Next. Agrippa And The Rosicrucians : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], p. 226 AGRIPPA AND THE ROSICRUCIANS. The secrets to be talked over between Cornelius and his friend related to that study of the mysteries of knowledge in which the Theosophists assisted one another...
Agrippa. Chapter Xxxii. What Things Are Under : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], p. 111 CHAPTER XXXII. What Things Are Under The Signs, The Fixed Stars, And Their Images. The like consideration is to be had in all things concerning the Figures of the Fixed Stars: Therefore they will...
Agrippa. Chapter Xx. The Natural Virtues : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], p. 86 CHAPTER XX. The Natural Virtues Are In Some Things Throughout Their Whole Substance, And In Other Things In Certain Parts And Members. Again thou must consider that the Virtues of things are...
Agrippa. Chapter Xl. Of Bindings. What Sort : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], CHAPTER XL. Of Bindings; What Sort They Are Of, And In What Ways They Are Wont To Be Done. We have spoken concerning the virtues and wonderful efficacy of natural things. It remains now that we...
Next. Henry Morley's Criticism : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], p. 224 HENRY MORLEY'S CRITICISM. Little disguised by Hebrew admixture, and little pervaded by the speculations of the Platonists of Alexandria, Philo the Jew, Plotinus, and Iamblichus, whom the young...
Next. Symbols Of The Alchemists : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], p. 282 SYMBOLS OF THE ALCHEMISTS. This volume would be incomplete without the symbols of the Alchemists, as they naturally pertain to Natural Magic, and occasionally prove of great value. The Lond...
Preface : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], p. 15 PREFACE. In the last half of 1509 and the first months of 1510, Cornelius Agrippa, known in his day as a Magician, gathered together all the Mystic lore he had obtained by the energy and ard...
Agrippa. Chapter Lviii. Of The Reviving : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], CHAPTER LVIII. Of The Reviving Of The Dead, And Of Sleeping Or Hibernating (Wanting Victuals) Many Years Together. The Arabian philosophers agree that some men may elevate themselves above the powers...
The Nobility Of Woman : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], p. 306 This advertisement appeared at the end of the original 1913 edition of this book. It is included for completeness.--JBH. THE HINDU MAGIC MIRROR. ORDER NO. 135. CATALOGUE PAGE NO. 140. For many...
End Matter : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], p. 258 AGRIPPA EXPOUNDS REUCHLIN. Here was a vast theme for the oratory of a youth of twenty-three, and it was one also that enabled him to display the whole range of his learning. The newly recovered...
Agrippa. Chapter Xxxix. That We May : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], CHAPTER XXXIX. That We May, By Some Certain Matters Of The World, Stir Up The Gods Of The World And Their Ministering Spirits. No man is ignorant that evil spirits, by evil and profane arts, may be...
Agrippa. Chapter Lxv. How The Passions : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], p. 204 CHAPTER LXV. How The Passions Of The Mind Can Work Of Themselves Upon Another's Body. The passions of the soul which follow the phantasy when they are most vehement, cannot only change their own...
Agrippa. Chapter Lvii. Of Geomancy, Hydromancy : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], p. 181 CHAPTER LVII. Of Geomancy, Hydromancy, Aeromancy, And Pyromancy, Four Divinations Of Elements. Moreover, the Elements themselves teach us fatal events; whence those four famous kinds...
Agrippa. Chapter Lxvii. How The Mind Of M : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], p. 208 CHAPTER LXVII. How The Mind Of Man May Be Joined With The Mind Of The Stars, And Intelligences Of The Celestials, And, Together With Them, Impress Certain Wonderful Virtues Upon Inferior Things...
Early Life Of Cornelius Agrippa : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], p. 17 EARLY LIFE OF CORNELIUS AGRIPPA. At Cologne, on the 14th of September, 1486, there was born into the noble house of Nettesheim a son, whom his parents called in baptism Henry Cornelius Agripp...
Agrippa. Chapter Lx. Of Madness, And Divinations : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], CHAPTER LX. Of Madness, And Divinations Which Are Made When Men Are Awake, And Of The Power Of A Melancholy Humor, By Which Spirits Are Sometimes Induced Into Men's Bodies. It happens also, sometimes...
