ASIE The rediscovery of Asia and its culture... Lot 7140

ASIE The rediscovery of Asia and its culture by Europeans in the 19th century had important consequences for the development of Western esotericism. In addition to the creation of organizations such as the Theosophical Society (see lot 7105), the imagination of occultists was profoundly modified; however, it was not until the middle of the 20th century that really advanced studies on Buddhism, or on remote regions such as Tibet, became available. A title such as Asia mysteriosa illustrates well the "Far Easternizing" fascination that was then falling on the European public. Let us note that Zam Bhotiva, pseudonym of Cesare Accomani, a "rather tall, thin man, with a figure with angular features, with a voluntary jaw [whose] clear and piercing eyes illuminated his rather sympathetic physiognomy" according to the testimony of the young Mario Fille (Thimmy, La Magie à Paris, 1934), also founded the Rosicrucian order of the "Polar Fraternity" (in 1929). The two books proposed on Tantrism also illustrate two different approaches to this particular current of Hinduism. Lot including 6 books. - Gaston GRATUZE A Pioneer of the Tibetan Mission: Fr. Auguste Desgodins Paris, Apostolat des Editions, 1969 Paperback. 363 pages. Cover damaged, foxing. - Arnaud DESJARDINS The Message of the Tibetans. The true face of Tantrism Paris, La Table ronde, 1972 Paperback. 227 pages. Cover damaged; some passages highlighted in pencil. - Milarepa, his misdeeds, his trials, his enlightenment*. Paris, Fayard, collection "Documents spirituels" n°5, 1984 One volume in-8 paperback of 268 pages. Translated from Tibetan by Jacques Bacot. Preface by Marco Pallis. Very good condition. This work comes from another collector than Volguine. - Zam BHOTIVA Asia mysteriosa Paris, Dorbon-Ainé, 1929 The Oracle of Astral Force as a means of communication with "Les Petites Lumières d'Orient". Preceded by a preface by F. Divoire and studies by Maurice Magre and J. Marquès-Rivière. Paperback volume of 152 pages. First edition. Condition of use. Cover and edges dirty. Several pages with stains. - Invitation to the Black Cap ceremony*. A small unpaginated booklet. Not from Volguine's collection. - Frederic A. BISCHOFF Contribution à l'étude des divinités mineures du Bouddhisme tantrique : Arya Mahabala Nama Mahayanasutra tibétain (mission de Touen-Houang) et chinois. Paris, Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner, 1956 Paperback. 126 pages and IV plates. Some tears on the cover.