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    The Magical Ritual of the Sanctum Regnum - Interpreted by the Tarot Trumps
    The Magical Ritual of the Sanctum Regnum - Interpreted by the Tarot Trumps
    The Magical Ritual of the Sanctum Regnum - Interpreted by the Tarot Trumps
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    The Magical Ritual of the Sanctum Regnum - Interpreted by the Tarot Trumps

    By Eliphaz Levi

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    This advanced exploration of tarot cards includes an in-depth analysis of the 22 Major Arcana cards and explains their symbology and astrological science.

    Written by famous French ceremonial magician Éliphaz Lévi, The Magical Ritual of the Sanctum Regnum details the mysticism of Tarot and explores cryptic Kabbalah - a Jewish branch of occult knowledge. First published in 1896.

    The contents featured in this volume include:

      - The Magician - Le Bateleur
      - The Priestess - La Papesse
      - The Emperor - L'Empereur
      - The Pope - Hierophant-Le Pape
      - The Chariot of Hermes - Le Chariot
      - The Wheel of Fortune - La Roue de Fortune
      - Death - La Mort
      - Temperance - La Temperance
      - The Star - L'Etoile
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherObscure Press
    Release dateJan 31, 2018
    ISBN9781528783279
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      The Magical Ritual of the Sanctum Regnum - Interpreted by the Tarot Trumps - Eliphaz Levi

      THE MAGICAL RITUAL

      OF THE

      SANCTUM REGNUM

      INTERPRETED BY THE

      TAROT TRUMPS

      TRANSLATED FROM THE MSS. OF

      ÉLIPHAZ LÉVI

      AND EDITED BY

      W. WYNN WESTCOTT, M.B.

      MAGUS OF THE ROSICRUCIAN SOCIETY OF ENGLAND

      WITH EIGHT PLATES

      CONTENTS

      Eliphas Levi

      PREFACE BY THE EDITOR

      I THE MAGICIAN—LE BATELEUR

      II THE PRIESTESS—LA PAPESSE

      III THE EMPRESS—L’IMPERATRICE

      IV THE EMPEROR—L’EMPEREUR

      V THE POPE, OR HIEROPHANT—LE PAPE

      VI THE LOVERS—L’AMOUREUX

      VII THE CHARIOT OF HERMES—LE CHARIOT

      VIII JUSTICE—LA JUSTICE

      IX THE HERMIT—L’ERMITE

      X THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE—LA ROUE DE FORTUNE

      XI FORTITUDE—STRENGTH—LA FORCE

      XII THE HANGED MAN—LE PENDU

      XIII DEATH—LA MORT

      XIV TEMPERANCE—LA TEMPERANCE

      XV SATAN—THE DEVIL—LE DIABLE

      XVI THE TOWER—LA MAISON DE DIEU

      XVII THE STAR—L’ETOILE

      XVIII THE MOON—LA LUNE

      XIX THE SUN—LE SOLEIL

      XX THE LAST JUDGMENT—LE JUGEMENT

      XXI THE UNWISE MAN—LE MAT

      XXII THE UNIVERSE—LE MONDE

      THE KABALISTIO PRAYER

      NOTE BY THE EDITOR

      THE CONCLUSION

      OCCULT AND RELIGIOUS MAXIMS

      Eliphas Levi

      Alphonse Louis Constant — better-known by his pen name, ‘Eliphas Levi’ — was born in Paris, France in 1810. In his youth, he began to study to enter the Roman Catholic priesthood, penning a number of minor religious works. Two of his more radical works, advocating what was considered extreme social liberalism, earned him brief prison sentences. In 1853, after a visit to England, Levi became interested in Rosicrucianism, and produced his first treatise on magic in 1854 under the title Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie (Dogma and Ritual of High Magic) (1855). He published the sequel, La Clef des Grands Mystères (The Key to the Great Mysteries), six years later, and followed this with Fables et Symboles (Stories and Images) (1862), La Science des Esprits (The Science of Spirits) (1865), Le Grand Arcane, ou l’Occultisme Dévoilé (The Great Secret, or Occultism Unveiled) (posthumous; 1898). Levi’s personal brand of magic was a great success, coinciding as it did with the growth of spiritualism on either side of the Atlantic. He was a great influence on the legendary occultist Aleister Crowley. Levi died in 1875, aged 65.

