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Transcendental Magic: Its Doctrine and Ritual by Éliphas Lévi explores magic, the "esoteric science," and its place between science and religion.

Widely considered a classic of Western occultism, Eliphas Levi's The Key of the Mysteries represents the full culmination of his thought. In this translation by Aleister Crowley, Levi explores the hidden secrets of the Qabalah, numerology, explorations of natural mysteries like fluidic phantoms, his theory of will, and its 22 distinct axioms.

The Doctrine of Transcendental Magic was first published in 1854. This work establishes the concepts behind symbols like the tetragram and pentagram, the significance of Hebrew letters and numbers, and the relationship between science, occultism, and formal religion. Levi was the first to document the meaning of the points of the pentagram. He stated that a pentagram with only one point up and two down is a symbol of the Savior, and a pentagram with two points up and one down is a “symbol of evil and attracts sinister forces.”

The History of Magic (1913) is an extensive work on the origins of ceremonial magic throughout the world's many cultures and religions. Written by mystic and occultist Éliphas Lévi and translated by British scholar A.E. Waite, this is a foundational book for any student of the occult.

Eliphas Lévi, (Parigi, 1811-1878) è stato un esoterista e teosofo francese. Fu il più famoso studioso di esoterismo dell’ottocento. Intrattenne rapporti con adepti della Massoneria francese. Fu iniziato ai misteri della cabala da Wronski, che gli impose il nome magico di Eliphas, traduzione in ebraico del suo nome natale Alphonse Louis Constant.

Step into the mysterious realms of ancient wisdom with Transcendental Magic. This audiobook brings to life one of the most influential texts in the history of occult thought, offering a rich exploration of esoteric doctrines, ritual practices, and the symbolic language of the mystical. Narrated with clarity and insight, Transcendental Magic guides listeners through a journey of inner transformation, revealing the profound connections between the material and the spiritual worlds.

Depuis trop longtemps on confond la magie avec les prestiges des charlatans, avec les hallucinations des malades, et avec les crimes de certains malfaiteurs exceptionnels. La magie est en fait la science des anciens mages ; et la religion chrétienne, qui a imposé silence aux oracles menteurs, et fait cesser tous les prestiges des faux dieux, révère elle-même ces mages qui vinrent de l'Orient, guidés par une étoile, pour adorer le Sauveur du monde dans son berceau.

This is a collection of 21 essays on a variety of occult-themed topics, covering the full spectrum of classic esoteric and related subjects, which include Hermeticism, alchemy, magic, the Kabbalah, ancient wisdom and philosophy, the Tarot, Rosicrucianism, Freemasonry, Theosophy, and spiritualism, by some of the most notable and prominent names in the history of those subjects.