The Magus

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The Magus, Book I

Title Page Preface Table of Contents Directions For Placing The Plates Advertisement Introduction to the Study of Natural Magic

The First Principles of Natural Magic: Book the First

Chapter I: Natural Magic Defined...Chapter II. Of The Wonders Of Natural Magic...Chapter III: Of Amulets, Charms, And Enchantments Chapter IV: Of Unctions, Philters, Potions, &c.--Their Magical Virtues Chapter V: Of Magical Suspensions And Alligations...Chapter VI: Of Antipathies Chapter VII: Of The Occult Virtues Of Things...Chapter VIII: Of The Wonderful Virtues Of Some Kind Of Precious Stones Chapter IX: Of The Mixtures Of Natural Things One With Another, And The Producing Of Monstrous Animals...Chapter X: Of The Art Of Fascination, Binding, Sorceries, Magical Confections, Lights, Candles, Lamps...

The Jewel of Alchymy

Title Page 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...Part II: Of The Manner Of Extracting The First Matter Of The Philosophers' Stone

The Celestial Intelligencer

Title Page Chapter I: Of The Four Elements And Their Natural Qualities Chapter II: Of The Properties And Wonderful Nature Of Fire And Earth Chapter III: Of The Water And Air Chapter IV: Of Compound, Or Mixed Bodies...Chapter V: That The Elements Are In The Heavens, In The Stars, In Devils, Angels, Intelligences, And, Lastly, In God Himself Chapter VI: That The Wisdom Of God Works By The Medium Of Second Causes...Chapter VII: Of The Spirit Of The World Chapter VIII: Of The Seals And Characters Impressed By Celestials Upon Natural Things Chapter IX: Treating Of The Virtue And Efficacy Of Perfumes...Chapter X: Of The Composition Of Some Perfumes Appropriated To The Seven Planets Chapter XI: Of The Composition And Magic Virtue Of Rings Chapter XII: That The Passions Of The Mind Are Assisted By Celestials...Chapter XIII: How Man's Mind May Be Joined With The Mind Of Intelligences And Celestials...Chapter XIV: Shewing The Necessity Of Mathematical Knowledge...Chapter XV: The Great Virtues Of Numbers, As Well In Natural Things As In Supernatural Chapter XVI: Of The Scale Of Unity Chapter XVII: Of The Number Two, And Scale Chapter XVIII: Of The Number Three And Scale Chapter XIX: Of The Number Four And Scale Chapter XX: Of The Number Five, And Its Scale Chapter XII: Of The Number Six, And The Scale Chapter XXII: Of The Number Seven, And The Scale Chapter XXIII: Of The Number Eight, And The Scale Chapter XXIV: Of The Number Nine, And The Scale Chapter XXV: Of The Number Ten, And The Scale Chapter XXVI: Of The Numbers Eleven And Twelve, With The Cabalistical Scale Chapter XVII: Of The Notes Of The Hebrews And Chaldeans, And Other Notes Of Magicians Chapter XXVIII: The Magic Tables Of The Planets...Chapter XXIX: Of The Observation Of The Celestials Necessary In Every Magical Work Chapter XXX: When The Planets Are Of Most Powerful Influence Chapter XXXI: Observations On The Fixed Stars, And Their Names And Natures Chapter XXXII: Of The Sun And Moon, And Their Magical Considerations.Chapter XXXIII: Of The Twenty-Eight Mansions Of The Moon, And Their Virtues Chapter XXXIV: How Some Artificial Things (As Images, Seals, And Such Like) May Obtain Some Virtue From The Celestial Bodies.Chapter XXXV: Of The Images Of The Zodiac...Chapter XXXVI: Of The Images Of Saturn Chapter XXXVII: Of The Images Of Jupiter.Chapter XXXVIII: Of The Images Of Mars Chapter XXXIX: Of The Images Of The Sun Chapter XL: Of The Images Of Venus Chapter XLI: Of The Images Of Mercury Chapter XLIII: Of The Images Of The Head And Tail Of The Dragon Of The Moon Chapter XLIV: Of The Images Of The Mansions Of The Moon Chapter XLV: That Human Imprecations Naturally Impress Their Powers Upon External Things...Chapter XLVI: Conclusion...

