[RELIGION]Livre Rare Book
ref. 19883In-8, demi-veau brun, dos long orné de filets et fleurons dorés, tranches mouchetées de rouge (mors fendu, dos insolé, quelques petites rousseurs et taches, déchirure à la p. 196 du premier opus, petit manque au faux-titre de la Correspondance).
ref. 9605Texte complet en 5 livraisons de la REVUE THÉOSOPHIQUE FRANÇAISE : n° 10 (déc. 1917), n° 11 (janvier 1918), n° 12 (février 1918), n° 1 (mars 1918), n° 2 (avril 1918). Les 5 livraisons ont été réunies dans une reliure in-8° demi-percaline, titre de " La Lémurie Perdue " et nom de l'auteur sont inscrits au dos en caractères dorés. La carte dépliante, représentant " La Lémurie à son apogée " et " La Lémurie à sa dernière période ", est bien présente.
1977ref. 117234Retz, coll. « Les oeuvres fantastiques » 1977 In-8 broché 20 cm sur 15. 254 pages. Couverture frottée. Bon état d’occasion.
1975ref. 117235Retz, coll. « Les oeuvres fantastiques » 1975 In-8 broché 20 cm sur 15. Bon état d’occasion.
ref. SweCh1Paulist Press 1990. hbk 350pp ISBN: 0809131390 prev ownerÕs isncns on inside front board and fep. And on rep and inside rear cover no dj as issued pictorial boards the text is excellent as new Paulist Press, 1990, hardcover
1908ref. 100055Paris, Perrin et Cie, Libraires-éditeurs 1908 In-12 18,5 x 11,5 cm. Broché, couverture grise, titre en noir sur le dos et le premier plat, V-377 pp., table des chapitres. Exemplaire en bon état.
1936ref. 76703Hamilton Canada: Cecil Willliams 1936-1940. Edited by Cecil Williams. Monthly. Octavo. Vol. I. Nos. 6 7 8 9 10; Vol. 2. Nos. 1 2 3 5; Vol. 3 No. 1; Vol. 5 No. 1. 4 pp. each. Eleven issues. Very good but for Vol. ! no. 6 which has edge chipping. very good. By this date there were numerous theosophical organizations and the primacy was sought by many lead to much infighting. This little periodical was an attempt to display and praise the coming together of various factions. For example in Vol. 1 No. 9 we read “Evidence of the spread of fraternization: Adyar and Point Loma held joint White Lotus day meetings at Point Loma San Francisco and Oakland California in London England as well as in other cities.” That same issue has a photographic portrait of Aldous Huxley and a review of “Eyeless in Gaza.” Cecil Willliams unknown
ref. a7108Madras 1910 Oriental Publihing. Hardcover. Octavo 279pp. cloth. Good. . hardcover
1884ref. 76074Madras: Madras Christian College Magazine 1884. First edition of this infamous report. Extracted from the November 1884 issue of the Madras Christian College Magazine one suspects that this article comprised the entirety of the issue. Octavo. 112 pp. entirely devoted to this report by Emma Coulomb which severely damaged the Theosophical movement. Contemporary ersatz binding of plain brown wrappers with lighter brown taped for spine front cover with a paper label bearing the title in manuscript. Hinges reinforced. With the bookplate of noted 20th century magician Stanley Collins.A very good copy of the exceedingly rare publication.Blavatsky met Emma and Alexis in 1871 in Cairo. They founded the short-lived Societe Spirite. In August 1879 Emma and Alexis contacted Blavatsky because they had financial problems. They were stranded in Sri Lanka and Blavatsky helped them to get to Bombay and tried to find a job for them. As she could not find a job for them she provided them with a position in the Theosophical Society where they did various chores such as cooking and gardening. In February 1884 Blavatsky and H. S. Olcott travelled to Europe. Prior to their departure Emma had occasion to see what she considered to be fraud on the part of Blavatsky. Blavatsky was rightly famous for introducing the concept of Hidden Masters and their importance in Mankind's crawl toward apotheosis. Traditionally celebrants would seek the advice of a revered Ascended Master through Blavatsky. When Blavatsky asked a question the illuminati would send an answer down apparently originating in midair. Emma claimed to have gone to the room above where Blavatsky was hosting a seeker and she said she saw Blavatsky's assistant in that room