The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

BOOKS RECOMMENDED FOR STUDY All Visitors to London, interested in Occult Books, should call and inspect the large stock kept by FRANK HOLLINGS, No. 7 Great Turnstile, Holborn, W.C. CLOSE TO THE INNS OF COURT AND FIRST AVENUE HOTELS. Catalogues post free on application. Send me your list of “wants,” I have special facilities for acquiring rare and uncommon Books. New Publications supplied to order. Carriage paid within United Kingdom. THE HISTORY OF MAGIC. | Including a clear and precise Exposition ofits Processes, Rites and Mysteries. By Evtruas Leyt. Translated, Annotated and Introduced, by Arthur, Edward Waite, With Twenty lates, Large Demy Syo, 9 in.X6 ina s7z pp. | Handgomely bound, Cloth Gilt extra, Gilt Tope. 155 net. EDITION DE LUXE. Printed’on fine quality Rag Paper. Bound in White Vellum, Gilt Tops. 21s._net. An English translation of this celebrated work of the well-known French Occultist is now for the first time offered to the British Public. THE BOOK OF CEREMONIAL MAGIC, Including the Rites and. Mysteries of Goétic Theurgy, Sorcery, and infernal Necromancy. "By A. "E, Ware, Crown to, gilt tops, 376 pp.» illustrated with about 180 engravings, beautifully bound in art canvas, with design in gold, price 155. net. In Two Parts. 1. Analytical and Critical Account of the Chief Magical Rituals extant. II. A Complete Grimoire of Black Magic, “The two chief sections are subdivided as follows:—(a) Studies on the Antiquity of Magical Rituals; (b) “The Rituals of Transcendental Magic, so-called; (c) Composite Rituals; (d) The Rituals of Black Magic; (c) The Descending Hierarchy of Saints; (f) The Lesser Key of, Solomon’ the King; ) The Myster ‘of the Sanctum Regnum; (h) The Rite of Lucifuge; (i) The Method of Honorius; etc., et ANSCENDENTAL MAGIC. By Eviruas Levi. Translated by A. E. Waite, with the original engrav- ings. 105. 6d. Postage. $d.; abroad. rod, Contents:—Doctrine of Transcendental Magic: The Candidate, The Pillars of the Temple, The Triangle of Solomon, The Tetragram, The Pentagram, Magical Equilibrium, The Fiery Sword, Realization, Initiation, ‘The Kabbalah, The Magic Chain, The Great Work, Necromancy, Transmutations, Black Magic, Bewitchments, Astrology, Charms and Philtres, The Universal Medicine, Divination, Summary and General Key of the Four Secret Sciences, Ritual of Transcendental Magic, Preparations, Magical Equilibrium, The Triangle of Pentacles, The Conjuration of the Four, The Blazis ng Pentagram, ‘The Medium and the Mediator, The Septenary of Talismans, A Warning to the Imprudent, The Ceremonial of Initiates, The Key of Occultism, The Triple Chain, The Great Work, Necromancy, Transmutations, The Sabbath of the Sorcerers, Witchcraft and Spells, The Writing of the Stars, Philtres and Magnetism, The Mastery of the Sun, The Thaumaturge, ‘The Science of the Prophets, The Book of Hermes. . . an . WAITE (A. E.). The Mysteries of Magic, a Digest of the Writings of Eliphas Levi, with Biographical and Gritical Essay. Second edition, revised and enlarged, er. 8vo, cloth extra, uncut, 1807. 8s. 6d. Constitutes a valuable introductory work for those desirous of studying the writings of the great French Magus, BIBLIA CABALISTICA, or the Cabalistic Bible, showing how the various Numerical Cabalas have been curiously applied to the Holy Scriptures, with numerous Textual Examples, collected from Books of the Greatest Rarity, with Introduction, Appendix of Curios, and Bibliography. By the Rev. Water BEcLEy. gto, cloth extra uncut, to03.- 75. 6d. . BOOK OF THE SACRED MAGIC (‘he) of Abra-Melin the Mage, as delivered by Abraham the Jew unto his Son Lamech, a. 1458." Translated from the Original Hebrew, into French, and now rendered into English from_a unique and valuable MS. in the Bibliotheque de l’Arsenal at Paris; with copious Notes and Magical Squares of Letters. By S. L. MacGrecor-Maruers. 4to, black cloth, Magical Square on Side in gold, 1900. 10s. 6d. SPECIAL OFFER OF THE KEY OF SOLOMON S$. LIDDELL MACGREGOR-MATHERS, Author of “The Kabbalah Unveiled,” “The Tarot,” etc. THE KEY OF SOLOMON THE KING (Clavicula Salomonis), the true fountain-head and storehouse ‘of Cabbalistical Magic and the origin of much of the Ceremonial Magic of medieval times; hitherto a closed hook to all but the most learned Hebrew scholars, now made accessible to all in this the first translation. Carefully edited and collated from various ancient MSS. in the British Museum. — Illus- trated by 15 full-page plates containing the Mystical Alphabets, the Knife, Sword, and Other Instru- ments, and the Holy Pentacles or Medals. Quarto, buckram back, cloth sides, pp. +126 (pub. “£1 15, net). ’ London, 1909, 10s. Inland postage, 6d.; abroad, 1s. . 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