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The Names of Spirits
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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About this book
In Agrippa's world a name is not a mere sound — it carries the essence of a thing. To know the name of a spirit is therefore to gain a bond with it. This is notebook 5 of 11 of Book III, "Of Ceremonial Magic", in a series that divides Agrippa's work by theme. It contains chapters 24–28 of Book III: the names of spirits and how they are given to the spirits that rule the stars, signs, quarters of heaven and elements; the seventy-two angels the Kabbalists derive from three verses of Exodus, with the tables of the original edition; finding the names of spirits from the positions of the heavenly bodies; the Kabbalists' art of calculation; and names taken from the very things the spirits rule.
What is inside
- Book III, chapters 24–28 — 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
- 5 original illustrations in an antique archival style
- 2 printable charts: "A Map of Spirit Names" and "How Spirits Receive Their Names"
- foreword, closing words and a 32-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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