The history of magic

by Éliphas Lévi

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Contents

  1. Preface to the English Translation
  2. Introduction
  3. Chapter I. Fabulous Sources
  4. Chapter II. Magic of the Magi
  5. Chapter III. Magic in India
  6. Chapter IV. Hermetic Magic
  7. Chapter V. Magic in Greece
  8. Chapter VI. Mathematical Magic of Pythagoras
  9. Chapter VII. The Holy Kabalah
  10. Chapter I. Primitive Symbolism of History
  11. Chapter II. Mysticism
  12. Chapter III. Initiations and Ordeals
  13. Chapter IV. The Magic of Public Worship
  14. Chapter V. Mysteries of Virginity
  15. Chapter VI. Superstitions
  16. Chapter VII. Magical Monuments
  17. Chapter I. Christ Accused of Magic by the Jews
  18. Chapter II. The Witness of Magic to Christianity
  19. Chapter III. The Devil
  20. Chapter IV. The Last Pagans
  21. Chapter V. Legends
  22. Chapter VI. Some Kabalistic Paintings and Sacred Emblems
  23. Chapter VII. Philosophers of the Alexandrian School
  24. Chapter I. Magic Among Barbarians
  25. Chapter II. Influence of Women
  26. Chapter III. The Salic Laws Against Sorcerers
  27. Chapter IV. Legends of the Reign of Charlemagne
  28. Chapter V. Magicians
  29. Chapter VI. Some Famous Prosecutions
  30. Chapter VII. Superstitions Relating to the Devil
  31. Chapter I. Priests and Popes Accused of Magic
  32. Chapter II. Appearance of the Bohemian Nomads
  33. Chapter III. Legend and History of Raymund Lully
  34. Chapter IV. On Certain Alchemists
  35. Chapter V. Some Famous Sorcerers and Magicians
  36. Chapter VI. Some Magical Prosecutions
  37. Chapter VII. The Magical Origin of Freemasonry
  38. Chapter I. Remarkable Authors of the Eighteenth Century
  39. Chapter II. Thaumaturgic Personalities of the Eighteenth Century
  40. Chapter III. Prophecies of Cazotte
  41. Chapter IV. The French Revolution
  42. Chapter V. Phenomena of Mediomania
  43. Chapter VI. The German Illuminati
  44. Chapter VII. Empire and Restoration
  45. Chapter I. Magnetic Mystics and Materialists
  46. Chapter II. Hallucinations
  47. Chapter III. Mesmerists and Somnambulists
  48. Chapter IV. The Fantastic Side of Magical Literature
  49. Chapter V. Some Private Recollections of the Writer
  50. Chapter VI. The Occult Sciences
  51. Chapter VII. Summary and Conclusion
  52. Appendix

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