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“Formes du diable”
From: Jacques Auguste Simon Collin de Plancy: DICTIONNAIRE INFERNAL, Paris, 1863, p. 280-281.
The “Dictionnaire Infernal” (English: “Infernal Dictionary”) is a book on demonology, describing demons organised in hierarchies. It was written by Jacques Auguste Simon Collin de Plancy and first published in 1818. There were several editions of the book; perhaps the most famous is the 1863 edition, which included sixty-nine illustrations by Louis Le Breton depicting the appearances of several of the demons. Many but not all of these images were later used in S. L. MacGregor Mathers’s edition of “The Lesser Key of Solomon”. (wikipedia)
Dictionnaire Infernal – A book on Demonology written by Jacques Collin de Plancy, French occultist and demonologist. First published in 1818, the Dictionnaire Infernal sought to catalog and explain all known superstition and demonology and spanned two volumes over the course of its several 19th century revisions and republications.
The images above are from the 1863 edition, illustrated by French painter Louis Le Breton.
VOID MAGICK free download ebook – released!
DOWNLOAD: http://bit.ly/20cs7Kr or Archive.org: http://bit.ly/1S93OdJ
Void Magick is a book which outlines a magickal system or a magickal personal reality that works and corresponds with the Void. We can also think of it as an upgrade of chaos magick. After so many years of persistent ideas rumbling in my brain I decided to write it all down, and slowly expand it to a complete and practical concept. I imagined and dreamed about a power source with all possibilities included and an undeniable power of creation and negation radiating from nothingness. Additional ideas were the two major magick skills for performing void magick, Disintegration and Illusion. There is so much more in this book, so at the end, I hope Void Magick will inspire you to find some yet undiscovered inner strengths and perform new and creative kinds of wonders.
all the best, voidically
Thomas Chaote
Special thanks
– Editing by @enochtopus : http://enochtopus.tumblr.com
– Vector illustration of enchantment circle by Pieter Verbeke @lynchparty : http://lynchparty.tumblr.com/
Happy to have repurchased Aleister Crowley’s Book of Thoth. I missed not having it on my bookshelf! This time I decided to get the vintage 1970’s edition with this amazing cover.
THE MAGUS
The Magus or Celestial Intelligencer is an handbook of
the occult and ceremonial magic published in 1801 written by Francis Barrett.
Most of the content comes from Agrippa’s three books of Occult Philosophy and Pietro D’Abano’s Heptameron. Inside there are many information about summoning
demons and he gives his own take on the demonic hierarchy, naming eight demonic
princes and attributing to them power over some evil concept or group of
people.Mammon: seducers
Asmodeus: vile revenges
Satan: witches and warlocks
Pithius: liars and liar spirits
Belial: fraud and injustice
Merihem: pestilence and spirits that cause pestilence
Abaddon: war, evil against God
Astaroth: inquisitors and accusers
Image: Illustration of Cassiel from The Magus by Francis Barrett
A few weeks ago I acquired a fascinating book entitled Opus Magnum
(‘The Book of Sacred Geometry, Alchemy, Magic, Astrology, the Kabbala,
and Secret Societies in Bohemia’). It was published in Prague in 1997 to
accompany a major exhibition
devoted to these esoteric subjects—the first event of its kind ever
staged in the Czech Republic. The book comprises numerous
richly-illustrated essays (in Czech, but with English translations in an
Appendix), one of which, by D.Ž. Bor, is concerned with the several
ways in which the Faust
legend is connected with the city of Prague. Bor explains that one
tradition asserts that the handbook used by Faust to conjure spirits was
first published in Prague in 1509, a legend that was belatedly and
fraudulently substantiated by a number of books and manuscripts
purporting such an origin, and bearing titles such as Dr. Fausts großer und gewaltiger Höllenzwang…book
Occult Aspects 