First published in 1913, this classic text is an invaluable source book on the history and practice of magic and occultism. The contents include: Magic of the Magi, Magic in Ancient Greece, the Kabalah, Primitive Symbolism, Mysticism, Oracles, Magical Monuments, Magic and Christianity, Pagan Magic, Kabalistic Paintings and Sacred Emblems, Sorcerers, Magic and Freemasonry, the Illuminati, and more. Illustrated.
First published in 1913, this classic text is an invaluable source book on the history and practice of magic and occultism. The contents include: Magic of the Magi, Magic in Ancient Greece, the Kabalah, Primitive Symbolism, Mysticism, Oracles, Magical Monuments, Magic and Christianity, Pagan Magic, Kabalistic Paintings and Sacred Emblems, Sorcerers, Magic and Freemasonry, the Illuminati, and more. Illustrated.
Alphonse Louis Constant, better know by his pen name Eliphas Levi, was a master of the traditional Rosicrucian interpretation of the Kabbalah. He was born in France in 1810, and through the offices of the parish priest, was educated for the church at SaintSulpice. He was later expelled from seminary for teaching doctrines contrary to those of the Roman Catholic Church. In 1824 Levi began studying the occult sciences, and wrote about magic and the Kabbalah for the next three decades. His other books include Transcendental Magic, Mysteries of the Qabalah, and The Book of Splendours.
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Preface to the English translation Introduction Part I. The Derivations of Magic: 1. Fabulous sources 2. Magic of the magi 3. Magic in India 4. Hermetic magic 5. Magic in Greece 6. Mathematical magic of Pythagoras 7. The holy Kabalah Part II. Formation and Development of Dogmas: 1. Primitive symbolism of history 2. Mysticism 3. Initiations and ordeals 4. The magic of public worship 5. Mysteries of virginity 6. Superstitions 7. Magical monuments Part III. Divine Synthesis and Realisation of Magia by the Christian Revelation: 1. Christ accused of magic by the Jews 2. The witness of magic to Christianity 3. The devil 4. The last pagans 5. Legends 6. Some kabalistic paintings and sacred emblems 7. Philosophers of the Alexandrian schools Part IV. Magic and Civilisation: 1. Magic among barbarians 2. Influence of women 3. The Salic laws against sorcerers 4. Legends of the reign of Charlemagne 5. Magicians 6. Some famous prosecutions 7. Superstitions relating to the devil Part V. The adepts and the priesthood: 1. Priests and popes accused of magic 2. Appearance of the Bohemian nomads 3. Legend and history of Raymund Lully 4. On certain alchemists 5. Some famous sorcerers and magicians 6. Some magical prosecutions 7. The magical origin of Freemasonry Part VI. Magic and the Revolution: 1. Remarkable authors of the eighteenth century 2. Thaumaturgic personalities of the eighteenth century 3. Prophecies of Cazotte 4. The French revolution 5. Phenomena of mediomania 6. The German illuminati 7. Empire and restoration Part VII. Magic in the Nineteenth Century: 1. Magnetic mystics and materialists 2. Hallucinations 3. Mesmerists and somnambulists 4. The fantastic side of magical literature 5. Some private recollections of the writer 6. The occult sciences 7. Summary and conclusions Appendix Index.
Preface to the English translation Introduction Part I. The Derivations of Magic: 1. Fabulous sources 2. Magic of the magi 3. Magic in India 4. Hermetic magic 5. Magic in Greece 6. Mathematical magic of Pythagoras 7. The holy Kabalah Part II. Formation and Development of Dogmas: 1. Primitive symbolism of history 2. Mysticism 3. Initiations and ordeals 4. The magic of public worship 5. Mysteries of virginity 6. Superstitions 7. Magical monuments Part III. Divine Synthesis and Realisation of Magia by the Christian Revelation: 1. Christ accused of magic by the Jews 2. The witness of magic to Christianity 3. The devil 4. The last pagans 5. Legends 6. Some kabalistic paintings and sacred emblems 7. Philosophers of the Alexandrian schools Part IV. Magic and Civilisation: 1. Magic among barbarians 2. Influence of women 3. The Salic laws against sorcerers 4. Legends of the reign of Charlemagne 5. Magicians 6. Some famous prosecutions 7. Superstitions relating to the devil Part V. The adepts and the priesthood: 1. Priests and popes accused of magic 2. Appearance of the Bohemian nomads 3. Legend and history of Raymund Lully 4. On certain alchemists 5. Some famous sorcerers and magicians 6. Some magical prosecutions 7. The magical origin of Freemasonry Part VI. Magic and the Revolution: 1. Remarkable authors of the eighteenth century 2. Thaumaturgic personalities of the eighteenth century 3. Prophecies of Cazotte 4. The French revolution 5. Phenomena of mediomania 6. The German illuminati 7. Empire and restoration Part VII. Magic in the Nineteenth Century: 1. Magnetic mystics and materialists 2. Hallucinations 3. Mesmerists and somnambulists 4. The fantastic side of magical literature 5. Some private recollections of the writer 6. The occult sciences 7. Summary and conclusions Appendix Index.
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