The Isiac Tablet of Cardinal Bembo: Its History and Occult Significance (Paperback)

by W. Wynn Westcott (Author)
Key Phrases: winged globe, crux ansata, Isiac Tablet, Upper Region, Soul of the World (more...)

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1887. This curious relic of an age long past cannot fail to attract the attention of every earnest student of the Mysteries; its beauty of design, its careful execution, its obvious antiquity, its certain connection with that most incomprehensible scheme of religion - the Egyptian, all combine to fascinate the mind and stimulate the intellect in a search for the explanation of the purpose and meaning of this every elaborate pictorial work of art. Dr. Westcott's original monograph was limited to 100 copies.

About the Author
<B>About the Author:</B> <BR><BR>"William Wynn Westcott (December 17, 1848 - July 30, 1925) was a British esotericist, coroner, ceremonial magician, and Freemason. He was born in Leamington, Warwickshire, England.<BR><BR>A doctor of medicine by profession, he became active in Freemasonry in 1871, becoming Master of his home Lodge in 1874 and later also of the prestigious Quatuor Coronati research lodge, as well as achieving other Masonic distinctions.<BR><BR>He studied the Kabbalah and by 1880 became active in the Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia before co-founding the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn with Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers in 1887, using the motto V.H. Frater Sapere Aude. By then he was also active in the Theosophical Society. He devised and organized the Golden Dawn's rituals with Mathers and William Robert Woodman, who preceded him as Supreme Magus of the S.R.I.A. and like Westcott was one of the foremost exponents of Hermeticism of the time. In 1896, he abandoned public involvement with the Golden Dawn due to pressure regarding his job as a Crown Coroner, with which it was seen as an unseemly association. He continued to head the S.R.I.A. and later was involved with the Golden Dawn breakaway Stella Matutina.<BR><BR>He retired as a coroner after 1910, emigrated to South Africa in 1918, and died in Durban in 1925." <I>(Quote from wikipedia.org)</I> --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing (August 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0766181146
• ISBN-13: 978-0766181144
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.2 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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