
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION
- Contents
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- BOOK I THE DERIVATIONS OF MAGIC
- CHAPTER I FABULOUS SOURCES
- CHAPTER II MAGIC OF THE MAGI
- CHAPTER III MAGIC IN INDIA
- CHAPTER IV HERMETIC MAGIC
- CHAPTER V MAGIC IN GREECE
- CHAPTER VI MATHEMATICAL MAGIC OF PYTHAGORAS
- CHAPTER VII THE HOLY KABALAH
- BOOK II FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF DOGMAS
- BOOK III DIVINE SYNTHESIS AND REALISATION OF MAGIA BY THE CHRISTIAN REVELATION
- BOOK IV MAGIC AND CIVILISATION
- BOOK V THE ADEPTS AND THE PRIESTHOOD
- BOOK VI MAGIC AND THE REVOLUTION
- BOOK VII MAGIC IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
- APPENDIX
- INDEX
CHAPTER IV - HERMETIC MAGIC
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2014
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION
- Contents
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- BOOK I THE DERIVATIONS OF MAGIC
- CHAPTER I FABULOUS SOURCES
- CHAPTER II MAGIC OF THE MAGI
- CHAPTER III MAGIC IN INDIA
- CHAPTER IV HERMETIC MAGIC
- CHAPTER V MAGIC IN GREECE
- CHAPTER VI MATHEMATICAL MAGIC OF PYTHAGORAS
- CHAPTER VII THE HOLY KABALAH
- BOOK II FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF DOGMAS
- BOOK III DIVINE SYNTHESIS AND REALISATION OF MAGIA BY THE CHRISTIAN REVELATION
- BOOK IV MAGIC AND CIVILISATION
- BOOK V THE ADEPTS AND THE PRIESTHOOD
- BOOK VI MAGIC AND THE REVOLUTION
- BOOK VII MAGIC IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
- APPENDIX
- INDEX
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- The History of MagicIncluding a Clear and Precise Exposition of its Procedure, its Rites and its Mysteries, pp. 73 - 81Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013First published in: 1913