Éliphas Lévi, Transcendental Magic
Undines in Lévi
Lévi assigns undines to the west and gives them the water-carrier hieroglyph and the cup of libations. These signs distinguish their place in the fourfold elemental scheme. His discussion pairs their pliancy and attention to images with a warning about irresolution. The character he assigns the beings becomes a way of describing the qualities he expects of the magician.
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Principal account
InterpretationLévi assigns undines to the west and gives them the water-carrier hieroglyph and the cup of libations. These signs distinguish their place in the fourfold elemental scheme.
Further detail
InterpretationHis discussion pairs their pliancy and attention to images with a warning about irresolution. The character he assigns the beings becomes a way of describing the qualities he expects of the magician.
Context & interpretation
This entry follows Lévi’s argument in Waite’s English translation. The entry describes the source’s elemental correspondences, without turning the passage into a practical conjuration or verified account of water spirits. 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
that of the undines at the westOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Éliphas Lévi, Transcendental Magic; active reader leaf 253
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Source 2
Transcendental Magic
pliant and attentive to images, like the undinesOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Éliphas Lévi, Transcendental Magic; active reader leaf 254
Exact passage checked against active scan text and original-leaf mapping; scan line breaks normalised.
- Edition
- IMJ-0026-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0026-E001-P0254
- Original scan leaf
- 254
- Recorded leaf number
- 254
- Current Reader position
- 248
- Reader verification
- Source-preserving update confirmed