Agrippa. Chapter Xxxiii. Of The Seals : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], CHAPTER XXXIII. Of The Seals And Characters Of Natural Things. All Stars have their peculiar natures, properties, and conditions, the Seals and Characters wher they produce, through their rays, even...
Agrippa. Chapter Lxxiii. Of The Virtue : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], CHAPTER LXXIII. Of The Virtue Of Writing, And Of Making Imprecations, And Inscriptions. The use of words and speech is to express the inwards of the mind, and from thence to draw forth the secrets...
Agrippa. Chapter Liii. Of Divinations : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], CHAPTER LIII. Of Divinations, And The Kinds Ther. There are some other kinds of divinations, depending upon natural causes, which are known to every one in his art and experience to be in divers things...
Agrippa. Chapter Xxxviii. How We May Draw : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], CHAPTER XXXVIII. How We May Draw Not Only Celestial And Vital, But Also Certain Intellectual And Divine Gifts From Above. Magicians teach that celestial gifts may, through inferiors being conformable...
Agrippa. Chapter Xi. How Occult Virtues Are : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], p. 65 CHAPTER XI. How Occult Virtues Are Infused Into The Several Kinds Of Things By Ideas Through The Help Of The Soul Of The World, And Rays Of The Stars; And What Things Abound Most With This Virtue...
Agrippa. Chapter Xix. How The Virtues : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], p. 85 CHAPTER XIX. How The Virtues Of Things Are To Be Tried And Found Out, Which Are In Them Specially, Or In Any One Individual By Way Of Special Gift. Moreover, thou must consider that the Virtues...
Agrippa. Chapter Xxvi. What Things Are Under : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], CHAPTER XXVI. What Things Are Under The Power Of Jupiter, And Are Called Jovial. Things under Jupiter, amongst Elements, are the air; amongst humors, blood and the Spirit of Life; also all things which...
Agrippa. Chapter Lxviii. How Our Mind C : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], CHAPTER LXVIII. How Our Mind Can Change And Bind Inferior Things To The Ends Which We Desire. There is also a certain virtue in the minds of men of changing, attracting, hindering, and binding to th...
Agrippa. Chapter Xliv. The Compositi : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], CHAPTER XLIV. The Composition Of Some Fumes Appropriated To The Planets. We make a suffumigation for the Sun in this manner, viz., of saffron, ambergris, musk, lignum aloes, lignum balsam, the fruit...
Agrippa. Chapter Xxix. What Things Are Under : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], CHAPTER XXIX. What Things Are Under The Power Of Mercury, And Are Called Mercurial. Things under Mercury are these: Amongst Elements, water, though it moves all things indistinctly. Amongst humors, those...
Agrippa. Chapter V. Of The Wonderful Natures : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], CHAPTER V. Of The Wonderful Natures Of Fire And Earth. There are two things, saith Hermes, viz., Fire and Earth, which are sufficient for the operation of all wonderful things: the former is active...
Agrippa. Chapter Lxiv. How The Passions : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], p. 201 CHAPTER LXIV. How The Passions Of The Mind Change The Body By Way Of Imitation From Some Resemblance; Of The Transforming And Translating Of Men, And What Force The Imaginative Power Hath, Not...
Agrippa. Chapter Xxi. Of The Virtues Of Things : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], CHAPTER XXI. Of The Virtues Of Things Which Are In Them Only In Their Life Time, And Such As Remain In Them Even After Their Death. Moreover, we must know that there are some properties in things only...
Agrippa. Chapter Lxi. Of The Forming Of M : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], CHAPTER LXI. Of The Forming Of Man, Of The External Senses, Also Those Inward, And The Mind; And Of The Three-Fold Appetite Of The Soul, And Passions Of The Will. It is the opinion of some divines th...
Dedication : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], Dedication THIS WORK OF OCCULT PHILOSOPHY, OR NATURAL MAGIC, BY THAT PURE MYSTIC, THINKER AND TEACHER, SCHOLAR, STATESMAN, PHILOSOPHER AND AUTHOR, HENRY CORNELIUS AGRIPPA WAS BROUGHT FORTH BY HIM THOUGH...
Agrippa. Chapter Lxxii. Of The Wonderful : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], CHAPTER LXXII. Of The Wonderful Power Of Enchantments. They say that the power of enchantments and verses is, so great, that it is believed they are able to subvert almost all Nature. Apuleius saith th...
