Gods in Exile by J.J. Van Der Leeuw First Edition Beautifully illustrated throughout

Beautifully illustrated throughout

boards are slightly albeit evenly faded

This is one of a number of books / translation that he published on the subject: "The Mahanirvana Tantra" ("Treatise on the great Liberation") is an advaita text comprising mantra and esoteric rituals

He reviews the well-known history and literature of the Rosicrucians

there is a charming portrait of Krishnamurti which was tipped in by Bray with the date of '1925' written below it on the adjacent leaf

Gods in Exile by J.J. Van Der Leeuw First Edition Beautifully illustrated throughoutGods in Exile by J. J. Van Der Leeuw Publication: 1926 The Theosophical Press; Chicago First Edition Association copy signed on flyleaf (in pencil) by cult California artist Beatrice Wood Author Jacobus Johannas Van Der Leeuw was a theosophist and priest at the Liberal Catholic Church which was founded by C. W. Leadbeater, and was in fact a student of Leadbeater. This work (perhaps his best known) is based on the awakening of Ego consciousness which