The History of Magic

Éliphas Lévi, born Alphonse Louis Constant (1810–1875), was a French occult author and ceremonial magician whose works profoundly influenced the revival of western esotericism in the 19th century. Adopting the Hebrew version of his name, Lévi authored several seminal texts that synthesized elements of magical wisdom from a variety of traditions, including Kabbalah, alchemy, and Christian mysticism...