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Page 6 M83. Goldman, J & A, Chakra Frequencies: Tantra of Sound, 2005, Destiny Books 8vo pbk. 2011, 12 + 194pp including index + advertisement leaf, with a few diagrams in the text and c.d fixed to inside of rear cover as issued. Comprehensive guide to sound frequencies within Tantra from a western perspective. Tiny nick to outer edge of front cover without loss, otherwise fine £6 M083A. Goodman, F, Magic Symbols, 1st edition, Brian Trodd Publishing 1989, 4to, pictorial hard covers, 160pp including index, with many illustrations in the text, some in colour; a popular study of occult symbols and their related personalities; minor rubbing to corners, near fine in near very good (minor rubbing to edges, small scuff with loss to upper corner of front fold) d/w £2.50 M82B. Goodwin, C.W, Fragment of a Graeco-Egyptian Work upon Magic, 1st edition, Aeon Sophia Press 2018, square 8vo, blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and front board, 10 + 10 +58 + 22pp + one plate, number 85 of a hand numbered limited edition of 200 hand copies, with additional material by Richard Ward and A,D Mercer. This rare first English translation of one of the most important Graeco- Egyptian magical texts has long been out of print and difficult to obtain. The fourth part in particular became one of the most well known texts within Western occultism when Aleister Crowley published it as the preliminary invocation to his version of the Goetia. He went on to declare the invocation the most powerful extant, later evolving the text into Liber Samekh, a ritual for achieving conversation with one’s holy guardian angel. The current work is a fully resituated facsimile reprint of Goodwin’s original text, translation and notes, together with the original paper announcing the work to the Cambridge Antiquarian society in 1851 which is reprinted here for the first time. Also included is a brief introductory essay on the modern translations of the work and its possible relationship to the Sethian gnosis by Richard Ward, and includes translations of the barbarous names of evocation not included by Godwin in his original. Out of print and increasingly scarce, a near mint copy £95 M88. Grigson, G, The Three Kings, 1st edition, Gordon Fraser Gallery 1958, Cr8vo, pictorial papered boards, 6 + 78pp + advertisement leaf, with a few illustrations in the text + a coloured frontispiece and 20 b/w plates; a Christmas study of the three Biblical magi in literature and tradition. Very slight lean to spine otherwise near fine in like d/w £5 M0091. Gupta, F, Chants, Spells and Rituals for Better Living, 1st edition, Finbarr stapled 8vo pbk. 1982 (reprinted?), 22pp + 2pp advertisements; previous sellers’ label to rear cover, spine fold a little soiled and darkened, trivial soiling to covers, faint thumb soil mark to one margin otherwise internally clean and tight, very good £6 Mh91. Haining, P, The Man Who Was Frankenstein, 1st edition Muller 1979, 8vo, black cloth with gilt titles to spine, 6 + 166pp, illustrated. Looks at the life and work of Andrew Crosse, nick-named "the wizard of the Quantocks" and accused of being in league with the devil due to his experiments to create life. The author argues that Crosse plays an overlooked role in the creation of Mary Shelly's novel. Very good in like d/w £3.50 MH91A. Hall, Manly P, An Essay on the Fundamental Principles of Operative Occultism, 1930, 6th edition, Philosophical Research Society F’ Cap 8vo stapled pbk 1951, 66 + 4pp, with 3 plates included in the pagination. Slight staining to top edge of front cover, faintly affecting blank top margins of first 3 leaves, a couple of other minor marks to covers, staples rusting, minor spots to a couple of margins, text clean and tight, overall, a good + and textually better copy £12 MH91AAH. Halliday, W.R, The Pagan Background of Early Christianity, 1st edition, University Press of Liverpool/ Hodder & Staughton 1925, 8vo, taupe cloth with gilt titles to spine, 16 + 334pp including index; the pagan background to early Christian doctrine and its relationship to the mystery religions of the Near East; ex lib, book plate to front paste-down, stamps to title page, spine panel a little darkened, cloth lightly soiled in places, some occasional light foxing, mostly to margins, text tight and largely clean overall, a good + copy of the uncommon original edition £10 MH91AB. Hancock, G, Supernatural, 1st edition, Century 2005, 8vo, black cloth with gilt titles to spine, 10 + 710pp including index, with illustrations in the text + 8pp colour plates; an examination of shamanic practices from ancient times forwards, including much on the ritual use of hallucinogens; edges of text block yellowing, slight creasing to inner margins of first and last leaf due to over tight binding, internally and externally clean and tight, lack front end paper otherwise very good in like (light wear to edges) d/w £6 MH91AA. Hannay, J.B, The Rise, Decline and Fall of the Roman Religion, 1st edition, privately published for the Religious Evolution Research Society 1925, 8vo, maroon cloth with gilt titles to spine, 14 + 257pp, with illustrations in the text + a frontispiece portrait and 19 plates. A rather misleading title for those unfamiliar with the author’s work, in which he seeks to show the origins of Christianity amongst ancient pagan religions, with an emphasis on phallic worship and sexuality. The ‘Roman Religion’ referred to is that of the Bible, which the author sees as written by the Romans, and derived in part from Roman paganism. Spine darkened and slightly worn at head, corners rubbed, minor closed splitting to joints, end papers browned, blacked out inscription to front end paper, small spot to blank margin of frontispiece and title page, otherwise internally clean and tight, overall a good + copy of the uncommon first issue £15
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