For the occultists and book collectors out there, some news that might be of interest from publishers Red Wheel Weiser:
Smith College Professor Joseph McVeigh, Ph.D. has successfully
completed the first ever English translation of one of the most important occult texts of all time, Opus Mago-Cabbalisticum et Theosophicum. Written in the 1700s by alchemist Georg von Welling of Germany, the original text has been jealously revered for nearly 300 years by German esotericists.Opus Mago-Cabbalisticum had an immediate and direct influence upon the secret work of the 18th century German society, the Golden Rosicrucians, whose work in turned inspired esoteric Freemasons in Great Britain including the founders of the most famous magical society of all time, the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.
The book is due for release in January 2006, and the first printing will be a limited edition hardcover of 3000. I have it on good authority that if you contact Red Wheel/Weiser you can preorder a copy – the price is $80.
