Classics Works on Magic

In 1453, Constantinople fell to the Turks, ending the Byzantine empire. This date also marks the beginning of the Renaissance, since the waves of Greek refugees spread knowledge of Greek throughout Europe. Included with the newly available Greek manuscripts were the Corpus Hermetica, Plotinus, and the works of the Neoplatonists.

Shortly thereafter in 1492, Isabella and Ferdinand expelled the Jews from Spain. This sent waves of Jewish refugees throughout Europe, spreading knowledge of Hebrew and of the Kabbalah.

Renaissance philosophers sought to integrate these traditions with the view of unifying the rapidly disintegrating religious factions and also ending the constant political strife. Thus they are the forerunners or prophets of the Rosicrucian and Illuminati movements.

Johannes Trithemius (1462-1516)

• The Seven Secondary Intelligences (De septem secundeis)Master cryptographer and magician, Trithemius was the mentor of Henrich Cornelius Agrippa. Here he presents a concise history of the world, and how it has been shaped by angelic agents. (English translation)
• Steganographia (Secret Writing) Book 1 Book 2 Book 3 This is Trithemius' most notorious work. On the surface it is a system of angel magic, but within is a highly sophisticated system of cryptography. It claims to contain a synthesis of the science of knowledge, the art of memory, magic, an accelerated language learning system, and a method of sending messages without symbols or messenger. In private circulation, the Steganographia brought such a reaction of fear that he decided it should never be published. He reportedly destroyed the more extreme portions (presumably instructions for prophecy/divination) but it continued to circulate in manuscript form and was eventually published posthumously in 1606. (Latin)
• The art of drawing spirits into crystals

Dr. John Dee (1527-1608)

• Five Books of Mystical Exercises (Mysteriorum Libri Quinque) Another influential Renaissance figure, Dee was Queen Elizabeth's scientific advisor. In later life, he became disillusioned with pure science and started experimenting with occult techniques of the day. These records of his startling results were kept secret and only discovered by accident long after his death.
• Mysteriorum Liber Sextus et Sanctus (Liber Loagaeth) Revealed to Dr. Dee by the angels, this book is described as 'a Book of Secrets and Key of this World'. Also known as Liber Logaeth, and as The Book of Enoch
• Index Verborum of the "Angelic Language" from Liber Loagaeth From tables 1a, 1b, and 2a of Sl.3188 and Sl.3189.
• Compendium Heptarchiae Mysticae An early version of Dee's primary magical text, but with valuable materials not found elsewhere.
• De Heptarchia Mystica Dee's own summary, in Grimoire form, of his techniques for communicating with angels, and practical benefits therefrom.
• Tabula bonorum angelorum invocationes
• The Holy Table engraving from Casaubon's True and Faithful Relation
• A Letter Containing a most briefe Discourse Apologeticall

Giordano Bruno (1548-1600)

• De Umbris Idearum ('The Shadow of Ideas') and Ars Memoriae ('The Art of Memory') (Latin) Bruno was one of the most original and colorful thinkers of the Renaissance. The Inquisition considered him a dangerous heretic, and had him burned at the stake in 1600. This work (in Latin) is dealt with at some length by Frances A. Yates in her Giordano Bruno and the Hermetic Tradition (1964). In the present book, Bruno presents a system which integrates mnemonics, psychology (ala Ficino), and hermetic magic.
• De Gli Eroici Furori ('The Heroic Frenzies')...Another major work of Bruno's, almost impossible to find, dealing with the philosophy of love and love as a means of mystical ascent.
• Cantus Circaeus ("Incantations of Circe") (Latin) An early work by Bruno on the art of memory with strong magical elements. It is written in the form of a dialogue between the great sorceress Circe and her assistant or apprentice Moeris.
• De Magia (Latin) One of the very few of Bruno's books to deal explicitly with magic. It remained unpublished until Tocco's edition of 1891. I consider this text of equal importance with Agrippa's Occult Philosophy. For a translation, see Cause, Principle and Unity, ed. Blackwell et al.
• Theses De Magia (Latin)
• Magia Mathematica (Latin) By "mathematical magic" Bruno means magical practices that use characters, seals, and figures.

Classical Grimoires

• Peter de Abano, Heptameron, or Magical Elements
• Henrich Cornelius Agrippa, First Book of Occult Philosophy
• Henrich Cornelius Agrippa, Fourth Book of Occult Philosophy

• Of Geomancy -- Attributed to Agrippa. The classic and definitive exposition of this divinatory art, covering both its practice and interpretation. Illustrations have been updated to correct errors and omissions in the original.
• Isagoge -- by Georg Pictorius Villinganus. "An Introductory discourse on the Nature of such Spirits as are exercised in the Sublunary Bounds; their Original, Names, Offices, Illusions, Powers, Prophesies, Miracles; and how they may be Expelled and Driven away."
• On Astronomical Geomancy -- by Gerard Cremonensis. A simplified technique that produces a "horary chart" for the question being asked, which is then interpreted astrologically. 

