The History of Magic

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Author

Lévi, Éliphas, 1810-1875

Title

The history of magic : including a clear and precise exposition of its procedure, its rites and its mysteries

Original Publication

United Kingdom: William Rider & Son, Limited, 1922.

Credits

Richard Tonsing, Les Galloway and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

BF: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Psychology, Philosophy, Psychoanalysis

Subject

Magic -- History

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 70033

Release Date

February 13, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Transcriber’s Notes
2. 2.THE HISTORY OF MAGIC
3. 3.PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.ILLUSTRATIONS
6. 6.THE HISTORY OF MAGIC
7. 7.INTRODUCTION
8. 8.BOOK I THE DERIVATIONS OF MAGIC א—ALEPH — CHAPTER I FABULOUS SOURCES
9. 9.CHAPTER II MAGIC OF THE MAGI
10. 10.CHAPTER III MAGIC IN INDIA
11. 11.CHAPTER IV HERMETIC MAGIC
12. 12.CHAPTER V MAGIC IN GREECE
13. 13.CHAPTER VI MATHEMATICAL MAGIC OF PYTHAGORAS
14. 14.CHAPTER VII THE HOLY KABALAH
15. 15.BOOK II FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF DOGMAS ב—BETH
16. 16.CHAPTER I PRIMITIVE SYMBOLISM OF HISTORY
17. 17.CHAPTER II MYSTICISM
18. 18.CHAPTER III INITIATIONS AND ORDEALS
19. 19.CHAPTER IV THE MAGIC OF PUBLIC WORSHIP
20. 20.CHAPTER V MYSTERIES OF VIRGINITY
21. 21.CHAPTER VI SUPERSTITIONS
22. 22.CHAPTER VII MAGICAL MONUMENTS
23. 23.BOOK III DIVINE SYNTHESIS AND REALISATION OF MAGIA BY THE CHRISTIAN REVELATION
24. 24.CHAPTER I CHRIST ACCUSED OF MAGIC BY THE JEWS
25. 25.CHAPTER II THE WITNESS OF MAGIC TO CHRISTIANITY
26. 26.CHAPTER III THE DEVIL
27. 27.CHAPTER IV THE LAST PAGANS
28. 28.CHAPTER V LEGENDS
29. 29.CHAPTER VI SOME KABALISTIC PAINTINGS AND SACRED EMBLEMS
30. 30.CHAPTER VII PHILOSOPHERS OF THE ALEXANDRIAN SCHOOL
31. 31.BOOK IV MAGIC AND CIVILISATION ד—DALETH
32. 32.CHAPTER I MAGIC AMONG BARBARIANS
33. 33.CHAPTER II INFLUENCE OF WOMEN
34. 34.CHAPTER III THE SALIC LAWS AGAINST SORCERERS
35. 35.CHAPTER IV LEGENDS OF THE REIGN OF CHARLEMAGNE
36. 36.CHAPTER V MAGICIANS
37. 37.CHAPTER VI SOME FAMOUS PROSECUTIONS
38. 38.CHAPTER VII SUPERSTITIONS RELATING TO THE DEVIL
39. 39.BOOK V THE ADEPTS AND THE PRIESTHOOD ה—HE
40. 40.CHAPTER I PRIESTS AND POPES ACCUSED OF MAGIC
41. 41.CHAPTER II APPEARANCE OF THE BOHEMIAN NOMADS
42. 42.CHAPTER III LEGEND AND HISTORY OF RAYMUND LULLY
43. 43.CHAPTER IV ON CERTAIN ALCHEMISTS
44. 44.CHAPTER V SOME FAMOUS SORCERERS AND MAGICIANS
45. 45.CHAPTER VI SOME MAGICAL PROSECUTIONS
46. 46.CHAPTER VII THE MAGICAL ORIGIN OF FREEMASONRY
47. 47.BOOK VI MAGIC AND THE REVOLUTION ו—VAU
48. 48.CHAPTER I REMARKABLE AUTHORS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
49. 49.CHAPTER II THAUMATURGIC PERSONALITIES OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
50. 50.CHAPTER III PROPHECIES OF CAZOTTE
51. 51.CHAPTER IV THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
52. 52.CHAPTER V PHENOMENA OF MEDIOMANIA
53. 53.CHAPTER VI THE GERMAN ILLUMINATI
54. 54.CHAPTER VII EMPIRE AND RESTORATION
55. 55.BOOK VII MAGIC IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY ז—ZAIN
56. 56.CHAPTER I MAGNETIC MYSTICS AND MATERIALISTS
57. 57.CHAPTER II HALLUCINATIONS
58. 58.CHAPTER III MESMERISTS AND SOMNAMBULISTS
59. 59.CHAPTER IV THE FANTASTIC SIDE OF MAGICAL LITERATURE
60. 60.CHAPTER V SOME PRIVATE RECOLLECTIONS OF THE WRITER
61. 61.CHAPTER VI THE OCCULT SCIENCES
62. 62.CHAPTER VII SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
63. 63.APPENDIX
64. 64.INDEX — FOOTNOTES:

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