dropping little slips of paper through a crack in the ceiling. After their departure a conflict between the Coulombs and the Theosophical Society escalated. The Coulombs tried to blackmail and threaten Blavatsky whereupon Blavatsky dismissed them.After the Coulombs were dismissed they went to their Christian missionary friends of the Free Church of Scotland and gave them letters that were allegedly written by Blavatsky to Emma. These letters suggested that Blavatsky was a fraud. The chaplain George Patterson published extracts from these letters in the Madras Christian College Magazine presented here The incident became well known all over India and also in America and Europe. Blavatsky immediately published a reply in several newspapers. Blavatsky and Olcott then traveled back to India at the end of 1884. Soon afterwards the Hodgson Report was published which further damaged Blavatsky's reputation. The Hodgson Report was an 1885 report by the Society for Psychical Research SPR on Helena Blavatsky and purportedly fraudulent Mahatma Letters. According to OCLC there is not record for the copy here presented. After wading throuh a miasma of red tape we think that there was a report issued in London in 1885 with a title page reading "Some account of my Intercourse with Madam Blavatsky" that followed the original report issued by the Madras Christian College Magazine in 1884 an obvious extract with the title page reading "Some Account of My Association with Madame Blavatsky. In either case it is exceeding rare with no copy ever ever having come up at auction and none ever offered in the trade that we could find. Madras Christian College Magazine unknown
1929ref. 76692Sydney: Theosophical Society in Australia 1929-30. Edited by C. W. Leadbeater. Monthly. Octavo. Vol. V Nos. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1929-29. Vol. VI Nos. 1 2 3 4 5 6 1929. Vol. VII Nos. 2 3 5 6 1929-1930. Vol. VIII Nos. 1 3 1930. 20 issues. Printed in blue ink. Each volume is separately paginated. Numerous photographic illustrations. Publisher’s peach wrappers with lettering and decorations in blue. Some abrasion to spines but sturdy and clean throughout.We cannot best Pat Delavaney’s description so we present it here in it’s entirety; “From mid-1928 C.W. Leadbeater was editor of the journal. This was a fairly typical sectional journal of the Adyar Theosophists but its bland contents tolerance child welfare Indian independence practical domestic economy the World Mother messages from Leadbeater Annie Besant C.J. Jinarajadasa etc. conceal and gloss over the bitter internecine strife that preceded it. Dissatisfaction with the direction the Theosophical Society had taken under the guidance of Besant and Leadbeater had begun with Leadbeater's temporary expulsion from the T.S. in 1906 growing out of the accusations of Helen Dennis of Chicago about his "immoral sexual practices" with her son and another boy. Similar charges against Leadbeater and his protege James Wedgwood were made in Australia after World War I principally by Thomas Hammond Martyn - d. 1924 the head of the Sydney Lodge of the Society. Martyn besides his outrage over Leadbeater's and Wedgwood's sexual conduct also played a role in the bitter discussions over whether Besant had or had not said Wedgwood was an initiate -- and over whether she herself was an initiate or merely the dupe of Leadbeater. The furor in Australia centered around the Sydney Lodge and its attacks on the roles of Co-Masonry Krishnamurti the E.S. pederasty ceremonialism the "Back to Blavatsky" movement and the "T.S. Loyalty League." The convention of the Australian Section of the Society in 1922 was split leading to the expulsion of the Sydney Lodge the next year -- though it continued for decades as the Independent Theosophical Society. George Sydney Arundale 1878-1945 who edited this journal was General Secretary of the Australian Section 1926-1928 and went on to become third president of the T.S. in 1934. He was an English Theosophist prominent Co-Mason and bishop in the Liberal Catholic Church and firmly brought Theosophy in