      A Monogram of the

      GNOSIS.

      See page 21.

      THE TETRAGRAM.

      traced in a Kabalistic design.

      See page 21.

      PREFACE BY THE EDITOR

      THIS translation of a previously unpublished work by the late Alphonse Louis Constant, or, as he preferred to call himself, Éliphaz Lévi, is published with the consent of its possessor, Mr. Edward Maitland, the eminent collaborateur of the late Dr. Anna Kingsford, to whom it was given by the Baron Spedalieri, so well known as the friend, disciple, and literary heir of Éliphaz Lévi. The original MSS., Which is in the handwriting of Lévi himself, is written upon pages interleaved with the text of a printed copy of a work by Trithemius of Spanheim, entitled De Septem Secundeis: the edition was published at Cologne, and is dated 1567. This work of the Abbot Trithemius is a very curious and interesting dissertation upon the ruling of the world by the seven great Archangels, to each of whom in succession is allotted a period of 354 years and 4 months. The Archangels are referred to the Planets of the ancients, and their successive periods of dominion are taken in the following order:—

      The first course of these rulers ended in Anno Mundi 2480. The Noachian Deluge is placed at 1656, in the reign of Samael. The destruction of the Tower of Babel (see Tarot Trump, No. XVI., page 63) occurred in the Second reign of Orifiel; the life of Abraham in the Second reign of Zachariel; the life of Moses in the Second reign of Raphael; Pythagoras, Xerxes, and Alexander the Great in the Second Solar reign of Michael.

      The era of Jesus Christ comes in the Third reign of Orifiel.

      Lévi appears to have been deeply impressed with this system of Rule by Archangels, and Edward Maitland, in his life of Dr. Anna Kingsford, refers to this volume with approval.

      Under the heading of Notes the editor has given a short description of each Tarot Trump at the end of each chapter, and also a few notes on the mystical meanings assigned to the Tarots by Éliphaz Lévi in his other works; some of the views of P. Christian are added. To facilitate reference to such information, a table is added here specifying the places to which the student can turn for further opinions and more detailed descriptions.

      Court de Gebelin. Le Monde premitif analyse. Paris. 1773–82. Volume 8,

      Etteilla or Alliette. Philosophie des hautes sciences. Amsterdam. 1785.

      Etteilla. Leçons théoriques et pratiques du livre du Thot. 1787.

      Tarots Egyptiennes ou Grand Etteilla. 1830.

      Etteila. Manière de se récreer avec le jeu des Tarots. 1783–5.

      Lévi, Éliphaz. Nom de plume of Alphonse Louis Constant.

      Rituel de la Haute Magie. Paris. 1861. Pages 344–356 give the several descriptions and meanings of the Tarot Trumps; but the whole chapter entitled Le livre d’Hermes, pages 332–384, is concerned with the subject. These Trumps are also allotted to Lunar days at pages 265–269.

      Dogme de la Haute Magie. Paris. 1861. The tenth chapter has especial reference to the Tarot; but the whole volume is divided into chapters which relate to the Trumps.

      Histoire de la Magie, 1860. Refer to pages 46, 81, and 109.

      P. Christian. Histoire de la Magie. Paris. Special descriptions and occult meanings of the Tarot Trumps are given on pages 114–131.

      Papus. Le Tarot des Bohemiens. English translation by Morton. George Red way. 1896.

      Wirth, Oswald. Le livre de Thot.

      Waite, A. E. The Mysteries of Magic, a Digest of the Writings of Éliphaz Levi. London. George Red way. 1886. See pages 242–265.

      MacGregor Mathers, S. L. The Tarot, its Occult Significance. George Redway. 1888.

      Willshire, W. H. A Descriptive Catalogue of Playing and other Cards in the British Museum. 1876.

      Chatto, W. A. Facts and Speculations on the Origin and History

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