Apocalypse of the Alien God: Platonism and the Exile of Sethian Gnosticism by Dylan M. Burns (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014) Hardcover Included are chapters by Richard

Included are chapters by Richard Kieckhefer and Robert Mathiesen on the Sworn Book of Honorius

but hugely influential episode in modern occult history

Ceri Houlbrook

Colour frontispiece ‘Altar of Lam’ by Steffi Grant

which he argues are representative of the overwhelming majority of magical practitioners

Apocalypse of the Alien God: Platonism and the Exile of Sethian Gnosticism by Dylan M. Burns (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014) Hardcover Included are chapters by RichardDylan M. Burns. Apocalypse of the Alien God: Platonism and the Exile of Sethian Gnosticism. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014. Hardcover. 319 pages. Condition: Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Slight shelf wear on upper right corner of dust jacket. Description from the publisher: In the second century, Platonist and Judeo Christian thought were sufficiently friendly that a Greek philosopher could declare, "What is Plato but Moses