Éliphas Lévi, Transcendental Magic
Mantle of Apollonius
Lévi interprets the mantle of Apollonius as self-possession that protects the sage from blind tendencies. It is paired with the illuminating lamp and the supporting staff. Its three folds form part of a ninefold pattern completed by the lamp’s flames and the staff’s divisions. The initiate advances clothed and supported by these emblems.
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Principal account
InterpretationLévi interprets the mantle of Apollonius as self-possession that protects the sage from blind tendencies. It is paired with the illuminating lamp and the supporting staff.
Further detail
InterpretationIts three folds form part of a ninefold pattern completed by the lamp’s flames and the staff’s divisions. The initiate advances clothed and supported by these emblems.
Context & interpretation
This entry follows Lévi’s argument in Waite’s English translation. The entry concerns Lévi’s symbolic object; it does not establish an archaeological garment belonging to the historical Apollonius. 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
the mantle of Apollonius is full and complete self-possessionOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Éliphas Lévi, Transcendental Magic; active reader leaf 118
Exact passage checked against active scan text and original-leaf mapping; scan line breaks normalised.
- Edition
- IMJ-0026-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0026-E001-P0118
- Original scan leaf
- 118
- Recorded leaf number
- 118
- Current Reader position
- 112
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Source 2
Transcendental Magic
the mantle is thrice-foldedOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Éliphas Lévi, Transcendental Magic; active reader leaf 119
Exact passage checked against active scan text and original-leaf mapping; scan line breaks normalised.
- Edition
- IMJ-0026-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0026-E001-P0119
- Original scan leaf
- 119
- Recorded leaf number
- 119
- Current Reader position
- 113
- Reader verification
- Source-preserving update confirmed