Collectanea Hermetica
- Hardcover
- York Beach, ME: Samuel Weiser, Inc, 1998
York Beach, ME: Samuel Weiser, Inc, 1998. First Samuel Weiser edition of this photo-reproduction of the original books, collected into one volume. Hardcover. Very Good Minus/Very Good. Thick octavo 21.5 cm] Black cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine and single blind ruled borders on the front board. The spine is a bit rolled back, and there is a small red stain on the top edge of the text block. Else, the pages are clean and bright. In the dust jacket, with minimal surface and edge wear. Parts 1-10: Hermetic Arcanum; The Divine Pymander; The Hermetic Art; Æsch Mezareph; Somnium Scipionis and Pythagoras; The Chaldean Oracles; Euphrates; Egyptian Magic; Numbers; Sepher Yetzirah. Copy #732 in an edition of 999 numbered, cloth-bound copies. Introduction by antiquarian bookseller and acknowledged authority on nineteenth-century occultism R. A. Gilbert.
A series of old Hermetic tracts and other notable volumes of esoteric lore, first published between 1893-1896. The individual books were originally published while the British coroner and ceremonial magician William Wynn Westcott (1848-1925) was Secretary General of the Rosicrucian Society of England and one of the three founders of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. The beliefs of the Western mystics were in the throes of a renaissance, and Westcott was at the helm of the movement. Wescott's intent with the "Collectanea Hermetica" was to make available long-out-of-print classics of the Hermetic tradition. The result was that the works in this collection became the unofficial handbooks for students of the Hermetic art at the close of the 19th century.
A series of old Hermetic tracts and other notable volumes of esoteric lore, first published between 1893-1896. The individual books were originally published while the British coroner and ceremonial magician William Wynn Westcott (1848-1925) was Secretary General of the Rosicrucian Society of England and one of the three founders of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. The beliefs of the Western mystics were in the throes of a renaissance, and Westcott was at the helm of the movement. Wescott's intent with the "Collectanea Hermetica" was to make available long-out-of-print classics of the Hermetic tradition. The result was that the works in this collection became the unofficial handbooks for students of the Hermetic art at the close of the 19th century.