The Clavis or Key to Unlock the Mysteries of Magic: by Rabbi

ISBN: 0738762067

Author: Skinner, Dr Stephen

Condition: new

Ritualists, occultists, and collectors will love this complete, four-color edition of the Mysteries of Magic (also known as The Clavis) by Ebenezer Sibley and Rabbi Solomon. The Clavis was created during the high point of calligraphic Victorian grimoires, and it became one of the most important grimoires in circulation during the 19th century. This attractive hardcover edition includes commentary and transcription by Dr. Stephen Skinner and Daniel Clark, and it also features content derived from Frederick Hockley's manuscripts. This book is a very significant magical text with details of practice that are not found in other grimoires, and this editionwith its more than 200 pages of additional commentary and explanationwill be a treasure to those who have a passion for the historical underpinnings of occult magic.Partial Table of Contents:Preface: Ebenezer SibleyPart 1. Clavis or KeyPart 2. The PentaclesPart 3. Four Experiments with Specific SpiritsPart 4. The Wheel of WisdomPart 5. A Secret and Complete Book of Magic SciencePart 6. CrystallomancyPart 7. Miscellaneous Examples and ExperimentsPart 8. GeomancyPart 9. Magical ExperimentsPart 10. Magical TablesIntroductionBackground to MagicThe Present ManuscriptAnalysis of the Magic in the ClavisThe French SourceEnglish SourcesVersions of the Clavis ManuscriptShort Biographies of the Main PlayersEbenezer SibleyJohn DenleyRobert CrossFrederick HockleyMajor F G IrwinRobert Thomas Cross aka RaphaelTranscription of the Full Text of the ClavisAppendix 1. Contents of all known Manuscripts of Sibley's ClavisAppendix 2. Mlusine and the WyvernBibliographyIndex