[Rarebooks] FS: Occult and Metaphysical Books, Part Two

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FS: Occult and Metaphysical Books. From the Library of Charles Muses.
Prices in US dollars. Terms: as usual.


26) GOULD, Charles, B.A., MYTHICAL MONSTERS. WITH NINETY-THREE 
ILLUSTRATIONS., London: W.H. Allen & Co., 13 Waterloo Place. 1886. First 
edition. Large octavo, original "dragonskin" patterned black cloth titled 
in gilt on spine and with a Chinese Dragon in gilt on front panel. Colour 
chromolithograph frontispiece of a Chinese Phoenix. A scolarly history of 
mythical creatures, concentrating mostly on Dragons and Phoenixes. The book 
deals in a rational way with the possibility of certain mythical creatures 
existing, and delves into evolution, the extinction of species, and 
misrepresentations of species. Heavily illystrated throughout with black & 
white plates within the text.Inner hinges repaired with brown tape and one 
section witin the text has an old tape repair which has stained the margins 
of 2 leaves; Slight spine lean and a touch of wear to the cloth at 
extremities, a very good copy. From the library of Dr. Charles Muses, 
author of esoteric works and founder of the Jacob Boehme society, with his 
notes in pencil on the rear endpaper and a few annotations by him in the 
margins of the text and with his signature on the front free endpaper. $175.00

27) HARTMANN, Franz, M.D., AMONG THE GNOMES. AN OCCULT TALE OF ADVENTURE IN 
THE UNTERSBERG. ILLUSTRATED., Boston: Occult Publishing Company. 1896. 
First American edition, utilizing the sheets of the 1895 Unwin edition. 
Octavo, original crinkly brown paper wrappers titled in black. An occult 
lost race novel concerning elves and fairies, written by the noted 
occultist. With 12 black & white illustrations. a few rifling flaws but 
overall a very attractive copy in the original wrappers. Issued in both 
cloth and wrappers, this book is particularly uncommon in this issue. $200.00

28) HORNER, George., PISTIS SOPHIA. LITERALLY TRANSLATED FROM THE COPTIC BY 
GEORGE HORNER. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY F. LEGGE, F.S.A., London: Society 
for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1924. First edition of this translation 
of this important Gnostic text. Large octavo, original blue cloth titled in 
gilt on spine panel. 205 pp. Index. The PISTIS SOPHIA is one of the key 
works of Gnosticism. This edition is translated from the Askew Codex in the 
British Museum, one of a very few codices that have survived the 
suppression of such literature both in East and West. Dating from circa 300 
AD, the PISTIS SOPHIA relates the Gnostic teachings of the transfigured 
Jesus to the apostles assembled with him eleven years after the crucifixion 
-the text proclaims that Jesus remained on earth after the resurrection for 
eleven years, and taught his disciples the meaning of the mystery during 
that time. The Gnostic codices are important in the way that they reveal 
matters of Christianity which were not revealed (some would say suppressed) 
from the Biblical Canon. Timely these days, with the popularity of such 
books as THE DA VINCI CODE and HOLY BLOOD, HOLY GRAIL. From the library of 
Dr. Charles Muses, author of occult and esoteric works & founder of the 
Jacob Boehme society, with his pencil notes on the rear endpaper and minor 
marginalia throughout. Muses' ownership stamp on front flyleaf; faint and 
mostly unnoticeable dampmarks to covers; a very good, clean copy in 
original printed dust wrapper which shows some minor dampstaining near the 
lower edges. Overall, quite a nice copy in the very scarce dust wrapper. 
$175.00

