Source books · Grimoires and ritual magic
Arbatel of Magic
How this book fits
- Traditions
- Grimoires and ritual magic
- Role in the tradition
- Primary source Written from inside the tradition: scripture, revelation, a grimoire, a manifesto or a practical treatise.
- Public attention
- Notable Wikipedia has an article about it in 7 languages.
Read it
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From Wikipedia
The Arbatel De Magia Veterum is a Latin grimoire of Renaissance ceremonial magic published in 1575 in Switzerland.
From the Wikipedia article Arbatel de magia veterum, revision 1254192856, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata Q626927: “book on magic”.
In this study
In the chronology, among the works with no securely known author.
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