A deep dive into the panorama of wisdom that is Western Hermetic theory and practice.

Whoever studies this Encyclopedia and applies its instructions can confidently take on the special branches of Occult Initiation, such as Kabbalistic, Magical, and Hermetic cycles. Additionally, it includes instructions for developing one's intuition and realizational power.

The author Grigori Ottonovich Mebes (pronounced as Myo-bes), a Russian nobleman, mathematics professor, and member of the French Martinist order, presented a lecture course on the general theory and practice of occultism in 1911-1912 in St. Petersburg.

The course was aptly named 'A Course of the Encyclopedia of Occultism'. Later, these lectures were compiled into a book, which has now been translated into elegant English