29) IAMBLICHUS. Thomas Taylor [translator]., IAMBLICHUS ON THE MYSTERIES OF 
THE EGYPTIANS, CHALDEANS, AND ASSYRIANS. TRANSLATED FROM THE GREEK BY 
THOMAS TAYLOR. SECOND EDITION., London: The Theosophical Publishing 
Society. 1895. Second edition of this translation, first issued in 1821. 
Octavo, original blue cloth with printed title label on spine panel. 
Iamblichus (ca. 245 - ca. 325,) a Neoplatonist philosopher who studied 
under Porphyry, a pupil of Plotinus, the founder of Neoplatonism. It was 
with Porphyry that Iamblichus had a falling-out over his ideas on the 
practice of Thuergy, or what we would today call Magick, and it is in this 
book (De Mysteriis Aegyptiorum) that he makes his defense and explination 
of the theories of Theurgy and Magic. From the library of Dr. Charles 
Muses, author of esoteric works and founder of the Jacob Boehme society, 
heavily annotated in pen by him throughout, th four final blanks entirely 
covered in his miniscule and extensive scholorly notes. signed by him on 
the front endpaper "C.A. Muses / 1950". A used copy bought by Muses at 
Weiser Books, with their old bookseller's ticket on the front endpaper and 
another previous owner's name partially obscured. The inner hinges show old 
tape repair, the spine label has been sellotaped as well (by Muses?), the 
corners are bumped and the cloth is somewhat stained. Overall, a good copy 
with heavy annotations and underlining by Muses. $200.00

30) JENNINGS, Hargrave., THE LETTERS OF HARGRAVE JENNINGS. AUTHOR OF "THE 
ROSICRUCIANS," "PHALLICISM," &C &C. FORMING THE UNABRIDGED CORRESPONDENCE 
WITH THE EDITOR OF THE BATH OCCULT REPRINTS, BETWEEN 1879 AND 1887, WITH 
FRONTISPIECE. EDITED BY INVICTUS., Bath: Robert H. Fryar. 1885. First 
edition. Octavo, original printed paper boards with red cloth spine. 
Privately printed for Subscribers only in an edition of 100 numbered copies 
only, this being copy number 55. 71 pp., Appendixes, List of the Bath 
Occult Reprints, [3] plates at rear. Hargrave Jennings (c. 1817 - 1890) is 
best known today as the author of The Rosicrucians, Their Rites and 
Mysteries (1870). Browning to boards and a bit worn at the edges, a very 
good copy. From the library of Dr. Charles Muses, author of occult and 
esoteric works & founder of the Jacob Boehme society, with his pencil notes 
on the rear endpaper and minor marginalia throughout. Rare. $275.00

31) JOSEPH, Isya., DEVIL WORSHIP. THE SACRED BOOKS AND TRADITIONS OF THE 
YEDIZ., Boston: Richard G. Badger / The Gorham Press. [1919]. First 
edition. Octavo, original red cloth titled in gilt and blind. 222 pp., 
frontispiece, Bibliography, Index. A translation of an Arabic Manuscript 
comprising two books: the KITAB AL-JIWAH (Book of Revelations) and the 
MASHAF RES (Black Book). The former book dates from the 6th century and the 
latter from the 8th Century. Contents: The Origin of the Manuscript; The 
Translation of the Arabic Text; In the Name of the Most compassionate God; 
The Articles of Faith; The Religious Origin of the Yezidis; The Yezidis 
Myth; The Christian Tradition; The Dogmatic View of Mohammedan Scholars; 
The Essential Elements in Yezidism; Other Deities and Festivals; 
Sacraments, Religious Observances and Secerdotal system; Their Customs; 
List of the Yezidi Tribes; Persecution; Bibliography; Index. From the 
library of Charles Muses, with his signature on the front endpaper, his 
annotations on a few leaves and notes on the rear endpaper. A few small 
stains to the cloth, one corner bumped; a very good copy. $100.00

32) KEARY, Charles Francis., OUTLINES OF PRIMITIVE BELIEF AMONG THE 
INDO-EUROPEAN RACES., London: Longmans, Green and Co. 1882. First edition. 
Octavo, original maroon cloth bordered in blind on front & rear panels, 
decorative borders and title in gilt on spine. 533 pp., Index. 24 pp. 
publisher's catalogue bound in at rear, dated January, 1882. With the 
corrigenda slip loosely laid in (a trifle torn). Light marks to covers, 
trifling wear at edges; a fdew small notes in pencil on recto of rear 
endpaper and to the margins of a few leaves; a very good copy. $75.00

