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Libra Esoterica

Light on the path ...

by Mabel Collins, Harry Houdini Collection & George Wyld

  • First published:
  • 18th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: FictionPrimary source
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"A treatise for the personal use of those who are ignorant of the eastern wisdom, and who desire to enter within its influence. Written down by M.C." "Reprinted, by special permission." "How best to become a theosophist": p. [3]-21 at end. LC copy has ms. note at head of "How best to become a theosophist": An address delivered before the British Theosophical Society, Jan. 6, 1880, by its president, G. Wyld, M. D. Also available in digital form. Additional 6 copies, owned by Harry Houdini, in his Surplus copies of pamphlets. he04 2011-03-29 New Input done using BP520.H6 vol. 1. Local note on record for BP570.C75 1880 Copy 1 not added by cataloger; added by contractor using card. Not verified by looking at the piece, which is in remote storage. he04 2019-03-28 LAC aaa 2018-11-28 update (1 card) LAC kcc 2018-11-29 review

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Theosophy, Anthroposophy, and New Thought.

  • Theosophy, Anthroposophy, and New Thought

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive, library-of-congress, openlibrary, and openlibrary-historical matched “Theosophy” and “theosophy”. Retained metadata contains “theosophical” in the description and “Theosophy” in the subject metadata.

    • “Theosophy”· via Internet Archive
    • “theosophy”· via Library of Congress
    • “Theosophy”· via Open Library
    • “theosophical”· in description
    • “Theosophy”· in subject

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Editions

Open Library reports 15 editions; 2 cataloged here.

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

188uBoston : Occult Publishing Co.; Occult Publishing Co.English—Public

Open Library record

1949Theosophical University PressEnglish—Borrowable

Subjects

8 subject headings

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  • 21006490
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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: The Library of Congress
  • Digitization sponsor: The Library of Congress
  • 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.
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana
  • Open Library reports 15 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Open Library reports 7 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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openlibrary-work:OL42719407W
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