
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.
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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)
26The Fourteenth Book Of Operation and Sense
2Introduction
27The Fifteenth Book Of Truth to His Son Tat
3Historical Context
28The Sixteenth Book That None of the Things that are, can Perish
4Synopsis (Selection)
29The Seventeenth Book To Asclepius, to be Truly Wise
5Hermetic Arcanum
30The Hermetic Art
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6Preface to the “Collectanea Hermetica”
31Aesch Mezareph
7Preface to the “Arcanum.”
32CHAPTER I
8The Hermetic Arcanum
33CHAPTER II
9The Practice of the Sulphur
34CHAPTER III
10The Times of the Stone.
35CHAPTER IV
11The Divine Pymander
36CHAPTER V
12HERMES TRISMEGISTUS
37CHAPTER VI.
13His First Book
38CHAPTER VII.
14The Second Book called “Poemander"
39CHAPTER VIII.
15The Third Book called "The Holy Sermon”
40Somnium Scipionis
16The Fourth Book called "The Key”
41The Chaldaean Oracles
17The Fifth Book Called "That God is not Manifest and yet most Manifest”
42Introduction
18The Sixth Book Called "That in God alone is Good”
43The Oracles of Zoroaster
19The Seventh Book His Secret Sermon in the Mount Of Regeneration, and the Profession of Silence
44Ideas
20The Eighth Book That The Greatest Evil In Man, Is The Not Knowing God
45Particular Souls
21The Ninth Book A Universal Sermon to Asclepius
46Matter
22The Tenth Book The Mind to Hermes
47Magical and Philosophical Precepts
23The Eleventh Book Of the Common Mind to Tat
48Oracles From Porphyry
24The Twelfth Book His Crater or Monas
49Euphrates
25The Thirteenth Book Of Sense and Understanding
50Egyptian Magic