Overview
After nearly 300 years, one of the most important alchemical and magical texts of all time has finally been translated into English! DuQuette In Goethe's immortal play, Faust, the brooding hero reflects upon the vainness of earthly knowledge and education. He opens a book of magic and is transfixed by an illustration of the magical universe. He resolves there and then to become a magician. The book that fired Goethe's imagination for that dramatic scene was a real book the book of forbidden knowledge that evoked every mystical cliche Opus Mago-Cabbalisticum et Theosophicum. This first ever English edition of Opus Mago-Cabbalisticum et Theosophicum will appeal to anyone interested in the history or practical aspects of alchemy, astrology, magick, Rosicrucianism, esoteric Freemasonry, and the Golden Dawn. A perfect addition to any library of classic esoteric literature, this edition reproduces famous illustrations.
Full Product Details
Author: Georg von Welling ,
Joseph G. McVeigh
Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser
Imprint: Red Wheel/Weiser
Dimensions:
Width: 17.80cm
, Height: 5.20cm
, Length: 25.40cm
Weight: 0.001kg
ISBN: 9781578633272
ISBN 10: 1578633273
Pages: 576
Publication Date: 01 January 2006
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
For the modern student of the Western Mystery Traditions, it is impossible to overestimate the importance of von Welling's work. Its influence can be traced through the doctrines and teachings of a host of European esoteric institutionseven those that helped give birth to the Golden Dawn and the Modern Occult Revival. Lon Milo DuQuette--Reviews
For the modern student of the Western Mystery Traditions, it is impossible to overestimate the importance of von Welling's work. Its influence can be traced through the doctrines and teachings of a host of European esoteric institutions--even those that helped give birth to the Golden Dawn and the Modern Occult Revival. --Lon Milo DuQuette
Author Information
Georg von Welling was born in Schwaben, Bavaria, in 1655. He worked as the director of the Baden-Durlacher Office of Building and Mines until 1723 and died in 1725 in Frankfurt. Von Welling was primarily known for his book Opus Mago-Cabbalisticum et Theosophicum, which influenced numerous subsequent authors and informed much of the tradition of Western Ritual Magick. Joseph McVeigh is a professor of German Studies at Smith College with the interest and skills necessary to translate such an arcane occult classic. Lon Milo DuQuette is a world-renowned scholar and practitioner of the occult. He has written many books including Understanding Aleister Crowley's Thoth Tarot and The Magick of Aleister Crowley.
