Just my mileage, but if I were going to buy such a book, I would rather the relevant material was incorporated into it. That way I wouldn't have to hunt all over the market trying to find copies of the reference material. I had quite a hunt before I could find a used copy of The Cosmic Doctrine, for example.
In addition, taking the long view, if your book survives 500 years from now and copies of the Eddas and runelore don't, then if these are in your book, you have preserved them. There are several items from say, ancient Greece, that survive today only because some Roman quoted them in his work and the Roman's work is what survived.
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Date: 2022-12-19 04:40 pm (UTC)In addition, taking the long view, if your book survives 500 years from now and copies of the Eddas and runelore don't, then if these are in your book, you have preserved them. There are several items from say, ancient Greece, that survive today only because some Roman quoted them in his work and the Roman's work is what survived.
Thanks, Cicada Grove