The Secret Doctrine in Israel by A.E. Waite
Publication:1914 The Occult & Modern Thought Book Centre; Boston
Scarce with no other copies currently listed for sale, of all the works by Waite this editions has proven to very difficult to come by.
The scarce First US Edition of this study of the Kabalah by Waite, who described the book as "an inward study of the Zohar as a contribution to general mystical tradition."R. A. Gilbert observed: 'No other work in English approaches Waite's study in sanity, accuracy or competence, despite the errors due to his reliance on unsatisfactory translations. His insight into Kabbalism is praised by Gershom Scholem, the greatest living authority on the subject ... "
Condition: Publishers decorative blue cloth boards, binding tight, some foxing to blank and prelim but a clean bright copy in Very Good condition