J.D. Holmes, ABAA - ILAB

JOCASTA'S CRIME: An Anthropological Study.

Raglan, Lord. · 1932

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1932. VERY GOOD cloth volume in used dust jacket. A controversial book in its time, as was often the case with Lord Raglan's works on mythology and folklore, and his often novel interpretations. Here he analyzes one of the classic myths involving incest....

THE UNIFYING FACTOR: A Review of the Kabbalah.

Schoenburg, Nina. · 1996

$19.50 (€17.69 | £14.76 | ¥3,114)

London: Jacob Aronson, 1996. FIRST EDITION. Fine cloth copy in fine dust jacket. An unusual work and hard to categorize, as the author moves easily from the traditional to more speculative branches of this ancient thought, including an essay appended on Nazism and Kabbalah. Ro...

THE ACENTRIC LABYRINTH: Giordano Bruno's Prelude to Contemporary Cosmology.

Mendoza, Ramon. · 1995

$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.34 | ¥13,573)

UK: Element Books, 1995. FIRST EDITION. A VERY GOOD+ or better cloth copy in dust jacket. 292 pages with index. Tall octavo.

MONKS AND MONASTERIES OF THE NEAR EAST.

Leroy, Jules. · 1963

$27.50 (€24.95 | £20.82 | ¥4,391)

London: George Harrap, 1963. FIRST EDITION. Front fly is corner clipped; else, a Very Good or better cloth volume. Illustrations. One section relates a visit to the tekke of the Bekhtashi dervishes. Translated by Peter Collin. 208 pages with index. 8vo.

CLEANSING THE DOORS OF PERCEPTION: The Religious Significance of Entheogenic Plants and Chemicals.

Smith, Huston. · 2000

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

New York: Tarcher / Putnam, 2000. FIRST EDITION. A Fine Cloth Copy in dust jacket. Follows Huxley in examining the impact of hallucinogens on spirituality. Bibliograhical reading list for the Traditionalist school as well. 173 pages, indexed. Octavo.

SPIRITS FINELY TOUCHED: The Testing of Value and Integrity in Four Shakespearean Plays.

Skulsky, Harold. · 1976

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1976. FIRST EDITION. Fine premium cloth copy in fine dust jacket. 288 pages with index. Tall 8vo.

THE THREE RELIGIONS OF CHINA.

Soothill, W.E. · 1973

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

London: Curzon Press, 1973. FINE CLOTH VOLUME in dust jacket, well printed and bound facsimile of the 1929 edition. 271 pages with index. Octavo.

SACRED ART OF TIBET.

Tulku, Tarthang. · 1974

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Dharma Publishing, 1974. Quality paper edition; A FINE COPY. Thirty-six full page plates. Introduction by Herbert Guenther. Commemoration issue of the Sacred Art of Tibet Exhibition and Film Festival, at Lone Mountain College, near San Francisco. 4to.

THE BUDDHA AND HIS RELIGION.

Saint-Hillaire, J.B. · 1914

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

London: Kegan Paul, 1914. FIRST EDITION. Very Good or better cloth copy without marking or defect. 384 pages. Octavo.

FAMILIAR MYSTERIES: The Truth in Myth.

Lowry, Shirley Park. · 1982

$14.25 (€12.93 | £10.79 | ¥2,276)

NY: Oxford University Press, 1982. FIRST EDITION. Fine premium cloth copy in fine dust jacket. Looks at a diversity of mythological characters, one being, Odysseus, who follows recurring patterns recognized in most cultures as mythological paradigms. 329 pages. Octavo.

THE CONFESSIONS OF JACOB BOEHME.

Palmer, W. Scott. (comp.) · 1976

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

New York: Gordon Press, 1976. A FINE CLOTH COPY. Introduction by Evelyn Underhill. [xxxv], 188 pages. Tall octavo.

GENDER IN MYSTICAL AND OCCULT THOUGHT: Behmenism and Its Development.

Gibbons, B.J. · 2002

$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.34 | ¥13,573)

Cambridge University Press, 2002. In quality trade wraps; A FINE COPY. 247 pages, indexed. Tall 8vo.

JAKOB BOHME. [Jacob Boehme]

Wehr, Gerhard. · 1980

$33.00 (€29.94 | £24.98 | ¥5,270)

Germany: Rowhlt Monograph, 1980. In wraps as issued; A VERY GOOD+ COPY. This small work has a remarkable spread of early and later illustrations, pertaining to the Boehme's philosophy and influence. Text in German. Bibliography. 156 pages, indexed. Small 8vo.

DR. WILLIAMS AND HIS LIBRARY.

Jones, Stephen Kay. · 1948

$17.50 (€15.88 | £13.25 | ¥2,795)

Cambridge: Heffer, 1948. In wraps as issued; A FINE COPY. Friends Inaugural Lecture, 1947. The Williams library is located on Gordon Square, London, and is primarily a repository of Reformist literature, and fine collections devoted to William Law and Jacob Boehme. 35 pages. 8vo.

SOME EXPONENTS OF MYSTICAL RELIGION.

Jones, Rufus M. · 1930

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

London: The Epworth Press (J. Alfred Sharp), 1930. FIRST EDITION. Name on fly; shadow of a blemish on front panel; internals crisp, bright, and free of any marking or defect; A VERY GOOD+ Cloth Copy. Excellent examination of Behmenist philosophy, among others. 222 pages. Octavo.

HIDDEN RICHES: Traditional Symbolism from the Renaissance to Blake.

Hirst, Desiree. · 1964

$77.00 (€69.86 | £58.28 | ¥12,296)

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1964. FIRST EDITION. VERY GOOD+ or better cloth volume in dust jacket. Hirst explores the influences that were powerful in the religious and philosophical development of William Blake, from the Renaissance academies through Boehme, Agrippa, Trithem...

PERELANDRA.

Lewis, C.S. · 1996

$27.50 (€24.95 | £20.82 | ¥4,391)

New York: Scribner, 1996. A FINE CLOTH COPY in fine dust jacket. 190 pages. Tall octavo.

LUCIFER: The Devil in the Middle Ages.

Russell, Jeffrey Burton. · 1984

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,380)

Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1984. FIRST EDITION. Custom end papers; VERY GOOD+ CLOTH VOLUME in dust jacket. Illustrated with twenty five plates. Bibliography. 356 pages with index. Royal 8vo.

ESOTERIC BOOK CONFERENCE: 5th and Sixth Anniversary: Two Program Booklets.

Kiesel, William. [host] · 2013

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

Seattle: Printed at the Sign of the Ouroboros, 2013-14. A FINE COPY, saddle-stitched., listing the participants, program of lectures and performances, booksellers, with illustrations by Orryelle, Joseph Uccello, and Carlos Melgoza. Astrological Observations on the 2012 Confere...

OBSERVATIONS SUR LES CACHETS DES MEDICINS OCULISTES ANCIENS.

Duchalais, M. Adolphe. · 1846

$88.00 (€79.84 | £66.61 | ¥14,052)

Paris: La Societe Royale des Antiquaires de France [Memoires et Dissertations], 1846. Bound in quarter leather and marble boards; marbled end papers; Very Good+ or better copy. Text in French. Interesting and scarce article on the treatment and healing of the eyes in the ancie...