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[I.] Portrait of Éliphas Lévi in the Robe of a MagusFrontispiece
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[II.]Portrait of Éliphas Lévi taken after deathxxii
[III.]The Pentagram of the Absolute2
[IV.]The Great Symbol of Solomon, reconstructed according to the Zohar20
[V.]The Magical Head of the Zohar40
[VI.]The Great Kabalistic Symbol of the Zohar50
[VII.]The Mystery of Universal Equilibrium, according to Indian and Japanese Mythology, together with the Pantomorphic lynx, or Twenty-First Primitive Egyptian Tarot Key64
[VIII.]The Bembine Tablet78
[IX.]Pantacle of Kabalistic Letters, being the Key of the Tarot, Sepher Yetzirah and the Zohar102
[X.]The Seal of Cagliostro, Seal of the Samian Juno, Apocalyptic Seal, Twelve Seals of the Cubic Stone in Masonry, with the Twenty-First Tarot Key in the centre of all120
[XI.]Egyptian Symbols of Typhon, illustrating Göetia and Necromancy. Typhon is depicted performing the renewal of the empire of darkness. From the Temple of Hermoutis. The smaller figures are from the Zodiac of Esne and the top is a bas relief in the same temple128
[XII.]The Seven Wonders of the World166
[XIII.]A Public Disputation between St. Peter and St. Paul on the one side and Simon the Magician on the other. Ascent and fall of Simon. From an engraving of the fifteenth century184
[XIV.]Hermetic Magic. Reproduced from an ancient Manuscript224 [pg. xxxvi]
[XV.]The Philosophical Cross, or plan of the Third Temple, as prophesied by Ezekiel and planned in the building scheme of the Knights Templar264
[XVI.]Two occult Seals are shewn in the left compartment; the first represents the Great Work; the second is that of Black Magic. Both are from the Grimoire of Honorius. The right hand compartment contains primitive Egyptian Tarots—the 2 of Cups at the top and beneath this, specimens of the Ace of Cups298
[XVII.]The Seven Planets and their Genii, according to the Magic of Paracelsus340
[XVIII.]The Great Hermetic Arcanum, according to Basil Valentine394
[XIX.]A general plan of Kabalistic Doctrine454
[XX.]Apocalyptic Key: the Seven Seals of St. John502