Mackey – Encyclopedia Of Freemasonry Vol. 1

9 )THE PHILOSOPHY OF MYSTICISM . By CARL DU PREL .Translated -from the German by C. C. MASSEY. 8vo. Two vols.los . 6d. net .These noble volumes are the outcome of a happy combination-on theone hand, an author who is among the first of living German Mystics ; onthe other, a translator who is himself a Mystic, and of established reputeamong many like-thinking in England . It is impossible in a brief spaceto present a satisfactory analysis of a work which is so important and atthe same time so voluminous. The author explains that he has attempted" to erect a philosophical fabric of doctrine on the empirical basis of thesleep-life," and to disprove the " false presumption " that " our Ego iswholly embraced in self-consciousness ." It is maintained that an analysisof the dream-life exhibits the Ego as exceeding that limit . A very similardoctrine was propounded in Fichte's " Way to the Blessed Life," namely,that only a small portion of .our being is illuminated by the sun of consciousness.THE INDIAN RELIGIONS ; or, Results of the Myste .rious Buddhism . By HARGRAVE JENNINGS. 8vo, 6s. net.Sufficient attention has not been given to the very curious speculationsin this volume, some of which are highly suggestive, though marred byinaccuracies, extravagances, and a determined effort to write in a bizarrefashion. By the way, at the time of its publication it was accepted as anew work, but it was really edited for the publishers from materials inearlier volumes by Mr .jennings, now long since out of print and exceedinglyrare, as, for example," Curious Things of the Outside World ." Thework thus possesses a certain bibliographical value apart from the occultlucubration, which have always attracted a certain class of minds to theauthor of the " Rosicrucians ."THE INFLUENCE OF THE STARS . By ROSA BAUGHAN .8vo, 5s. net.Miss Baughan has for many years possessed an almost unrivalled reputationas a professional palmist, and would seem to be no less skilled in discerningthe future by means of the lines on the hand than was Mdlle.Lenormand by the help of the combinations of cartomancy . At the sametime, Miss Baughan, in her published works, is prudently disinclined tocheck the old doctrine of chiromancy by the result of her personal observation. The three occult sciences dealt with in this book are elucidated in apractical manner, and their connection very clearly exhibited .PALMISTRY AND ITS PRACTICAL USES.COTTON. With Twelve Plates. Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d. net.By LouissA less elaborate treatise than . that noticed above, the late Mrs . Cotton'sbook is elementary only, and the clear text, which is assisted by excellentillustrations, has proved useful to many beginners .