Agrippa : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], p. 6 AGRIPPA. Mr. Henry Morley, an eminent English scholar, in his Life of Cornelius Agrippa, makes these tributary statements: He secured the best honors attainable in art and arms; was acquainted with...
Agrippa. Chapter Lxxi. Of Many Words Joined : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], p. 214 CHAPTER LXXI. Of Many Words Joined Together, As In Sentences And Verses; And Of The Virtues And Astrictions Of Charms. Besides the virtues of words and names, there is also a greater virtue found...
Agrippa. Chapter Lxx. Of The Virtue Of Proper : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], p. 212 CHAPTER LXX. Of The Virtue Of Proper Names. That the proper names of things are very necessary in Magical Operations, almost all men testify. For the natural power of things proceeds, first...
Agrippa. Chapter Xlii. Of The Wonderful Virtues : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], CHAPTER XLII. Of The Wonderful Virtues Of Some Kinds Of Sorceries. Now I will shew you what some of the Sorceries are, that by the example of these there may be a way opened for the considerati...
Agrippa. Chapter Lxix. Of Speech : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], CHAPTER LXIX. Of Speech, And The Occult Virtue Of Words. It being shown that there is a great power in the affections of the soul, you must know, moreover, that there is no less virtue in words...
Agrippa. Chapter Lxii. Of The Passions : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], CHAPTER LXII. Of The Passions Of The Mind, Their Original Source, Differences, And Kinds. The passions of the human mind are nothing else but certain motions or inclinations proceeding...
Agrippa. Chapter Xiii. Whence The Occult : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], CHAPTER XIII. Whence The Occult Virtues Of Things Proceed. It is well known to all that there is a certain virtue in the Loadstone by which it attracts iron, and that the Diamond doth by its presence...
Next. A Message From The Stars : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], p. 285 A MESSAGE FROM THE STARS. I stood at eventime. The never-ending plain All empty looked and void. Yet, as I gazed again An army bivouacked. Unnumbered points of light Bespoke a force...
Agrippa. Chapter Lxiii. How The Passions : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], p. 199 CHAPTER LXIII. How The Passions Of The Mind Change The Proper Body By Changing Its Accidents And Moving The Spirit. The phantasy, or imaginative power, hath a ruling power over the passions...
Agrippa. Chapter Ii. What Magic Is, Wh : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], CHAPTER II. What Magic Is, What Are The Parts Ther, And How The Professors Ther Must Be Qualified. Magic is a faculty of wonderful virtue, full of most high mysteries, containing the most profound...
Next. The Mirific Word : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], THE MIRIFIC WORD. Now, as the creative light runs round each upper world before coming to ours, it comes to us charged with supernal influence, and such an idea lies at the foundation of cabalistical...
Agrippa. Chapter Xxiii. How We Shall Know : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], CHAPTER XXIII. How We Shall Know What Stars Natural Things Are Under, And What Things Are Under The Sun, Which Are Called Solary. Now it is very hard to know what Star or Sign every thing is under; yet...
Agrippa. Chapter Xxii. How Inferior Things : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], CHAPTER XXII. How Inferior Things Are Subjected To Superior Bodies, And How The Bodies, The Actions, And Dispositions Of Men Are Ascribed To Stars And Signs. It is manifest that all things inferior are...
The Nobility Of Woman. Part 1 : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], p. 261 THE NOBILITY OF WOMAN. Angling for private patronage was in the sixteenth century correlative to the habit not very uncommon in these days of using baits to catch the public favor. Men who once...
Agrippa. Chapter Xlix. Of Light, Colors : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], p. 151 CHAPTER XLIX. Of Light, Colors, Candles And Lamps, And To What Stars, Houses And Elements Several Colors Are Ascribed. Light also is a quality that partakes much of form, and is a simple act...
Agrippa. Chapter Xvi. How The Operations : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], p. 77 CHAPTER XVI. How The Operations Of Several Virtues Pass From One Thing Into Another, And Are Communicated One To The Other. Thou must know that so great is the power of natural things that they not...
Agrippa. Chapter L. Of Fascinati : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], CHAPTER L. Of Fascination, And The Art Ther. Fascination is a binding, which comes from the spirit of the witch, through the eyes of him that is so bewitched, and entering to his heart. Now...
