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The occult sciences

a compendium of transcendental doctrine and experiment : embracing an account of magical practices; of secret sciences in connection with magic; of the professors of magical arts; and of modern spiritualism, mesmerism and theosophy

by Arthur Edward Waite

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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Lacks t.p On back of front cover: Proof copy of: Waite (Arthur Edward), the occult sciences, 1891

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Mesmerism, animal magnetism, and hypnosis, Occultism and esotericism, Ritual magic and grimoires, Spiritualism, mediumship, and channeling, and Theosophy, Anthroposophy, and New Thought.

  • Occultism and esotericism

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Occultism”. Retained metadata contains “occult” in the title, “Occult sciences” in the title, “occult” in the description, and 4 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Occultism”· via Internet Archive
    • “Occultism”· via Open Library
    • “occult”· in title
    • “Occult sciences”· in title
    • “occult”· in description
    • “Occult sciences”· in description
  • Ritual magic and grimoires

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

    • “Magic”· via Internet Archive
    • “Magic”· via Open Library
    • “Magic”· in subtitle
    • “Magic”· in subject
    • “Magic”· in edition subtitle
  • 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
  • Spiritualism, mediumship, and channeling

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

    • “Spiritualism”· via Internet Archive
    • “Spiritualism”· via Open Library
    • “Spiritualism”· in subtitle
    • “Spiritualism”· in subject
    • “Spiritualism”· in edition subtitle
  • Mesmerism, animal magnetism, and hypnosis

    Retained metadata contains “Mesmerism” in the subtitle and “Mesmerism” in the edition subtitle.

    • “Mesmerism”· in subtitle
    • “Mesmerism”· in edition subtitle

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Editions

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a compendium of transcendental doctrine and experiment : embracing an account of magical practices; of secret sciences in connection with magic; of the professors of magical arts; and of modern spiritualism, mesmerism and theosophy

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

viii, 296 pages ; 20 cm

1891K. Paul, Trench, Trubner; London : K. Paul, Trench, TrubnerEnglish—Public

a compendium of transcendental doctrine and experiment, embracing an account of magical practices; of secret sciences in connection with magic; of the professors of magical arts; and of modern spiritualism, mesmerism and theosophy

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

267 pages ; 19 cm

1891[s.l.]; [S.n.] : [s.l.]English—Public

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
  • Contributing institution: Wellcome Library
  • Digitization sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Harvard Medical School
  • Digitization sponsor: Wellcome Library
  • 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
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: europeanlibraries; medicalheritagelibrary; wellcomelibrary
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  • Source-reported rights: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" rel="ugc nofollow">This work is available under the Creative Commons, Public Domain Mark</a>
  • Source-reported rights: This work is available under the Creative Commons, Public Domain Mark
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