R. A. Gilbert

"The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn was the last and greatest flowering of the Victorian occult revival. Historian R.A. Gilbert uses photos and personal letters never before seen or published to provide an intimate and cohesive history of this controversial group--from its creation in the late 1800s to its fractured dissolution in the early 1900s. Over 80 llustrations. color insert."

"The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn was the last and greatest flowering of the Victorian occult revival. Historian R.A. Gilbert uses photos and personal letters never before seen or published to provide an intimate and cohesive history of this controversial group--from its creation in the late 1800s to its fractured dissolution in the early 1900s. Over 80 llustrations. color insert."

Anyone who is studying the Golden Dawn system needs this material to complete their collection... "This is a good book with the flying rolls that were sent out in the earlier days of the Golden Dawn with papers by S.L. Mathers, W.W. Wescott and others." "This book contains many RRAC (Second Order) manuscripts not included in Israel Regardie's books. It also includes material from the Cromlech Temple. " ---Amazon

Evelyn Underhill (1875–1941) was an English writer and pacifist who became famous for her numerous works on religion and spiritual practice, in particular mysticism. In the English-speaking world, she was one of the most widely read writers on these matters in the first half of the twentieth century, especially for this book "Mysticism" published in 1911. It sold so many copies that no other book of this type was able to meet with the same great success until Aldous Huxley came out with The Perennial Philosophy in 1946.

Tanya Black has everything a women could want: a fulfilling career, a beautiful daughter, Android elegant home and a handsome, charismatic husband who is pastor at a prominent Baptist church. And yet, Tanya can no longer deny that the calm surface of her life hides a growing turbulence. Her husband Curtis, once a supportive partner and passionate lover, has grown remote, and Tanya has he uneasy feeling that her comfortable life is about to change forever. When Tanya uncovers disturbing truths about Curtis, she is plunged into a bittersweet journey of discovery. For a while she learns painful new lessons about love, betrayel and sensasional temptation, she also discovers, within herself, the wisdom to celebrate the victories that are hers alone.

Interesting account by R.A. Gilbert of Crowley's involvement in the Golden Dawn. Illustrated with a photograph of Crowley playing chess at a club - plus other rare illustrations. Great number in the series by Masonic author and antiquarian bookseller, R.A. Gilbert.

"A treat for all lovers of the traditional ghost story: here are thirty-five well-wrought tales of haunted houses, vengeful spirits, and spectral warnings from beyond the grave, each one of them guaranteed to generate 'the pleasurable shudder'."--Jacket.