An Analysis of Magic and Witchcraft. A Retrospective Introduction to the Study of Modern Metapsychics.
London: Rider, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xii + 244pp. Red cloth gilt-lettered on spine. B/w frontis. & illustrations. Bibliography. The author seeks to cut through accrued superstitions to explore what he sees as the metaphysical basis of magic and witchcraft. Chapter headings include; Religious Symbolism; The Kabala; Sexual Worship; The Devil Myth; Sorcery and Witchcraft; Witches' Sabbat; Pseudo-Morphic Phenomena; Divination, its Various Forms; Alchemy, its Chemical Aspect; White Magic and Initiation; Some Aspects of Modern Metaphysics; Cryptesthesis, Telekiniesis, Ectoplasmia; Bibliography. Cloth a bit rubbed and a quite discoloured overall, spine ends and corners lightly chafed and bumped, top-edge dusty. Bookplate on front paste-down and owner's name printed largely on front free endpaper, page-edges lightly foxed, uneven browning to endpapers, otherwise a solid, internally-clean near-VG copy (no dust jacket). Item #60120
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