The occult sciences

a compendium of transcendental doctrine and experiment : embracing an account of magical practices; of secret sciences in connection with magic; of the professors of magical arts; and of modern spiritualism, mesmerism and theosophy

by A. E. Waite

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19th century
Language: English

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Traditions: Occultism and esotericism, Ritual magic and grimoires, Theosophy, Anthroposophy, and New Thought, Spiritualism, mediumship, and channeling, Mesmerism, animal magnetism, and hypnosis

Subjects: Occultism, Magic, Spiritualism, Electronic books

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Mesmerism, animal magnetism, and hypnosis, Occultism and esotericism, Ritual magic and grimoires, Spiritualism, mediumship, and channeling, and Theosophy, Anthroposophy, and New Thought.

Occultism and esotericism
Retained metadata contains “occult” in the title, “Occult sciences” in the title, “Occultism” in the subject metadata, and 2 additional metadata match(es).
- “occult”· in title
- “Occult sciences”· in title
- “Occultism”· in subject
- “occult”· in edition title
- “Occult sciences”· in edition title
Ritual magic and grimoires
Retained metadata contains “Magic” in the subtitle, “Magic” in the subject metadata, and “Magic” in the edition subtitle.
- “Magic”· in subtitle
- “Magic”· in subject
- “Magic”· in edition subtitle
Theosophy, Anthroposophy, and New Thought
Controlled discovery queries from wellcome matched “Theosophy”. Retained metadata contains “Theosophy” in the subtitle and “Theosophy” in the edition subtitle.
- “Theosophy”· via Wellcome Collection
- “Theosophy”· in subtitle
- “Theosophy”· in edition subtitle
Spiritualism, mediumship, and channeling
Retained metadata contains “Spiritualism” in the subtitle, “Spiritualism” in the subject metadata, and “Spiritualism” in the edition subtitle.
- “Spiritualism”· in subtitle
- “Spiritualism”· in subject
- “Spiritualism”· in edition subtitle
Mesmerism, animal magnetism, and hypnosis
Retained metadata contains “Mesmerism” in the subtitle and “Mesmerism” in the edition subtitle.
- “Mesmerism”· in subtitle
- “Mesmerism”· in edition subtitle

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Edition	Date	Publisher	Language	ISBN	Access	Links
a compendium of transcendental doctrine and experiment : embracing an account of magical practices; of secret sciences in connection with magic; of the professors of magical arts; and of modern spiritualism, mesmerism and theosophy Wellcome Collection bibliographic record viii, 296 pages ; 20 cm	1891	K. Paul, Trench, Trubner	English	—	Public digitized item	Wellcome Collection (opens in a new tab) Wellcome Collection (opens in a new tab)
a compendium of transcendental doctrine and experiment, embracing an account of magical practices; of secret sciences in connection with magic; of the professors of magical arts; and of modern spiritualism, mesmerism and theosophy Wellcome Collection bibliographic record 267 pages ; 19 cm	[1891]	[s.l.]	English	—	Public digitized item	Wellcome Collection (opens in a new tab) Wellcome Collection (opens in a new tab)