Agrippa. Chapter Xxxi. How Provinces : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], CHAPTER XXXI. How Provinces And Kingdoms Are Distributed To Planets. Moreover, the whole orb of the earth is distributed by kingdoms and provinces to the Planets and Signs: For Macedonia, Thraci...
Agrippa. Chapter Xlvii. Of Magical Rings : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], p. 146 CHAPTER XLVII. Of Magical Rings And Their Compositions. Rings, also, which were always much esteemed of by the ancients, when they are opportunely made, do in like manner impress their virtue up...
Agrippa. Chapter Xxvii. What Things Are Under : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], CHAPTER XXVII. What Things Are Under The Power Of Mars, And Are Called Martial. These things are Martial: Amongst Elements, fire, together with all adust and sharp things. Amongst humors, choler; also...
Sublime Occult Philosophy : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], p. 14 SUBLIME OCCULT PHILOSOPHY. Judicious Reader: This is true and sublime Occult Philosophy. To understand the mysterious influences of the intellectual world upon the celestial, and of both up...
Agrippa. Chapter Xlviii. Of The Virtue : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], p. 148 CHAPTER XLVIII. Of The Virtue Of Places, And What Places Are Suitable To Every Star. There be wonderful virtues of places accompanying them, either from things there placed, or by the influences...
Agrippa. Chapter Xxviii. What Things Are : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], CHAPTER XXVIII. What Things Are Under The Power Of Venus, And Are Called Venereal. These things are under Venus: Amongst Elements, air and water. Amongst humors, phlegm, with blood, spirit, and seed...
Next. The Eternal Principle : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], p. 286 THE ETERNAL PRINCIPLE. By Dr. L. W. De Laurence. The struggle between light and darkness, between good and evil, is as old as the world, and yet there is no principle of evil; whatever degrades is...
Agrippa. Chapter Xviii. Of The Inclinations : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], CHAPTER XVIII. Of The Inclinations Of Enmities. On the contrary, there are Inclinations of Enmities, and they are, as it were, the odium, and anger, indignation, and a certain kind of obstinate...
Agrippa. Chapter Xv. How We Must Find Out : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], CHAPTER XV. How We Must Find Out And Examine The Virtues Of Things By Way Of Similitude. It is now manifest that the occult properties in things are not from the nature of the Elements, but infused...
Agrippa. Chapter Vi. Of The Wonderful Natures : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], CHAPTER VI. Of The Wonderful Natures Of Water, Air And Winds. The other two Elements, viz., Water and Air, are not less efficacious than the former; neither is Nature wanting to work wonderful things...
Agrippa. Chapter I. How Magicians Collect : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], p. 35 p. 36 Title Page of 1651 p. 37 THE PHILOSOPHY OF NATURAL MAGIC BY HENRY CORNELIUS AGRIPPA KNIGHT AND DOCTOR OF BOTH LAWS, COUNSELLOR TO CSAR'S SACRED MAJESTY, AND JUDGE OF THE PREROGATIVE COURT...
Agrippa. Chapter Xlvi. Of Natural Alligations : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], p. 144 CHAPTER XLVI. Of Natural Alligations And Suspensions. When the Soul of the World by its virtue doth make all things that are naturally generated or artificially made to be fruitful, by infusing...
Agrippa. Chapter Iii. Of The Four Elements : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], CHAPTER III. Of The Four Elements, Their Qualities, And Mutual Mixtions. There are four Elements, and original grounds of all corporeal things--Fire, Earth, Water, Air--of which all elemented inferi...
Cornelius Agrippa To The Reader : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], p. 27 CORNELIUS AGRIPPA TO THE READER. I do not doubt but the title of our book of Occult Philosophy, or of Magic, may by the rarity of it allure many to read it, amongst which, some of a disordered...
Agrippa. Chapter Lxxiv. Of The Proporti : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], CHAPTER LXXIV. Of The Proportion, Correspondency, And Reduction Of Letters To The Celestial Signs And Planets, According To Various Tongues, And A Table Ther. God gave to man a mind and speech, which...
Agrippa. Chapter Xxxvii. How : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], CHAPTER XXXVII. How, By Some Certain Natural And Artificial Preparations, We May Attract Certain Celestial And Vital Gifts. Platonists, together with Hermes, say, and Jarchus Brachmanus and the Mecubals...
