The Mysteries and Secrets of Magic
$20.00
The original 1927 edition, meticulously preserved. This edition moves beyond the sterile, mass-market reproductions often found today to bring you a premium Collector’s Facsimile. Every page maintains the historical pagination and aesthetic of the source text, paired with a bespoke cover design unique to this imprint.
C. J. S. Thompson’s The Mysteries and Secrets of Magic (1927) invites readers on a captivating journey through the shadowed corridors of occult history, where science, superstition, and spectacle intertwine. Blending scholarly precision with a storyteller’s flair, Thompson unveils the evolution of magical thought—from ancient Egyptian sorcery to Renaissance alchemy and the wonder-workers of the modern age. His narrative delights in paradox: the same impulses that fueled mystic rituals also seeded experimental science and stage illusion. Written in the golden age of curiosity about the arcane, this book reads like a scholarly treasure hunt, offering erudition with a dash of enchantment—an exploration as intellectually satisfying as it is irresistibly strange.
