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Mystery Traditions: Secret Symbols and Sacred Art » (Revised & Expanded Edition)

Book cover image of Mystery Traditions: Secret Symbols and Sacred Art by James Wasserman

Authors: James Wasserman
ISBN-13: 9781594770883, ISBN-10: 1594770883
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Inner Traditions Bear & Company
Date Published: December 2005
Edition: Revised & Expanded Edition

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Author Biography: James Wasserman

James Wasserman is the author of the bestselling Templars and Assassins: The Militia of Heaven and The Slaves Shall Serve: Meditations on Liberty. He is a longtime student of the occult sciences and lives in New York City.

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Book Synopsis

In The Mystery Traditions, James Wasserman offers a full-color lexicon of occult imagery accompanied by commentary on each image’s significance and the wisdom teachings from which it derives. This new editionalso looks at the pivotal role played by secret societies in safeguarding and transmitting these teachings.

Table of Contents


Preface to the Second Edition

Introduction

Astrology and Cosmology

Kabbalah and the Tree of Life

Initiation

Magick and the Gods

Secret Societies

Sexuality

Alchemy

Tarot

Symbolist and Visionary Art

Notes to the Text

Suggested Reading List

Illustration Permissions

Subjects