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This advanced exploration of tarot cards includes an in-depth analysis of the 22 Major Arcana cards and explains their symbology and astrological science.

Written by famous French ceremonial magician Éliphaz Lévi, The Magical Ritual of the Sanctum Regnum details the mysticism of Tarot and explores cryptic Kabbalah - a Jewish branch of occult knowledge. First published in 1896.

The contents featured in this volume include:

- The Magician - Le Bateleur

- The Priestess - La Papesse

- The Emperor - L'Empereur

- The Pope - Hierophant-Le Pape

- The Chariot of Hermes - Le Chariot

- The Wheel of Fortune - La Roue de Fortune

- Death - La Mort

- Temperance - La Temperance

- The Star - L'Etoile

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Divination

Tarot

Spirituality

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Publié par	Read Books Ltd.
Date de parution	31 janvier 2018
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781528783279
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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THE MAGICAL RITUAL
OF THE
SANCTUM REGNUM
INTERPRETED BY THE
TAROT TRUMPS
TRANSLATED FROM THE MSS. OF
LIPHAZ L VI
AND EDITED BY
W. WYNN WESTCOTT, M.B.
MAGUS OF THE ROSICRUCIAN SOCIETY OF ENGLAND
WITH EIGHT PLATES
CONTENTS
Eliphas Levi
PREFACE BY THE EDITOR
I THE MAGICIAN-LE BATELEUR
II THE PRIESTESS-LA PAPESSE
III THE EMPRESS-L IMPERATRICE
IV THE EMPEROR-L EMPEREUR
V THE POPE, OR HIEROPHANT-LE PAPE
VI THE LOVERS-L AMOUREUX
VII THE CHARIOT OF HERMES-LE CHARIOT
VIII JUSTICE-LA JUSTICE
IX THE HERMIT-L ERMITE
X THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE-LA ROUE DE FORTUNE
XI FORTITUDE-STRENGTH-LA FORCE
XII THE HANGED MAN-LE PENDU
XIII DEATH-LA MORT
XIV TEMPERANCE-LA TEMPERANCE
XV SATAN-THE DEVIL-LE DIABLE
XVI THE TOWER-LA MAISON DE DIEU
XVII THE STAR-L ETOILE
XVIII THE MOON-LA LUNE
XIX THE SUN-LE SOLEIL
XX THE LAST JUDGMENT-LE JUGEMENT
XXI THE UNWISE MAN-LE MAT
XXII THE UNIVERSE-LE MONDE
THE KABALISTIO PRAYER
NOTE BY THE EDITOR
THE CONCLUSION
OCCULT AND RELIGIOUS MAXIMS
Eliphas Levi
Alphonse Louis Constant - better-known by his pen name, Eliphas Levi - was born in Paris, France in 1810. In his youth, he began to study to enter the Roman Catholic priesthood, penning a number of minor religious works. Two of his more radical works, advocating what was considered extreme social liberalism, earned him brief prison sentences. In 1853, after a visit to England, Levi became interested in Rosicrucianism, and produced his first treatise on magic in 1854 under the title Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie ( Dogma and Ritual of High Magic ) (1855). He published the sequel, La Clef des Grands Myst res (The Key to the Great Mysteries) , six years later, and followed this with Fables et Symboles (Stories and Images) (1862), La Science des Esprits (The Science of Spirits) (1865), Le Grand Arcane, ou l Occultisme D voil (The Great Secret, or Occultism Unveiled) (posthumous; 1898). Levi s personal brand of magic was a great success, coinciding as it did with the growth of spiritualism on either side of the Atlantic. He was a great influence on the legendary occultist Aleister Crowley. Levi died in 1875, aged 65.

A Monogram of the
GNOSIS .

See page 21 .

THE TETRAGRAM .
traced in a Kabalistic design .

See page 21 .
PREFACE BY THE EDITOR
T HIS translation of a previously unpublished work by the late Alphonse Louis Constant, or, as he preferred to call himself, liphaz L vi, is published with the consent of its possessor, Mr. Edward Maitland, the eminent collaborateur of the late Dr. Anna Kingsford, to whom it was given by the Baron Spedalieri, so well known as the friend, disciple, and literary heir of liphaz L vi. The original MSS., Which is in the handwriting of L vi himself, is written upon pages interleaved with the text of a printed copy of a work by Trithemius of Spanheim, entitled De Septem Secundeis: the edition was published at Cologne, and is dated 1567. This work of the Abbot Trithemius is a very curious and interesting dissertation upon the ruling of the world by the seven great Archangels, to each of whom in succession is allotted a period of 354 years and 4 months. The Archangels are referred to the Planets of the ancients, and their successive periods of dominion are taken in the following order:-

The first course of these rulers ended in Anno Mundi 2480. The Noachian Deluge is placed at 1656, in the reign of Samael. The destruction of the Tower of Babel (see Tarot Trump, No. XVI., page 63 ) occurred in the Second reign of Orifiel; the life of Abraham in the Second reign of Zachariel; the life of Moses in the Second reign of Raphael; Pythagoras, Xerxes, and Alexander the Great in the Second Solar reign of Michael.
The era of Jesus Christ comes in the Third reign of Orifiel.