Australia back into the Besant-Leadbeater fold.” Krishnamurti broke with Theosophy in early August of 1929 and in the August 15 1929 of this periodical we find the below article - “Krishnaji Dissolved the Order of the Star.” The Order of the Star was the movement within the Theosophical Society that proclaimed Krishnamurti to be the World-Teacher/Messiah. And even before that in the issue of October of 1928 the lead article written by Leadbeater again was “Our Chief and Krishnaji I.e. Krishnamurti and it discusses the growing disparity between the teachings of Krishnamurti and those given by Annie Besant. The Australian Branch of the Theosophical Society was a continuous torn in its side as Leadbeater was determined to co-mingle Theosophy with his new Liberal Catholic Church. A Church found to be sorely lacking by the vast majority of sincere Theosophists. Theosophical Society in Australia unknown
1922ref. 76325New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1922. Second edition auction records show only one copy of the first edition which was printed by Bragdon himself at his Mana Press. Octavo. 111 1 pp. Publisher's black cloth with gilt cover and spine lettering General fatigue to binding but solid and two stamps to front endpaper. A difficult book to find.Claude Fayette Bragdon was an American architect artist writer and publisher who was active in the Theosophical Society in America. He operated the Manas Press in Rochester New York and was the first publisher of P. D. Ouspensky's work Tertium Organum. He was extremely active in the American Theosophical Society. He was in great demand as a lecturer and published numerous books and articles. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
1962ref. 76694Penang: Dr. H. C. Yeang 1962-64. Edited by C H Yeang. Quarterly. Three issues. Vol. II Nos. 11 12 & 13. Printed in purple ink and with numerous ads for local Malaysian businesses. Publisher’s printed wrappers of various hues. Some aging but very good. None located by OCLC. Quite a vibrant publication. In the overall arc of Theosophy The Malaysian Theosophist is quite a late-comer but their enthusiasm makes up for it. Includes articles by Geoffrey Hodson Kut Humi Speaks Blavatsky’s Ascended Master Joel S. Goldsmith Sri Siddha Evangeline “LSD. 25 Mescaline Etc.”. Adrienne Ashley Brown Landone & Martha Baker. In Vol. II. No. 12 April-September 1963 there is an article by Muhammad Subuh entitled “The Meaning and Purpose of Subud”. The first Subud periodical wasn’t published until 1964 but it did not contain any expository writings by Muhammad Subuh. He did publish some spiritual and autobiographical pieces is 1959 but this is almost surely his first published piece expounding upon Subud. Included in this lot is a separate publication ostensibly written by the same publisher/editor C. H. Yeang and it is uniform with the periodical in size and appearance. It is entitled “Hidden Secrets Revealed by ‘I AM’ that ‘I AM’.” It contains a listing of 53 metaphysical laws and is almost surely cribbed from various books published by Guy Ballard. The preface bears an inscription by Yeang and is dated 1963. As there are articles about such various movements as Baha’i and the Mazdaznan it would seem that this branch of the Theosophical Society was very un-doctrinaire. The covers all bear a variation of the Ballards’ I AM theosophical offshoot e.g. “WE ARE that I AM”. Dr. H. C. Yeang unknown
1886ref. 75774Cincinnati: Robert Clark & Co. 1886. First edition. Small square octavo. 