WAITE, Arthur Edward "The Hidden Church of the Holy Graal" [Yogi Publications, 1975]

"The Hidden Church of the Holy Graal: its Legends and Symbolism Considered in their Affinity with Certain Mysteries of Initiation and Other Traces of a Secret Tradition in Christian Times" by Arthur Edward Waite [Yogi Publications, 1975]. Facsimile Edition of the 1909 first edition. Hardcover with gilt titling. xix + 714pp. Top edge foxed and red scuff on bottom edge. Internally clean and tight. Very Good+.

Summary: In this highly readable but densely informative work, Waite, a preeminent 19th-century expert in esoterica, explores all the literature dedicated to this "legend of the soul" from both an intellectual and a spiritual perspective, seeking out the elemental through-lines of this most fundamental of stories as well as a mystical essence of Christianity itself. Students of folklore, readers of fantasy-quest fiction, and seekers after religious truth will all find this a vital resource.