The Hidden Way Across the Threshold
A 464-page annotated edition of J. C. Street’s 1887 spiritualist and occult classic on sacred symbolism, soul, mediumship, inner development and the hidden way.
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The Mystery of the Ages
A 309-page annotated edition of Marie, Countess of Caithness’s 1887 work on comparative religion, Theosophy, Hermetic thought and the inward reading of sacred traditions.
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The Theological and Philosophical Works of Hermes Trismegistus
An annotated reader’s edition of John David Chambers’s 1882 English translation of Hermetic writings attributed to Hermes Trismegistus, with reader guides, a glossary and reflection questions.
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