William Blake / Charles Robinson (ill) - Songs of Innocence - 1915
No. 86760485
Charles William Heckethorn - The Secret Societies of All Ages & Countries in Two Volumes - 1965
No. 86760485
Charles William Heckethorn - The Secret Societies of All Ages & Countries in Two Volumes - 1965
from the introduction:
'In a work of astounding scholarship, first written in 1875 and completely revised in 1897, Charles William Heckethorn has written the definitive account of secret societies -their reasons for being, initiations and ceremonies, codes and customs, rise and fall. He traces their evolution, uncovering surprising similarities between some of the most distant in time and space (...) This is the monumental effort of a scholar who wrote neither for profit nor for a Ph.D. thesis (...) Heckethorn makes it clear: within the secret society lies the conscience of mankind.'
Inhoud:
BOOK I:
Introduction
Preface to the New Edition
Preface to First Edition
Ancient Mysteries - 10 Chapters (the Magi, Mithraics, Brahmins and Gymnosophists, Egyptian Mysteries, Crata Repoa, Legend of Isis, Chinese and Japanese mysteries, Mexican and Peruvian mysteries, The Druids, Scandinavian.
Emanationists -4 Chapters
Christian Initiations -2 Chapters
Ishmaelites - 5 Chapters
Heretics - 1 Chapter
Chivalry - 2 Chapters
Judiciary - 3 Chapters
Mystics - 6 Chapters (Alchymists, Jacob Boehme, Swedenborg, Martinism, Rosicrucians, Asiatic Brethren
Anti-social societies - 10 Chapters
Social regeneration - 5 Chapters
Authorities consulted
Index
BOOK II:
Freemasonry - 27 Chapters
International commune and anarchists - 1 Chapter
Political secret societies - 15 Chapters
Miscellaneous societies
Authorities consulted
Index
Conditie van de boeken: Prima. Mooie, schone en complete set.
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