The book of the sacred magic of Abra-Melin the mage : as delivered by Abraham the Jew unto his son Lamech : a grimoire of the fifteenth century PDF
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Digitized by the Internet Archive 2010 in http://www.archive.org/details/bookofsacredmagiOOabra T The Book of THE SACRED MAGIC OF ABRA=MELIN, THE MAGE As Delivered by Abraham theJew Unto His Son Lantech A Grimoire of The Fifteenth Century Translated By MacGregor-Mathers S. L. From an Old and Rare French Manuscript In the Bihliotheque de i'Arsenal at Paris Prepared for Pubhcation in the United States of America Under The Editorship of W. DE Laurence L. THE LAURENCE COMPANY, DE inc. CHICAGO Copylight ig^2 by The dc Laurence Company Second Piinting: April, 1939 Third Printing: 1948 MANUFACTURED IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA —— TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE INTRODUCTION, By S. L. mac GREGOR-MATHERS. — Notice ofthe " Biblioth^que de lArsenal" at Paris. The Manuscript ofthe present work known to Bulwer Lytton and Eliphas L6vi. — Similarity between Mejnour's style of instruction of Glyndon in " Zanoni " and that employed by Abra-Melin to Abraham — the Jew. Critical description of—the present Manuscript ; its style; examples ; apparent—date. Abraham the —Jew, his era, and occult contemporaries. His faith and travels. Abra-Melin. — — Place of residence, and family of Abraham the Jew. Value — of this Book to Occult students. Notable persons with whom Abraham was brought in contact, and for or against whom he — worked Magic. His warnings against the error ofchanging one's — religion, whether Jew, Turk, Christian, or Pagan. The absolute necessity ofunshaken faith in order to produce a Magical effect. — The Author comparatively broad in his views, though unjust — — to women. Good advice in other matters given by him. His — counsel ofa retired life not borne out by his own history. White — and Black Magic. Apparent basal definitions of this particular — system of Sacred Magic. Its advantages, especially as regards Abraham's comments on other Professors of Magic he had met. — The employment of a Child-Clairvoyant, necessary or not. — Abraham's intolerance of other Magical systems. Basis of his — system in the Qabalah. Example of Magical Square of Letters from Third Book, compared with a Pentacle in " Key of — — Solomon ". General character of these. Practical Qabalah. Definitions of the nature of Angels, Elemental Spirits, and — Devils, with their differences. Behaviour toward these, as advo- — cated by Abraham. Meaning of the word Demon, as distinct — Table of Contents of the Introduction. iv — from Devil. Magic in the " Arabian Nights," compared with — recipes in Third Book of this work. Faust and the effects he is — said to have produced. Magic and the Qabalah derived from Egypt difference between Egyptian and Chaldean Magic. ; Value ofa Sacred language and one's mother tongue compared. — — Pentacles and Symbols. Evocation by the Magic Circle and — — Licence to Depart. Abraham's Remarks on Astrology, Notes — to this work. This Introduction written for Occultists only page XV Appendix A —Table of Hebrew Letters and English Equivalents : page xli — „ B :—Cagliostro's use ofa Child-Clairvoyant page xlii C Examples ofother forms of Angelic Evocation „ : page xliii
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