On the Ancient and Modern Mysteries

Name: Ueber die alten und neuen Mysterien
Author: Starck, Johann August von

Ueber die alten und neuen Mysterien

attr. Starck, Johann August von

German

1782

425 pages

2 images

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Extensive searches across multiple scholarly and library catalogs (including UNESCO Index Translationum, Google Books, Internet Archive, and OpenAlex) yielded no evidence of an English translation of Johann August von Starck's 1782 work 'On the Ancient and Modern Mysteries' (Über den Zweck des Freimaurerordens, often referred to by its subject matter). The metadata provided in the prompt suggesting a 1982 translation by Michael S. Miller could not be verified in any of the searched databases, and no such work appears in the Library of Congress or other major catalogs. Therefore, it is highly probable that no English translation exists.

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Uncover the secret lineage of wisdom that stretches from the temples of Egypt to the lodges of the 18th century. Johann August von Starck peels back the veil on the ancient mysteries, revealing them not as 'childish jugglery,' but as the sophisticated guardians of a lost monotheistic truth.