Item #57594 The Magus, or Celestial Intelligencer, Part 8 [ VIII]. The Magic and Philosophy of Trithemius of Spanheim AND Ancient Sigils and Magical Images Used by the Wise Based on Names of God, the Heavenly Constellations and Planetary Signatures; The Rare Text Library. and Trithemius of Spanheim, David Williams.
The Magus, or Celestial Intelligencer, Part 8 [ VIII]. The Magic and Philosophy of Trithemius of Spanheim AND Ancient Sigils and Magical Images Used by the Wise Based on Names of God, the Heavenly Constellations and Planetary Signatures; The Rare Text Library
The Magus, or Celestial Intelligencer, Part 8 [ VIII]. The Magic and Philosophy of Trithemius of Spanheim AND Ancient Sigils and Magical Images Used by the Wise Based on Names of God, the Heavenly Constellations and Planetary Signatures; The Rare Text Library

The Magus, or Celestial Intelligencer, Part 8 [ VIII]. The Magic and Philosophy of Trithemius of Spanheim AND Ancient Sigils and Magical Images Used by the Wise Based on Names of God, the Heavenly Constellations and Planetary Signatures; The Rare Text Library

Gloucester, England: Rare Text Library / Helios, 1966. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Quarto. 64pp. Original beige cloth with patterned papered boards, printed title label on upper board, gilt lettering to spine, b&w frontis. The eighth 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. 74. The tenth 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 IV of the original text which is devoted to the magic and philosophy of Trithemius of Spanhei, along with an English language translation of Spanheim's "Veter Sophorum Sigilla et Imagines Magicae" [ Ancient Sigils and Magical Images Used by the Wise Based on Names of God, the Heavenly Constellations and Planetary Signatures ]. Although not marked as such, this volume is from the collection of occult scholar and author, Stephen Skinner. Cloth of spine slightly darkened and marked, spine ends lightly bruised, upper corner bumped, title label a little foxed. Still overall a tight unmarked better than VG copy of a publication which inspired a new generation of magicians in the 1960s and 1970s. Item #57594

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