The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage - S. L. MacGregor Mathers

The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage is by S. L. MacGregor Mathers. This edition is a paperback from Dover Publications Inc.

Key details

• Author: S. L. MacGregor Mathers
• Paperback
• 336 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc
• Publication date: 1 February 2000
• ISBN: 9780486232119

Synopsis

Aleister Crowley drew on the system of Abramelin of Egypt while developing his own approach to magick, taking detailed ideas on protections, purifications, evocations, vestments and dromena. The Abramelin material is known from a unique fifteenth-century manuscript held at the Bibliothèque de L'Arsenal in Paris, presented as the account of Abraham of Würzburg, a cabalist and connoisseur of magics, and his travels among sorcerers, magicians and cabalists.

The narrative culminates in Abraham’s meeting with the magician Abramelin on the banks of the Nile, after which a complete course in ceremonial magic is set out in detail, described as covering both white and black practice. It includes qualifications for the magician, month-by-month purifications and asceticisms, guidance on place, time and equipment, prayers and formulas, and the evocation and commanding of spirits, alongside instructions aimed at developing a wide range of powers. The text is presented as a genuine medieval course in magic and is positioned as significant for both historians and practitioners.

Rackhams Reference : SRZLYXF36H