author

Hargrave Jennings

d. 1890

Drawn to secret societies, ancient symbols, and the stranger edges of Victorian thought, this prolific writer explored Rosicrucianism, comparative religion, and occult lore with a flair that still fascinates curious readers.

2 Audiobooks

Phallic Worship A description of the mysteries of the sex worship of the ancients, with the history of the masculine cross. An account of primitive symbolism, Hebrew phallicism, bacchic festivals, sexual rites, and the mysteries of the ancient faiths.

Phallic Worship A description of the mysteries of the sex worship of the ancients, with the history of the masculine cross. An account of primitive symbolism, Hebrew phallicism, bacchic festivals, sexual rites, and the mysteries of the ancient faiths.

by Hargrave Jennings

Phallic Miscellanies Facts and Phases of Ancient and Modern Sex Worship, as Illustrated Chiefly in the Religions of India

Phallic Miscellanies Facts and Phases of Ancient and Modern Sex Worship, as Illustrated Chiefly in the Religions of India

by Hargrave Jennings

About the author

Born around 1817 and dying in 1890, Hargrave Jennings was a British writer remembered for works on occultism, esotericism, and comparative religion. Sources describe him as a Freemason and Rosicrucian-minded author whose books helped shape later interest in mystical and symbolic traditions.

Early in life, he contributed sea sketches to the Metropolitan Magazine, and he later worked for many years as secretary to Colonel Mapleson in the management of the Italian Opera. Alongside that practical career, he produced fiction and a long series of speculative studies, including The Rosicrucians, Their Rites and Mysteries, the book for which he is best known.

Jennings wrote in a highly imaginative Victorian style, blending scholarship, symbolism, and bold theories about religion and myth. Even when modern readers may treat some of his claims cautiously, his work remains a vivid window into nineteenth-century fascination with the hidden meanings behind history, ritual, and belief.