French ceremonial magic revival

Transcendental Magic, its Doctrine and Ritual

Name: Transcendental Magic, its Doctrine and Ritual
Author: Éliphas Lévi (Alphonse Louis Constant)

Éliphas Lévi (Alphonse Louis Constant)1854

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A foundational text of modern occultism that bridge ancient traditions with 19th-century esotericism. Levi systemizes the theory ('Doctrine') and practice ('Ritual') of 'High Magic,' exploring the Qabalah, Hermeticism, and Tarot symbolism. This work significantly influenced the development of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and the modern Tarot movement. A.E. Waite's translation remains the standard scholarly English version.

Also known asDogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie

This edition1896

EditionGeorge Redway, London (First English Translation)

Ceremonial MagicTarotFrench Occult RevivalWestern HermeticismKabbalahmagical invocationsHermeticismesoteric symbolismAstrology and Horoscope Casting

Contents17 chapters

01CHAPTER I. THE CANDIDATE. Unity of the Doctrine— Qualifications necessary for the Adept ...... 27
02CHAPTER XI. THE MAGIC CHAIN. Magnetic Currents— Secrets of great successes — Talking Tables — Fluidic Manifestations . . 97
03CHAPTER I. PREPARATIONS. Dispositions and Principles of Magical Operation— Personal Preparations of the Operator . . 191
04CHAPTER XV. THE SABBATH OF THE SORCERERS
05CHAPTER I PREPARATIONS EVERY intention which does not assert itself by deeds is a vain intention, and the speech which expresses it is idle speech
06CHAPTER II MAGICAL EQUILIBRIUM EQUILIBRIUM is the consequence of two forces
07CHAPTER III THE TRIANGLE OF PANTACLES THE Abbot Trithemius, who in magic was the master of Cornelius Agrippa, explains, in his " Steganography," the secret
08CHAPTER V THE BLAZING PENTAGRAM WE proceed to the explanation and consecration of the sacred and mysterious pentagram
09CHAPTER VI. THE MEDIUM AND MEDIATOR
10CHAPTER VII. THE SEPTENARY OF TALISMANS
11CHAPTER VIII A WARNING TO THE IMPRUDENT THE operations of science are not devoid of danger, as we have stated several times
12CHAPTER X THE KEY OF OCCULTISM LET us now examine the question of pantacles, for all magical virtue is there, since the secret of force is in the
13CHAPTER XIV TRANSMUTATIONS ST AUGUSTINE speculates, as we have said, whether Apuleius could have been changed into an ass and then have resumed his human
14CHAPTER XVI WITCHCRAFT AND SPELLS WHAT sorcerers and necromancers sought above all in their evocations of the impure spirit was that magnetic power which is
15CHAPTER XIX THE MASTERY OF THE SUN WE come now to that number which is attributed in the Tarot to the sign of the sun
16CHAPTER XX THE THAUMATURGE WE have defined miracles as the natural effects of exceptional causes
17CHAPTER XXI THE SCIENCE OF THE PROPHETS THIS chapter is consecrated to divination, which, in its; broadest sense, and following the grammatical significance