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| Opus Mago-Cabbalisticum Et Theosophicum |
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| Georg Von Welling |
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In Goethe's lifetime, he was regarded as the most knowledgeable man in the world with expertise in history, literature, botany, astrology, biology, alchemy, and cosmology. The secret weapon in Goethe's intellectual arsenal was this book, Opus Mago-cabbalisticum Et Theosophicum, never before translated into English from the original German. In the immortal play Faust, the pensive protagonist broods upon the "vainness" of earthly knowledge before opening a book of magick and resolving to become a magician. The very book that moved the real-life Goethe and the fictional Faust was Opus, with its revelatory secrets of alchemy, astrology, and the history of magick as well as those of Rosicrucianism, esoteric Freemasonry, the Illuminati, and the Golden Dawn.
"Now, for the first time in over 300 years, this extremely rare book is available to general readers - a rare treasury of esotericism and one that was the seminal text for much of the modern Western Mystery Tradition. Georg von Welling's Opus Mago-Cabbalisticum, a veritable bible of esoteric thinking, is divided into the three parts and each section is devoted to one of the three elements: "Salt" about the creation and even includes theories about Adam and Eve and the origins of life; "Sulfur" speaks to the universe as it exists now; finally, "Mercury" is a portrait of prophecy, of what is to come, including the Apocalypse. For von Welling, and those he influenced, alchemy is about unleashing the secrets hiding in the material world. Opus Mago-Cabbalisticum is more than just a book of magick; it is a mystery school manual and the key to unlocking the secrets of this world and the next.
"For the modern student of the Western Mystery Traditions, it is impossible to overestimate the importance of this 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
"I couldn't put it down. This is sort of the theological basis on which The Da Vinci Code and books like it are based. This book says things are hidden and meant to be found." -Joseph McVeigh, translator
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.
Weiser Books 2006
Hardcover 551 pages |
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| LIB000191 |
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