The Cave of the Oracle: The Great White Brotherhood

About this book

Planetary seals, talismanic diagrams and directions for preparing charms fill The Cave of the Oracle. Its promise of hidden brotherhoods quickly opens into the practical business of magical names, parchment and ritual materials.

L. W. de Laurence's 1916 compilation ranges from Persian and Chaldean magic to omens, clairvoyance, telepathy and spiritual healing. The title gathers several traditions under a single exotic banner, and its claims about their origins require caution. The printed seals and tables show how an occult publisher packaged an elaborate collection of practices and explanations under the authority of supposed ancient wisdom.