Mystics and Mysteries of Alexandria

This illustrated text explores the doctrines of Asia, North Africa, and Eastern Europe in Alexandria and how they laid the foundations for alchemy, Rosicrucianism, astronomy, and the hermetic arts which have survived in the secret societies of the modern world. It covers the esoteric schools which flourished in Alexandria for over five hundred years and combined the teachings of Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians, as well as Jewish scholars and early Christian mystics.