{"product_id":"the-great-secret-or-occultism-unveiled-paperback","title":"The Great Secret or Occultism Unveiled - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEliphas Levi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo concludes what Levi considered to be his testament, his most important and final treatise, and a summation of his esoteric philosophy. This volume is the conclusion of the work he started as Book One, \u003ci\u003eThe Heiratic Mystery or the Traditional Documents of High Initiation\u003c\/i\u003e, published as \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Splendours\u003c\/i\u003e (Weiser, 1984). \u003ci\u003eThe Great Secret\u003c\/i\u003e contains his final two works. In Book Two, \u003ci\u003eThe Royal Mystery or Art of Subduing the Powers\u003c\/i\u003e, Levi discusses such topics as Evil, the Outer Darkness, the Great Secret, Magical Sacrifice, Evocations, the Arcana of Solomon's Ring, and the Terrible Secret. In Book Three, \u003ci\u003eThe Sacerdotal Mystery or the Art of being Served by Spirits\u003c\/i\u003e, he expounds on the subjects of Aberrant Forces, the Chaining of the Devil, Sacred and Accursed Rites, Divination, Dark Intelligence, and the Great Arcanum.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Great Secret completes a trilogy of books by Eliphas Levi published in his \"Studies in Hermetic Tradition\" series, the two previous volumes being The Book of Splendours and The Mysteries of the Qabalah. Taken together these writings represent a fitting memorial to one who \"has been both the keeper of the hermetic tradition and the absolute renovator of esoteric thinking in Europe in the 19th century\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"You will be as gods, knowing good and evil\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo concludes what Eliphas Levi considered to be his last testament, his most important and final treatise, and a summation of his esoteric philosophy. This volume is the conclusion of the work he started with Book One, The Hieratic Mystery or the Traditional Documents of High Initiation, published as The Book of Splendours (Weiser, 1984). The Great Secret contains his final two works: Book Two, The Royal Mystery or Art of Subduing the Powers, in which Levi discusses such topics as Evil, the Outer Darkness, the Great Secret, Magical Sacrifice, Evocations, the Arcana of Solomon's Ring, and the Terrible Secret. Book Three, The Sacerdotal Mystery or the Art of Being Served by Spirits, covers Aberrant Forces, the Chaining of the Devil, Sacred and Accursed Rites, Divination, Dark Intelligence, and the Great Arcanum.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlphonse Louis Constant, better know by his pen name Eliphas Levi, was a master of the traditional Rosicrucian interpretation of the Kabbalah. He was born in France in 1810, and through the offices of the parish priest, was educated for the church at SaintSulpice. He was later expelled from seminary for teaching doctrines contrary to those of the Roman Catholic Church. In 1824 Levi began studying the occult sciences, and wrote about magic and the Kabbalah for the next three decades. His other books include \u003ci\u003eTranscendental Magic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMysteries of the Qabalah\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Splendours\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 8.25 x 5.35 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 15, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47449887899826,"sku":"9780877289388","price":21.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/d6d73268ee2c8b28b0d3b916111b2a96.webp?v=1778775054","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-great-secret-or-occultism-unveiled-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}