The work is the main reason for Paracelsus' reputation as a magician: While Paracelsus did publish works on astrology and divination, there is no reliable evidence that he was pursuing talismanic magic.Schneider (1982) has compared the text of all extant manuscript and printed versions with the text of a then-newly discovered early manuscript, with the conclusion that Paracelsian authorship seems "less unlikely" than previously thought, as the presumed original composition may indeed date to the lifetime of Paracelsus (d. 1541), but Schneider still concludes that the work as a whole is "spurious" even though portions (especially the first four books) might indeed be based on writings by Paracelsus, and might be contemporary with Paracelsus' own Neun Bücher Archidoxis (a work on medicine written c. 1526 and first printed in 1567).
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Stephen summarized the practical magic techniques found in the grimoires in his Techniques of Solomonic Magic in 2015. He then went back to the main root of all western magic, the Greek magical papyri written in Egypt between the 1st and 5th centuries, and extracted from the Greek text details of all the methods used by these magicians which he published in Techniques of Graeco-Egyptian Magic in 2014. Both books concentrate on practical magical techniques as recorded by the magicians who actually used them.
The Master Grimoire of Magickal Rites & Ceremonies is a work consisting primarily of Egyptian and Qabalistic magick; the two most potent systems of magick in existence. Much has been written about these systems, but little has ever been given away as to how they could or can be used for the attainment of practical objectives.
Woodbury, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 2013. Third edition, revised and expanded. Softcover. Thick quarto. xxxviii + 494pp + adverts. B/w illustrations. Bibliography & index. An expanded edition of this well-received book of practical magick, drawn largely from the traditions of the Golden Dawn and Aleister Crowley. As new, a near Fine.....More
New York, NY: Theosophical Publishing Co, ND (Circa 1905). First US edition. Hardcover. Quarto. xlviii + 268pp. B&w illustrations. Rebound in modern beige cloth with printed paper title label to spine. The original gilt lettered "magic square" has been salvaged from the original binding and affixed to upper board. The.....More
St. Paul, Minnesota: Llewellyn Publications, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Landscape format octavo, xvi + 178 pp. White papered pictorial boards with black title, etc. to spine and front cover, color and b/w illustrations. A look at sexual occultism in both Eastern and Western traditions, including tantra, sex magick, kundalini, and.....More
London: A. & C. Black, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. 96pp. Red cloth lettered in black on spine, black design on front board. B/w frontis. & illustrations. A short sympathetic account of the place of magic in different cultures around the world. Possibly intended for a young adult audience.....More
As a physician of the early 16th Century, Paracelsus held a natural affinity with the Hermetic, neoplatonic, and Pythagorean philosophies central to the Renaissance, a world-view exemplified by Marsilio Ficino and Pico della Mirandola. Paracelsus rejected the magic theories of Agrippa and Flamel in his Archidoxes of Magic. Astrology was a very important part of Paracelsus' medicine, and he was a practicing astrologer -- as were many of the university-trained physicians working at this time in Europe. Paracelsus devoted several sections in his writings to the construction of astrological talismans for curing disease, providing talismans for various maladies as well as talismans for each sign of the Zodiac. He also invented an alphabet called the Alphabet of the Magi, for engraving angelic names upon talismans. 2ff7e9595c
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