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WESTERN MYSTERIES
Secret Societies: Illuminati, Freemasons, and the French Revolution, by Una Birch & James Wasserman.

Historian Una Birch's classic account of the French Revolution of 1789 was originally published in 1911. Her proximity to and sympathy with the events offer a unique perspective. Secret society expert James Wasserman has made this work accessible to the modern reader with extensive annotations, a history of the Revolution, an introduction that places the Illuminati in context, and biographical sketches of the main participants.
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Ancient Pagan Symbols, by Elisabeth Goldsmith.

Examines symbolism found in many ancient cultures, including Egyptian, Chinese, Phonecian, and others and traces them to the human fascination with the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth.
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Count Michael Maier: Life and Writings, by J. B. Craven. Foreword by R. A. Gilbert.

The most comprehensive English work on the 16th-century Rosicrucian, alchemist, and physician Michael Maier, considered one of the first proponents of alchemy as a spiritual endeavor. Invaluable information about and excerpts from Maier's less accessible works.
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The Cloud upon the Sanctuary, by Karl von Eckarthausen. Translated and annotated by Isabelle de Steiger. Foreword by Edward Dunning.

Eckarthausen, a 17th-century mystic, reveals his unique understanding of the Way of Regeneration in Christ. In this new issue of the third and best edition, J. W. Brodie-Innes' preface is reprinted with A. E. Waite's 1909 introduction.
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The Book of Jubilees, or The Little Genesis
translated by Robert Henry Charles. Foreword by R. A. Gilbert.

The Book of Jubilees, or, as it is sometimes called, "The Little Genesis," purports to be a revelation given by God to Moses through the medium of an angel, and contains a history, divided up into "jubilee-periods" of 49 years, from the creation to the coming of Moses.

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The Book of Formation, or Sepher Yetzirah
attributed to Rabbi Akiba ben Joseph. Translated by Knut Stenring. Introduced and edited by A. E. Waite. Foreword by R. A. Gilbert.

The Sepher Yetzirah lays out the principles of Kabbalistic cosmology and sets forth the Hebrew doctrine of Logos-- the creation of the world in numbers, letters and sound. In this little-known translation, first published in 1923, Stenring has made a word-for-word translation from several texts.
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Paradoxes of the Highest Science.
With Footnotes by a Master of the Wisdom
Eliphas Levi
Introduction by R.A. Gilbert

The first of Lévi’s more important works to be translated into English, this book addresses the reconciliation of science and religion. Extensive Introduction by R. A. Gilbert, respected scholar of esoterica, explores Levi's life, work, ideas, and influence, particularly in the context of H. P. Blavatsky and the Theosophical movement. [more information]
The Book of the Mysteries of the Heavens and the Earth.
And Other Works of Bakhayla Mikael(Zosimas)
E.A. Wallis-Budge

Foreword by R.A. Gilbert

Long out-of-print translation of the Ethiopic formerly thought to be The Book of Enoch. Budge, one of the foremost scholars of ancient Egyptian and Assyrian language, history, and religion, brings clarity to this rare text, believed to have been revealed by the Archangel Gabriel in the 15th century. [more information]
The Blazing Star and the Jewish Kabbalah
William Greene
Foreword by R.A. Gilbert

Studies of the Kabbalah in English were virtually unknown before the ?occult revival? of the second half of the 19th century, and those that did appear were largely dry and academic. The more astute students of the Kabbalah recognized that it had an application outside Judeo-Christian mysticism and related it to the wider current of the Western Mystery Tradition. [more information]
The House of the Hidden Places and The Book of the Master
W.Marsham Adams
Foreword by R.A. Gilbert

In The House of the Hidden Places, first published in 1895, Adams clearly lays out evidence that the Great Pyramid at Giza corresponds architecturally to the initiation ritual detailed in the Egyptian Book of the Dead (which Adams preferred to call what he felt was its rightful title, The Book of the Master). [more information]
Amulets, Talismans, and Magical Jewelry
A Way to Unseen, Ever-Present, Almighty God
Barbara Black Koltuv

The second commandment of the Old Testament forbids the making of idols to represent God. However, since human beings have always needed a direct and personal connection to the divine, a way is provided in Exodus when God says, "Make a sanctuary for me and I will come to dwell among you." [more information]
The Gnosis of the Light
A Translation of the Untitled Apocalypse Contained in the codex Brucianus
F. Lamplugh
Preface by R.A. Gilbert

In 1769, James Bruce, returning from Upper Egypt, brought The Codex Brucianus to England and bequeathed it to the Bodleian Library. It contained several Gnostic works, written in Coptic, dating from about the 6th century ad, but the original Greek texts from which they came are probably much older. [more information]
Important Symbols
In Their Hebrew, Pagan, and Christian Forms
Adelaide Hall

Important Symbols presents an extensive compilation of the symbols of ancient cultures, describing the context and usage of each symbol around the world and throughout time. Adelaide Hall groups the symbols into categories, each comprising a chapter of the book.

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The Serpent Myths of Ancient Egypt
William Cooper

In The Serpent Myths of Ancient Egypt, William Ricketts Cooper focuses on the serpent myth and ideology in ancient Egypt and how it applies to the Ritual of the Dead. He supports his study with copious illustrations showing the two aspects of the serpent: protector and destroyer.

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Tarot and Individuation
A Jungian Study of Correspondences with Cabala, Alchemy, and Chakras
Irene Gad

This profusely illustrated book is one of the most complete explorations of the symbolism within the 22 major arcana of the tarot. Gad?s amplification of the tarot?s cabalistic and alchemical symbolism reveals the wisdom of ages of seekers who have gone before us, leaving us this roadmap to individuation and spiritual attainment. [more information]
The Original Tarot & You
Richard Roberts

Richard Roberts shows us how to read tarot cards using his interactive technique of free association and feedback flowing between the reader and the client and allowing the cards to be accessed directly, free from occult or assigned meaning. He uses 7 different spreads: a 5-card Yes-No Spread, the Magic Seven Spread, the 21 card Pyramid, the Three Seven Spread, the 64-card Astrological Spread, the Great Experiment, and his own 22-card Jungian Spread. [more information]
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