One of the most important texts in the Western magical tradition
for nearly 500 years, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa's 1533 work Three
Books of Occult Philosophy collates a multitude of sources from the
Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance periods and organizes them
into a coherent explanation of the magical world. Divided into
three parts--the natural world, the celestial world, and the divine
world--the book systematically explains the philosophy, logic, and
methods of magic and astrology and how they work, offering numerous
examples, diagrams, techniques, and analogies. Agrippa's seminal
masterpiece provided the basis for 19th-century magical orders such
as the Golden Dawn and has been a primary source for countless
books on magical uses of stones, herbs, incense, and astrology.
Additionally, Agrippa's many lists and diagrams, especially the
planetary seals and magic squares, have proven invaluable to
magicians since the 16th century. Yet, up until now, all English
editions of Agrippa's Three Books were based on the same flawed
1651 translation from the mysterious "J.F." In this new translation
from the original 1533 Latin edition, Eric Purdue corrects the many
mistranslations, copyist mistakes, and errors introduced from other
editions, as well as restores all of Agrippa's original
illustrations. He notates every correction from earlier editions
and offers commentary to rectify the original translator's
mistranslations. Drawing on major developments in the research of
older magical and astrological texts since the 1990s, Purdue also
presents a nearly complete bibliography of Agrippa's primary
sources, revealing how Agrippa was not writing from missing or
secret texts but was a mainstream scholar of his day. Presenting
the first new English translation of Three Books of Occult
Philosophy in more than 350 years, this three-volume hardcover
boxed set repairs the gaps in knowledge pervasive in the original
translation as well as restores the magical spirit of Agrippa's
masterpiece, allowing us to hear Agrippa speak again.
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