Secret Societies of All Ages
Mar / 04 / 2010 / 06:57
by Charles William Heckethorn, 1965Originally published in 1875, this is a beautiful 2-volume edition of the classic encyclopedic Compendium of legend, lore, and knowledge abou the secret societies of the world.
This monumental work covers the subject like no other, and has long been considered THE authoritative text on Secret Societies. Subjects discussed in these volumes include Nature of Secret Societies, Religious Secret Societies, Causes of High Mental Development, The True Doctrines of Nature and Being, Fundamental Principles of True Knowledge Possessed by the Ancients, Key to Mystic Teaching, Mystic Teaching Summarized, Original Spirit of the Mysteries, the Most Ancient Secret Society, Ancient Mysteries, The Magi, Zoroaster, the Mysteries of Mithras, Rites of Initiation, Secret Doctrines, Egyptian Mysteries, Exoteric and Esoteric Doctrines, Places of Initiation, Mysteries of Serapis and Osiris, Crata Repoa or Highest Degree of Egyptian Initiation, the Gate of Death, the Battle of the Shades, Sabazian Mysteries, Mysteries of the Cabiri, Eleusinian Mysteries, Chinese and Japanese Mysteries, Chinese Metaphysics, Japanese Doctrines, Mexican and Peruvian Mysteries, The Greater Mysteries, Human Sacrifices, The Druids, Druid Rites and Doctrines, The Cabbala, Sons of the Widow, The Gnostics, The Essenes, Christian Initiations, Christian Mysteries,The Apocalypse, Ishmaelites, The Lodge of Wisdom, The Assassins, Degrees of the Order, Modern Assassins, The Druses, The Dervishes, the Luciferians, Origin of Devil-Worship, The Templars, Mysteries of the Knights Templar, Mystics, Alchymists, Jacob Bohme, Illuminati of Avignon, Rosicrucians, Rosicrucian Rituals and Ceremonies, the Asiatic Brethren, The Thugs, Worship and Initiation in the Thug Cult, The Illuminati, Illuminati Ceremonies of Initiation, Freemasonry, Masonic Initiation Ceremonies, the Mysterious Ladder, the Rites of Misraim and Memphis, Modern Knights Templar, the Philosophical Rite, Egyptian Rite Freemasonry, the Carbonari, the Cambridge Secret Society, Modern Druids, Human Leopards, The Invisibles, and MUCH, Much more!
Both books are in very good condition, clean and solid inside & out. There is also a wide variety of fascinating neat pencil underlinings and notations from a previous owner that make for interesting study. Slipcase has wear and soiling, but is in decent condition.
SOLD for $65.00
