Thursday, November 19, 2009
John Dee

John Dee (13 July 1527 – 1608 or 1609) was a noted mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, occultist, navigator, imperialist, and consultant to Queen Elizabeth I of England. He devoted much of his life to the study of alchemy, divination, and Hermetic philosophy.

John Dee - Monad.pdf
John Dee - Primus.pdf
John Dee - Secundus.pdf
John Dee - Tertius.pdf
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Eliphas Levi

Eliphas Lévi, born Alphonse Louis Constant, (February 8, 1810 - May 31, 1875) was a French occult author and magician. "Eliphas Lévi," the name under which he published his books, was his attempt to translate or transliterate his given names "Alphonse Louis" into Hebrew although he was not Jewish. His second wife was French sculptress Marie-Noémi Cadiot.
Levi identified three fundamental principles of magic:
  • That the material universe is only a small part of total reality, which includes many other planes and modes of consciousness. Full knowledge and full power in the universe are only attainable through awareness of these other aspects of reality. One of the most important of these levels or aspects of reality is the "astral light", a cosmic fluid which may be molded by will into physical forms. 
  • That human willpower is a real force, capable of achieving absolutely anything, from the mundane to the miraculous. 
  • That the human being is a microcosm, a miniature of the macrocosmic universe, and the two are fundamentally linked. Causes set in motion on one level may equally have effects on another. 
Eliphas Levi - Dogma Et Rituel Part I.pdf
Eliphas Levi - Dogma Et Rituel Part II.pdf
Eliphas Levi - Mysteries.pdf
Eliphas Levi - Qabalah.pdf
Eliphas Levi - Sanctum Regnum.pdf

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        Andrew D. Chumbley
        Andrew D. Chumbley (September 15, 1967-September 15, 2004) was an English practitioner and theorist of magic, and a writer, poet and artist. He was Magister of the UK-based magical group Cultus Sabbati. He died on his thirty-seventh birthday following a severe asthma attack. After his death, "his book values at second hand resale, which were already quite high, increased in an exponential and quite insane fashion within hours of his death becoming known."
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        Monday, November 16, 2009
        Peter J. Carroll
        Peter J. Carroll (born 8 January 1953, Patching, England) is a modern occultist, author, co-founder of the Illuminates of Thanateros, and practitioner of chaos magic theory.

        Liber Kaos.pdf
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        Aleister Crowley

        Aleister Crowley (Oct. 12, 1875-Dec. 1, 1947) — however one judges him — was a fascinating man who lived an amazing life. He is best known as being an infamous occultist and the scribe of The Book of the Law, which introduced Thelema to the world. Crowley was an influential member in several occult organizations, including the Golden Dawn, the A.'.A.'., and Ordo Templi Orientis. He was a prolific writer and poet, a world traveler, mountaineer, chess master, artist, yogi, social provocateur, drug addict and sexual libertine. The press loved to demonize him and dubbed Crowley “The wickedest man in the world."

        Written at 4:07 AM by Alastair.
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