42 pp. including a full page allegorical illustration. Printed green wrappers Excellent.Jirah Dewy Buck received his medical training at Cleveland Homeopathic Medical College completing the program in 1864. He began practice that year in Cincinnati as a homeopathic physician in general practice. He also taught medicine at Cleveland Medical College and became Dean of the Pulte Medical College in Cincinnati until it was merged into Ohio State University. In 1890 Dr. Buck became President of the American Institute of Homeopathy. He practiced medicine for over 40 years. Dr. Buck became active in the Theosophical Society in 1879. In 1880 he was a member of the General Council of the Theosophical Society. On May 13 1884 he was appointed by Col. Olcott to be a member of the Board of Control of the Theosophical Society's activities in the United States. In Mahatma Letter 140 written in March 1886 Madame Blavatsky gave A. P. Sinnett an indication that Dr. Buck was being "helped" by the Mahatmas to make the Society "a grand movement" in America. The Cincinnati Theosophical Society was formed on May 9 1886 at the Buck home on Oak Street. Cincinnati was one of the earliest centers of theosophical adherents in the US and Buck was their patriarch. The first edition is signed lightly in pencil by a woman in his inner circle.Madame Blavatsky quoted an essay of his in The Key to Theosophy and commented "No living theosophist has better expressed and understood the real essence of Theosophy than our honoured friend Dr. Buck". She also referred to him as "a true Philaletheian" in her book quoting from an article he published in The Theosophist September 1883 p. 327 titled "The Ethics of Theosophy." Robert Clark & Co. unknown
1889ref. 75793Cincinnati: Robert Clark & Co. 1889. Second edition. Octavo. Allegorical frontispiece 54 pp. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt spine lettering and floral endpapers. Very attractive. Robert Clark & Co. hardcover
1912ref. 76700Auckland: The Lotus Press 1912. Edited by J. Prickett. Octavo. Vol. II Nos. 9 & 12 likely the last issue ever published. Each volume paginated so erratic numbering but 28 pp. each. Publisher’s string tied wrappers with elaborate borders surround the lettering on front. Each issue with the remains of a removed price stamp on the inner upper wrappers light edge wear. Very good. OCLC locate 4 runs but all are in New Zealand. Published as a theosophist magazine for children. The Lotus Press unknown
1948ref. 76689Columbus OH: The Phoenix 1948-49. Edited by Frank Noyes. Quarterly. Quarto. Summer & Fall of 1948 and Summer of 1949. Mimeographed and consecutively numbered from pp. 205-288. Publisher’s printed wrapper of various colors stapled. No copies located by OCLC.A very obscure theosophical and astrological periodical out of Columbus Ohio. Frank E. Noyes b.1896 served with distinction in both world wars. He moved moving to Columbus Ohio in 1927. In 1938 he founded Frank Noyes Pies Inc. which he kept open until 1952. In the 1920s he developed an interest in Theosophy. He also believed in astrology and was a member of the American Federation of Scientific Astrologers from 1945 to 1950. Noyes and his friend Alan Hooker the manager of Noyes Pies were both active in Theosophy and traveled as lecturers for the Theosophical Society. Noyes sold his bakery in 1952 and settled permanently in Ojai He then spent more than two years developing glazes with Beatrice Wood a nationally renowned potter. Noyes remained a prolific and respected potter until his death in 1999 one year short of having lived in three centuries. The Phoenix unknown
1929ref. 76701Point Loma: The Theosophical Society 1929-35. Edited by G. de Purucker. Monthly. Small octavo. Vol. I Nos. 1-12; Vol. II Nos. 1 2 5 8 9 10 11 12: Vol. III. Nos. 1 2 3 4 7 8 9 10 11 12; Vol. IV. Nos. 1 2 3 4 6 7 10 11; Vol. V Nos. 3 4 5 8 10 11 12: Vol. VI. Nos. 1 2 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12; Vol. VII Only 1 2 & 4 are present. Fifty-seven issues. Each volume is separately paginated. The wood pulp paper used in the first two years is truly execrable-About half of these issues have problems e.g. on Vol. I No. 1 the last two pages have broken in half a few with wrappers loose edges chipped. They upgraded the paper stock for the later years. A very good and early assemblage.Katherine Tingley founded the Theosophical Society's main U.S. branch at Point Loma California in 1900. After her death in 1929 Gottfried de Purucker took over as leader of that community. He was a much more dedicated researcher and writer and he is still highly thought of in theosophical circles. He authored many works including The Esoteric Tradition and Studies in Occult Philosophy. He sold the Lomaland estate in 1942 and moved the branch’s headquarters to Covina but died within months of the move. The Theosophical Society unknown
