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LÉVI (Alphonse Constant, known as Éliphas). Dogma and Ritual of High Magic. Second edition much enlarged with 24 figures. Volume one: The Dogma. Second volume: Ritual. Paris, London, New York, Madrid, Germer - Baillière, 1861. 2 vol. in-8 half blond basane, ribbed b., title and tomaison (period binding). Spines worn. Figures in and out of text. Occultist bookmarks Henrik Hunwald, Oskragielly (Krakow), etc. (the others illegible). "The most important work of the greatest modern occultist and contains the substance of countless volumes. It is impossible to be more clear and concise at the same time. Each sentence is laid down as an axiom, offering a vast field to the meditation of the thinker; the style is strong, superb; one feels while reading it, the calm and the majesty of the true initiate, conscious of the truth he exposes and perfectly master of himself. The work is divided into two independent parts, the first theoretical: Dogma, the second practical: Ritual. Here is the enumeration of the 22 chapters, based on the 22 arcana of the Tarot, composing the Dogma. The Recipient. The Columns of the Temple. The Triangle of Solomon. The Tetragrammaton. The Pentagram. The Magic Balance. The Flaming Sword. The Realization. The Initiation. The Kabbalah. The Magic Chain. The Great Work. Necromancy. Transmutations. Black magic. Spells. Astrology, Philtres and Spells. The Stone of the Philosophers. Universal medicine. Divination. Summary and general key to the four occult sciences (Cabala, Magic, Alchemy, Occult Medicine). The Ritual also includes 22 chapters: The Preparations. The magical balance. The Triangle of the Pantacles. The Conjuration of the Four. The Flaming Pentagram. The Medium and the Mediator. The Sevenfold Talisman. Notice to the unwary. The Ceremonial of the Initiates. The Key of Occultism. The Triple Chain. The Great Work. Necromancy. Transmutations. The Sabbath of the sorcerers. Spellings and Spells. The writing of the stars. Philtres and Magnetism. The Magistery of the Sun. Thaumaturgy, the science of the Prophets. The Book of Hermes or the Tarot. This magnificent work still contains the Nuctemeron of Apollonius from which the initiates have drawn their mystical names; and an interesting chapter on the Magic of the countryside. It is enriched with 23 superb magical engravings, with their explanation." Caillet (2571).
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LÉVI (Alphonse Constant, known as Éliphas). Dogma and Ritual of High Magic. Second edition much enlarged with 24 figures. Volume one: The Dogma. Second volume: Ritual. Paris, London, New York, Madrid, Germer - Baillière, 1861. 2 vol. in-8 half blond basane, ribbed b., title and tomaison (period binding). Spines worn. Figures in and out of text. Occultist bookmarks Henrik Hunwald, Oskragielly (Krakow), etc. (the others illegible). "The most important work of the greatest modern occultist and contains the substance of countless volumes. It is impossible to be more clear and concise at the same time. Each sentence is laid down as an axiom, offering a vast field to the meditation of the thinker; the style is strong, superb; one feels while reading it, the calm and the majesty of the true initiate, conscious of the truth he exposes and perfectly master of himself. The work is divided into two independent parts, the first theoretical: Dogma, the second practical: Ritual. Here is the enumeration of the 22 chapters, based on the 22 arcana of the Tarot, composing the Dogma. The Recipient. The Columns of the Temple. The Triangle of Solomon. The Tetragrammaton. The Pentagram. The Magic Balance. The Flaming Sword. The Realization. The Initiation. The Kabbalah. The Magic Chain. The Great Work. Necromancy. Transmutations. Black magic. Spells. Astrology, Philtres and Spells. The Stone of the Philosophers. Universal medicine. Divination. Summary and general key to the four occult sciences (Cabala, Magic, Alchemy, Occult Medicine). The Ritual also includes 22 chapters: The Preparations. The magical balance. The Triangle of the Pantacles. The Conjuration of the Four. The Flaming Pentagram. The Medium and the Mediator. The Sevenfold Talisman. Notice to the unwary. The Ceremonial of the Initiates. The Key of Occultism. The Triple Chain. The Great Work. Necromancy. Transmutations. The Sabbath of the sorcerers. Spellings and Spells. The writing of the stars. Philtres and Magnetism. The Magistery of the Sun. Thaumaturgy, the science of the Prophets. The Book of Hermes or the Tarot. This magnificent work still contains the Nuctemeron of Apollonius from which the initiates have drawn their mystical names; and an interesting chapter on the Magic of the countryside. It is enriched with 23 superb magical engravings, with their explanation." Caillet (2571).
