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The Magus

By Francis Barrett


London, 1801

The Magus is one of the primary sources for the study of ceremonial magic, and for a long time was one of the rarest and most sought after of the 19th century grimoires.
Barretts' magnum opus embodies deep knowledge of Alchemy, Astrology, and the Kabbalah, and has been cited by the Golden Dawn and other occult and esoteric movements as source material.
Written in 1801 in the middle of the 'Age of Reason',
sandwiched between Newton and Darwin, this was possibly the last epoch that a work like this could be composed.

"Bibliographic Note\":
The Magus is broken down into two physical volumes.
The reference to three books on the title page may be confusing.
The third book is the biographical section and comprises part of the second volume.
The biographical section has been deprecated by authorities such as Waite, and it's not even certain that it was written by Barrett; it may have been added as filler by the printer.

The Magus, Book I


Title Page

Preface

Table of Contents

Directions For Placing The Plates

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Introduction to the Study of Natural Magic

The First Principles Of Natural Magic: Book The First


Chapter I: Natural Magic Defined...

Chapter II. Of The Wonders Of Natural Magic...

Chapter III: Of Amulets, Charms, And Enchantments

Chapter IV: Of Unctions, Philters, Potions, &c.--Their Magical Virtues

Chapter V: Of Magical Suspensions And Alligations...

Chapter VI: Of Antipathies

Chapter VII: Of The Occult Virtues Of Things...

Chapter VIII: Of The Wonderful Virtues Of Some Kind Of Precious Stones

Chapter IX: Of The Mixtures Of Natural Things One With Another, And The Producing Of Monstrous Animals...

Chapter X: Of The Art Of Fascination, Binding, Sorceries, Magical Confections, Lights, Candles, Lamps...

The Jewel Of Alchymy


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Epistle To Museus

To The Reader

Part the First: Of Alchymy, Its Divine Origin...

Of The Preparation Of A Man To Qualify Him For The Search Of This Treasure...

Part II: Of The Manner Of Extracting The First Matter Of The Philosophers' Stone

The Celestial Intelligencer


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Chapter I: Of The Four Elements And Their Natural Qualities

Chapter II: Of The Properties And Wonderful Nature Of Fire And Earth

Chapter III: Of The Water And Air

Chapter IV: Of Compound, Or Mixed Bodies...

Chapter V: That The Elements Are In The Heavens, In The Stars, In Devils, Angels, Intelligences, And, Lastly, In God Himself

Chapter VI: That The Wisdom Of God Works By The Medium Of Second Causes...

Chapter VII: Of The Spirit Of The World

Chapter VIII: Of The Seals And Characters Impressed By Celestials Upon Natural Things

Chapter IX: Treating Of The Virtue And Efficacy Of Perfumes...

Chapter X: Of The Composition Of Some Perfumes Appropriated To The Seven Planets

Chapter XI: Of The Composition And Magic Virtue Of Rings

Chapter XII: That The Passions Of The Mind Are Assisted By Celestials...

Chapter XIII: How Man's Mind May Be Joined With The Mind Of Intelligences And Celestials...

Chapter XIV: Shewing The Necessity Of Mathematical Knowledge...

Chapter XV: The Great Virtues Of Numbers, As Well In Natural Things As In Supernatural

Chapter XVI: Of The Scale Of Unity

Chapter XVII: Of The Number Two, And Scale

Chapter XVIII: Of The Number Three And Scale

Chapter XIX: Of The Number Four And Scale

Chapter XX: Of The Number Five, And Its Scale

Chapter XII: Of The Number Six, And The Scale

Chapter XXII: Of The Number Seven, And The Scale

Chapter XXIII: Of The Number Eight, And The Scale

Chapter XXIV: Of The Number Nine, And The Scale

Chapter XXV: Of The Number Ten, And The Scale

Chapter XXVI: Of The Numbers Eleven And Twelve, With The Cabalistical Scale

Chapter XVII: Of The Notes Of The Hebrews And Chaldeans, And Other Notes Of Magicians

Chapter XXVIII: The Magic Tables Of The Planets...

Chapter XXIX: Of The Observation Of The Celestials Necessary In Every Magical Work

Chapter XXX: When The Planets Are Of Most Powerful Influence

Chapter XXXI: Observations On The Fixed Stars, And Their Names And Natures

Chapter XXXII: Of The Sun And Moon, And Their Magical Considerations.

Chapter XXXIII: Of The Twenty-Eight Mansions Of The Moon, And Their Virtues

Chapter XXXIV: How Some Artificial Things (As Images, Seals, And Such Like) May Obtain Some Virtue From The Celestial Bodies.

