Antiquity Unveiled. Ancient Voices from the Spirit Realms Disclose the Most Startling Revelations, Proving Christianity to be of Heathen Origin
Philadelphia: Oriental Publishing Co., 1892. 8vo. Red cloth covered boards stamped in gold. 610 pp. More
Mysticism
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Symbolism in Liturgical Art
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1959). First edition. 8vo. Red cloth stamped in gold. 120 pp. This practical handbook illustrates and explains the 134 symbols most commonly employed in Christian religious art and liturgical practice. Each drawing is based on a study of the many uses in art of the..... More
Lacandon Dream Symbolism, Dream Symbolism and Interpretation Among the Lacandon Maya of Chiapas, Mexico
Mexico: Ediciones Euroamericanas, Euram, (1979). Illustrated with many black and white photos and some. 9684140002. First edition. 8vo, 9-5/16" x 6-1/2" This study is a preparation to incorporate into scientific knowledge part of that unknown and mysterious land which now shows us only its highest peaks - Clairvoyance, Telepathy, E.S.P...... More
Christianity and Symbolism
St. James Place, London: Collins, 1955. 8vo. Black paper covered boards made to look like cloth. 320 pp. More
Three Mystics, El Greco, St. John of the Cross, St. Teresa of Avila
Sheed & Ward: New York, 1949. Many illustrations in black and white. First edition. 4to. 10-13/16" x 8-5/8". 187 pp. Pictorial paper covered boards. Red cloth spine stamped in gold. More
Astrology and Alchemy, Two Fossil Sciences
New York: Philosophical Library, (1953). 8vo. Sky blue cloth covered boards.382 pp. including index. From Astronomy and Astrology in Babylonia through the Cosmology of Ptolemy to Paracelsus, this is a penetrating history of these pre-modern sciences. More
Astrological Keywords Compiled from Leading Authorities
Philadelphia: David McKay, (1931). Signed on free front endpaper: "Very Sincerely, Manley P. Hall." Third Edition Revised. 8vo. 8-1/8" x 5-9/16". Red cloth covered boards. 229 pp. including index. More
Akiva, Life, Legend, Legacy
Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, (2015). 9780827612150. 8vo. Cream paper covered boards with blue cloth spine stamped in gold. 243 pp. including extensive index. The legendary Akiva ben Yosef has fascinated Jews for centuries. One of an arguably the most important of the Tannaim, or early Jewish sages, he lived during..... More
Two Essays on the Worship of Priapus
Privately Printed. No. 70 of a limited edition of five hundred numbered copies. This special edition reprinted in 1894, an exact reproduction of the original 1865 edition, but correcting some manifest misprints, Squarish 8vo. 8-11/16" x 7-1/8".Brown buckram covered boards (or it sort of looks like paper textured to look..... More
The Byzantine-Slav Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Its Origin and Evolution
Allendale, N.J. Alleluia Press, Jan 1, 1971. 0911726063. Thick 8vo. 9-3/8" x 6-1/2". 836 pp. Green endpapers. This book is divided into two parts. Part One a succinct survey of the Eastern Eucharistic Liturgies during the first four centuries captures the original flavor of early Christianity, its fervor, simplicity and..... More
The Sacramental Mysteries, A Byzantine Approach
Allendale, N.J. Alleluia Press, (1976). 0911726063. 8vo. 9-5/16" x 6-1/2". Red cloth covered boards stamped in gold. 415 pp. This book is divided into three parts. Part I explores the genesis and meaning of the mysteries in both pagan and Christian contexts, the problems solved by the early Fathers, and..... More
Corpus Christi, The Eucharist in Late Medieval Culture
Cambridge University Press. (Reprinted 1992). 8vo. 8-15/16 x 5-15/16". Perfect bound paperback. 432 pp. This book studies later medieval culture (c. 1150-1500) through its central symbol: the eucharist. From the twelfth century onwards the eucharist was designed by the Church as the foremost sacrament. The claim that this ritual brought..... More
Mystical Dimensions of Islam
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, (1975). 0807812234. 8vo. 9-1/2" x 6-5/16". Red cloth covered boards. Spine stamped in gold. 506 pp. including extensive bibliography and indices. "To write about Sufism, or Islamic mysticism, is an almost impossible task. At the first step, a wide mountain range appears before..... More
The French Prophets, The History of a Millenarian Group in Eighteenth-Century England
Berkeley: University of California Press, (1980). 0520038150. First Edition. 8vo. Brown marbled paper covered boards with Grey cloth spine stamped in gold. 382 pp. including index. In 1706 three prophets appeared in London. They were Huguenots from southeastern France, heirs to a prophetic tradition which had taken root among French..... More
The Names of Jesus
London: Macmillan Co., 1953. First edition. 8vo. Blue cloth covered boards. Spine stamped in gold. 179 pp. including index. The Names of Jesus contains the First Series of Speaker's Lectures delivered by Dr. Vincent Taylor at Oxford in the year 1951-52. It discusses, not only the well-known names and titles..... More
Song of Raymond
London: George Weidenfeld & Nicolson Limited, (1987). With full color Illustrations by Helen WIlliams. 0297792261. First edition. Black cloth covered boards, 8vo. 9-1/2" x 6-3/4". Spine stamped in gold. 374 PP. Song of Raymond, Christopher Tower's sixth book of verse, is an epic poem which explores the Muslim mystical belief..... More
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