ref. a86149Leipzig 1934-1936. Monatsschrift zur Entwicklung der höheren Seelen- und Geisteskräfte herausgegeben von der Deutschen Theosophischen Gesellschaft. Thirteen issues of this monthy journal from February 1934 January 1936. 8 for 1934 4 for 1935 1 for 1936. In German. Octavo about 65p. per issue original printed wraps. The dimenions of this journal are smaller after 1934 small octavos. Good plus some chipping along edges of a few issues. Thirteen issues. . paperback
1931ref. 76697Los Angeles: The Theosophy Company 1931-1942. Edited by John Garrigues. Monthly. Octavo. Vol. XX; Nos. 1 2 3 4 7 8 9 10 11 12 1931-1932; Vol. XXI. Nos. 1-12 1932-1933; Vol. XXII Nos. 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1934-1935; VOL. XXVI Nos. 8 10 1928; Vol. XXVII Nos. 1-12 1938-1939; 52 issues plus 9 odd issues from 1940-1946. 6 issues with their covers off but present and 3 with stains to the front cover. Very good overall. This was the mouthpiece of the United Lodge of Theosophists formed by Robert Crosbie in 1909. Crosbie was a student of William Judge who headed the American Division of the Theosophical Society. With the death of Blavatsky the leadership was thrown into disarray with Annie Besant heading the International Society and Katherine Tingley the American Society. In 1900 Crosbie threw his lot in with Tingley and moved to Lomaland but by 1904 he had grown disillusioned with her increasing theatricality and moved to South Pasadena and 5 years later founded the ULT. The United Lodge adhered tightly to the teachings of Blavatsky and paid no attention to either Tingley’s Kingdom in San Diego nor to the Maitreya of Annie Besant. In every issue they state “This Magazine is an independent journal unconnected with any theosophical society or other organization.” The ULT is likely the most active remaining theosophical group in the world. The Theosophy Company unknown
1883ref. 75773Madras: C. Foster and Co. 1883. First edition. Small octavo. 47. 1 pp. Publisher's printed buff wrappers. Some dust-soiling to wrappers else and excellent copy. Only four copies located by OCLC.We in the West tend to think of the Theosophical Society as a new religion practiced almost entirely in Europe and America but in fact there was a very large contingent of Indian Theosophists. Row a Vice-president of the Madras Branch of the the Theosophical Society explains the importance of the movement to him an Indian practitioner and why he joined. C. Foster and Co. unknown
ref. 3992Paris, Librairie Théosophique, 1901. In-12 reliure percaline verte, 264 pp.
ref. 11531Paris, Editions Dangles - Horizons Spirituels, 1977. In-8 broché, 140 pp. 23 figures en noir.
17822 voll. in 8 legati in uno 276; 244 + (1b) + (2) + (1b). Due etichette ai rispettivi fr. con indicazioni manoscritte coeve. Gora all'occhietto e alle prime 2 cc. M. pl. con nervi e tit. in oro al d. Ed. originale. L'A. (1743-1803), filosofo illuminista francese, proponeva una lettura dei testi cristiani alla luce del neoplatonismo e delle scienze occulte rigettando la Scolastica. Nell'opera sono indagati i rapporti tra umano e divino attraverso l'alchimia e la simbologia degli elementi di cui compaiono simboli nel testo.
ref. OKKU2084o.J. Regenten der sieben Sphären. Autorisierte Übersetzung v. Beatrice Flemming. München, Hirthammer (1980). 109 S., OLn. m. OU. / Der Pfad der Heilung. Übersetzung v. Elke vom Scheidt. W.o., 205 S., OLn. m. OU. ISBN 3921288800
2022br. In questa raccolta quattordici allievi di Rudolf Steiner annotarono i loro reali ricordi personali. Poterono ancora partecipare con lui e sotto i suoi occhi agli impulsi antroposofici di rinnovamento della cultura. Prima e dopo il centenario della nascita di Rudolf Steiner nell'anno 1961 furono pubblicati numerosi libri di altri allievi come pure di alcuni autori che qui presero la parola e che approfondirono più in dettaglio la sua vita e la sua opera.