Agrippa. Chapter Ix. Of The Virtues Of Things : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], CHAPTER IX. Of The Virtues Of Things Natural, Depending Immediately Upon Elements. Of the natural virtues of things, some are Elementary, as to heat, to cool, to moisten, to dry; and they are called...
Agrippa. Chapter Xxx. That The Whole Sublunary : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], CHAPTER XXX. That The Whole Sublunary World, And Those Things Which Are In It, Are Distributed To Planets. Moreover, whatsoever is found in the whole world is made according to the governments...
Agrippa. Chapter Xxxix. How : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], CHAPTER XXXIV. How, By Natural Things And Their Virtues, We May Draw Forth And Attract The Influences And Virtues Of Celestial Bodies. Now, if thou desirest to receive virtue from any part of the World...
Agrippa. Chapter Liv. Of Divers Certain Animals : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], CHAPTER LIV. Of Divers Certain Animals, And Other Things, Which Have A Signification In Auguries. All the Auspicia, or auspices, which first happen in the beginning of any enterprise are to be taken...
Agrippa. Chapter Xiv. Of The Spirit : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], p. 72 CHAPTER XIV. Of The Spirit Of The World, What It Is, And How By Way Of Medium It Unites Occult Virtues To Their Subjects. Democritus and Orpheus, and many Pythagoreans, having most diligently...
Agrippa. Chapter Lix. Of Divination : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], p. 188 CHAPTER LIX. Of Divination By Dreams. There is also a certain kind of divination by dreams which is confirmed by the traditions of philosophers, the authorities of divines, the examples...
Trithemius To Agrippa : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], p. 33 TRITHEMIUS TO AGRIPPA. John Trithemius, Abbot of Saint James of Herbipolis, Formerly of Spanhemia, to his Henry Cornelius Agrippa of Nettesheim, Health and Love: Your work, most renowned Agripp...
Agrippa. Chapter Viii. How The Elements Are : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], CHAPTER VIII. How The Elements Are In The Heavens, In Stars, In Devils, In Angels, And Lastly In God Himself. It is the unanimous consent of all Platonists, that as in the original and exemplary World...
Agrippa. Chapter Lxvi. That The Passions : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], CHAPTER LXVI. That The Passions Of The Mind Are Helped By A Celestial Season, And How Necessary The Constancy Of The Mind Is In Every Work. The passions of the mind are much helped, and are helpful...
Next. Order Of The Empyrean Heaven : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], ORDER OF THE EMPYREAN HEAVEN. There is a God, all-powerful, all-intelligent and supremely perfect; eternal and infinite; omnipotent and omniscient; who endures from eternity to eternity, and is present...
Agrippa. Chapter Li. Of Certain Observations : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], CHAPTER LI. Of Certain Observations, Producing Wonderful Virtues. They say that certain acts and observations have a certain power of natural things; that they believe diseases may be expelled...
Agrippa. Chapter Xlv. Of Collyries, Unctions : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], CHAPTER XLV. Of Collyries, Unctions, Love-Medicines, And Their Virtues. Moreover, collyries and unguents, conveying the virtues of things natural and celestial to our spirit, can multiply, transmute...
Next. Exposition Of The Cabala : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], EXPOSITION OF THE CABALA. Mainly upon what was said and written by Cornelius Agrippa in this twenty-third year of his age has been founded the defamation by which, when he lived, his spirit was tormented...
Title Page : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], THE PHILOSOPHY OF NATURAL MAGIC By HENRY CORNELIUS AGRIPPA VON NETTESHEIM COUNSELOR TO CHARLES THE FIFTH, EMPEROR OF GERMANY, AND JUDGE OF THE PREROGATIVE COURT OFFICIAL EDITION A COMPLETE WORK...
Agrippa. Xli. Of Sorceries, And Their Power : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], CHAPTER XLI. Of Sorceries, And Their Power. The force of sorceries is reported to be so great that they are believed to be able to subvert, consume and change all inferior things, according to Virgil's...
Agrippa. Chapter Xliii. Of Perfumes Or Suffumigations : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], CHAPTER XLIII. Of Perfumes Or Suffumigations; Their Manner And Power. Some suffumigations, also, or perfumings, that are proper to the Stars, are of great force for the opportune receiving of celestial...
