Synopsis
Book Description:
"The Magus is one of the primary sources for the study of ceremonial magic, and for a long time was one of the rarest and most sought after of the 19th century grimoires. Barretts' magnum opus embodies deep knowledge of Alchemy, Astrology, and the Kabbalah, and has been cited by the Golden Dawn and other occult and esoteric movements as source material. Written in 1801 in the middle of the 'Age of Reason', sandwiched between Newton and Darwin, this was possibly the last epoch that a work like this could be composed." (Quote from sacred-texts.com)
Table of Contents:
Publisher's Preface; The Magus, Book I.; Preface; Introduction To The Study Of Natural Magic; The First Principles Of Natural Magic: Book The First; Natural Magic Defined; Of The Wonders Of Natural Magic; Of Amulets, Charms, And Enchantments; Of Unctions, Philters, Potions, &c.--their Magical virtues; Of Magical Suspensions And Alligations; Of Antipathies; Of The Occult virtues Of Things; Of The Wonderful virtues Of Some Kind Of Precious Stones; Of The Mixtures Of Natural Things One With Another, And The Producing Of Monstrous Animals; Of The Art Of Fascination, Binding, Sorceries, Magical Confections, Lights, Candles, Lamps; The Jewel Of Alchymy; Epistle To Museus; To The Reader; Part The First: Of Alchymy, Its Divine Origin; Of The Preparation Of A Man To Qualify Him For The Search Of This Treasure; Of The Manner Of Extracting The First Matter Of The Philosophers' Stone; The Celestial Intelligencer; Of The Four Elements And Their Natural Qualities; Of The Properties And Wonderful Nature Of Fire And Earth; Of The Water And Air; Of Compound, Or Mixed Bodies; That The Elements Are In The Heavens, In The Stars, In Devils, Angels, Intelligences, And, Lastly, In God Himself; That The Wisdom Of God Works By The Medium Of Second Causes; Of The Spirit Of The World; Of The Seals And Characters Impressed By Celestials Upon Natural Things; Treating Of The virtue And Efficacy Of Perfumes; Of The Composition Of Some Perfumes Appropriated To The Seven Planets; Of The Composition And Magic virtue Of Rings; That The Passions Of The Mind Are Assisted By Celestials; How Man's Mind May Be Joined With The Mind Of Intelligences And Celestials; Shewing The Necessity Of Mathematical Knowledge; The Great virtues Of Numbers, As Well In Natural Things As In Supernatural; Of The Scale Of Unity; Of The Number Two, And Scale; Of The Number Three And Scale; Of The Number Four And Scale; Of The Number Five, And Its Scale; Of The Number Six, And The Scale; Of The Number Seven, And The Scale; Of The Number Eight, And The Scale; Of The Number Nine, And The Scale; Of The Number Ten, And The Scale; Of The Numbers Eleven And Twelve, With The Cabalistical Scale; Of The Notes Of The Hebrews And Chaldeans, And Other Notes Of Magicians; The Magic Tables Of The Planets; Of The Observation Of The Celestials Necessary In Every Magical Work; When The Planets Are Of Most Powerful Influence; Observations On The Fixed Stars, And Their Names And Natures; Of The Sun And Moon, And Their Magical Considerations; Of The Twenty-eight Mansions Of The Moon, And Their virtues; How Some Artificial Things (as Images, Seals, And Such Like) May Obtain Some virtue From The Celestial Bodies; Of The Images Of The Zodiac; Of The Images Of Saturn; Of The Images Of Jupiter; Of The Images Of Mars; Of The Images Of The Sun; Of The Images Of Venus; Of The Images Of Mercury; Of The Images Of The Head And Tail Of The Dragon Of The Moon; Of The Images Of The Mansions Of The Moon; That Human Imprecations Naturally Impress Their Powers Upon External Things; Conclusion; The Magus, Book ii.; Magnetism; Introduction; The Magnetic, Or Attractive Power Or Faculty; Of Sympathetic Medicines; Of The Magnetic Or Sympathetic Unguent; Of The Armary Unguent, Or Weapon Salve; Of The Imaginative Power And The Magnetism Of
About the Author
About the Author:
"Francis Barrett (born probably in London around 1770-1780) was an English occultist.
Barrett, an Englishman, claimed himself to be a student of chemistry, metaphysics, and natural occult philosophy. He was known to be an extreme eccentric who gave lessons in the magical arts in his apartment and fastidiously translated Kabbalistic and other ancient texts into English.
He was very enthusiastic about reviving interest in the occult arts, and published a magical textbook called The Magus. Apart from possibly influencing the English occult novelist Bulwer-Lytton, the book gained little notice until it influenced Eliphas Levi.
The Magus dealt with the natural magic of herbs and stones, magnetism, talismanic magic, alchemy, numerology, the elements, and biographies of famous adepts from history.
The Magus also served as an advertising tool. In it Barrett sought interested people wanting to help form his magic circle. An advertisement in The Magus (Vol. 2, p. 140) refers to an otherwise unknown school founded by Barrett." (Quote from wikipedia.org)
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