LEADBEATER, C.W. “The Science of the Sacraments” [St. Alban’s Press, 1920] 1st Edition

“The Science of the Sacraments” by Charles Webster Leadbeater [St. Alban’s Press, 1920]. First edition. Original blue cloth, with decorative blindstamped covers all around and gilt titling on spine. Color folding frontispiece (detached but present), 21 diagrams, and 27 plates. 560pp. From the library of author and Hollywood screenwriter Mary O’Hara. Spine face sunned. Front hinge cracked. Two inscriptions – one of FFEP and one on rear of frontis. Several minor instances of penciled marginalia but textblock mostly very clean. Very Good-. In this work, the author investigates the spiritual and psychic energies of the Christian sacraments; it’s considered “one of the most significant works in Christian esotericism” ever published. From the library of author and Hollywood screenwriter Mary O’Hara. 

Charles Webster Leadbeater was a member of the Theosophical Society, Co-Freemasonry, an author on occult subjects, and the co-initiator of the Liberal Catholic Church.