Item #57592 The Magus, or Celestial Intelligencer, Part 6 [ VI ]. Secret Mysteries of Ceremonial Magic; The Rare Text Library. Francis BARRETT.
The Magus, or Celestial Intelligencer, Part 6 [ VI ]. Secret Mysteries of Ceremonial Magic; The Rare Text Library

The Magus, or Celestial Intelligencer, Part 6 [ VI ]. Secret Mysteries of Ceremonial Magic; The Rare Text Library

Gloucester, England: Rare Text Library / Helios, 1965. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Quarto. 56pp. Original beige cloth with patterned papered boards, printed title label on upper board, gilt lettering to spine, one b&w plate. The sixth volume in a series of nine comprising the magical components of Francis Barrett's "The Magus." Edition limited to 200 numbered copies, this being copy no. 76. The eighth volume of the Rare Text Library of Philosophical Research published by Helios Book Services of Gloucester, England, one of the pioneers of occult publishing in the UK in the 1960s. "The Magus" was first published in 1801 and is now recognised as one of the most influential works of the "Occult Revival" and probably the best-known magical text produced in nineteenth century Britain. At the time of the publication of this series "The Magus" was long out of print, with early editions difficult to find and selling for a premium. The idea behind the new edition was to make the most important sections of the text - each complete within itself - available in a durable form at an affordable price. It was a monumental task, with the text having to be completely retyped, and the tables redone - only the original diagrams were copied as facsimiles. This volume reprints the whole of Part II of Book II of the original text which is devoted to Cabalistic Magic. The publisher described it as comprising "Specific methods of invoking spirits and intelligence." Although not marked as such, this volume is from the collection of occult scholar and author, Stephen Skinner. Cloth of spine slightly darkened, spine ends lightly bruised. Still overall a tight unmarked VG+ copy of a publication which inspired a new generation of magicians in the 1960s and 1970s. Item #57592

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