Mysticism and Its Results: Being an Inquiry into the Uses and Abuses of Secrecy, as developed in the Instruction and Acts of Secret Societies, Associations, or Confraternities, whether Social, Religious, or Political, from the Beginning of History to the Present Day, and Their Effects on the Masses of Mankind, Then and Now.
- Singerman ID
- supp3015
- Year
- 1857
- Entry
- Delafield, John. Mysticism and Its Results: Being an Inquiry into the Uses and Abuses of Secrecy, as developed in the Instruction and Acts of Secret Societies, Associations, or Confraternities, whether Social, Religious, or Political, from the Beginning of History to the Present Day, and Their Effects on the Masses of Mankind, Then and Now. Saint Louis: Edwards and Bushnell, 1857. 120 p.
- Author/Editor
- Delafield, John
- Location
- St. Louis, MO
- Title
- Mysticism and Its Results: Being an Inquiry into the Uses and Abuses of Secrecy, as developed in the Instruction and Acts of Secret Societies, Associations, or Confraternities, whether Social, Religious, or Political, from the Beginning of History to the Present Day, and Their Effects on the Masses of Mankind, Then and Now.
- Language
- English
- Printer/Publisher
- Edwards and Bushnell
- Notes
- Speculates on the early rise of Jewish "secret writing" and "the origin of the Cabbalists or Kabbalistæ, a secret society among the Hebrews" (p. 48).
- Collection
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Chronological File, 1676 to 1900
Delafield, John, “Mysticism and Its Results: Being an Inquiry into the Uses and Abuses of Secrecy, as developed in the Instruction and Acts of Secret Societies, Associations, or Confraternities, whether Social, Religious, or Political, from the Beginning of History to the Present Day, and Their Effects on the Masses of Mankind, Then and Now.”, Judaica Americana II, accessed September 16, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/singerman/item/51539