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The Kabbala: or, The true science of light

an introduction to the philosophy and theosophy of the ancient sages, together with a chapter on light in the vegetable kingdom

by Seth Pancoast

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

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Consciousness, mysticism, and metaphysics, Kabbalah and Jewish esotericism, and Theosophy, Anthroposophy, and New Thought.

  • Kabbalah and Jewish esotericism

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Cabala”. Retained metadata contains “Cabala” in the subject metadata.

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    • “Cabala”· in subject
  • Theosophy, Anthroposophy, and New Thought

    Controlled discovery queries from wellcome matched “Theosophy”. Retained metadata contains “Theosophy” in the subtitle and “Theosophy” in the edition subtitle.

    • “Theosophy”· via Wellcome Collection
    • “Theosophy”· in subtitle
    • “Theosophy”· in edition subtitle
  • Consciousness, mysticism, and metaphysics

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Mysticism”. Retained metadata contains “Mysticism” in the subject metadata.

    • “Mysticism”· via Internet Archive
    • “Mysticism”· via Open Library
    • “Mysticism”· in subject

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Editions

2 editions cataloged here.

an introduction to the philosophy and theosophy of the ancient sages, together with a chapter on light in the vegetable kingdom

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1883Kessinger Publishing Co.; New York : R. WorthingtonEnglish—Public

an introduction to the philosophy and theosophy of the ancient sages : together with a chapter on light in the vegetable kingdom

Wellcome Collection bibliographic record

312 pages, 5 unnumbered leaves of paltes (part. folded) : illustrations ; 23 cm

1883R. WorthingtonEnglish—Public digitized item

Subjects

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
  • Digitization sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Harvard Medical School
  • 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; medicalheritagelibrary
  • Open Library reports 2 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Scanner: scribe9.boston.archive.org
Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL7712707W
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