L vi appears to have been deeply impressed with this system of Rule by Archangels, and Edward Maitland, in his life of Dr. Anna Kingsford, refers to this volume with approval.
Under the heading of Notes the editor has given a short description of each Tarot Trump at the end of each chapter, and also a few notes on the mystical meanings assigned to the Tarots by liphaz L vi in his other works; some of the views of P. Christian are added. To facilitate reference to such information, a table is added here specifying the places to which the student can turn for further opinions and more detailed descriptions.

Court de Gebelin. Le Monde premitif analyse. Paris. 1773-82. Volume 8,
Etteilla or Alliette. Philosophie des hautes sciences. Amsterdam. 1785.
Etteilla. Le ons th oriques et pratiques du livre du Thot. 1787.
Tarots Egyptiennes ou Grand Etteilla. 1830.
Etteila. Mani re de se r creer avec le jeu des Tarots. 1783-5.
L vi, liphaz. Nom de plume of Alphonse Louis Constant.
Rituel de la Haute Magie. Paris. 1861. Pages 344-356 give the several descriptions and meanings of the Tarot Trumps; but the whole chapter entitled Le livre d Hermes, pages 332-384, is concerned with the subject. These Trumps are also allotted to Lunar days at pages 265-269.
Dogme de la Haute Magie. Paris. 1861. The tenth chapter has especial reference to the Tarot; but the whole volume is divided into chapters which relate to the Trumps.
Histoire de la Magie, 1860. Refer to pages 46, 81, and 109.
P. Christian. Histoire de la Magie. Paris. Special descriptions and occult meanings of the Tarot Trumps are given on pages 114-131.
Papus. Le Tarot des Bohemiens. English translation by Morton. George Red way. 1896.
Wirth, Oswald. Le livre de Thot.
Waite, A. E. The Mysteries of Magic, a Digest of the Writings of liphaz Levi. London. George Red way. 1886. See pages 242-265.
MacGregor Mathers, S. L. The Tarot, its Occult Significance. George Redway. 1888.
Willshire, W. H. A Descriptive Catalogue of Playing and other Cards in the British Museum. 1876.
Chatto, W. A. Facts and Speculations on the Origin and History of Playing Cards. 1848.
The ordinary reader who has made no special study of the magical writings of liphaz L vi, nor of the Kabalah, may consider that, however interesting the subject-matter of many of the following chapters, the connection between the Tarot Trumps and the details given under each heading is but slight. It must be understood that there is in all cases a direct relation between card and subject; but the keys which connect them are missing by intention of the author, and yet are obtainable by study of Levi s other works.
The twenty-two Tarot Trumps bear a relation to numbers and to letters; the true attributions are known, so far as is ascertainable, to but a few students; members of the Hermetic schools: the attributions given by L vi in his Dogme and Rituel , by Christian, and by Papus are incorrect, presumably by design. The editor has seen a manuscript page of cypher about 150 years old which has a different attribution, and one which has been found by several occult students, well known to him, to satisfy all the conditions required by occult science.
The eight coloured plates with which this volume is embellished are facsimile copies of L vi s own drawings; they add greatly to the charm of the work, and are a credit to the publisher and to the artist who executed them. The design on the cover is the monogram drawn by L vi to represent the Completion of the Great Work, see page 45 . The Cross - four, multiplied by the triangle - three, gives twelve the complete number of a cycle: the Hebrew letter Tau represents the Universe.
The Mysteries of Magic, a Digest of the Writings of liphaz L vi, by Mr. A. E, Waite, published by Mr. Redway in 1886, has had so large a circulation among English readers, that the editor anticipates a cordial reception for this little volume.
L ONDON , February 1896.
THE MAGICAL RITUAL OF THE SANCTUM REGNUM
I
THE MAGICIAN-LE BATELEUR
L ISTEN to the words of Solomon which he spake to his son Rehoboam: The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, but the end of wisdom is the knowledge and love of Him who is the Source of all good, and the supreme Reason, whence all things do proceed. Adonai had passed an eternity in heaven, and then created Man; so a time on earth is given to man to comprehend Adonai. In other words, the knowledge which man attains concerning the Supreme Being springs from the faculties which have been bestowed upon him at his creation, in order that he might in his turn formulate an image of the Being who has sent him into this world.
By Intelligence man conceives the ideal of God, and by Will he should turn to good works. But human will when without works is dead, or at any rate is only a vague desire: the same is true of a thought not expressed in language; it is not a word, but only a dream of the intelligence. An imagination is not a realised thing, it is only a promised something, while an act is a reality. For the same reason there is no piety without prayer, and no religion without worship. Words are the formal and social reality of ideals, and ceremonies are religion put into practice; there is no real faith unless it shows itself by actions prompted by faith. A formulated expression in words, confirmed by actions, demonstrates the two powers of a human soul. To work it is necessary to will, and to will it is necessary to formulate the desire. Actions imply ideas even if the ideals are not themselves translated into acts.
Thought is the life of intelligence, words show the creative force of thought, while actions are the last effort of words, and the desirable complement of words. Words have been spoken, thought has been translated into action; by the act of creating, speech has taken place.
A word is the requisite formula of a thought, an act is an exhibition of will. This is why prayer is a necessity, and may obtain all that it asks. A prayer is a perfected act of the will, it is a link connecting human words with the divine Will. All ceremonies consecrations, ablutions, and sacrifices are prayers in action,