A MANUAL OF OCCULTISM BY SEPHARIAL 1918 [WALTER GORN OLD]

[SEPHARIAL (Walter Gorn Old)]. A Manual of Occultism. London: William Rider & Son, 1918.

Reprint. Cloth-bound. Hardcover. Octavo (195 x 130 x 30 mm). Pp. xiii, 356, (4 publisher's advertisements at end). English text. Bound in publisher's original covers. Initial and terminal blanks plus half-title present. Illustrated throughout with diagrams and charts in the text. Provenance: formerly in the possession of Robert Ogilvie Crombie, his name neatly inked to the front endpaper. Crombie (1899–1975), also known as "ROC", was a Scottish supernatural enthusiast and writer born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1899; he died in 1975. Condition: VERY GOOD. Binding tight, secure and square with the hinges and joints intact. Very mild bumping to spine ends. Covers and contents largely very clean. Without a dust jacket.

Notes: Very scarce early print of Sepharial's occult manual which was first published in 1910.  It is in two parts - sciences & arts. Chapters include: Astrology (The Aspects, Signs, Horoscopes, Fortunes, Eclipses, Directions, and more); Palmistry; Thaumaturgic Art (The Kabala, Of Evil Spirits, Spiritual Freedom, Talismans, Numerology); Hypnotism and Mesmerism; The Occult Arts (Divination, The Tarot, Cartomancy, Crystal-Gazing, Visions, Geomancy, Casting, Psychometry, Dreams, and more); Alchemy.