Glimpses of Masonic History.
Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. viii + 380pp. Original green cloth with black titling and illustration on spine, illustrated in blind on upper cover, b&w frontisportrait and illustrations with tissue guards, appendixes, chronological charts, index. A somewhat unorthodox history of Freemasonry by Charles Webster Leadbeater (1854-1934), a prominent, if controversial, member of the Theosophical Society, co-founder of the Liberal Catholic Church, Co-Mason, and author of many books on Theosophy, Freemasonry and various aspects of occultism. Chapter headings: Schools of Masonic Thought; The Egyptian Mysteries; The Cretan Mysteries; The Jewish Mysteries; The Greek Mysteries; The Mithraic Mysteries; Craft Masonry in Medieval Times; Operative Masonry in the Middle Ages; The Transition from Operative to Speculative; Other Lines of Masonic Tradition; The Scottish Rite; and, The Co-Masonic Order. Light overall shelf wear to covers, spine faded with some bruising and chafing to ends, corners lightly bumped, owner's name etc on front blank, pages are bright and unmarked. Overall a tight, clean VG+ copy (no dust jacket). Item #69336
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