The history of magic

by Éliphas Lévi

Transcriber’s Notes

Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected. Variations in hyphenation and accents have been standardised but all other spelling and punctuation remains unchanged.

Duplicate headings of the seven BOOKS have been removed.

THE HISTORY OF MAGIC

James Hyatt

ÉLIPHAS LÉVI

THE
HISTORY OF MAGIC

INCLUDING A CLEAR AND PRECISE EXPOSITION
OF ITS PROCEDURE, ITS RITES AND
ITS MYSTERIES

BY

ÉLIPHAS LÉVI
(ALPHONSE LOUIS CONSTANT)

Opus hierarchicum et catholicum
(Definition of the Great Work, according to Heinrich Khunrath)

TRANSLATED, WITH A PREFACE AND NOTES, BY
ARTHUR EDWARD WAITE

THE ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS ARE INCLUDED
AND PORTRAITS OF THE AUTHOR

Second Edition

LONDON
WILLIAM RIDER & SON, LIMITED
CATHEDRAL HOUSE, PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C.
1922

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