Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie

Written in 1854, this two-volume treatise on the occult explains the philosophy and method of ritual magic.

Éliphas Lévi (Author)

9781108027533, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 19 May 2011

468 pages, 14 b/w illus.
21.6 x 14 x 2.6 cm, 0.59 kg

Born Alphonse Louis Constant, French magician Éliphas Lévi (1810–75) wrote prolifically on the occult sciences. This highly popular two-volume treatise on practical magic attempts to initiate the reader into the mysteries of occult philosophy. Identifying magic as the 'nurse or godmother' of all intellectual forces, Lévi proclaims his firm belief in man as microcosm of the universe, the strength of human willpower and the effectiveness of sympathetic magic. Taking a more practical focus than the first part, this second volume, 'The Ritual of Transcendental Magic', focuses on the rituals and ceremonies of Western occult philosophy, offering explanations for magical equilibrium, the use and consecration of the pentagram, talismans, necromancy, transmutations, the Sabbath of the sorcerers, witchcraft, and the alchemical work of Nicholas Flamel and Raymond Lull.

Introduction
1. Les préparations
2. L'équilibre magique
3. Le triangle des pantacles
4. La conjuration des quatres
5. Le pentagramme flamboyant
6. Le médium et le médiateur
7. Le septénaire des talismans
8. Avis aux imprudents
9. Le cérémonial des initiés
10. La clef de l'occultisme
11. La triple chaîne
12. Le grand oeuvre
13. La nécromancie
14. Les transmutations
15. Le sabbat des sorciers
16. Les envoûtements et les sorts
17. L'écriture des étoiles
18. Philtres et magnétisme
19. Le magistère du soleil
20. La traumaturgie
21. La science des prophètes
22. Le livre d'Hermès
Supplément.

Subject Areas: Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography [JHMC]