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The Occult Philosophy

Book III · Notebook 7 of 11

Man, the Image of God

In 1510 a young scholar from Cologne sent the famous abbot Trithemius a manuscript on the hidden powers of nature. Printed in full in 1533, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa's "Three Books of Occult Philosophy" became the encyclopaedia of Renaissance magic — read by alchemists, doctors and astrologers, condemned by inquisitors, and copied by every occultist who came after.

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The Path of the Magus
God and the Holy Names
Gods, Spirits and Demons
The Guardian Angel and the Language of Angels
The Names of Spirits
Seals of the Spirits
Man, the Image of God
The Soul after Death
Ecstasy, Prophecy and Dreams
Purity and Preparation
Sacrifices, Consecrations and Holy Days

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About this book

After the angels and spirits, Agrippa turns his gaze to man himself. For him man is not merely one creature among others but a little world in which the whole universe and God himself are mirrored. This is notebook 7 of 11 of Book III, "Of Ceremonial Magic", in a series that divides Agrippa's work by theme. It contains chapters 34–40 of Book III: the orders of souls and the heroes; mortals and the "earthly gods"; man, created in the image of God; how the soul is joined to the body through intermediaries; what divine gifts man receives from each order of heaven; how good influences become causes of evil in lower things; and the divine seal impressed on every person.

What is inside

  • Book III, chapters 34–40 — Agrippa's complete text, nothing shortened
  • every chapter in four parts: In Agrippa's words · In plain words · Terms (with the Latin) · Historical note — where the idea comes from and what modern science says
  • 7 original illustrations in an antique archival style
  • 2 printable charts: "Man, the Little World" and "Gifts from Above and the Mark of God"
  • foreword, closing words and a 43-term glossary

Who it is for

Readers of Renaissance philosophy, the history of religion, angelology, Kabbalah and the Western esoteric tradition who want the original text made readable — and honestly explained.

About the series

1 The Path of the Magus · 2 God and the Holy Names · 3 Gods, Spirits and Demons · 4 The Guardian Angel and the Language of Angels · 5 The Names of Spirits · 6 Seals of the Spirits · 7 Man, the Image of God · 8 The Soul after Death · 9 Ecstasy, Prophecy and Dreams · 10 Purity and Preparation · 11 Sacrifices, Consecrations and Holy Days. Each notebook sold separately.

A historical text, not a manual.

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