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Post by imakegarb on Jun 14, 2007 19:54:44 GMT
K, I came across this book while Googling for something totally unrelated. And, as part of this search, I now know:
- The book is called "Trail of the Serpent" - It was published in 1936 - Its ISBN # 0766142248 - It includes the following chapters: "Theosophy, India and Co-Masonry" <------ Got my attention "Aleister Crowley And The Golden Dawn" "Cabalists, Gnostics And Secret Syrian Sects" "Continental Freemasonry" "Rosicrucian And Illumines" "Rudolf Steiner And Anthroposophy" "Sabeism, Eleusis And Mithras" "Secret Societies In America, Tibet And China" "The Carbonari, Mazzini, L'alliance-Israelite Universelle And Karl Marx" "The Fraternity Of Inner Light And Yoga" "The Synarchy Of Agarttha" "Weishaupt's Illuminati And The French Revolution" -The author is listed, variously, as "Anonymous" and "Inquire Within" - Kessenger lists individual chapters (for $12.44 each) and says you can order the entire book by its ISBN number but doesn't list a price.
K, how much energy should I put into finding a copy of this book?
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Post by tws on Jun 14, 2007 20:33:12 GMT
All these subjects are, of course, covered in other books. Still, it may be worth obtaining, if only to preserve it.
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Post by imakegarb on Jun 15, 2007 6:00:09 GMT
Hmmmmm. Well, I looked into it and found out Powell's (the bestest used book store in the world - and right close to me) would order one for me from it's Quimby warehouse. So I went thru all my books, found $30 worth, went and traded them in and . . .
It should be there and ready for me to pick up in 7 to 12 days.
Meanwhile, they directed me to a description:
Hmmmmm. Still a bit intriguing.
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Post by imakegarb on Jun 25, 2007 6:43:53 GMT
K, I picked up this book from Powell's on Saturday and . . . It's antiSecret Society generally, antiMasonic in the relevant chapters, in nature but of the "higher" type. It doesn't appeal to the emotion but will take genuine history and wrap around it a certain amount of utter nonsense that, to the ignorant, will absorb the credibility of the genuine mixed into it. It could well have been a sort of primer for the AntiMasonic literature we see today. Indeed, modern antiMasonic writers repeat many of the same charges as is in this book. For instance, in its forward, the book clearly states the anonymous author's motive: Yeah, I had to look up " mystes" and " epoptes", too K, I've not read this entire book and I don't plan to. However, I have found reason to resist my first impulse, which was to put it on EBay and be rid of it. But, as I mentioned, it is drivel of the highest kind. There *is* accurate information here. I just need to dig it out. For instance, the history of women in Freemasonry often has been discounted/suppressed/ignored/etc. To the point that it can be a bit difficult to track down. The chapter on Co-Masonry (which spends about 80 percent of it's time discussing Indian politics with no clear explanation about what it has to do with Co-Masonry) does mention the names of some women Freemasons of whom I'd never before heard. So, because it does have some obsure but accurate information in it, it does have some value to me. I would not have spent $30 on it had I known its nature in advance but, now that I have it, I'll keep it If anyone else here wants to read it, it is a Kessinger reprint and, so, is in the public domain. I'll be happy to share it with you.
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