The only existing biography in English of this fascinating 19th century figure. Choice says, "An often enjoyable, wwll-documented, readable biographical book on Lévi and his influenxe...A significant book"
This is the first part of Eliphas Levi's last great descourse on the mysteries of occultism that was continued and concluded in The Great Secret.
McIntosh, Christopher, Eliphas Lévi and the French Occult Revival, London: Rider & Co 1972. ... Williams, Thomas A., Eliphas Lévi: Master of the Cabala, the Tarot and the Secret Doctrines, Savannah: Venture Press 2003.
Published in French in 1854, Lévi's popular work was translated into English by occult historian Arthur Edward Waite in 1896.
Greer, a respected occult scholar, and Mikituk, a masterful translator, collaborate to restore this landmark work--complete with its original illustrations and symbols--to the center of the alternative spiritual canon.
This volume is the conclusion of the work he started with Book One, The Hieratic Mystery or the Traditional Documents of High Initiation, published as The Book of Splendours (Weiser, 1984).
Also by Thomas A. Williams Mallarmé and the Language of Mysticism Eliphas Lévi: Master of the Cabala, the Tarot and the Secret Doctrines The Bicentennial Book We Choose America Tales of the Tobacco Country Poet Power: The Complete Guide ...
First published in 1913, this classic text is an invaluable source book on the history and practice of magic and occultism.
It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.
In 1910, Levi's "Dogme de la Haute Magie" and “Ritual de la Haute Magie” were translated into English and published ... Thomas A. Williams, Eliphas Levi, Master of the Cabala, the Tarot and the Secret Doctrines (New York: Venture Press, ...
It is this rare text that we are now re-issuing. This book aligns the major arcana symbolism with a detailed description of the ritual of the sanctum regnum, or Kingdom of God.