Complete Manual on Occult Divination by A.E. Waite
Volume 1 A manual on cartomancy + Volume 2 The Book of Destiny
Forward by Leslie Shepard
Two works written by Waite under the pseudonym "Grand Orient" The first volume, "A Manual of Cartomancy: Fortune-Telling and Occult Divination," is a broad ranging study of divination, with chapters on cartomancy (divination using playing cards, Tarot cards), "The Art of Invoking Spirits in the Crystal," "An Egyptian Method of Fortune Telling," "To Read A Person's Character by Means of Kabalistic Calculations," etc. The second volume "The Book of Destiny" comprises a number of short texts of unknown origin: "The Great Oracle of the Gods"; "The Art of Knowing the Good Genii and their Influence upon the Destiny of Men"; "The Occult Science of Jewels"; "Sidelights on Workings of Destiny in Business and Pleasure"; "Some Names of Womanhood"; etc. etc. With a new introdution by University Books editor Leslie Shepard, who calls it "an intriguing collection of mystical card and other divination systems.
Condition: original green cloth boards, both dust jackets protected in mylar, both the book and the jackets are in phenomenal condition. Fine Condition.