Codex Rosæ Crucis D.O.M.A. A Rare & Curious Manuscript of Rosicrucian Interest, Now Published for the First Time in Its Original Form.
Los Angeles, CA: Philosophical Research Society, Inc., 1971. Reprint of the Revised & Enlarged Edition. Hardcover. Folio. 114pp (ii). Original maroon pictorial cloth, with gilt titling to spine and upper board. Colour, b&w and colour illustrations; fold-out. A reprint of the revised and enlarged edition of this book which was first published in a limited edition of 1000 copies in 1938. It comprises a series of short essays on Rosicrucian texts by Hall, along with a along with a facsimile text and translation of the eighteenth century German "D.O.M.A. manuscript" entitled "Codex Rosae Crucis." Hall observed that the work combined all the Rosicrucian interests of "Alchemy, hermetic philosophy, mystic Christianity, cabalism and ceremonial magic, ontology and cosmogony, Pythagorean and Platonic numerology, Gnostic Christianity, classical pagan mythology, medicine and pharmacology, and comparative religion," suggesting that the mysterious acronym D.O.M.A. might stand for "Deo Optimo Maximo Altissimo." Spine ends and upper corners bumped and lightly rubbed, a few very light marks to cloth - else a tight, clean near Fine copy (no dust jacket as issued). Item #66284
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