Occult Literature
Magical Instruments
An elaborate lamp carries a triangular crown of flames and branching side lights above a decorated base. A sword and a long pointed rod flank it, with crescent forms near their lower ends. A star and linked signs ornament the central vessel. The original two-line caption names Magical Instruments and identifies lamp, rod, sword and dagger. The preceding page lists the principal magical instruments, while the following page distinguishes the magical rod from other kinds of rod and discusses its construction. These are historical prescriptions within Lévi’s system, not instructions endorsed by this catalogue. The whole illustration and both caption lines are preserved, including the delicate flame tips and the outward ends of the instruments.
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Unidentified engraver; reproduced in Éliphas Lévi’s work. "Magical Instruments" [editorial title]. In Transcendental Magic, Éliphas Lévi. 1896, George Redway. Source scan leaf 276. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/transcendental-magic-plate-276
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Unidentified engraver; reproduced in Éliphas Lévi’s work. Magical Instruments. Transcendental Magic. Scan leaf 276. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/transcendental-magic-plate-276