Occult Literature
Goetic Circle of Black Evocations and Pacts
A circular design encloses a triangle, three small rings, crosses and a central sign. A skull, horns, a flame and two small candles appear around its boundary. Names curve around the outside, with a two-line identifying caption below. The caption calls this the Goetic Circle of Black Evocations and Pacts. The surrounding pages describe a circle and triangle with places for an operator and assistants, within the author’s account of black magic. This entry documents that literary and visual context without reproducing the surrounding harmful prescriptions as guidance. All edge names, outward marks and caption lines are retained. Its presence in the book does not establish that the described ceremony was performed or that its claimed effects are real.
Read the source pageLoading your collection…
Citation
Unidentified engraver; reproduced in Éliphas Lévi’s work. "Goetic Circle of Black Evocations and Pacts" [editorial title]. In Transcendental Magic, Éliphas Lévi. 1896, George Redway. Source scan leaf 331. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/transcendental-magic-plate-331
Source details
Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Complete source scan actually viewed, surrounding prose read, and exact active PageRef duplicate-screened. Complete design and captions retained; original monochrome reproduction without reconstruction. Final crops actually inspected; complete image boundaries, lettering and captions retained.
Sources
From the book
Transcendental MagicÉliphas Lévi1896More from this book
All 9 illustrations
Related illustrations
Cite this illustration
Unidentified engraver; reproduced in Éliphas Lévi’s work. Goetic Circle of Black Evocations and Pacts. Transcendental Magic. Scan leaf 331. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/transcendental-magic-plate-331