The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

OCCULTISM To the readers of “The Equinox.”—All who are interested in Occult and Masonic Lore should write to FRANK HoLtines for his Catalogue of over 1,000 volumes, sent post free on receipt of name and address, and all future issues. A few selected items below. THE KEY OF SOLOMON THE KING: (Clavicula Salomonis), translated and edited from Ancient MSS. in the British Museum, by S. Lippett MacGrecor Matuers, author of “The Kabbalah Unveiled,” “The Tarot,” etc. With plates. Crown 4to, cloth. 215. net. ‘he Key of Solomon gives full, clear, and concise instructions for Talismanic and Ceremonial Magic, as well as for performing various Evocations; and it is therefore invaluable to any student who wishes to make himself acquainted with the practical part of Oceultism.” . : Besides Seals, Sigils, and Magical Diagrams, nearly so Pantacles or Talismans are given in the plates. Among other authors both Eliphas Lévi and’ Christian mention the “Key of Solomon” as a work of high authority, and the former especially refers to it repeatedly. JENNINGS (Hargrave). The Rosicrucians, their Rites and Mysteries, fourth edition, revised, ‘Demy Sve, with hundreds of illustrations. Half morocco. . - 78, 6d. Some of the Contents: Critics of the Rosicrucians Criticized—The Hermetic Philosophers—Fire—Theosophy of the Persians—Druidical Stones—The Round Towers of Ireland—Mystic Christian Figures and Talismans—The Rosy Cross in Indian, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and Mediaeval Monuments—The Great Pyramid—Connexion between the Templars and Gnosticism—Astro-Theosophical System of the Rosicrucians—Robt. Flud« the Holy Greale—The Round Table— Alchemy—The Outline of the Kabbalah, etc., ete. THE KABBALAH UNVEILED, containing the following Books of the Zohar: (1) The Book of Concealed Mystery; (2) The Greater Holy Assembly, Sy ‘The Lesser Holy Assembly. Translated into English from the Latin Version of Knorr Von Rosenroth, and collated with the original Chaldee and Hebrew text, by S. L. MacGrecor Marinns, .l cheaper edition. Demy 8vo. ; 78. bd. net, ‘he Bible, which has been probably more mis trued than any other book ever written, contains numberless obscure and mysterious passages which are utterly unintelligible without some key wherewith to unlock their meaning. That Key is given in the Kabbalah, LUCIFER: A Theosophical Magazine, intended to bring to light the Hidden Things of Darkness. ‘Edited by H. P. Bavatsky, Mase1 Couns, and Annie Besant. Vols. to XVII inclusive. Scaxce set, 1877 to 1896. With symbolical bookplates ofE. D. Bacon. 17 vols. 8vo, half calf neé 47 358. BOOK OF THE SACRED MAGIC (The) OF ABRA-MELIN THE MAGE, as delivered by Abraham the Jew unto his son Lamech, a.p. 1458. ‘Translated from the original Hebrew into French, and now rendered into English. From a unique and valuable MS. in the “Bibliotheque de I'Arsenal ” at Paris; with copious Notes and Magical Squares of Letters. By L.S. MacGREGOR-MATHERS. gto, Black cloth, Magical Square on side in ‘gold, 1900. . (Pub. at 215), re free. 108: 6d. ‘The original work, of which this is a translation, is unique, no other copy being known, although both Bulwer Lytton and Eliphas Lévi were well aware of its existence ; the former having based part of his description of the sage Rosicrucian ‘une junier on that of Abra-Melin, while the account of the so-called Observatory of Sir Philip Derval in The Strange ‘Stoxy was, to some extent, copied from that of the Magical Oratory and Terrace given in the present w also other interesting points too numerous to be given here in detail. It is felt therefore that by its publication a service is rendered to lovers of rare and curious Books, and to Students of Occultism, by placing within their reach a magical work ofso much importance, and one so interestingly associated with the respective authors of Zaxoni and of the Dogma and Ritual of Transcendental Magic. The Magical Squares or combinations of letters, placed in a certain manner, are said to possess a peculiar species of automatic intelligent vitality, apart from any of the methods given for their use; and students are recommended to make no use of these whatever unless this higher Divine Knowledge is approached in a frame of mind worthy of it. TRANSCENDENTAL MAGIC: its Doctrine and Ritual. By Evrrnas Lévi (a com- plete Translation of Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie”), with a Biographical Preface by ARTHUR E. Watre, author of Devil Worship in Prance,” ete, ete. Portrait of the Author and ail the original engravings. 0. Ph, 4b, ela, 3895, (Pub. 258. fered at x08. ‘The Pillars of the Temple, Triangle of Solomon, The Tetragram, The Pentagram, Magical Equilibrium, The Fiery Sword, Realization, Imitation, The Kabbalah, The Magic Chain, Necromancy, Transmutations, Black Magic, Bewitch- ments, Astrology, Charms and Philtres, The Stone of the Philosophers, The Universal Medicine, Divination, The Triangle of Pantacles, ‘The Conjuration of the Four, The Blazing Pentagram, Medium and Mediator, The Septenary of Talismans, A Warning to the Imprudent, The Ceremonial of Initiates, The Key of Occultism, The Sabbath of the Sorcerers, Witch- graft and Spells, The Writing of the Stars, Philtres and Magnetism, The Mastery of the Sun, ‘The Thaumaturge, The Science of the Prophets, The Book of Hermes, etc. ult Philosophy seems to have been the Nurse, or Godmother of all intellectual forces, the key of all divine obscurities, and the absolute queen of society in those ages when it was reserved exclusively for the education of priests and of kings. It reigned in Persia with Magi, who at length perished, as perish all masters of the world, because they wed India with the most wonderful traditions, and with an incredible wealth of poesy, grace, ad Greece tothe music of Orpheus; itconcealed the principles of all the sciences and of all human intellectual progress in the bold calculations of Pythagoras: fable abounded in its miracles, and history, attempting to appreciate this unknown, power, became confused with fable ; it shook or strengthened empires by its oracles, caused tyrants to tremble on their thrones, and governed all minds, either by curiosity, or by fear." Wants SupeLiep. New PuBLicaTions SUPPLIED TO ORDER. Out ofprint books sought for and reported. Visitors to London who are interested should make a point of calling. Only two minutes from Chancery Lane. FRANK HOLLINGS, 7, GREAT TURNSTILE, HOLBORN.