Transcendental Magic: Its Doctrine and Ritual (Cambridge Library Collection - Spiritualism and Esoteric Knowledge) - Softcover

Lévi, Éliphas

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Book Description

Published in French in 1854, Éliphas Lévi's Dogme et rituel de la haute magie was translated into English by occult historian Arthur Waite in 1896. In this hugely popular book, Lévi outlines the theory and practices of Western occultism. The original two-volume French edition is also reissued in this series.

About the Author

Alphonse Louis Constant, better know by his pen name Eliphas Levi, was a master of the traditional Rosicrucian interpretation of the Kabbalah. He was born in France in 1810, and through the offices of the parish priest, was educated for the church at SaintSulpice. He was later expelled from seminary for teaching doctrines contrary to those of the Roman Catholic Church. In 1824 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 Book of Splendours".

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