This is a collection of 18 essays on a variety of occult-themed topics, covering the full spectrum of classic esoteric and related subjects, which include hermeticism, alchemy, magic, the Kabbalah, ancient wisdom and philosophy, the Tarot, Rosicrucianism, Freemasonry, Theosophy and spiritualism, by some of the most notable and prominent names in the history of those subjects. Compiled specifically with the student in mind. Writers include Manly P. Hall, William Butler Yeats, Helena P. Blavatsky, Pythagoras, Paracelsus, Arthur Edward Waite, Isaac Newton, Eliphas Levi, William Wynn Westcott, L. W. de Laurence, Max Heindel, Jules Doinel, C. W. Leadbeater, P. D. Ouspensky, Jerome A. Anderson and Albert G. Mackey.