Name: The Magical Ritual of the Sanctum Regnum Paperback (Cambridge Library Collection - Spiritualism and Esoteric Knowledge)
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Author: Eliphas Lévi
ISBN: 9781108044295

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The Magical Ritual of the Sanctum Regnum Paperback (Cambridge Library Collection - Spiritualism and Esoteric Knowledge)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Eliphas Lévi

Illustrated by

W. Wynn Westcott

Translated by

W. Wynn Westcott

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Year

2011

Language

English

Pages

134

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.6 x 14.0 x 0.8 cm

Weight

0.18 kg.

ISBN

1108044298

ISBN13

9781108044295

Synopsis "The Magical Ritual of the Sanctum Regnum Paperback (Cambridge Library Collection - Spiritualism and Esoteric Knowledge) "

Éliphas Lévi, born Alphonse Louis Constant, (1810-75) was instrumental in the revival of Western occultism in the nineteenth century, and published several influential books on magic that are also reissued in this series. This posthumous publication (1896) is a translation by William Wynn Westcott, co-founder of the 'Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn', of an unpublished French manuscript by Lévi, then owned by the spiritualist Edward Maitland. It includes eight of the author's drawings. Each short chapter outlines the meaning of one of the twenty-two tarot trumps and is followed by a brief editor's note describing the card's iconography and summarising interpretations (sometimes deliberately misleading) given in Lévi's earlier publications. The book ends with Kabbalistic prayers and rituals, praise of Jesus Christ as the great initiate, and a surprising assertion that Christianity has superseded ancient magic, revealing the life-long tension between Catholicism and magic in Lévi's personality and thought.

Eliphas Lévi

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Eliphas Lévi, pseudonym of Alphonse Louis Constant (1810–1875), was a French occultist, writer, and former seminarian, considered a key figure in the revival of Western esotericism in the 19th century. Although he began his life within Catholicism, he left the priesthood to dedicate himself to writing and esoteric philosophy. His most influential work, *Dogma and Ritual of High Magic* (1854–1856), laid the foundations of modern ceremonial magic. He introduced concepts such as Baphomet and popularized the idea of the “magician” as a spiritual sage. He influenced later occultists like Aleister Crowley and orders like the Golden Dawn. His thought merges Christian symbolism, Kabbalah, alchemy, and astrology.

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