The History of Magic: Including a Clear and Precise Exposition of Its Procedure, Its Rites, and Its Mysteries - Brossura

Levi, Eliphas

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0877289298 ISBN 13: 9780877289296

Casa editrice: Weiser, 1999

Riassunto

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.

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L'autore:

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.

A.E. Waite (1857-1942) is one of the bestknown authors and translators of magic and the occult. He is the creator of the Rider-Waite tarot and is the author of several books including Book of Black Magic and Pictorial Keys to the Tarot.

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This text presents a classic history of magic and occultism, and is a book of which A.E. Waite said "there is nothing in the occult literature to compare with it..."The History of Magic" is the most arresting, entertaining and brilliant of all studies on the subject".

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• Editore: Weiser
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0877289298
• ISBN 13: 9780877289296
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 384