33) KING, C.W., THE GNOSTICS AND THEIR REMAINS. ANCIENT AND MEDIAEVAL., 
London: Bell and Daldy. 1866. First edition. Tall octavo, original white 
cloth titled and decorated in gilt. 251 pp, Index, 13 plates (one folding). 
The first edition of the first serious study of the originas and meaning of 
Gnosticism. Contents include The Kabala, The Talmud, The Ophites or 
Serpent-Worshippers, Abraxas, Egyptian Dieties, Mithraic Monuments and 
Talismans, Serapis, Agathodaemon Talismans, The Schema of the Ophites, The 
word Abracadabra, Isaic Symbols, The Evil Eye, The Leaden Book of the 
Museum Kircherianum, The Gnostic Phoenix, Taurobolia or Baptism of Blood, 
The E. Delphicum, etc. etc. etc. Cloth overall somewhat grubby, spine 
hinges racked and repaired in a past age with shellac, a few plates loose 
but all present. From the library of Dr. Charles Muses, author of occult 
and esoteric works & founder of the Jacob Boehme society, with his notes in 
pen and pencil on a rear blank leaf,as well as underlining and scholarly 
marginalia in pencil and pen by him sporadically throughout the 
book.Overall, a good copy of a scarce and important work. $125.00

34) KNIGHT, Richard Payne., THE SYMBOLICAL LANGUAGE OF ANCIENT ART AND 
MYTHOLOGY. AN INQUIRY. A NEW EDITION, WITH INTRODUCTION, ADDITIONS, NOTES 
TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH, AND A COMPLETE NEW INDEX BY ALEXANDER WILDER, 
M.D., New York: J.W. Bouton. 1876. New Edition, originally issued in 1818. 
Octavo, original purple cloth, gilt titles. 240 pp., Index. Spine and edges 
of covers faded, cloth chipped at spine tips and edges; a very good copy. 
$100.00

35) LENORMANT, Francois., CHALDEAN MAGIC: ITS ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT. 
TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH, WITH CONSIDERABLE ADDITIONS BY THE AUTHOR, AND 
NOTES BY THE EDITOR., London: Samuel Bagster and Sons, 15, Paternoster Row. 
No Date (1877). 1st edition in English. Octavo, original green cloth titled 
and decorated in black and gold. 414 pp., (2) pages of ads "Works of the 
Same Author", 28 page index. The Origins, History and Influence of the 
Sorcery and Magic of the ancient Chaldeans, complete with translations of 
rituals. From the library of Dr. Charles Muses, author of esoteric works 
and founder of the Jacob Boehme society, *heavily* annotated by him 
throughout, signed in full “C.A. Muses” on front free endpaper with the 
note “NB: Prof I. Mendelsohn, head of the Dep’t of Cuniform Languages and 
Assyriology at Columbia University, informed & assured me that scholarship 
in 1947 had not preceded beyond Lenormant in this field.” Aside from Muses’ 
extensive handwritten notes, this is a very good, bright copy. $175.00

36) LEXA, Francois., LA MAGIE DANS L'EGYPTE ANTIQUE DE L'ANCIEN EMPIRE 
JUSQU'A L'EPOQUE COPTE., Paris: Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner. 1925. 
First Edition. Two volumes (of 3), Tome 1: Expose, Tome II: Les Textes 
Magiques. Lacks the third volume of plates. Octavo, original printed 
wrappers. 231 pp, 215 pp. From the library of Charles Muses, with a few 
pencil notes by him to the text. Volume 2 is unopened. The text is 
complete, the final volume (lacking here) is the Atlas volume of plates. 
Slight spine fading, a near fine bright set. $100.00

37) LILLIE, Arthur., MODERN MYSTICS AND MODERN MAGIC: CONTAINING A FULL 
BIOGRAPHY OF THE REV. WILIAM STANTON MOSES : TOGETHER WITH SKETCHES OF 
SWEDENBORG, BOEHME, MADAME GUYON, THE ILUMINATI, THE KABBALISTS, THE 
THEOSOPHISTS, THE FRENCH SPIRITISTS..., London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co. 
1894. First edition. Small octavo, original purple cloth titled in gold on 
spine panel. 172 pp. Cloth faded, and quite worn and chipped on the spine 
panel, two older bookstore tickets on front fly (Samuel Weiser and John M. 
Watkins, both occult booksellers). A good copy only. With chapters on 
Swedenborg, Boehme, Madam Guyon, The Illuminati, William Stainton Moses, 
Madame Blavatsky & Ghost Worship. From the library of Charles Muses, with 
his ownership stamp from "The Jacob Boehme Society" on the front endpaper. 
$100.00

