Éliphas Lévi (1810–1875)
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Cours de philosophie occulte : Lettres àu Baron Spédalieri de la Kabbale et de la science des nombres (1977) 17 exemplar
The mysteries of magic: A digest of the writings of Eliphas Levi [i.e. A. L. Constant] (1974) 8 exemplar
Einweihungsbriefe in die Hohe Magie und Zahlenmystik. Briefe an Baron Spedalieri (1861-1863) (1980) 6 exemplar
As Origens da Cabala 3 exemplar
The Reconciliation Of Science And Religion: Eliphas Levi's Discourse On Gnostic Kabalah - The Human Verb, The… (2011) 2 exemplar
The Kabalistic and Occult Philosophy of Eliphas Levi - Volume 1: Letters to Students (2017) 2 exemplar
Philosophie occulte. Première série. Fables et symboles in verse avec leur explication. ... Par… (1862) 1 exemplar
La Science Des Esprits: Révélation Du Dogme Secret Des Kabbalistes, Esprit Occulte Des Évangiles,… (2017) 1 exemplar
Les Mystères de la Kabbale: ou l'harmonie occulte des deux Testaments (French Edition) (2018) 1 exemplar
Le Livre Rouge: Résumé du Magisme, des Sciences Occultes et de la Philosophie Hermétique (2019) 1 exemplar
Magicheskiy ritual Sanctum Regnum, istolkovannyy posredstvom Starshih arkanov Taro (2012) 1 exemplar
Os paradoxos da sabedoria oculta 1 exemplar
Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie Part I 1 exemplar
La clef des grands mystères - Suivant Hénoch, Abraham, Hermès Trimégiste et Salomon (2021) 1 exemplar
A chave dos grandes mist℗erios: de acordo com Henoch, Abra♯ao, Hermes Trismegisto e Salom♯ao (2001) 1 exemplar
The Evocation Of Apollonius of Tyana 1 exemplar
The Kabbalistic Prayer, The Book Of Formation, And The Magical Ritual Of The Sanctum Regnum (2005) 1 exemplar
Τυπικόν της υψηλής μαγείας 1 exemplar
Ιστορία της Μαγείας τ.2 1 exemplar
The Summary And General Key Of The Four Secret Sciences: The Kabbalah, Magic, Alchemy And Magnetism Or Occult Medicine… (2006) 1 exemplar
The Spirit of Magic 1 exemplar
How to Attract Your Desires [NOTE] 1 exemplar
High Magic [Excerpt] 1 exemplar
marele mistere 1 exemplar
Η βίβλος της ελευθερίας 1 exemplar
Věda duchů: Zjevení tajného dogmatu kabbalistů, skrytý smysl evangelia a vysvětlení nauk a fenomenů… (1991) 1 exemplar
El Mago: El Libro de los Esplendores/El Libro de los Sabios (Arbol Sagrado) (Spanish Edition) (2006) 1 exemplar
The Gnostic and Esoteric Mysteries of Freemasonry, Lucifer and the Great Work (English and Spanish Edition) (2011) 1 exemplar
Les envoutements - Le mauvais œil 1 exemplar
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The Prophecies of Paracelsus: Magic Figures and Prognostications made by Theophrastus Paracelsus about Four Hundred… (1915) — Förord, vissa utgåvor — 24 exemplar
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—mock “Tarot card”: That’s not my problem!
For something so intentionally B.S.-y, it’s a pretty realistic depiction of nonsense, lol.
Anyway, on the comically opposite end of the spectrum from learning about Tarot from Halloween commercials, is learning about it from the fancy old occultists like Eliphas Levi. Incidentally, he only writes about the Major Arcana, and as he doesn’t adequately introduce or whatever what he’s talking about, so if you didn’t know the cards already, you might not have the slightest idea what the fuck he’s talking about it, you know. As it is, he’s very old-fashioned and fancy, somewhat masculine, (III is the ‘the triangle of Solomon’, for example, which fascinated me, although he was very reticent to talk about ‘love’ and such, only hinting shyly), and rather into Kabbalah (Jewish/“Anglo”-Jewish mysticism) and also just aristocratic magic in general. In some senses, it’s not quite as good a quality as modern books—over-ornate, shy, masculine, etc—but it is fascinating, historically relevant or whatever, and out of copyright (ie cheap lol).
…. But the second cycle of 22 chapters—over half the total—aren’t as good as the first set. He doesn’t give you any usable rituals; he just…. rambles on, you know.
I mean, I guess it was safer for him that way, Victorian Europe had far more tolerance for convoluted wordiness than magic itself, but—not gonna be sitting here with even one ritual at the end of this, right.
…. But I’ll say this: many of the points he makes are much more clear in what I suppose you could call more streamlined books, more modern books—but that is not the same as saying that he is incorrect or formally wrong. Just hard to remember, or even look up.
…. And it is true that initiation does imply something true that is not always popular in every epoch of history—that of hierarchy or natural aristocracy or whatever you like, although that of course does not rule out the in this age equal truth of injustice, and indeed also the possibility of vain imaginings, you know.
…. He is shy, but better shy than crazy, sometimes. “Crazy”, of course, isn’t a technical term, you know. But neither is acting out simply because you have unresolved trauma, something I recommend—or a need to shock the hicks, whatever your theory is.
Ultimately it’s good to remember that the purpose of alchemy or whatever is health and wealth, not the avoidance of life. Knowledge of chess, chemistry, and past “Jeopardy” answers are unlikely to reward one with wealth and happiness in isolation from the knowledge of the human personality and the secret things—but neither are idle questionings that, I don’t know, do not concern you, a substitute for the things that do.
Although it’s funny, because like many other 1855 books it’s very taken with chemistry and chess or whatever it is—just chess in general I mean, not specifically. Blah blah blah REASON blah blah blah blah….
…. But yeah: it is true that there is both a, well he calls it a theory, but a divination use of the Tarot, and also a magical use; and there are other true things he says too, if you can forget the many loquacious and (usually) shy ramblings he goes on and on for.
…. And he also says some things that are wrong.
…. The ironic thing to mention here—1855! Woot! 🥳—is that I became interested in Tarot not because it was supported by or really alluded to at all, or especially in any positive way, by the great philosophers and the mainstream thinkers, but because I felt an inward attraction to it, indeed even when I understood it not, and often could not justify my inward attraction to myself! 🤭
…. “The Book of Hermes”: so childish, yet so old…. Always young, the eternal youth is nevertheless grown old before his time…. Perhaps. 😉… (mer)