THE BOOK OF CEREMONIAL MAGIC

The Secret Tradition in GoëtiaGoëtia: A term derived from the Greek word for "howling" or "moaning," used in Western magic to describe the invocation of spirits or demons., including the rites and mysteries of Goëtic theurgyTheurgy: Literally "god-working," this refers to high magic practiced with the intention of invoking divine or angelic help to achieve spiritual growth., sorcery, and infernal necromancyNecromancy: Historically, the practice of communicating with the dead to predict the future; in this context, it refers more broadly to dark or "black" magic..

By ARTHUR EDWARD WAITE

"Others are accustomed to call upon evil demons, bound by the power of divine names, and this is that type of Necromancy which is called malicious; or they turn to Theurgy, which is governed (as some believe) by good Angels and the divine power—yet most often it is carried out under the names of God and Angels through the evil deceptions of Demons."original: "Alii damones malos virtute divinorum nominum adjuratos, advocare solent, atque hæc est illa Necromantiæ species quæ dicitur malefica: vel in Theurgiam, quæ quasi bonis Angelis, divinoque numine regitur (ut nonnulli putant) cum sapissime tamen sub Dei, et Angelorum nominibus malis Dæmonum illusionibus peragitur." — ROBERT FLUDDRobert Fludd (1574–1637) was a prominent English physician and occultist who sought to reconcile science and mysticism..

London

[1913]

Scanned at sacred-texts.com, December 2001 – November 2002. J.B. Hare, Editor

Bibliographic note: This is the second edition of this book; the first edition was titled The Book of Black Magic and published in 1898. The second edition contains substantially the same material as the first, along with some additions. — JBH


PREFACE	xxiii
INTRODUCTION	xxxi

PART I

The Literature of Ceremonial Magic

CHAPTER I

THE ANTIQUITY OF MAGICAL RITUALS


§ 1. THE IMPORTANCE OF CEREMONIAL MAGIC	3
§ 2. THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN WHITE AND BLACK MAGIC	13
§ 3. THE UNPRINTED LITERATURE OF CEREMONIAL MAGIC	17

CHAPTER II

THE RITUALS OF TRANSCENDENTAL MAGIC

The Book of Ceremonial Magic

THE BOOK OF CEREMONIAL MAGIC

By ARTHUR EDWARD WAITE

CONTENTS