38) MACCHIORO, Vittorio D., FROM ORPHEUS TO PAUL. A HISTORY OF ORPHISM., 
London: Constable & Company Limited. [1930]. First edition. Octavo, 
original clothtitled in gilt on spine. 260 pp, Illustrated, Notes, Index. 
Slight spine fading. From the library of Charles Muses, with his 
handwritten notes in pencil on the rear endpaper. A very good copy. $55.00

39) MEAD, G.R.S., SOME MYSTICAL ADVENTURES., London: John M. Watkins. 1910. 
First edition. Large octavo, original green cloth titled in gilt on spine 
and front panel. 303 pp. Contents: As Above, So Below; Heresy; The 
Elasticity of a Permanent Body; The Immensities; Heirs of the Ages; The 
Master; Initiation; A measure of What Wisdom Means to Me; Adumbrations; The 
Heroic Life; On the Track of Spirituality; Guesses at What to Expect; On 
the Art of Symbolism; The Self Taught; On the Way of the Path; Mystic 
Reality; The Deathless Race; Mystic Cosmogony; Some Elementary 
Speculations; On the Nature of the Quest.Scattered light foxing to 
endpapers and page edges, touch of rubbing to cloth; a sharp, very good 
copy. From the library of Dr. Charles Muses, author of occult and esoteric 
works & founder of the Jacob Boehme society, with his ownership stamp of 
"The Jacob Boehme Society, Inc" on the front free endpaper. $100.00

40) MEAD, G.R.S., FRAGMENTS OF A FAITH FORGOTTEN. SOME SHORT SKETCHES AMONG 
THE GNOSTICS MAINLY OF THE FIRST TWO CENTURIES - A CONTRIBUTION TO THE 
STUDY OF CHRISTIAN ORIGINS BASED ON THE MOST RECENTLY DISCOVERED 
MATERIALS., London: John M. Watkins. 1931. Third edition. Thick octavo, 
original green cloth titled and ruled in gilt on spine. 633 pp. Contents: 
Prolegomena; Some Rough Outlines of the Background of the Gnosis; General 
And Gnostic Christianity; The Gnosis According to Its Foes; Some Gnostic 
Fragments Recovered from the Polemical Writings of the Church Fathers; Some 
Traces of the Gnosis in the Uncanonical Acts; The Gnosis According to Its 
Friends; Bibliographies. A fresh clean copy, very nearly fine condition. 
Uncommon thus. $100.00

41) MEAD, G.R.S., FRAGMENTS OF A FAITH FORGOTTEN. SOME SHORT SKETCHES AMONG 
THE GNOSTICS MAINLY OF THE FIRST TWO CENTURIES - A CONTRIBUTION TO THE 
STUDY OF CHRISTIAN ORIGINS BASED ON THE MOST RECENTLY DISCOVERED 
MATERIALS., London: John M. Watkins. 1906. Second edition. Small octavo, 
original green cloth titled and ruled in gilt on spine and front panel. 633 
pp., [7] pp. ads at rear. Contents: Prolegomena; Some Rough Outlines of the 
Background of the Gnosis; General And Gnostic Christianity; The Gnosis 
According to Its Foes; Some Gnostic Fragments Recovered from the Polemical 
Writings of the Church Fathers; Some Traces of the Gnosis in the 
Uncanonical Acts; The Gnosis According to Its Friends; Bibliographies. From 
the library of Dr. Charles Muses, author of occult and esoteric works & 
founder of the Jacob Boehme society, with his signature on the front 
flyleaf, dated 1949.There are extensive notes in Muses' hand on the rear 
endpapers and some minor scholarly marginalia in his hand to the text, 
mostly confined to the bibliographies. Mild dampstains to front cover, 
spine panel a bit dull; a very good copy. $150.00

42) MEAD, G.R.S., ORPHEUS., London: Theosophical Publishing Society. 1896. 
First edition. Octavo, original green clothtitled in black on spine and 
front panel. 319 pp., folding charts, Bibliography. The importance of the 
mythical Orpheus as the transmitter of the science of divine things in the 
ancient Greek worlds of science, art & religion. Contents: Orphic Origins, 
Works, Theology, Theogony; Some Cosmogonical Details; Orphic Pantheon; On 
the Mysteries and Symbolism; Orphic Discipline and Psychology; The Doctrine 
of Rebirth. From the library of Dr. Charles Muses, author of occult and 
esoteric works & founder of the Jacob Boehme society, with his signature on 
the front flyleaf, dated 1949.There are extensive notes in Muses' hand on 
the rear endpapers and the prior three leaves, plus *extensive* notes, 
marginalia and underlining in his hand throughout the volume. A few old 
internal tape repairs, otherwise a very good copy. $150.00

