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The Book of the Master; or, the Egyptian Doctrine of the Light born of the Virgin Mother

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IN a book published some three years ago Mr. Adams proclaimed what he considered to be “a clue to the creed of early Egypt.” He is doubtless an enthusiast, and of the importance of his work he does not entertain the smallest misgiving. So startling, indeed, to him was the originality of his idea that he was convinced of its truth from this fact alone; to have invented it, he wrote

The Book of the Master; or, the Egyptian Doctrine of the Light born of the Virgin Mother.

By W. Marsham Adams. Pp. xxii + 204. (London: John Murray, 1898.)

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The Book of the Master; or, the Egyptian Doctrine of the Light born of the Virgin Mother. Nature 59, 507–508 (1899). https://doi.org/10.1038/059507a0

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