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Ecce orienti

an epitome of the history of the ancient Essenes, their rites and ceremonies

Also known as Ecce Orienti! An Epitome of the History of the Ancient Essenes, Their Rites and Ceremonies; Followed by the Ritual of the Modern Order of Essenes; Ecce orienti; an epitome of the history of the ancient Essenes, their rites and ceremonies

by Moses Wolcott Redding

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source

iv, [5]-224 p. 16 cm Also published with title: Behold the East!

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ancient religions, animism, and ritual and Initiatory orders and secret societies.

  • Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive, online-books-page, and openlibrary-historical matched “Secret societies”. Retained metadata contains “Secret societies” in the subject metadata.

    • “Secret societies”· via Internet Archive
    • “Secret societies”· via The Online Books Page
    • “Secret societies”· via Open Library
    • “Secret societies”· in subject
  • Retained metadata contains “Rites and ceremonies” in the subtitle, “Rites and ceremonies” in the alternative title, and “Rites and ceremonies” in the edition subtitle.

    • “Rites and ceremonies”· in subtitle
    • “Rites and ceremonies”· in alternative title
    • “Rites and ceremonies”· in edition subtitle

Membership records how this book met the catalog’s discovery criteria — relevance to a tradition, not a judgment of the book’s claims.

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an epitome of the history of the ancient Essenes, their rites and ceremonies

The Online Books Page curated catalog record

third edition; New York: Redding and Co., 1870

1870New York, Redding & Co.; Redding & Co.English—Public

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: University of California Libraries
  • Digitization sponsor: MSN
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Scanner: rich2
  • Source-listed Library of Congress call number(s): HS457 .E3 1870
  • The Online Books Page bibliographic note: third edition; New York: Redding and Co., 1870
Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL16325786W
Edition coverage
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