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Magus A Complete System of Occult Philosophy by Francis Barrett In 1801 Francis Barrett, young but extraordinarily learned in medieval and occult knowledge appeared in London to teach and publish his only book. It mirrors the Gothic revival, with its extreme curiosity about supernatural matters, then in full flood in England. Magic was in the air, a return to the practices and philosophies of the medieval adepts was demanded. Barrett provided his handbook for those seeking to become such adepts. The illustrations in this book were taken from medieval texts, magical tables, planetary tables, talismans and images of angels and demons. |
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Book One covers natural magic, amulets and charms, potions, precious stones, lights, candles, alchemy, the philosopher's stone, transmutation, the four elements, numbers, and planets. Book Two covers magnetic powers, Cabalistic magic, the names of angels and spirits, the performing of invocations, conjuring spirits, magic circles, receiving oracles in dreams, positive and evil spirits, and concludes with a major biographical section on the great magicians of history. Although large sections of Barrett's book were taken directly from Agrippa's Three Books of Occult Philosophy, The Magus is nonetheless an important book that belongs on the shelf of any ceremonial magician. The Magus: A Complete System of Occult Philosophy by Francis Barrett, Samuel Weiser; ISBN: 0877289425 |
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