Trail of the Serpent (Books), New Plymouth in New Plymouth, Taranaki for sale

Masonic rubber stamp on front endpaper. Spine faded. A few small 3/8"chips to paper at ends of spine. Some rubbing to edgs of spine and corners of wrappers.; A softcover facsimile reprint of the 1936 London edition that was published by Boswell. No place or publisher is mentioned, the copyright page has only"Printed in the United States of America". viii, 325 pages. Red printed wrappers with illustration of serpent encircling the world on front wrapper. Page dimensions: 215 x 132mm. A wide-ranging work on many occult and esoteric groups of organisations. Includes many referenced quotations from works by other writers on these subjects. Groups and individuals covered include Freemasonry, Illuminati, Theosophy&the Great White Brotherhood, Ancient Egyptian schools, Ouspensky, the Thugees, Meyer Baba, Aleister Crowley. The author unsparingly sees all of these groups as being more-or-less in alignment with an Illuminati-type programme to control the human mind and human destiny. Includes anti-Semitism, with Jews being seen as ultimately behind many of these groups. Contents: Foreword; Sabeism. Eleusis and Mithras; Cabalists, Gnostics, and Secret Syrian Sects; Rosicrucians and Illuminés; Weishaupt's Illuminati and the French Revolution; Carbonari, Mazzini, l'Alliance-israélite-universelle and Karl Marx; The Jewish Question; Continental Freemasonry; Theosophy and India. Co-masonry; Rudolf Steiner and Anthroposophy; Fraternity of Inner Light and Yoga; Aleister Crowley and the Golden Dawn; American Groups; Secret Societies in America, Tibet, and China; The Synarchy of Agarttha; Index. ; 8vo
Author
Inquire Within [pseudonym of Christina Stoddard]
Title
Trail of the Serpent
Publisher name
[s. n.] [c1960s], U. S. A.
Shipping time
2 - 5 days
Publication year
1960
Binding type
Soft cover
Listing condition
Used
Item condition
Very good
Vendor name
Renaissance Books
Vendor rating
Abebof326d