Download or read book A Catalogue Raisonné of Works on the Occult Sciences, Vol. 2 written by F. Leigh Gardner and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-18 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Catalogue Raisonn' of Works on the Occult Sciences, Vol. 2: Astrological Books N presenting my second volume of Occult Bibliographies to the public, I have to thank my numerous readers for the kind reception they have accorded my first effort on Rosicrucian Books 5 the work is now quite out of print, and copies are only obtainable at a premium. I hope that this second volume will prove even more popular than the first one, as I believe it will appeal to a larger circle of readers. I do not pretend that this Catalogue is complete, but it refers to over works, and to give some idea of the labour involved, I may say that, with the exception of a very few entries, all of the books herein enumerated have passed through my own hands, so that I can vouch for the accuracy of my description of them; it has entailed the labour of many years, but it has been a labour of love, the result of my devotion to Occult Studies, and I do not h0pe for any profit from its sale. Should my health and means permit, I intend to issue a third volume on Alchemical Books, and some of my friends are sanguine enough to predict a greater success for this than any of its predecessors have attained; at any rate I have endeavoured in the present volume to render as complete as possible a work intended to embody a catalogue of the literature of the whole world in this enticing branch of occult study, so as to place within reach of the student a volume of reference to a science that has laboured for many years under numerous shortcomings; not the least of which are the Charlatanry and Quackery indulged in even at the present day by irresponsible quidnuncs who are all willing to supply the gaping crowd with prophecies to suit their taste, and cheap love oracles to all and sundry lads and lasses who are bold enough to seek to know what fate has in store for them. I believe Astrology to be a true science when properly under stood it dates back to a great antiquity; the Arabians, Chaldaeans. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.