The History of Magic; Including a Clear and Precise Exposition of Its Procedure, Its Rites and Its Mysteries

by Eliphas Levi

Other authorsArthur Edward Waite (Translator)
Paperback, 2012

Status

Available

Call number

133.4309

Collection

Publication

Martino Fine Books (2012), Paperback, 388 pages

Description

First published in 1860, Éliphas Lévi's history of magic follows in the wake of his enormously successful Dogme et Ritual de la Haute Magie, which first appeared in 1854. In this book, the French occultist and alleged magician offers a thoroughly comprehensive survey of the idea of 'magic' in Western history, from its origins in Indian, Greek, cabalistic and hermetic traditions to the latest developments in nineteenth-century occult philosophy, as well as his own private recollections of his experience with magic. Lévi is adamant in his treatment of magic as a serious science and one compatible with Christianity, encouraging his readers to see magic as the reconciliation point between faith and reason, science and belief, authority and liberty. Extending to almost six hundred pages and with numerous illustrations, this book should appeal to those interested in the nineteenth-century obsession with mysticism and the occult.… (more)

Language

Original publication date

1860

Physical description

388 p.; 5.91 x 0.87 inches

ISBN

1614273723 / 9781614273721

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