causes including Anna Kingsford Mabel Collins Gertrude Baillie-Weaver and others. <br /> <br /> The Theosophical Research Centre was founded in the 1920s as a reorganization of the Theosophical World University. Its members included doctors psychiatrists and scientists who carried out research on scientific supernatural religious and philosophical subjects in relation to Theosophy and published their findings. <br /> <br /> This collection includes:<br /> Proteus: A Journal of the Science Philosophy and Therapy of Nature Nos. 1-4 and 6 1931-32<br /> The Art of Breathing by F.E. Pearce League of Healing N.D.<br /> Health and Nervous Stability by William Watson League of Healing N.D. Slip signed by the author laid in.<br /> Unseen Aspects of the War and Super-Physical Science by A.P. Sinnett. Theosophical Pub. Soc. 1916 1917<br /> Diet As A Basic Cause of Disease; The Problem of Antiseptics; Pernicious Anaemia; The Problem of Infection; The "Schick" Inoculation.2 copies; Some Little-Understood Effects of Serum Therapy; The Basic Principles of Health and Disease; The Futility of arguing.; Diet as a Basic Cause of Disease; Justice to the Sub-Human Kingdoms of Nature; Vivisection in the Light of Philosophy signed; Why Experiment on Animals; Influenza: A Criticism; and Acute Poliomyelitis all by M. Beddow Bayly. Generally 1930s offprints.<br /> Pathogenesis and Immunity by William F. Koch Offprint 1939<br /> A Brief Survey of Medical History. by Heracles Offprint 1935<br /> Cosmic Creation and Atomic Energy by V. Wallace Slater. Theosophical Pub. House 1950<br /> An Intro. to the Study of Analytical Psychology by Laurence J. Bendit and Phoebe Bendit. TRC 1947<br /> De Beweging voor een Theosofische Wereld-Universtiteit by J.J. Poortman. 1927.<br /> Crookes Digest September 1948-December 1948 No. 12<br /> The Regulation Between Thought and Action by Emile Boutroux. Oxford 1918.<br /> <br /> In all an interesting assemblage containing several quite scarce Theosophical publications with ties to the TRC. <br /> <br /> <br /> . Various unknown
2971A Vienne, chez B. Ph. Bauer, 1813. Un volume relié (9 x 13 cm) d'un frontispice gravé et 219 pages. Reliure plein veau d'époque, dos lisse, plats et dos décorés de frises dorés, papiers de gardes dominotés. Reliure légèrement usée, traces de frottements, une charnière légèrement ouverte, quelques rousseurs. État moyen, mais agréable reliure.
2971A Vienne, chez B. Ph. Bauer, 1813. Un volume relié (9 x 13 cm) d'un frontispice gravé et 219 pages. Reliure plein veau d'époque, dos lisse, plats et dos décorés de frises dorés, papiers de gardes dominotés. Reliure légèrement usée, traces de frottements, une charnière légèrement ouverte, quelques rousseurs. État moyen, mais agréable reliure.
160915559Ingolstadt, A. Angermeyer, 1609. 1 Bl., 30 Seiten. (Spät.) Umschlag.
186975650Cincinnati: Robert Clark and Company 1869. First edition. Octavo. 85 1 pp. Original wrappers expertly restored.J. Ralston Skinner was a man of tremendous and far-reaching learning. A denizen of Cincinnati he was deemed an expert on a great many matters. This book his first concerns Newtonian physics gone astray. The theory of Newton that every particle of matter attracts all other particles of matter in right lines joining their centers and in an inverse ratio to the squares of their distances b yvirtue of an inherent force called gravity accounted for the motions of the planets so satisfactorily that it has been almost universally adopted by subsequent physicists as a natural law. In this book he calls into doubt this firmly held theory/"The theory of Newton that every particle of matter attracts all other particles of matter in right lines joining their centers and in an inverse ratio to the squares of their distances bj"virtue of an inherent force called gravity accounted for the motions of the planets so satisfactorily that it has been almost universally adopted by subsequent physicists as a natural law. The latterof the essay in which it is attempted to sustainthe theory are as the author claims merely suggestive; the first part being devoted to the attempt to demonstrate mathematically that the theory of Newton is untenable" Scientific American 1869. J. Ralson Skinner was a die-hard mason and published numerous books of esoteric wisdom; Madame Blavatsky though very highly of him/ "H. P. Blavatsky’s hitherto unpublished letter to James Ralston Skinner is one of great consequence. Despite its relative obscurity evidence of its existence has been previously alluded to by J. D. Buck Modern World Movements and Boris de Zirkoff BCW VIII 220. Blavatsky herself mentioned the recipient of the letter on numerous occasions clearly revealing her admiration of his great learning as demonstrated in his â€wonderfully clever and erudite volume The Source of Measures†BCW XIII 258. Indeed it is no accident that Skinner is “constantly mentioned†in The Secret Doctrine. In his overview of letter’s recipient Assistant Editor Jerry Hejka-Ekins has observed that both the author and his Source of Measures are mentioned more often in The Secret Doctrine than any other author with the exception of Plato a remarkable observation given the relative obscurity of both Skinner and his work. It is no surprise that John Drais considered the book important enough to compile his Index of Hebrew and Numerical Terms contained in The Source of Measures by J. Ralston Skinner." Theosophical History January 2023. Robert Clark and Company unknown
1977040266India: Theosophical Publishing House 1977. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Compilation of Theosophical Studies on the Angelic Kingdom. First Edition Theosophical Publishing House Adyar India 1977. illus errata xii 370 6pp hb dw pict white dw silver emerald cloth crinkled clear protective cover taped on leaving marks on dw & eps pages browned previous owner's signature vg <br/> <br/> Theosophical Publishing House hardcover
1910512014The Dharma Press 1910. First Edition. Paperback. VERY GOOD. 4 5-55 1 pp. 5x6.5' Sewn binding in brown natural paper French-flap wraps with printed title label to front cover. '2101' inscribed to front cover and beneath author's name on the title page; wrapper spine perished 1' from tail a bit worn around the edges but still mainly intact--remarkable given its fragility. Text clean and sound. Leonard Bosman was a Jewish fellow of the Theosophical Society of London and a prominent writer on the Kaballah and other esoteric fields. Following his teacher Elias Gewurtz Bosman was a prominent voice contending for the Kaballistic roots of Theosophy and the essential compatibility of the two traditions. Mysteries of the Qabalah was the first of six 'Esoteric Studies' in a series projected by the publisher of which only four were published. It was revised and reissued in 1915 and either of these Dharma Press editions are quite scarce this first edition showing only 8 holdings in OCLC. The Dharma Press paperback
1967142551Zürich. Swedenborg Verlag. 1967 ff. Komplett selten. 9 Bände. IX, 351 Seiten; 228 Seiten; 359 Seiten; 315 Seiten; 268 Seiten; 353 Seiten; 374 Seiten; 404 Seiten u. 268 Seiten (zusammen 2958 Seiten). Weiße Originalbroschuren (Teils mit geringeren Gebrauchsspuren. Einbände etwas lichtverfärbt). 29x21x18 cm
