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This collector's edition contains the first modern reprint of William Wynn Westcott's original translation of the Sepher Yetzirah and his series of hermetic tracts, Collectanea Hermetica. It also features an introduction by the noted esoteric scholar, R. A. Gilbert.First published as nine individual books between 1893-1896, with contributions by Percy Bullock (Levavi Oculos -- L.O.), Florence Farr (Sapientia Sapienti dono data -- S.S.D.D.), and E W. Coleman (Audi et Aude -- A.E.A.) -- all show more members of the Golden Dawn -- Collectanea Hermetica is made up of "old Rosicrucian tracts and other notable volumes of occult lore", including translations of older works long out of print. Collected in one volume for the first time are: -- Hermetic Arcanum -- "Wherein the Secrets of Nature and Art concerning the matter of the Philosophers' Stone and the manner of working are explained in an authentic and orderly manner". -- a translation of Jean d'Espagnet's 1623 alchemical text, Arcanum Hermetica Philosophica Opus.-- The Divine Pymander -- The classic arcane text attributed to Hermes Trismegistos, as reprinted by Westcott from a translation, first published in 1650 by Dr. John Everard.-- The Hermetic Art -- Written anonymously by a Rosicrucian adept and published in 1714, this volume is as much concerned with Alchemy as a method of improving the human condition as it is with the alchemical process of transmutation.-- Aesch Mezareph -- A collection of purportedly Hermetic ideas found in classical and ancient Hebrew texts, such as the Zohar and Talmud, which illustrate the correspondences between Kabalah and Alchemy. Originally compiled by "A lover of Philalethes" and published in1714.-- Somnium Scipionis -- Comprised of three texts: The Vision of Scipio by Cicero, with notes and an essay about its mystical connotations; The Golden Verses of Pythagoras; and The Symbols of Pythagoras. The latter two works are also annotated, with commentary by W show lessTags
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Sensei-CRS Vol. II: The Pymander of Hermes, with a preface by the editor
Sensei-CRS Vol. III: A Short Enquiry Concerning the Hermetic Art by A Lover of Philalethes, Preface by Non Omnis Moriar (William Wynn Westcott), An Introduction to Alchemy and Notes by S.S.D.D. (Florence Farr),
Sensei-CRS Vol. IV: Æsch Mezareph or Purifying Fire, A Chymico-Kabalistic Treatise Collected from the Kabala Denudata or Knorr Von Rosenroth. Translated by a Lover of Philalethes, 1714, Preface, notes and explanations by Sapere Aude (William Wynn Westcott)
Sensei-CRS Vol. V: Somnium Scipionis, Translated into English with an Essay "The Vision of Scipio Considered as a Fragment of the Mysteries" by L.O. (Percy Bullock)
Sensei-CRS Vol. V: The Golden Verses of Pythagoras, by A.E.A. (E W. Coleman)
Sensei-CRS Vol. V: The Symbols of Pythagoras, by S.A. (William Wynn Westcott)
Sensei-CRS Vol. VI: The Chaldæan Oracles of Zoroaster, edited and revised by Sapere Aude, with an introduction by L.O.
Sensei-CRS VII: Euphrates or the Waters of the East by Eugenius Philalethes 1655, with a commentary by S.S.D.D. (Florence Farr)
Sensei-CRS Vol. VIII: Egyptian Magic by S.S.D.D. (Florence Farr)
Sensei-CRS Vol. IX: Numbers and their Occult Power and Mystic Virtues by Wm. Wynn Westcott
Sensei-CRS Vol. X: Sepher Yetzirah, the Book of Formation with the Fifty Gates of Intelligence and the Thirty-two Paths of Wisdom, translated from the Hebrew by Wm. Wynn Westcott
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- Collectanea Hermetica
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- 1893-1911 (English translation) (English translation); 1632; 1998 (Combined Edition) (Combined Edition); 1893 (English translation) (English translation)
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- Originally published in 10 separate volumes, from 1893 to 1911, translated by William Wynn Westcott.
Reprinted edition of Volumes 1-7, translated by William Wynn Westcott
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