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The History of Magic

by Éliphas Lévi

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  1. 1Epigraph — Preface to the English Translation
  2. 2Introduction
  3. 3Book I — The Derivations of Magic א — Aleph
  4. 4Chapter II — Magic of the Magi
  5. 5Chapter III — Magic in India
  6. 6Chapter IV — Hermetic Magic
  7. 7Chapter V — Magic in Greece
  8. 8Chapter VI — Mathematical Magic of Pythagoras
  9. 9Chapter VII — The Holy Kabalah
  10. 10Book II — Formation and Development of Dogmas ב — Beth
  11. 11Chapter II — Mysticism
  12. 12Chapter III — Initiations and Ordeals
  13. 13Chapter IV — The Magic of Public Worship
  14. 14Chapter V — Mysteries of Virginity
  15. 15Chapter VI — Superstitions
  16. 16Chapter VII — Magical Monuments
  17. 17Chapter I — Christ Accused of Magic by the Jews
  18. 18Chapter II — The Witness of Magic to Christianity
  19. 19Chapter III — The Devil
  20. 20Chapter IV — The Last Pagans
  21. 21Chapter V — Legends
  22. 22Chapter VI — Some Kabalistic Paintings and Sacred Emblems
  23. 23Chapter VII — Philosophers of the Alexandrian School
  24. 24Book IV — Magic and Civilisation ד — Daleth
  25. 25Chapter II — Influence of Women
  26. 26Chapter III — The Salic Laws Against Sorcerers
  27. 27Chapter IV — Legends of the Reign of Charlemagne
  28. 28Chapter V — Magicians
  29. 29Chapter VI — Some Famous Prosecutions
  30. 30Chapter VII — Superstitions Relating to the Devil
  31. 31Book V — The Adepts and the Priesthood — ה — He
  32. 32Chapter II — Appearance of the Bohemian Nomads
  33. 33Chapter III — Legend and History of Raymund Lully
  34. 34Chapter IV — On Certain Alchemists
  35. 35Chapter V — Some Famous Sorcerers and Magicians
  36. 36Chapter VI — Some Magical Prosecutions
  37. 37Chapter VII — The Magical Origin of Freemasonry
  38. 38Book VI — Magic and the Revolution ו — Vau
  39. 39Chapter II — Thaumaturgic Personalities of the Eighteenth Century
  40. 40Chapter III — Prophecies of Cazotte
  41. 41Chapter IV — The French Revolution
  42. 42Chapter V — Phenomena of Mediomania
  43. 43Chapter VI — The German Illuminati
  44. 44Chapter VII — Empire and Restoration
  45. 45Book VII — Magic in the Nineteenth Century ז — Zain
  46. 46Chapter II — Hallucinations
  47. 47Chapter III — Mesmerists and Somnambulists
  48. 48Chapter IV — The Fantastic Side of Magical Literature
  49. 49Chapter V — Some Private Recollections of the Writer
  50. 50Chapter VI — The Occult Sciences
  51. 51Chapter VII — Summary and Conclusion
  52. 52Appendix

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