The Secret Doctrine In Israel: A Study of the Zohar & Its Connections by A. E. Waite
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An important text on the teachings of Zoharic Kabbalism, this is Waite's second study of the Kabbalah.
Writing about Waite's studies of the Kabbalah, scholar and bookseller R. A. Gilbert noted;
'No other work in English approaches Waite's study in sanity, accuracy or competence, despite some philological and historical errors due to his reliance on unsatisfactory translations. His insight into Kabbalism is praised by Gershom Scholem, the greatest living authority on the subject.'
London: William Rider & Son, 1913. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 330pp + 6 pages of publisher s adverts. 4 plates including frontispiece illustration of The Sacred Tree of The Sephiroth. Original royal purple cloth with emblem of two angels and gilt titles to spine and upper board, gilt boarders and decoration to front cloth, top edge gilt. Wear to spine edges and corners with a 2cm closed tear at the head of spine, light foxing to endpapers, neat inscription Wm J. Ingram from E. M. W. March 1940 to front paste-down. Otherwise, an excellent, clean copy of one of Waite's more scarce works.
Arthur Edward Waite (1857 - 1942) was was a prolific author on esoteric subjects. A member of the Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia, and the Theosophical Society, he joined the Order of the Golden dawn in 1891 and remained in it for over a dozen years before leaving and forming his Fellowship of the Rosy Cros.
Writing about Waite's studies of the Kabbalah, scholar and bookseller R. A. Gilbert noted;
'No other work in English approaches Waite's study in sanity, accuracy or competence, despite some philological and historical errors due to his reliance on unsatisfactory translations. His insight into Kabbalism is praised by Gershom Scholem, the greatest living authority on the subject.'
London: William Rider & Son, 1913. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 330pp + 6 pages of publisher s adverts. 4 plates including frontispiece illustration of The Sacred Tree of The Sephiroth. Original royal purple cloth with emblem of two angels and gilt titles to spine and upper board, gilt boarders and decoration to front cloth, top edge gilt. Wear to spine edges and corners with a 2cm closed tear at the head of spine, light foxing to endpapers, neat inscription Wm J. Ingram from E. M. W. March 1940 to front paste-down. Otherwise, an excellent, clean copy of one of Waite's more scarce works.
Arthur Edward Waite (1857 - 1942) was was a prolific author on esoteric subjects. A member of the Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia, and the Theosophical Society, he joined the Order of the Golden dawn in 1891 and remained in it for over a dozen years before leaving and forming his Fellowship of the Rosy Cros.
Category Occult, Magic & Esotericism