• Ars Paulina or The Pauline Art -- Part I: A system for invoking the Angels of the Hours of the Day and Night, with an interesting astrological twist. Part II: A system for invoking the "guardian angel" ruling the zodiac degree under which the user is born.
  Possibly a precursor of, or inspiration for, Dee's Heptarchia Mystica.
• Ars Almadel -- Evocation of the Angels of the four "Altitudes", who rule the equinoctial and solstice points, the seasons, and the signs of the zodiac.
• Ars Nova -- A rather peculiar small book of prayers and orations. More an appendix to the Goetia than a book in its own right.

• The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage

• Introduction and Book One -- Background information on the manuscript by S.L. Mac Gregor Mathers; autobiography and general comments of Abraham the Jew as written for his son Lamech.
• Book Two -- Detailed instructions for invoking the Holy Guardian Angel, and for summoning and directing the demons.

• Book Three: The magickal talismans to be used in this magick.Arbatel of Magic First appearing in Latin in 1575, this book focuses on calling the 'olympick' spirits or angels. Known and used by John Dee.
• Honorius of Thebes: Liber Juratus, or the Sworn Book of Honorius. This thirteenth century Grimoire is one of the foundation works of European magical practice. It was one of Dr. Dee's sources for the Sigillum Dei Aemeth.
• Key of Solomon This is the most famous and influential handbook of magic. Mathers' edition.
• The Key of Knowledge. A Sixteenth-Century English translation of the Key of Solomon.
• Lemegeton: This famous 16-17th century grimoire was compiled from earlier texts. It was considered important by Crowley, Mathers, Waite, and others. The scrying methods correspond closely with Dee's. Also compare with Steganographia.
• Ars Notoria This medieval Grimoire is closely related to Liber Juratus. It centers around orations which can impart instant knowledge of divine and human arts and sciences.
• Picatrix (The Goal of the Wise) pseudo-Majriti. (Summary)
• Reginald Scot's collection of magical texts A fine example of Elizabethan English
• Johann Weyer: Pseudomonarchia daemonum This catalog of demons was perhaps the prototype for the Goetia.
• Mafteah Shelomoh / Clavicula Salomonis, A Hebrew Manuscript Newly discovered and now described, by Hermann Gollancz (1903)
• Ebenezer Sibly, A New and Complete Illustration of the Occult Sciences, Book 4. (1795?) Methods used for raising up and consulting Spirits are laid open, including a general Display of the Mysteries of Witchcraft, Divination, Charms, and Necromancy. Also includes an alchemical process for raising the form of plants from their essences (ala Borelli).
• Sepher Maphteah Shelomoh (Book of the Key of Solomon) An exact facsimile of an original book of magic in Hebrew, ed. by Hermann Gollancz, (1914)
• Sword of Moses Tenth century Hebrew handbook of magic
• Testament of Solomon One of the oldest magical texts attributed to King Solomon, dating First to Third Century A.D. Includes a catalog of demons summoned by King Solomon, and how they can be countered by invoking angels and other magical techniques.

Black Magic

• Le Grand Grimoire One of the most famous and outrageous Grimoires of black magic. (French and English)
• Le Grimoire du Pape Honorius "Perhaps the most frankly diabolical of the Rituals connected with Black Magic." (French)
• Grimorium Verum (Italian)

Sigillum Dei Aemeth

• Athanasius Kircher Oedipus Aegyptiacus (1652) Kircher's discussion of Sigillum Dei Aemeth (Latin)
• Sworn Book
• Sworn Book2
• Kircher

Miscellaneous

• Angel Registry: Index of Angel names, magical words, and names of God
• Chaldaean Oracles of Zoroaster (W.W. Wescott, 1895)
• Chaldaean Oracles (Stanley, 1661)
• Iamblichus: Theurgia, or the Mysteries of Egypt
• Solomon and the Ars Notoria: From Lynn Thorndike, Magic and Experimental Science, 1923-58, Chapter XLIX.
• A word about Lovecraft and the Necronomicon (JHP)
• Apollonius of Tyana reads your future
• The Sphere of Sacrobosco
• Eliphas Levi Magical Ritual of the Sanctum Regnum

A.C. Selected Online Works

• The Equinox
• The Banned Lecture-GILLES de RAIS
• to have been delivered before the University Poetry Society on the evening of Monday, Feb.3rd.1930
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• The International:
  (re-typeset from the originals)
  8-17 to 4-18 comprise A.C.'s run as associate editor.
• October 1917
  Here's a copy of the cover that was unreproduceable: 10/17: Cover
• November 1917
  Here's a copy of the cover someone kindly sent me:

