Azoth; or, The Star in the East. Embracing the First Matter of the Magnum Opus, the Evolution of Aphrodite-Urania, the Supernatural Generation of the Son of the Sun, and the Alchemical Transfiguration of Humanity

Waite, Arthur Edward

Edité par The Theosophical Publishing Society, London, 1893

239pp. Quarto [28 cm] Olive green cloth over boards with bevelled edges, and black ink stamped lettering and embellishments on the backstrip and front board. Black endpapers. Covers slightly cocked; cloth at the spine ends and corners a bit frayed; spine subtly darkened and the title mildly rubbed; periodic cracks to the text block. Waite's classic work on Alchemy. Arthur Edward Waite (1857-1942) was an American-born British mystic, occultist, and prolific writer. He was received into the Golden Dawn in 1891, however he precipitated a schism in the Golden Dawn in 1903, when he purged magic from the rituals replacing it with mysticism. The society born from this schism, the Independent and Rectified Rite of the Golden Dawn, was quickly torn apart by internal feuding, leading Waite to dissolve it and replace it with the Fellowship of the Rosy Cross in 1915. Waite's most enduring legacy is the Tarot deck that he helped create, the Rider-Waite Tarot Deck, the best known Tarot deck. N° de réf. du vendeur 69018

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Azoth; or, The Star in the East. Embracing ...
Éditeur : The Theosophical Publishing Society, London
Date d'édition : 1893
Reliure : Hardcover
Etat : Good +
Edition : First edition, secondary binding.