The Magus, Book 2 by Francis Barrett

Description

The Magus, Book 2 is a book by Francis Barrett, first published in 1801, that continues his compendium of occult lore and ceremonial practice. This volume turns from natural magic into the more technical arts of magnetism and cabalistic (ceremonial) magic, presenting instructions on talismans, ritual operations, names and hierarchies of spirits, conjurations and invocations, and the use of seals and figures. Written in the plain, exhaustive style of a handbook, it gathers earlier classical and Renaissance material into an accessible English form, aiming to make the arcana of alchemy, astrology and the Kabbalah usable for the determined student rather than left to rare manuscripts and foreign languages. Grounded in the older authorities Barrett admired, the book reads like a bridge between medieval grimoires and the later 19th-century occult revival: it is at once archival and practical, conservative in its reverence for past authorities yet ambitious in republishing their arts for a new age. For those seeking a primary-source-style grimoire on ceremonial magic, talismanic practice and the theory of spiritual hierarchies, this remains a key historical text — valuable to scholars of esotericism and to practitioners interested in the classical foundations of Western ceremonial magic.

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Formats: PDF, epub, AZW3
Page Count (PDF): 114
Illustrations: Yes
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