43) MEAD, G.R.S., THE GNOSIS OF THE MIND., London and Benares: The 
Theosophical Publishing Society. 1906. First edition. Small format square 
octavo. Original green cloth titled in white on spine and front panel. 69 
pp. Issued as Volume I of the author's ECHOES FROM THE GNOSIS series, a 
series of small volumes drawn from, or based upon, the mystic, theosophic, 
and gnostic writings of the ancients. From the library of Dr. Charles 
Muses, author of occult and esoteric works & founder of the Jacob Boehme 
society, with his ownership stamp on the front endpaper an his extensive 
notes in pen on the rear endpapers and with his underlining and marginalia 
throughout the text; otherwise, a very good copy. $55.00

44) MEAD, G.R.S., THE VISION OF ARIDAEUS., London and Benares: The 
Theosophical Publishing Society. 1907. First edition. Small format square 
octavo. Original green cloth titled in white on spine and front panel. 74 
pp. "The most detailed and graphic Vision of Hades preserved to us from 
classical antiquity." Issued as Volume III of the author's ECHOES FROM THE 
GNOSIS series, a series of small volumes drawn from, or based upon, the 
mystic, theosophic, and gnostic writings of the ancients. From the library 
of Dr. Charles Muses, author of occult and esoteric works & founder of the 
Jacob Boehme society, with his ownership stamp on the front endpaper, his 
notes in pen on the rear endpapers and with his underlining and marginalia 
throughout the text; otherwise, a very good copy. $50.00

45) MEAD, G.R.S., THE MYSTERIES OF MITHRA., London and Benares: The 
Theosophical Publishing Society. 1907. First edition. Small format square 
octavo. Original green cloth titled in white on spine, front panel blank. 
90 pp. Issued as Volume V of the author's ECHOES FROM THE GNOSIS series, a 
series of small volumes drawn from, or based upon, the mystic, theosophic, 
and gnostic writings of the ancients. From the library of Dr. Charles 
Muses, author of occult and esoteric works & founder of the Jacob Boehme 
society, with his ownership stamp on the front endpaper, his notes in 
pencil pen on the rear endpapers and with his underlining and marginalia 
throughout the text; otherwise, a very good copy. $50.00

46) MEAD, G.R.S., A MITHRIAC RITUAL., London and Benares: The Theosophical 
Publishing Society. 1907. First edition. Small format square octavo. 
Original green cloth titled in white on spine, front panel blank. 77 pp. 
Issued as Volume VI of the author's ECHOES FROM THE GNOSIS series, a series 
of small volumes drawn from, or based upon, the mystic, theosophic, and 
gnostic writings of the ancients.From the library of Dr. Charles Muses, 
author of occult and esoteric works & founder of the Jacob Boehme society, 
with his ownership stamp on the front endpaper, his notes in pen on the 
rear endpapers and with his underlining and marginalia throughout the text; 
otherwise, a very good copy. $50.00

47) MEAD, G.R.S., THE GNOSTIC CRUCIFIXION., London and Benares: The 
Theosophical Publishing Society. 1907. First edition. Small format square 
octavo. Original green cloth titled in white on spine, front panel blank. 
83 pp. Issued as Volume VII of the author's ECHOES FROM THE GNOSIS series, 
a series of small volumes drawn from, or based upon, the mystic, 
theosophic, and gnostic writings of the ancients.From the library of Dr. 
Charles Muses, author of occult and esoteric works & founder of the Jacob 
Boehme society, with his ownership stamp on the front endpaper, his notes 
in pen on the rear endpapers and with his underlining and marginalia 
throughout the text; otherwise, a very good copy. $50.00

48) MEAD, G.R.S., THE HYMN OF THE ROBE OF GLORY., London and Benares: The 
Theosophical Publishing Society. 1908. First edition. Small format square 
octavo. Original green cloth titled in white on spine, front panel blank. 
98 pp. An important Gnostic text, an allegorical poem detailing an outer 
journey which is, in fact, a journey to the world within your soul. Issued 
as Volume X of the author's ECHOES FROM THE GNOSIS series, a series of 
small volumes drawn from, or based upon, the mystic, theosophic, and 
gnostic writings of the ancients.From the library of Dr. Charles Muses, 
author of occult and esoteric works & founder of the Jacob Boehme society, 
with his ownership stamp on the front endpaper and one small correction in 
pen to the text, unusually unmarked by him (Muses' wrote extensive 
scholarly notes throughout most of his books). A very good copy. $50.00

