The Occult Sciences

by Arthur Edward Waite

The subject of occultism, by which we mean those sciences, called transcendental and magical, a knowledge of which has been transmitted and accumulated in secret, or is contained in books that have an inner or secret meaning, has been very fully dealt with in this volume. The results of many studies were condensed into this portable volume, which conducts the inquirer into the vestibule of each branch of " the occult sciences," and places within his reach the proper means of prosecuting his researches further in any desired direction. I. Definitions.White Magic. The Evocation Of Angels.White Magic. The Evocation Of The Spirits Of The Elements.Black Magic. The Evocation Of Demons.Necromancy. The Evocation Of The Souls Of The Dead.Part II. Alchemy.The Elixir Of Life.Crystallomancy.The Composition Of Talismans.Divination.AeromancyAlectromancyAleuromancyAlphitomancyAmniomancyAnthropomancyArithmomancyAstragalomancyAxinomancyBelomancyBibliomancyCapnomancyCeroscopyCleidomancyDactylomancyGastromancyHydromancyLithomancyPyromancyMyomancyOnomancyOnychomancyOomancyThe Divining Rod.Astrology.Kabbalism.Part III. The Mystics.The Rosicrucians.The Freemasons.Part IV. Mesmerism.Modern SpiritualismTheosophy

Genres: Occult

201 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1891

About the author

Arthur Edward Waite was a scholarly mystic who wrote extensively on occult and esoteric matters, and was the co-creator of the Rider-Waite Tarot deck. As his biographer, R.A. Gilbert described him, "Waite's name has survived because he was the first to attempt a systematic study of the history of western occultism viewed as a spiritual tradition rather than as aspects of proto-science or as the pathology of religion."

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