Agrippa. Chapter Lvi. Of The Soothsayings : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], CHAPTER LVI. Of The Soothsayings Of Flashes And Lightnings, And How Monstrous And Prodigious Things Are To Be Interpreted. Now, the soothsayings of flashes and lightnings, and of wonders, and how...
Next. Reuchlin The Mystic : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], REUCHLIN THE MYSTIC. Such were the mysteries of the Hebrew Cabala, strangely blending a not unrefined philosophy with basest superstition. It remains for us to form some just opinion of the charm they...
Agrippa. What Things Are Lunary, Or Under : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], CHAPTER XXIV. What Things Are Lunary, Or Under The Power Of The Moon. These things are Lunary, amongst the Elements, viz.: The earth, then the water, as well that of the sea as of the rivers; and all...
Agrippa. Chapter Xxxv. Of The Mixtions : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], CHAPTER XXXV. Of The Mixtions Of Natural Things, One With Another, And Their Benefit. It is most evident that in the inferior nature all the powers of superior bodies are not found comprehended in any...
Agrippa. Chapter Iv. Of A Three Fold Considerati : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], CHAPTER IV. Of A Three-Fold Consideration Of The Elements. There are, then, as we have said, four Elements, without the perfect knowledge wher we can effect nothing in Magic. Now each of them is...
Agrippa. Chapter Vii. Of The Kinds Of Compounds : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], CHAPTER VII. Of The Kinds Of Compounds, What Relation They Stand In To The Elements, And What Relation There Is Betwixt The Elements Themselves And The Soul, Senses And Dispositions Of Men. Next after...
Agrippa. Chapter X. Of The Occult Virtues : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], CHAPTER X. Of The Occult Virtues Of Things. There are also other virtues in things, which are not from any Element, as to expel poison, to drive away the noxious vapors of minerals, to attract iron p. 63...
Agrippa. Chapter Xxxvi. Of The Union Of Mixed : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], CHAPTER XXXVI. Of The Union Of Mixed Things, And The Introduction Of A More Noble Form And The Senses Of Life. Moreover, we must know, that by how much the more noble the form of anything is, by so much...
Agrippa To Trithemius : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], p. 30 AGRIPPA TO TRITHEMIUS. To R. P. D. John Trithemius, an Abbot of Saint James, in the Suburbs of Herbipolis, Henry Cornelius Agrippa of Nettesheim Sendeth Greeting: When I was of late, most reverend...
Next. A Message To All Mystics : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], p. 288 A MESSAGE TO ALL MYSTICS. THE HINDU MAGIC MIRROR. BY DR. L. W. DE LAURENCE. COPYRIGHT, 1910, BY DE LAURENCE, SCOTT and, furthermore, that I KNOW that the Science and Art of Magic as operated by...
Agrippa. Chapter Lv. How Auspicias Are Verified : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], p. 173 CHAPTER LV. How Auspicias Are Verified By The Light Of Natural Instinct, And Of Some Rules Of Finding It Out. AUSPICIA and Auguria, which foretell things to come by animals and birds, Orpheus...
Agrippa. Chapter Xxv. What Things Are Saturnine : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], CHAPTER XXV. What Things Are Saturnine, Or Under The Power Of Saturn. Saturnine things, amongst Elements, are earth and also water; amongst humors, black choler that is moist, as well natural...
Agrippa. Chapter Xvii. How : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], CHAPTER XVII. How By Enmity And Friendship The Virtues Of Things Are To Be Tried And Found Out. In the next place it is requisite that we consider that all things have a friendliness and enmity amongst...
Agrippa. Chapter Xii. How It Is That Particular : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], p. 67 CHAPTER XII. How It Is That Particular Virtues Are Infused Into Particular Individuals, Even Of The Same Species. There are also in many individuals, or particular things, peculiar gifts...
Agrippa. Chapter Lii. Of The Countenance : * "The Philosophy of Natural Magic", by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, L. W. de Laurence ed. [1913], CHAPTER LII. Of The Countenance And Gesture, The Habit And The Figure Of The Body, And To What Stars Any Of These Do Answer--Whence Physiognomy, And Metoposcopy, And Chiromancy, Arts Of Divination, Have...