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[Scott, Cyril].
The Initiate in the Dark Cycle.
Publisher: George Routledge & Sons, Ltd., London;
Date of Publication: 1932
Stock Code: 15537
First edition. Octavo, pp., xvii, [1], 215, [1], plus chromolithographic frontispiece of a Yonic ‘music deva’ (the plate has been removed and re-pasted to the verso of the contents). Publisher’s original blueberry cloth; titled in gilt to spine; ex-library stickers to foot of spine; white end-papers. Spine cocked; trace of adhesive to foot of spine; light mottling to boards; rubbing to corners and to spine-tips. Internally clean. A good copy. A series of fictive anecdotes on occult subjects, focused on the fictional occultist Justin Moreward Haig. This is the third of Scott’s trilogy on Haig. This volume discusses the Theosophical Society, Madame Blavatsky, and Jiddu Krishnamurti, among other contemporary controversies in the occult world. Cyril Scott (1879-1970) was an English composer, occultist, and naturopath. Scott wrote over 20 volumes on occultism and alternative health, including subjects as diverse as radiation, sleep, and the use of apple cider vinegar in treating cancer. £40.00