Initiation Into Hermetics. A Course of Instruction of Magic Theory and Practice.
Wuppertal, Germany: Dieter-Rüggeberg, 1981. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 296pp. Black cloth with gilt titling to spine and gilt decoration to upper board; b&w frontis photo of Bardon, color plate, index. The first book by Franz Bardon (1909-1958), the Czech-born Hermeticist. 'Initiation into Hermetics' was originally published in German as 'Der Weg zum wahren Adepten' in 1956. In it Bardon takes a description of a single tarot card as the starting point for a discourse on theoretical and practical magical exercises designed to expand the occult abilities and spiritual horizons of the student. Eges of text block a little darkened with some very light foxing, a few very light spots to endpapers. Otherwise a tight, bright VG+ copy in VG+ dust jacket. (Dust jacket has just a hint of edgewear and some gentle rippling, not price clipped, now in protective mylar cover. ). Item #74819
ISBN: 3921338018
Price: $150.00