49) MEAD, G.R.S., THE WEDDING SONG OF WISDOM., London and Benares: The 
Theosophical Publishing Society. 1908. First edition. Small format square 
octavo. Original green cloth titled in white on spine, front panel blank. 
107 pp. Contents: Translations from the Greek, Catholicized Syriac and the 
Later Armenian Version texts; Syrian Wedding Festivities, Song of Songs; 
Sacred Marriage in the Kabalah; In the Writings of Philo Judaeus; In the 
New Testament; Wisdom; Sacred Marriage in Christian Gnosticism; In the 
Trismegistic Gnosis; In the Chaldean Oracles; In the Mithriac Mysteries; 
The Seven; The Choir of the Aeons. Issued as Volume XI of the author's 
ECHOES FROM THE GNOSIS series, a series of small volumes drawn from, or 
based upon, the mystic, theosophic, and gnostic writings of the 
ancients.From the library of Dr. Charles Muses, author of occult and 
esoteric works & founder of the Jacob Boehme society, with his signature on 
the front endpaper; a few notes in pen on the rear endpapers and with light 
markings by him to the text; a very good copy. $50.00

50) MEAD, G.R.S., SIMON MAGUS. AN ESSAY., London: Theosophical Publishing 
Society. 1892. 1st edition. Quarto, original gray cloth titled in black and 
ruled in gold. A thorough and fascinating discussion of Simon Magus, also 
known as Simon the Sorcerer and Simon of Gitta, originally a Christian and 
disciple of John the Baptist who broke off and formed the first Christian 
heresy, Simonianism. After learning magical medicine in Alexandria he was 
considered to have many magical skills – specifically he is said to have 
possessed the ability to levitate and fly at will. There were accusations 
that he was a demon in human form, with the story of Simon the wizard as 
the cultural equivalent of Merlin during the medieval times. Rear inner 
hinge starting, and front inner hinge repaired; ownership marks from 1896 
and 1930 on endpapers, cloth worn at edges, bumped, and with general 
overall age-darkening and dust soiling. A good copy only. From the library 
of Dr. Charles Muses, author of esoteric works and founder of the Jacob 
Boehme society, with his pencil annotations in the margins and ownership 
mark on front free endpaper. $150.00

51) MEAD, G.R.S. [translater], PISTIS SOPHIA. A GNOSTIC MISCELLANY: BEING 
FOR THE MOST PART EXTRACTS FROM THE BOOKS OF THE SAVIOURS, TO WHICH ARE 
ADDED EXCERPTS FROM A COGNATE LITERATURE. ENGLISHED (WITH AN INTRODUCTION 
AND ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY) BY G.R.S. MEAD., London: John M. Watkins. 1955. 
Third impression of the revised edition of 1921. Octavo, original green 
cloth titled and ruled in gilt on spine. 325 pp. The PISTIS SOPHIA is one 
of the key works of Gnosticism. This edition is translated from the Askew 
Codex in the British Museum, one of a very few codices that have survived 
the suppression of such literature both in East and West. Dating from circa 
300 AD, the PISTIS SOPHIA relates the Gnostic teachings of the transfigured 
Jesus to the apostles assembled with him eleven years after the crucifixion 
- the text proclaims that Jesus remained on earth after the resurrection 
for eleven years, and taught his disciples the meaning of the mystery 
during that time. The Gnostic codices are important in the way that they 
reveal matters of Christianity which were not revealed (some would say 
suppressed) from the Biblical Canon. Timely these days, with the popularity 
of such books as THE DA VINCI CODE and HOLY BLOOD, HOLY GRAIL. From the 
library of Dr. Charles Muses, author of occult and esoteric works & founder 
of the Jacob Boehme society, with his extensive notes in pen on the rear 
endpapers and with his underlining and marginalia throughout the text; 
otherwise, a very good copy in a nice bright dust wrapper with a few pen 
notes on the rear flap; spine panel slightly tanned. $100.00

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