Qabbalah: The Philosophy of Ibn Geberol, The Qabbalah, and the Zohar; Secret Doctrine Reference Series
San Diego, California: Wizards Bookshelf, 1988. Facsimile reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. xxiv + 500pp. Grey faux leather with gilt title, etc. to cover and spine, illustrated endpapers, b&w frontis and illustrations, index. A volume from the Secret Doctrine Reference Series which reprints works which were important to Mme. Blavatsky, and upon which she relied or quoted heavily from when writing "The Secret Doctrine." A facsimile reprint of the "The Philosophical Writings of Solomon Ben Yehudah Ibn Gebirol, or Avicebron, and their connection with the Hebrew Qabbalah and Sepher ha-Zohar, with remarks upon the Antiquity and content of the latter, and translations of selected passages from the same. Also An Ancient Lodge of Initiates, translated from the Zohar, and an abstract of an Essay upon the Chinese Qabbalah, contained in the book called the Yih King; a translation of part of the Mystic Theology of Dionysios, the Areopagite; and an account of the construction of the ancient Akkadian and Chaldean Universe, etc. Accompanied by Diagrams and Illustrations." This was an important work of the time - Mme. Blavatsky cited it approvingly in The Secret Doctrine, although Myer's confusion about the position of some of the Sephiroth seems to have led her astray. Unused copy. Fine condition. No dust jacket issued. Item #65607
ISBN: 0913510572
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