Chapter XXXV: Of The Images Of The Zodiac...

Chapter XXXVI: Of The Images Of Saturn

Chapter XXXVII: Of The Images Of Jupiter.

Chapter XXXVIII: Of The Images Of Mars

Chapter XXXIX: Of The Images Of The Sun

Chapter XL: Of The Images Of Venus

Chapter XLI: Of The Images Of Mercury

Chapter XLIII: Of The Images Of The Head And Tail Of The Dragon Of The Moon

Chapter XLIV: Of The Images Of The Mansions Of The Moon

Chapter XLV: That Human Imprecations Naturally Impress Their Powers Upon External Things...

Chapter XLVI: Conclusion...

The Magus, Book Ii

Magnetism


Title Page

Introduction

Chapter I: The Magnetic, Or Attractive Power Or Faculty

Chapter II: Of Sympathetic Medicines

Chapter III: Of The Magnetic Or Sympathetic Unguent...

Chapter IV: Of The Armary Unguent, Or Weapon Salve

Chapter V: Of The Imaginative Power And The Magnetism Of The Natural Spirits...

Chapter VI: Of Witchcraft

Chapter VII: Of The Vital Spirit, Or The Secret Mysteries Of Ceremonial Magic


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Chapter I: Of The Cabala

Chapter II: What Dignity And Preparation Is Essentially Necessary To Him Who Would Become A True Magician

Chapter III: That The Knowledge Of The True God Is Necessary For A Magician

Chapter IV: Of Divine Emanations, And Ten Sephiroths...

Chapter V: Of The Power And Virtue Of The Divine Names

Chapter VI: Of Intelligences And Spirits...

Chapter VII: Of The Order Of Evil Spirits, And Their Fall, And Different Natures

Chapter VII: Of The Annoyance Of Evil Spirits, And The Preservation We Have From Good Spirits

Chapter IX: That There Is A Threefold Keeper Of Man, And From Whence Each Of Them Proceed

Chapter X: Of The Tongue Of Angels, And Of Their Speaking Amongst Themselves And With Us

Chapter XI: Of The Names Of Spirits, And Their Various Imposition...

Chapter XII: The Cabalists Draw Forth The Sacred Names Of Angels From Sacred Writ...

Chapter XIII: Of Finding Out The Names Of Spirits And Genii, From The Disposition Of The Celestial Bodies

Chapter XIV: Of The Calculating Art Of Such Names By The Tradition Of Cabalists

Chapter XV: Of The Characters And Seals Of Spirits

Chapter XVI: Another Way Of Making Characters, According To The Cabalists

Chapter XVII: There Is Another Kind Of Characters, Or Marks Of Spirits, Which Are Received Only By Revelation.

Chapter XVIII: On The Bonds Of Spirits, And Their Adjurations, And Castings Out

Chapter XIX: By What Means Magicians And Necromancers Call Forth The Souls Of The Dead

Chapter XX: Of Prophetical Dreams

The Perfection And Key Of The Cabala, Or Ceremonial Magic


Introduction

Of Magic Pentacles And Their Composition

Of The Consecration Of All Magical Instruments And Materials Which Are Used In This Art

The Consecration Of Water

Consecration Of Fire

The Consecration Of Oil

Of The Benediction Of Lights, Lamps, Wax, &c.

The Consecration Of Places, Ground, Circle, &c.

Of The Invocation Of Evil Spirits, And The Binding, Of, And Constraining Of Them To Appear

An Invocation Of The Good Spirits

The Particular Form Of The Lamen

Of Oracles By Dreams

Of The Method Of Raising Evil Or Familiar Spirits...

Of The Particular Composition Of The Magical Circle


Exorcism, Benedictions and Conjurations

Considerations And Conjurations For Every Day In The Week

The Magic And Philosophy Of Trithemius Of Spanheim


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The Translator's Letter To A Friend Of His, A Young Student In These Occult Sciences

A Caution To The Inexperienced In This Art, And A Word Of Advice To Those Who Would Be Adepts

Of the making of the CRYSTAL and the Form of Preparation for a Vision


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Biographia Antiqua


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Zoroaster

Hermes Trismegistus

Appollonius Of Tyana

Petrus de Abano

Apuleius

Aristotle

Artemidorus Of Ephesus

Babylonians

Cornelius Agrippa

Albertus Magnus

Roger Bacon

Raymond Lully

George Ripley

John, And Isaac Hollandus

Paracelsus

John Rudolph Glauber

Doctor Dee, And Sir Edward Kelly

The Conclusion

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