ELIPHAS LEVI: THE HISTORY OF MAGIC * HAND-BOUND MODERN REPRINT EDN OCCULT MAGICK for Sale

ELIPHAS LEVI: THE HISTORY OF MAGIC * HAND-BOUND MODERN REPRINT EDN OCCULT MAGICK For Sale

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ELIPHAS LEVI: THE HISTORY OF MAGIC * HAND-BOUND MODERN REPRINT EDN OCCULT MAGICK:
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ELIPHAS LEVI. [TRANSLATED BY A. E. WAITE].

THE HISTORY OF MAGIC, ITS PROCEDURE, ITS RITES AND ITS MYSTERIES.

Calgary AB: No publisher attribution or date. c.2010 [1913].

388 pages. B&W PLATES. Octavo (8 by 5 1/2 inch) hand-bound hardcover, full gray cloth with paper label front, marbled endpapers.

NEW CONDITION.

ELIPHAS LEVI was a 19th-century French OCCULTIST, apparently a rogue Catholic priest, whose books such as “THE GREAT SECRET” and this present title “THE HISTORY OF MAGIC” led up to the occult revival of the early-twentieth century which culminated in the now famous “HERMETIC ORDER OF THE GOLDEN DAWN” and the “ORDO TEMPLI ORIENTIS” or O.T.O. of ALEISTER CROWLEY. CROWLEY was in fact convinced that he was a reincarnation of LEVI, whose real name was ALPHONSE LOUIS CONSTANT, and who died about 6 months prior to CROWLEY\'s birth in 1875.

A. E. WAITE was a Freemason, an alumnus of the original GOLDEN DAWN, and a prolific writer on occult subjects throughout the latter 19th and early 20th centuries.

This reprint from the 1913 edition is hand-bound in full cloth, but please note that it is rather crudely bound with the spine-perforations showing (SEE FINAL PIC) – this affects the appearance but not the functionality of the binding.

CONTENTS:

INTRODUCTION.

BOOK ONE: THE DERIVATIONS OF MAGIC.

I.) FABULOUS SOURCES. • II.) MAGIC OF THE MAGI. • III.) MAGIC IN INDIA. • IV.) HERMETIC MAGIC. • V.) MAGIC IN GREECE. • VI.) MATHEMATICAL MAGIC OF PYTHAGORAS. • VII.) THE HOLY KABALAH.

BOOK TWO: FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF DOGMAS.

I.) PRIMITIVE SYMBOLISM OF HISTORY. • II.) MYSTICISM. • III.) INITIATIONS AND ORDEALS. • IV.) THE MAGIC OF PUBLIC WORSHIP. • V.) MYSTERIES OF VIRGINITY. • VI.) SUPERSTITIONS. • VII.) MAGICAL MONUMENTS.

BOOK THREE: DIVINE SYNTHESIS AND REALIZATION OF MAGIA BY THE CHRISTIAN REVELATION.

I.) CHRIST ACCUSED OF MAGIC BY THE JEWS. • II.) THE WITNESS OF MAGIC TO CHRISTIANITY. • III.) THE DEVIL. • IV.) THE LAST PAGANS. • V.) LEGENDS. • VI.) SOME KABALISTIC PAINTINGS AND SACRED EMBLEMS. • VII.) PHILOSOPHERS OF THE ALEXANDRIAN SCHOOL.

BOOK FOUR: MAGIC AND CIVILIZATION.

I.) MAGIC AMONG BARBARIANS. • II.) INFLUENCE OF WOMEN. • III.) THE SALIC LAWS AGAINST SORCERERS. • IV.) LEGENDS OF THE REIGN OF CHARLEMAGNE. • V.) MAGICIANS. • VI.) SOME FAMOUS PROSECUTIONS. • VII.) SUPERSTITIONS RELATING TO THE DEVIL.

BOOK FIVE: THE ADEPTS AND THE PRIESTHOOD.

I.) PRIESTS AND POPES ACCUSED OF MAGIC. • II.) APPEARANCE OF THE BOHEMIAN NOMADS. • III.) LEGEND AND HISTORY OF RAYMOND LULLY. • IV.) ON CERTAIN ALCHEMISTS. • V.) SOME FAMOUS SORCERERS AND MAGICIANS. • VI.) SOME MAGICAL PROSECUTIONS. • VII.) THE MAGICAL ORIGIN OF FREEMASONRY.

BOOK SIX: THAUMATURGIC PERSONALITIES OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.

I.) REMARKABLE AUTHORS OF THE 18TH CENTURY. • II.) THAUMATURGIC PERSONALITIES OF THE 18TH CENTURY. • III.) PROPHECIES OF CAZOTTE. • IV.) THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. • V.) PHENOMENA OF MEDIOMANIA. • VI.) THE GERMAN ILLUMINATI. • VII.) EMPIRE AND RESTORATION.

BOOK SEVEN: MAGIC IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.

I.) MAGNETIC MYSTICS AND MATERIALISTS. • II.) HALLUCINATIONS. • III.) MESMERISTS AND SOMNAMBULISTS. • IV.) THE FANTASTIC SIDE OF MAGICAL LITERATURE. • V.) SOME PRIMITIVE RECOLLECTIONS OF THE WRITER. • VI.) THE OCCULT SCIENCES. • VII.) SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION.

APPENDIX. • INDEX.

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