The Real History of the Rosicrucians - Softcover

Waite, Arthur Edward

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1605320587 ISBN 13: 9781605320588

Publisher: Stone Guild Publishing, Inc., 2009

Synopsis

Originally published in 1888, this book is considered a fair and objective review of Rosicrucian history. From the author: "Beneath the broad tide of human history there flow the stealthy undercurrents of the secret societies, which frequently determine in the depths the changes that take place upon the surface. These societies have existed in all ages and among all nations, and tradition has invariably ascribed to them the possession of important knowledge in the religious scientific or political order according to the various characters of their pretensions. The mystery which encompasses them has invested them with a magical glamour and charm that to some extent will account for the extravagant growth of legend about the Ancient Mysteries, the Templars, the Freemasons, and the Rosicrucians, above all, who were the most singular in the nature of their ostensible claims and in the uncertainty which envelopes them."

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"Arthur Edward Waite while born in America, is better known as an English mystic, occultist and prolific writer on Masonic and esoteric subjects. A member of the famous occult order, the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, Waite has had published a number of important books on esoteric matters. His most lasting legacy however, is not through his books, but via the Tarot deck he created. Called the Rider Waite Tarot Deck, it is perhaps the most popular tarot deck to have come out of the twentieth century." (Quote from controverscial.com)

About this edition

• Publisher: Stone Guild Publishing, Inc.
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1605320587
• ISBN 13: 9781605320588
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 456