The Doctrine of Transcendental Magic (ePub)

This is the complete English version of Eliphas Levi's treatise on ritual magic.

This work is in two parts: in this one we establish the kabalistic and magical doctrine in its entirety; the other one, called "The Ritual of Transcendental Magic", is consecrated to the cultus, that is, to Ceremonial Magic. The one is that which the ancient sages termed the Clavicle, the other that which people on the country-side still call the Grimoire. The numbers and subjects of the chapters which correspond in both parts, are in no sense arbitrary, and are all indicated in the great universal key, of which we give for the first time a complete and adequate explanation. Let this work now go its way where it will and become what Providence determines; it is finished, and we believe it to be enduring, because it is strong, like all that is reasonable and conscientious.

Contents:

Introduction
The Candidate
The Pillars Of The Temple
The Triangle Of Solomon
The Tetragram
The Pentagram
Magical Equilibrium
The Fiery Sword
Realization
Initiation
The Kabalah
The Magic Chain
The Great Work
Necromancy
Transmutations
Black Magic
Bewitchments
Astrology
Charms And Philtres
The Stone Of The Philosophers - Elagabalus
The Universal Medicine
Divination
Summary And General Key Of The Four Secret Sciences