The Phoenix. An Illustrated Review of Occultism. 1931-1932 edition.
Los Angeles: Hall Publishing Co., 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio. (15 3/4 x 11 inches). Blue cloth spine with lighter blue papered boards, b&w illustrations throughout. Edition limited to 3,000 hand numbered copies, this copy not numbered (as common). A gathering of essays on occult and spiritual subjects. Includes: 'The Ladder of Souls,' with diagrams after Robert Fludd; 'Bodhidharma, Patriarch of Zen; ' 'When the Dead Come Back,' 'Albert Pike, Plato of Freemasonry,' 'Sorcery of Asia, ' 'Concentration and Retrospection, ' 'The Comte de St. Germain, ' 'The Cycle of Transmigration,'(according to Nagarjuna), 'The Tenth Avatar, ' (a study of Gandhi) 'The Wheel of Pythagoras, ' 'The Practice of Meditation, ' 'H.P.B., the Russian Sphinx, ' (on Madame Blavatsky); 'The Universe in Stone,' (the Buddhist temples at Borobudur), 'Kismet' (a story), 'Holy Men, ' (of India), 'Apollonius, The Anti-Christ,' and 'The Great Pyramid.' Generously illustrated. Spine ends bruised and a little frayed, corners of boards rounded and rubbed through, both boards darkened - particularly towards edges - with some bumps and chips to paper covering at edges (particularly at fore-edge). Previous owner's stamp on rear cover. Hinges cracked but holding, endpapers dusty, usual signs of modest use. A solid, internally clean VG VG copy (no dust jacket issued). Item #65894
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