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The eight key titles re-published in this set make important texts
accessible once again, and provide a comprehensive overview of this
influential Victorian phenomenon. Available as an eight-volume set
or as individual volumes.
The eight key titles re-published in this set make important texts
accessible once again, and provide a comprehensive overview of this
influential Victorian phenomenon. Available as an eight-volume set
or as individual volumes.
The eight key titles re-published in this set make important texts
accessible once again, and provide a comprehensive overview of this
influential Victorian phenomenon. Available as an eight-volume set
or as individual volumes.
The eight key titles re-published in this set make important texts
accessible once again, and provide a comprehensive overview of this
influential Victorian phenomenon. Available as an eight-volume set
or as individual volumes.
The eight key titles re-published in this set make important texts
accessible once again, and provide a comprehensive overview of this
influential Victorian phenomenon. Available as an eight-volume set
or as individual volumes.
'The Book of Enoch the Prophet' is the oldest known mystical
document in existence, dating back to the second century BCE. It
reveals a vision of a new age of heaven on earth that figures in
esoteric and occult practices.
The Sepher Yetzirah or "Book of Formation," although very short, is
probably the most important of the Kabalistic texts. Its secrets
were passed on in the Hebrew oral tradition until it was written
down in the 2nd century BCE. It lays out the principles of
Kabalistic cosmology and the Tree of Life, how humankind (the
microcosm) reflects the Divine (the macrocosm). It also sets forth
the Hebrew doctrine of Logos--the creation of the world in numbers,
letters, and sound, and therefore is a seminal text for all serious
magicians. Stenring has made a word-for-word translation from
several texts.choosing only those parts which he believed to be
authentic. He reveals the text's secrets in his diagrams, tables,
and extensive notes. His "Master Key" to the theoretical and
practical Kabala is a diagram of the correspondences between the
English and Hebrew alphabets and is not found in other translations
of the Sepher Yetzirah. Also unique in this translation is
Stenring's assignment of certain tarot cards to the paths on the
Tree of Life. Several authors have done this before, but Stenring
asserts that he arrived at his correspondences on his own. The
introduction by Waite surveys the historical background of the
Sepher Yetzirah translations and the import of this foundational
Kabbalistic text. R.A. Gilbert's foreword provides background
information on Waite's interest and involvement with Stenring's
translation.
The thrill and chill of the ghost story is displayed in all its
variety and vitality through this marvellous anthology. Ranging
from the early 19th century to the 1960s, the collection reveals
the development of the genre, and showcases many of its greatest
expositors - from Sir Walter Scott, H. G. Wells, M. R. James, T. H.
White, Walter de la Mare, and Elizabeth Bowen in the UK to Edith
Wharton in America. Though its heyday coincided with the golden age
of Empire in the nineteenth century, the ghost story enjoyed a
second flowering between the two World Wars and its popularity is
as great as ever.
The Victorians excelled at telling ghost stories, and the best still retain their power to unsettle and surprise. This chilling selection includes work by such supernatural specialists as J. S. Le Fanu and M. R. James; also emphasizes the role played by women writers such as Elizabeth Gaskell and E. Nesbit. There are also tales by Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Henry James, as well as one or two genuine rarities for the enthusiast to savour.
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