London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1962. First edition. Blue cloth hardback boards, with embossed symbol to front board. Scarce here in original unclipped dust jacket. In this work, Mouni Sadhu (pen name of Polish writer Mieczyslaw Demetriusz Sudowski) offers the reader an encyclopaedic exploration of the Western esoteric tradition and magical philosophy with the major arcana of the Tarot as the guide. Blue cloth of book is somewhat faded at the spine ends, and dust jacket has some cracks, and small areas of loss. Now in clear protective wrap. With many b/w illustrations, tables etc. Overall in good clean shape. 494, [2] pp. 240 x 165 mm (9½ x 6½ inches).