
The Collected Works (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Complete Collectanea Hermetica, Suicide, The Isiac TabletBy William Wynn WestcottLength27h 17m
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The Collected Works gathers William Wynn Westcott's influential writings on Hermeticism, Kabbalah, alchemy, Rosicrucianism, Freemasonry, and ceremonial magic, revealing a mind intent on systematizing esoteric tradition for the modern seeker. Learned, comparative, and often didactic in style, these texts belong to the late Victorian occult revival, when ancient mystical sources were being retranslated, reorganized, and placed in dialogue with emerging scholarly and symbolic methods. Westcott was not merely an antiquarian compiler but a central architect of modern Western esotericism. A London coroner by profession, a prominent Freemason, and a co-founder of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, he brought to occult study both bureaucratic discipline and imaginative breadth. His medical and legal training sharpened his taste for classification, while his Masonic and Rosicrucian commitments shaped his conviction that hidden wisdom could be transmitted through symbols, ritual, and graded instruction. This volume is recommended to readers seeking a foundational encounter with the intellectual world behind the Golden Dawn and twentieth-century ceremonial magic. Scholars, practitioners, and historically minded readers will find in Westcott a lucid guide to the symbolic structures that shaped modern occult thought.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreSpirituality and Religion
Length27 hrs 17 mins
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Publish dateDec 11, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1William Wynn Westcott: Premium Collection (Annotated)
2Introduction
3Historical Context
4Synopsis (Selection)
5Hermetic Arcanum
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6Preface to the “Collectanea Hermetica”
7Preface to the “Arcanum.”
8The Hermetic Arcanum
9The Practice of the Sulphur
10The Times of the Stone.
11The Divine Pymander
12HERMES TRISMEGISTUS
13His First Book
14The Second Book called “Poemander"
15The Third Book called "The Holy Sermon”
16The Fourth Book called "The Key”
17The Fifth Book Called "That God is not Manifest and yet most Manifest”
18The Sixth Book Called "That in God alone is Good”
19The Seventh Book His Secret Sermon in the Mount Of Regeneration, and the Profession of Silence
20The Eighth Book That The Greatest Evil In Man, Is The Not Knowing God
21The Ninth Book A Universal Sermon to Asclepius
22The Tenth Book The Mind to Hermes
23The Eleventh Book Of the Common Mind to Tat
24The Twelfth Book His Crater or Monas
25The Thirteenth Book Of Sense and Understanding
26The Fourteenth Book Of Operation and Sense
27The Fifteenth Book Of Truth to His Son Tat
28The Sixteenth Book That None of the Things that are, can Perish
29The Seventeenth Book To Asclepius, to be Truly Wise
30The Hermetic Art
31Aesch Mezareph
32CHAPTER I
33CHAPTER II
34CHAPTER III
35CHAPTER IV
36CHAPTER V
37CHAPTER VI.
38CHAPTER VII.
39CHAPTER VIII.
40Somnium Scipionis
41The Chaldaean Oracles
42Introduction
43The Oracles of Zoroaster
44Ideas
45Particular Souls
46Matter
47Magical and Philosophical Precepts
48Oracles From Porphyry
49Euphrates
50Egyptian Magic