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Originally published in 1860 as Histoire de la Magie, this English
edition was translated by A. E. Waite in 1913. Long established as
the most valuable source on the tradition of magic and occultism,
History of Magic is now available as a Weiser classic in a new,
enlarged edition. Described by Waite as "the most arresting,
entertaining and brilliant of all studies on the subject, " the
text provides a complete survey of the occult sciences, from
Biblical references, and Zoroaster to Hermetic Magic, and the
Kabbalah. The author also explores magical rites and dogmas from
various civilizations and discusses some famous sorcerers and
magicians. Other topics explored include Magic of the Magi, Magic
in India, Mysticism, Magic and Christianity, and the sources of
Freemasonry.
Eliphas Levi was steeped in the Western occult tradition and a
master of the Rosicrucian interpretation of the Qabalah, which
forms the basis of magic as practiced in the West today. The Key of
the Mysteries represents the culmination of Levi's thoughts and is
written with subtle and delicate irony. It reveals the mysteries of
religion and the secrets of the Qabalah, providing a sketch of the
prophetic theology of numbers. The mysteries of nature, such as
spiritualism and fluidic phantoms, are explored. Magical mysteries,
the Theory of the Will with its 22 axioms are divulged. And finally
it offers "the great practical secrets." The true greatness of this
work, however, lies in its ability to place occult thought firmly
in Western religious traditions. For Levi, the study of the occult
was the study of a divine science, the mathematics of God.
The Great Secret completes a trilogy of books by Eliphas Levi
published in his "Studies in Hermetic Tradition" series, the two
previous volumes being The Book of Splendours and The Mysteries of
the Qabalah. Taken together these writings represent a fitting
memorial to one who "has been both the keeper of the hermetic
tradition and the absolute renovator of esoteric thinking in Europe
in the 19th century".
"You will be as gods, knowing good and evil".
So concludes what Eliphas Levi considered to be his last
testament, his most important and final treatise, and a summation
of his esoteric philosophy. This volume is the conclusion of the
work he started with Book One, The Hieratic Mystery or the
Traditional Documents of High Initiation, published as The Book of
Splendours (Weiser, 1984). The Great Secret contains his final two
works: Book Two, The Royal Mystery or Art of Subduing the Powers,
in which Levi discusses such topics as Evil, the Outer Darkness,
the Great Secret, Magical Sacrifice, Evocations, the Arcana of
Solomon's Ring, and the Terrible Secret. Book Three, The Sacerdotal
Mystery or the Art of Being Served by Spirits, covers Aberrant
Forces, the Chaining of the Devil, Sacred and Accursed Rites,
Divination, Dark Intelligence, and the Great Arcanum.
A major contribution!" --Rachel Pollack, bestselling author of
Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom The definitive collection of rare,
secret, and arcane tarot knowledge The Tarot: A Collection of
Secret Wisdom from Tarot's Mystical Origins is the ultimate guide
to the mysteries and lost knowledge of the tarot. This single
volume includes more than ten selections from foundational tarot
books, all from the 19th and 20th century. Many of these critical
texts have been forgotten, fallen out of print, or are impossible
to acquire. The Tarot reintroduces these books to the modern-day
reader, unlocking the invisible power of the tarot for a new
generation of card readers. The Tarot includes the following
complete books: The Tarot by S. L. MacGregor Mathers The Magical
Ritual of the Sanctum Regnum by Eliphaz Levi Fortune Telling by
Cards by P. R. S. Foli The Pictorial Key to the Tarot by Arthur
Edward Waite The Symbolism of the Tarot by P.D. Ouspensky The Tarot
of the Bohemians by Papus The Key to the Universe by Harriette
Augusta Curtiss & F. Homer The Key of Destiny by Harriette
Augusta Curtiss & F. Homer The General Book of the Tarot by
A.E. Thierens The Tarot also includes additional selections from
Manly P. Hall and others. Featuring over 400 original
black-and-white illustrations throughout the book, The Tarot is a
gorgeous gift and an irresistible invitation to both seasoned
readers and beginners to explore the esoteric wisdom of the cards.
This is a compilation of Eliphas Levi's writings on the 22 Major
Arcana of the Tarot and their corresponding Hebrew letters. It
includes the "Magic Ritual of the Sanctum Regnum", some extracts
from the "Major Keys and the Clavicles of Solomon" and the Editor's
Appendix is a large collection of Levi's drawings and diagrams for
easy reference. "The science of signs begins with the science of
letters. Letters are absolute ideas. Absolute ideas are numbers.
Numbers are perfect signs. In using ideas with numbers, one can
operate upon the ideas like one can operate upon number and arrive
at the mathematics of truth. The tarot is the key of letters and
numbers..." "Now, the tarot that we have today ...has come to us
from Egypt passing through Judea. The keys of this tarot, in fact,
correspond with the letters of the hebraic alphabet, and some of
its figures even reproduce the same form of the characters of this
sacred alphabet."
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