‘The wait for Waite is over’

    

Yesterday afternoon, Weiser Antiquarian Books released its anticipated latest catalogue—no, not another Crowley collection—comprised largely of titles from the study of one Arthur Edward Waite. There are 101 books in this batch, and more than half are written or edited by our Masonic Brother.

Weiser Antiquarian Books

And there are a few about Waite, such as the elusive 1932 “Check List” of his writings, published privately (and this copy is signed) by H.V.B. Voorhis, a Past Master of The American Lodge of Research, and a friend of Waite.

A number of the books have been sold already, including—drat!—one first edition (1924) of The Brotherhood of the Rosy Cross, a hardcover in VG+ condition. But there are many more from Waite on subjects including Alchemy, Éliphas Lévi, Hermeticism, Holy Graal, Kabbalah, Magic, Paracelsus, Tarot, Thomas Vaughan, and more. Not Freemasonry though.

Other authors featured in Catalogue 287 include Johann Georg Faust, Manly P. Hall, MacGregor Mathers, Israel Regardie, and more.

(Hey, with Hanukkah just two months away, if someone were to make me the gift of this two-volume set, I’d be one happy and grateful reader!)