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Arbatel de Magia Veterum
(1575)
Contents
Arbatel of Magick
Containing nine Tomes* and seven Septenaries of Aphorisms
The first is called Isagoge or A Book of the Institutions of Magick or [illegible Greek], which in forty and nine Aphorisms comprehendeth the most general Precepts of the whole Art.
The second is Microcosmical Magick, what Microcosmus hath effected Magically by his Spirit and Genius addicted to him from his Nativity, that is, spiritual wisdom, and how the same is effected.
The third is Olympick Magick, in what manner a man may do and suffer by the spirits of Olympus.
The fourth is Hesiodiacal and Homerical Magick, which teacheth the operations by the Spirits called Cacodæmones, as it were not adversaries to mankinde.
The fifth is Romane or Sibylline Magick, which acteth and operates
with Tutelar Spirits and Lords, to whom the whole Orb of the earth
is distributed. This is valde insignis Magia. To this also
is the doctrine of the Druids referred.
The sixth is Pythagorical Magick, which only acteth with Spirits to whom is given the doctrine of Arts, as Physick, Medicine, Mathematics, Alchymie, and such kinde of Arts.
The seventh is the Magick of Apollonius and the like, and agreeth with the Romane and Microcosmical Magick, only it
hath this peculiar, that it hath power over the hostile spirits
of mankinde.
The eighth is Hermetical, that is, Ægyptiacal Magick; and differeth not much from Divine Magick.
The ninth is that wisdom which dependeth solely upon the Word
of God; and this is called Prophetical Magick.
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*Out of the nine Tomes listed, only the first (Isagoge) is extant and included herein.
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