• 11/17: Cover
• December 1917
• January 1918
• February 1918
• March 1918
• April 1918
• May 1918
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• Other Re-Typeset Articles:
• The Cephaloedium Working
• Excerpts From The English Review
• Excerpts From The Fatherland
• The Vindication Of Nietzsche
• Alostrael's Visions
• The Six Cakra in the Human Body
• Alexandra
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• Holographs:
• Liber I Notes
• The Cephalodium Working
• Liber Stellae Rubeae Notes
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• Photocopied Originals:
• The English Review:
• The Great Drug Delusion
• Percy Bysshe Shelley
• The Jewish Problem Re-Stated
• The Drug Panic
• The Crisis In Freemasonry
• The Fatherland:
• Skeletons In The Cabinet
• Behind The Front (parts 1&2)
• Lifting The Mask From England
• Delenda Est Britannia
• England's Blind Spot
• OLLA: 60 Years Of Song (1st edition)
• Household Gods (1st edition)
• Rosa Coeli, Rosa Inferni, Rosa Mundi (1st edition)
  Mortadello (1st edition)
• In Residence (1st edition)
• The International, August 1917 (photocopy)
• The International, September 1917 (photocopy)
• How To Tell An Englishman From An American (copy from "Lilliput")
• Hail Mary! (Amphora) (later facsimile of 1st edition)
• Clouds Without Water (later facsimile of 1st edition)
• The Fun Of The Fair (later facsimile of 1st edition)
• Temperance: A Tract For The Times (poor later facsimile of 1st edition)
• Thumbs Up! (1942 edition)
• Songs For Italy (later facsimile of 1st edition expanded booklet; missing cover page)
• The Last Ritual (later facsimile of 1st edition)
• An Open Letter To Lord Beaverbrook by Norman Mudd (later facsimile of 1st edition, omits title page)
• The Heart Of The Master (later facsimile of 1st edition)
• The International: Articles from Jan.-July 1917 under AC's byline (photocopy of original)
• The International: Articles from Jan.-Dec. 1916 under AC's byline (photocopy of original)
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• Typescripts:
• Cefalu (a description of the paintings at Cefalu. Modern TS from a private collection)
• Chants Before Battle (from the English Review. Modern TS from a private collection)
• On The Edge Of The Desert (from the English Review. Modern TS from a private collection)
• To America (from the English Review. Modern TS from a private collection)
• The Rock & To A New-Born Child (from the English Review. Modern TS from a private collection)
• A Blizard In The Sahara (Modern TS of unknown origin)
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• Some documents in .html format:
• The Writing on the Ground
• Chicago May
• The Way of the Tao
• The "Rosicrucian" Scandal
• The City Of God
• The Last Ritual
  (An experiment)
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• Some 1st edition material in .gif format someone was nice enough to send me:
• New Year, 1903
  From Aleister Crowley, wishing you a speedy termination of existence.
  [Paris.] 1903. [One page broadsheet comprising a sonnet.]
• The Rites Of Eleusis
  [advertisment flyer, ca 1910. One sheet folded in two and printed on all four sides.]
• Hymn To Pan
  Aliester [sic] Crowley. The Argus Book Shop. 434 S. Wabash Ave.
  [About 1917. One sheet folded in two and printed on all four sides.]
• Songs For Italy
  'Parturiunt Montes -- Nascitur Ridiculus Mus' -- solini. By Aleister Crowley. No. I. Tyrol. [Tunis.] 1923.
  [A sheet of thick paper folded in two and printed on all four sides.]
• To Man
  Tunis. 1924. [One page broadsheet.]
• The World Teacher To The Theosophical Society
  By Ankh-F-N-Khonsu. [Tunis. 1925. One page broadsheet.]
• The Avenger To The Theosophical Society
  By Alastor. [Tunis. 1925. One page broadsheet.]
• Madame Tussaud-Bessant
  By Fra. H. I. Edinburgh. [Tunis. 1925. One page broadsheet.]
• England, Stand Fast!
  A Poem by Aleister Crowley. Privately issued by the O.T.O. London 1939.
  [One sheet of thick paper folded in two and printed on all four sides.]
• La Gauloise
  Song of the Free French. [Alternate: Song of the Fighting French.]
  Par Aleister Crowley, createur du Signe V., auteur du Thumbs Up. Prix a Volonte. London. 1942.
  [One thick sheet of paper folded in two and printed on all four sides.]
• The Creed Of The Thelemites
  [California. About 1940. A thick folded sheet printed on two sides.]
• Your Interest In Magick
  London. Undated. [A broadsheet with a photograph of Crowley in Arab dress. Printed on both sides.]
• The Djeridensis Comment
  The Commentary Called D, by 666
• Cocaine
  Level Press, 1973
• Frontis to the 1st edition of Magick in Theory and Practice
  Vol. 1, Lecram, Paris, 1929R
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Rosicrucian Works

The Rosicrucian Manifestos: Fama Fraternitatis and Confessio Fraternitatis. The documents which first stimulated the Rosicrucian movement in Europe.

The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz

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