Description: One of the most influential magical treatises ever written, The Doctrine & Ritual of Transcendental Magic is Eliphas Lévi's landmark work and a foundational text in Western occultism.
Review Quotes: "With all its quaint and curious illustrations, his chief work is now translated, and there is, in addition, a portrait of the author in his magician's robe. Concerning subjects such as charms, the evil eye, and other matters the folk-lorist may find some information. To grasp the full significance of the teaching and the full glory of the secret imparted requires the inner sense of the illuminati."--Notes and Queries, January 16, 1897