PHYSICAL PHENOMENA OF MYSTICISM - 1st 1950 - STIGMATA, DIVINE & DIABOLIC ECSTASY

THE PHYSICAL PHENOMENA OF MYSTICISM, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE STIGMATA, DIVINE AND DIABOLIC Book Details + Condition: Rider and Company (New York, Melbourne, Sydney, Cape Town). First Edition / Second Impression, 1950. An increasingly scarce work. Hardcover with original dust jacket. 263 pages. Illustrated. Montague Summers' last published work is a wide-ranging study of mysticism — chiefly in the Christian tradition — and attendant physical phenomena such as stigmata. The book also examines the idea of 'Ecstasy' in witch lore, as well as in Christianity, and includes numerous references of testimony demonstrating the experiences of Christian mystical phenomena. Contents include: - The Question Mysticism Answers- The Mysteries of Eleusis- Dionysis- Deification- Ecstacy- The Demoniacal Ecstasy of Witch Folk- Rapture- The Intermingling of Natural and Supernatural Worlds- Great Names in Mysticism- And much more. PROVENANCE: From the massive occult collection of Dr. Alan Gauld (1932–2024), distinguished British psychologist, parapsychologist, and historian of psychical research based at the University of Nottingham. His library included significant works on mediumship, hypnotism, and the founders of psychical research, often marked with his ownership inscriptions or ex libris labels. He authored many respected works, including The Founders of Psychical Research (1968), Mediumship and Survival (1982), and A History of Hypnotism (1992). Firm binding; foxing to text block, which only affects the edges of the last few pages; toning to endpapers; Gauld's ex libris to inside front board and inked name to ffep; interior is otherwise clean and free of markings. Original dust jacket shows aging and wear, with tears and chipping to edges and corners; it retains the original price. All books are carefully packed, and shipped in boxes.