The Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor: Initiatic and Historical Documents of an Order of Practical Occultism

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This is a history of 19th-century occultism and the Western Mystery Tradition, focusing on the mysterious Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor, which the authors trace from its mysterious beginnings to its equally mysterious disappearance in the early 1900s. Explanatory notes and a general introduction to the order and its history are included, as is a transcription of the secret teachings and 50 primary documents that trace the brotherhood's known history.

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"This book fits into the read-and-keep list. Its authors have covered their ground well...Read this book; then read it again." - Michal Grisp, Gnosis "Thanks to a new and comprehensive study...a great deal of information about the Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor is now available. Just about every relevant extant document pertinent to this subject has been gathered together....The result is a fascinating account of a 19th century secret society." - Edmonton Theosophical society "Provides both accurate texts of the teachings and a variety of entertaining documents that set out the Brotherhood's chequered history. Virtually none of this material has previously been accessible...." - R.A. Gilbert, Societas Rosicruciana Anglia"

Author Bio

Joscelyn Godwin is a composer, musicologist and translator, known for his work on ancient music, paganism and music in the occult. He is the author of the first complete English language translation (1999) of one of the first illustrated printed texts, the incunabulum Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (1499). He teaches at Colgate University.