Description: ASTRAL WORSHIP The Truth Seeker Company (New York). Scarce First Edition, 1895. By J.H. Hill. Includes a moveable Astral Wheel to inside front board, only found in the first edition. 128 pages, with beautiful b&w illustrations throughout. Credited with writing one of the first comprehensive 19th-century studies on Astral Worship, Dr. Hill explores the foundations of astrology and explores its influence on religions, rituals and holidays that are commonly practiced today. Astral worship - or Astrolatry - is the worship of stars and other heavenly bodies as deities, or the association of deities with heavenly bodies (often found in the Babylonian, and Greco-Roman religions). The most common instances of this are sun gods and moon gods in polytheistic systems worldwide. Contents include: - Geocentric System of Nature - Sacred Numbers - Twelve Thousand Year Cycle - Ancient Triad - God Sol - Ancient Cosmogony - Fall and Redemption of Man - Incarnation of God Sol - Fable of the Twelve Labors - Anniversaries of Solar Worship - Personifications of the Divisions of Time - Zodiacal Symbols of Sun Worship - Signs of the Cross - Future Rewards and Punishments - Jewish or Ancient Christianity - The Prophecies - Roman or Modern Christianity - Freemasonry and Druidism - The Sabbath - Pious Frauds Front interior hinge cracked, but binding remains firm; light aging and wear to boards; rubbed corners and edges; chafed spine ends; toning to pages; interior is clean and free of markings, save the occasional age spotting. Please don't hesitate to let me know if you have any questions! Also check out our other rare and out-of-print antiquarian books at Black Cat Caboodle. SHIPPINGShipping & Handling Fee Listed — covers shipping via USPS to anywhere in the continental U.S. International Shipping available via eBay's shipping programs.SELLER INFO Payment is due within 3 days of end of auction.Black Cat Caboodle THANKS you for looking — Happy eBaying!
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: New York
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated
Region: North America
Author: J.H. Hill
Publisher: The Truth Seeker Company
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Astrology
Subject: Religion & Spirituality
Year Printed: 1895
Original/Facsimile: Original
