"The most arresting, entertaining, and brilliant of all studies on the subject." -- Arthur Edward Waite
A great work of literature as well as a pioneering classic of occultism, this voluminous historical survey traces the roots and manifestations of magic through the ages as a secret tradition persisting from remote times. Author ?liphas L?vi, pseudonym of Alphonse Louis Constant (1810-75), was a leader of the French occult revival, a spiritual...