Beautifully illustrated, it remains one of those rare works of scholarship which the general reader simply cannot afford to ignore.

    Book by Mouravieff, Boris

    so different that some people find it hard to accept, although it unravels many of the knotty points of theology and philosophy as well as certain key problems of our day."Great esoteric works do not argue with you... instead they leave an imprint on your being that is no less indelible for its subtlety; once you encounter them, you will never see things the same way again. To this list I'd have to add Gnosis..." - Richard Smoley, Editor, reviewing in Gnosis magazine.

    This history of 20th-century magic presents a detailed analysis of a pre-Christian occult tradition which survived persecution and reappeared in recent times.

    The events related take place between the XX and XXI dynasties. In this volume Her-Bak's training in the living school of Nature and in the Outer Temple unfolds.

    Original.

    Ouspensky has written two stories: "The Inventor" -- an allegory of a modern person faced with the consequences of the miracles of science and technology -- a devilish technology, and "The Benevolent Devil" -- a story that takes place in Ceylon where a young man determines to do battle for his soul -- of course with the "devil!"