Lorton david transl (2 risultati)

softcover. 8vo. 188pp. see pictures for synopsis. #05821. Very Good: Book VG mild shelf wear/sticker residue to wraps and spine, text clean, binding tight.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good Plus. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First Edition. 2001. viii, 229pp. B&W illustrations. Minor shelf wear to boards and some foxing to top and fore edges. Both book and unclipped dust jacket are otherwise in excellent condition with no inscriptions. All contents are tight and clean. "In The Secret Lore of Egypt, Hornung traces the influence of the esoteric image of Egypt, especially as it is manifested by the god Thoth, on European intellectual history since antiquity and finds it reasserted even today in the United States. From Gnostic writings and Romantic poetry to Freemasonry and the Theosophist movement, Egyptian deities reemerge in ever-surprising guises. Since ancient times, Egypt has been associated with esoteric practices and beliefs and regarded as the source of all secret knowledge an association that, Hornung says, is only loosely connected with historical reality.".…