Three Books of Occult Philosophy

Donald Tyson's detailed annotations clarify difficult references and provide origins of quotations, expanding upon them as necessary in order to make Agrippa's work more accessible.As well as providing extensive insight into the foundations of the Western esoteric tradition, the Three Books of Occult Philosophy is the ultimate "how-to" for magical workings. It describes how to work all manner of divination and magic in such clear and useful detail that it is still the guide for modern techniques. And the extensive supplementary materialincluding biographical and geographical dictionaries and appendicesprovides quick reference to many previously obscure matters in classical magic.. In this hardcover edition, editor Donald Tyson presents these writings in their complete form, free from the hundreds of errors made in the original translation and supplemented by notes and explanations to contextualize the material for the modern reader.The most complete repository of Pagan and Neoplatonic magic ever compiled, this book is packed

Language Notes Text: English, Latin (translation)

Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim (1486-1535) was a German magician, occult writer, theologian, astrologer, and alchemist.Editor Donald Tyson is a Canadian from Halifax, Nova Scotia.  Early in life he was drawn to science by an intense fascination with astronomy.  He now devotes his life to the attainment of a complete gnosis of the art of magic in theory and practice. &nb

"This is only the First Book of Occult Philosophy - NOT ALL This is only the First Book of Occult Philosophy - NOT ALL 3 The title of this particular offering is somewhat misleading - however, in the publisher notes above it is clearly stated that this is ONLY Agrippa's First Book on Occult Philosophy, which covers Natural Magic. You will NOT find his Second book concerning Celestial Magic, nor his Third book. " according to R. J. Lowe. The title of this particular offering is somewhat misleading - however, in the publisher notes above it is clearly stated that this is ONLY Agrippa's First Book on Occult Philosophy, which covers Natural Magic. You will NOT find his Second book concerning Celestial Magic, nor his Third book. Ekai Stone said Practice. This text was exactly what I was looking for as far as the philosophy of occult practices. I got a lot of insight which I'll hold forever and I practice some of these "mystical" things today.. el Nicko del Fuega said Not what was expected. It seems a lot of different editions of this book were published with varying tables of contents or I only have one book and not three. Not very practical and vaguely despriptive. However it has lots of information on astrology.