A Search in Secret Egypt, Brunton, Paul. Published by Rider and Company, London, 1954. Grey boards with purple spine titles. 8vo up to 9½” tall., 287pp. with black and white plates throughout. Bumping to board corners; a few tape markers to top edge of textblock, light top corner page fold up to page 140. third of text. Clipped jacket is worn with chips to edges. Chapter Headings include: A Night with the Sphinx; The Desert Guardian; The Pyramid; A Night Inside the Great Pyramid; With a Magician of Cairo; Wonder-working by Hypnotism; An Interview with Egypt’s Most Famed Fakir; In The Name Of Allah, The Compassionate, The Merciful; An interview with the Spiritual Head of The Muhammedans; In The Peace of Old Abydos; The Ancient Mysteries; Snake Charming Dervish, etc.
Paul Brunton (1898-1981) is the pen name of Raphael Hurst, a British philosopher and author of spiritual books. He is best known as one of the early popularizers of Neo-Hindu spiritualism in western esotericism
