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Libra Esoterica

The secret societies of all ages and countries

embracing the mysteries of ancient India, China, Japan, Egypt, Mexico, Peru, Greece, and Scandinavia, the Cabbalists, early Christians, heretics, Assassins, Thugs, Templars, the Vehm and Inquisition, mystics, Rosicrucians, Illuminati, Freemasons, Skopzi, Camorristi, Carbonari, nihilists, and other sects.

by Charles William Heckethorn

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  • 19th century
  • Language: English
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Of man's original relation to Nature, whence we start, in order to render the essentials of physical science and Natural comprehensible in their inmost depth, we find but obscure hints.

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Initiatory orders and secret societies.

  • Initiatory orders and secret societies

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary matched “Secret societies”. Retained metadata contains “Secret societies” in the title, “Rosicrucians” in the subtitle, “Secret societies” in the subject metadata, and 2 additional metadata match(es).

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embracing the mysteries of ancient India, China, Japan, Egypt, Mexico, Peru, Greece, and Scandinavia, the Cabbalists, early Christians, heretics, Assassins, Thugs, Templars, the Vehm and Inquisition, mystics, Rosicrucians, Illuminati, Freemasons, Skopzi, Camorristi, Carbonari, nihilists, and other sects.

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1965University BooksEnglish—Public

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1875R. Bentley and sonEnglish—No ebook

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  • Open Library reports 10 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Open Library reports 11 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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