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Eliphas Levi, born on February 8, 1810, and died on May 31, 1875, was a French author, mystic, and researcher of Jewish mysticism. His works have had a profound impact on the subsequent mysticism and Western esotericism.

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“Magic is the divinity of man achieved in union with faith.”

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Author:Eliphas Levi

“Nothing can resist the will of man when he knows what is true and wills what is good.”

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Book:Transcendental Magic

Source: Transcendental Magic

“The Great Work is, before all things, the creation of man by himself, that is to say, the full and entire conquest of his faculties and his future; it is especially the perfect emancipation of his will.”

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Book:Transcendental Magic

Source: Transcendental Magic

“Hermeticism is the science of nature hidden in the hieroglyphics and symbols of the ancient world. It is the search for the principle of life, along with the dream (for those who have not yet achieved it) of accomplishing the great work, that is the reproduction by man of the divine, natural fire which creates and recreates beings.”

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Author:Eliphas Levi

“There exists in nature a force which is immeasurably more powerful than steam, and by means of which a single man, who knows how to adapt and direct it, might upset and alter the face of the world.”

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Book:Transcendental Magic

Source: Transcendental Magic

“Mistress of love or of hate, occult science can dispense paradise or hell at its pleasure to human hearts; it disposes of all forms and confers beauty or ugliness; with the wand of Circe it changes men into brutes and animals alternately into men.”

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Book:The Dogma of High Magic

Source: The Dogma of High Magic

About the Author

Born: February 8, 1810
Died: May 31, 1875
Known for: Author
Quotes: 38

Books & Sources

Transcendental MagicRelated source material

The Great Secret or Occultism UnveiledRelated source material

The Dogma of High MagicRelated source material

The Key of the MysteriesRelated source material

The Ritual of Transcendental MagicRelated source material

The Doctrine of Transcendental MagicRelated source material

The Great Secret, Or, Occultism UnveiledRelated source material

The Paradoxes of the Highest ScienceRelated source material

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