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Around the turn of the century, when Aleister Crowley was working out his system of Magick, the source that he turned to for basics was the system of Abramelin of Egypt. From Abramelin he took his concepts of protections, purifications, evocations, vestments, and dromena down... Read Full Overview

From the intro:"This "Library of the Arsenal," as it is now called, was founded as a private collection by Antoine Ren? Voyer D'Argenson, Marquis de Paulny; and was first opened to the public on the 9th Flor?al, in the fifth year of the French Republic (that is to say, on 28th... Read Full Overview

The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abra-Melin is a grimoire, or book of magic, written in the 15th century by an unknown author. The book details a system of magic that is said to have been taught to the author by an Egyptian magician named Abra-Melin. The system involves invoking... Read Full Overview

The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abra-Melin is a mystical text written by S. L. MacGregor Mathers. The book is based on the teachings of Abraham of Worms, a medieval Jewish mystic who claimed to have learned the secrets of magic from an angel. The book is divided into three parts,... Read Full Overview

The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abra-Melin is a grimoire, or magical text, written by an unknown author in the 15th century. It was later translated and edited by S.L. MacGregor Mathers, a prominent member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, in the late 19th century. The... Read Full Overview

The Book of Abramelin is the first modern translation of this magical work since Mathers' original translation over 100 years ago. Not only is the language updated, but Georg Dehn, the compiler and editor, has sourced his work from all extant manuscripts, while Mathers used just... Read Full Overview

The Book of Abramelin tells the story of an Egyptian mage named Abramelin, or Abra-Melin, who teaches a system of magic to Abraham of Worms, a German Jew presumed to have lived from c.1362 - c.1458. The magic described in the book was to find new life in the 19th and 20th centuries... Read Full Overview

First translated into English in 1897 by S. L. MacGregor Mathers, head of the Golden Dawn, this manuscript had a major impact on the Golden Dawn and Aleister Crowley. The text features rites that lead to the revelation of magical secrets by guardian angels and other spirits,... Read Full Overview