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The history of magic — Éliphas Lévi

The history of magic

Éliphas Lévi

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  • Book language: English
  • 497 pages

The History of Magic is a historical survey of Western esoteric traditions by the French occultist Éliphas Lévi, translated by Arthur Edward Waite. It explores the beliefs, rites, and mysteries associated with magic from antiquity through later centuries. Listeners interested in the development of occult thought will find it a wide-ranging introduction to the subject.

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THE HISTORY OF MAGIC
James Hyatt
ÉLIPHAS LÉVI

THE

HISTORY OF MAGIC

INCLUDING A CLEAR AND PRECISE EXPOSITION

OF ITS PROCEDURE, ITS RITES AND

ITS MYSTERIES

BY

ÉLIPHAS LÉVI

(ALPHONSE LOUIS CONSTANT)

Opus hierarchicum et catholicum

(Definition of the Great Work, according to Heinrich Khunrath)

TRANSLATED, WITH A PREFACE AND NOTES, BY

ARTHUR EDWARD WAITE

THE ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS ARE INCLUDED

AND PORTRAITS OF THE AUTHOR

Second Edition

LONDON

WILLIAM RIDER & SON, LIMITED

CATHEDRAL HOUSE, PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C.

1922

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Contents

  1. Transcriber’s Notes
  2. THE HISTORY OF MAGIC
  3. PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION
  4. CONTENTS
  5. ILLUSTRATIONS
  6. THE HISTORY OF MAGIC
  7. INTRODUCTION
  8. BOOK I THE DERIVATIONS OF MAGIC א—ALEPH
  9. BOOK II FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF DOGMAS ב—BETH
  10. BOOK III DIVINE SYNTHESIS AND REALISATION OF MAGIA BY THE CHRISTIAN REVELATION
  11. BOOK IV MAGIC AND CIVILISATION ד—DALETH
  12. BOOK V THE ADEPTS AND THE PRIESTHOOD ה—HE
  13. BOOK VI MAGIC AND THE REVOLUTION ו—VAU
  14. BOOK VII MAGIC IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY ז—ZAIN
  15. APPENDIX
  16. INDEX
  17. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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