Éliphas Lévi, Transcendental Magic
Emerald Table in Lévi
Lévi attributes the doctrine of Hermes to an emerald tablet and quotes a passage on separating earth from fire and the subtle from the gross. The text joins ascent and descent in a single movement. He interprets the relation above and below through proportion, using it as a guide from allegory towards the realities he believes it encodes.
Also known as Emerald Tablet
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Principal account
InterpretationLévi attributes the doctrine of Hermes to an emerald tablet and quotes a passage on separating earth from fire and the subtle from the gross. The text joins ascent and descent in a single movement.
Further detail
InterpretationHe interprets the relation above and below through proportion, using it as a guide from allegory towards the realities he believes it encodes.
Context & interpretation
This entry follows Lévi’s argument in Waite’s English translation. The entry concerns Lévi’s attributed text and interpretation; it does not establish the physical discovery or antiquity of an emerald object. The correspondences are attributed to this occult synthesis rather than presented as a universal account of every earlier tradition.
Original passages
Source 1
Transcendental Magic
inscribed upon an emerald tabletOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Éliphas Lévi, Transcendental Magic; active reader leaf 138
Exact passage checked against active scan text and original-leaf mapping; scan line breaks normalised.
- Edition
- IMJ-0026-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0026-E001-P0138
- Original scan leaf
- 138
- Recorded leaf number
- 138
- Current Reader position
- 132
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Source 2
Transcendental Magic
That which is above is proportional to that which is belowOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Éliphas Lévi, Transcendental Magic; active reader leaf 139
Exact passage checked against active scan text and original-leaf mapping; scan line breaks normalised.
- Edition
- IMJ-0026-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0026-E001-P0139
- Original scan leaf
- 139
- Recorded leaf number
- 139
- Current Reader position
- 133
- Reader verification
- Source-preserving update confirmed