The History of Magic. by. Éliphas Lévi, Arthur Edward Waite (Translator) · Rating details · ratings · 22 reviews. First published in , an invaluable source book that includes clear and precise exposition on procedures, rites, and occult mysteries. Every aspect of esoteric doctrine and practice is exhaustively dealt with and every authority cited/5. Eliphas Levi, in fact, believed they all came from the same place. In The History of Magic, he discusses the origins of many of the world's schools of mysticism and occult ideologies, as well as how he claims they deviated from the sole source of true religion/5(93). · The History Of Magic by Eliphas Levi (Alphonse Louis Constan) Addeddate. Identifier. TheHistoryOfMagicByEliphasLevi. Identifier-ark. ark://t0gv0d64b. Ocr.
Crowley translated Levi's book The Key of the Mysteries. According to Levi, two things are necessary to acquire magical power: "to disengage the will from all servitude, and to exercise it in control." Further Reading: Levi, Eliphas. The History of Magic. Reprint, York Beach, Maine: Samuel Weiser, ———. Transcendental. www.doorway.ru: The History of Magic () by Levi, Eliphas and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. Éliphas Lévi Zahed, born Alphonse Louis Constant (8 February - 31 May ), was a French esotericist, poet, and author of more than twenty books about magic, Kabbalah, alchemical studies, and www.doorway.ru pursued an ecclesiastical career in the Catholic Church until, after great personal struggle, at the age of 26, he abandoned the Roman Catholic priesthood.
As a comprehensive work on magic through the ages, The History of Magic, is hard to beat. Éliphas Lévi was born in poverty in , the son of a Parisian shoemaker. His early associations with the Christian Catholic Church were ambivalent because of his interest in "the Secret Doctrine" - Magic. Eliphas Levi, in fact, believed they all came from the same place. In The History of Magic, he discusses the origins of many of the world's schools of mysticism and occult ideologies, as well as how he claims they deviated from the sole source of true religion. In 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.
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