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PAPUS (Gérard Encausse) Papus was the pseudonym of Gérard Encausse (1865–1916), a Spanish-born French physician and influential figure in the occult revival of the late 19th century.

ELEMENTARY TREATISE

ON

PRACTICAL MAGIC

ADAPTATION, REALIZATION, THEORY OF MAGIC

WITH AN

APPENDIX

Circular library stamp of the National Library.
Library stamp "B.N." with handwritten shelf number "26.697.803".

ON THE HISTORY & BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MAGIC EVOCATION

AND A

Dictionary of Country Magic,

Of Love Potions, etc.

And nevertheless it does not follow that these arts are fables, for if they truly were not, and if many marvelous and harmful things were not done by means of them, divine and human laws would not have so strictly ordained their extermination. original: "Et néanmoins il ne s’ensuit pas que ces arts soient fables..."

(H.-C. AGRIPPA). Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa (1486–1535) was a famous German polymath and occult writer; this quote defends the reality of magic by noting that laws wouldn't exist to ban it if it weren't real.

WORK ADORNED WITH 158 FIGURES, PLATES AND TABLES

ILLUSTRATIONS BY LOUIS DELFOSSÉ

PARIS

CHAMUEL, PUBLISHER

29, RUE DE TRÉVISE, 29

1893

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