Magnetism

Title Page Introduction Chapter I: The Magnetic, Or Attractive Power Or Faculty Chapter II: Of Sympathetic Medicines Chapter III: Of The Magnetic Or Sympathetic Unguent...Chapter IV: Of The Armary Unguent, Or Weapon Salve Chapter V: Of The Imaginative Power And The Magnetism Of The Natural Spirits...Chapter VI: Of Witchcraft Chapter VII: Of The Vital Spirit, &c.Chapter VIII: Of The Magical Power Chapter IX: Of The Exciting Or Stirring Up The Magical Virtue Chapter X: Of The Magical Virtue Of The Soul, And The Mediums By Which It Acts

The Cabala; Or The Secret Mysteries Of Ceremonial Magic

title page Chapter I: Of The Cabala Chapter II: What Dignity And Preparation Is Essentially Necessary To Him Who Would Become A True Magician Chapter III: That The Knowledge Of The True God Is Necessary For A Magician Chapter IV: Of Divine Emanations, And Ten Sephiroths...Chapter V: Of The Power And Virtue Of The Divine Names Chapter VI: Of Intelligences And Spirits...Chapter VII: Of The Order Of Evil Spirits, And Their Fall, And Different Natures Chapter VII: Of The Annoyance Of Evil Spirits, And The Preservation We Have From Good Spirits Chapter IX: That There Is A Threefold Keeper Of Man, And From Whence Each Of Them Proceed Chapter X: Of The Tongue Of Angels, And Of Their Speaking Amongst Themselves And With Us Chapter XI: Of The Names Of Spirits, And Their Various Imposition...Chapter XII: The Cabalists Draw Forth The Sacred Names Of Angels From Sacred Writ...Chapter XIII: Of Finding Out The Names Of Spirits And Genii, From The Disposition Of The Celestial Bodies Chapter XIV: Of The Calculating Art Of Such Names By The Tradition Of Cabalists Chapter XV: Of The Characters And Seals Of Spirits Chapter XVI: Another Way Of Making Characters, According To The Cabalists Chapter XVII: There Is Another Kind Of Characters, Or Marks Of Spirits, Which Are Received Only By Revelation.Chapter XVIII: On The Bonds Of Spirits, And Their Adjurations, And Castings Out Chapter XIX: By What Means Magicians And Necromancers Call Forth The Souls Of The Dead Chapter XX: Of Prophetical Dreams

The Perfection and Key of the Cabala, or Ceremonial Magic

Introduction Of Magic Pentacles And Their Composition Of The Consecration Of All Magical Instruments And Materials Which Are Used In This Art The Consecration Of Water Consecration Of Fire The Consecration Of Oil Of The Benediction Of Lights, Lamps, Wax, &c.The Consecration Of Places, Ground, Circle, &c.Of The Invocation Of Evil Spirits, And The Binding, Of, And Constraining Of Them To Appear An Invocation Of The Good Spirits The Particular Form Of The Lamen Of Oracles By Dreams Of The Method Of Raising Evil Or Familiar Spirits...

Of The Particular Composition Of The Magical Circle

Exorcism, Benedictions and Conjurations Considerations And Conjurations For Every Day In The Week

The Magic and Philosophy of Trithemius of Spanheim

Title Page The Translator's Letter To A Friend Of His, A Young Student In These Occult Sciences A Caution To The Inexperienced In This Art, And A Word Of Advice To Those Who Would Be Adepts Of the making of the CRYSTAL and the Form of Preparation for a VISION Advertisement

Biographia Antiqua

Title Page Zoroaster Hermes Trismegistus Appollonius Of Tyana Petrus de Abano Apuleius Aristotle Artemidorus Of Ephesus Babylonians Cornelius Agrippa Albertus Magnus Roger Bacon Raymond Lully George Ripley John, And Isaac Hollandus Paracelsus John Rudolph Glauber Doctor Dee, And Sir Edward Kelly The Conclusion