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The magus, or celestial intelligencer; being a complete system of occult philosophy. In three books: containing the antient and modern practice of the cabalistic art, natural and celestial magic, &c. ...

Exhibiting the sciences of natural magic; alchymy, or hermetic philosophy ... the constellatory practice, or talismanic magic ... : Magnetism, and cabalistical or ceremonial magic ... and conjuration of spirits. To which is added biographia antiqua, or the lives of the most eminent philosophers, magi, &c. The whole illustrated with a great variety of curious engravings ...

Also known as The magus; The magus, or Celestial intelligencer; being a complete system of occult philosophy ... Exhibiting the sciences of natural magic; alchymy, or hermetic philosophy ... the constellatory practice, or talismanic magic ... magnetism, and cabalistical or ceremonial magic ... To which is addedd Biographia antique; or, The lives of the most eminent philosophers, magi &c

by Francis Barrett

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English

LAC ecr 2018-08-21 LC Review of LAC Completed/Approved 2018-08-29

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Alchemy and Hermeticism, Occultism and esotericism, and Ritual magic and grimoires.

  • Occultism and esotericism

    Controlled discovery queries from library-of-congress and wikisource matched “Occult” and “occultism”. Retained metadata contains “occult” in the title, “occult” in the alternative title, “occult” in the subject metadata, and 2 additional metadata match(es).

    • occultism· via Library of Congress
    • Occult· via English Wikisource
    • occult· in title
    • occult· in alternative title
    • occult· in subject
    • Occultism· in subject
  • Ritual magic and grimoires

    Controlled discovery queries from library-of-congress matched “magic occult”. Retained metadata contains “Magic” in the title, “Ceremonial magic” in the subtitle, “Magic” in the subtitle, and 5 additional metadata match(es).

    • magic occult· via Library of Congress
    • Magic· in title
    • Ceremonial magic· in subtitle
    • Magic· in subtitle
    • Ceremonial magic· in alternative title
    • Magic· in alternative title
  • Alchemy and Hermeticism

    Controlled discovery queries from library-of-congress and openlibrary matched “alchemy” and “Alchemy”. Retained metadata contains “hermetic” in the subtitle, “hermetic” in the alternative title, “Alchemy” in the subject metadata, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

    • alchemy· via Library of Congress
    • Alchemy· via Open Library
    • hermetic· in subtitle
    • hermetic· in alternative title
    • Alchemy· in subject
    • hermetic· in edition subtitle

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Editions

Open Library reports 12 editions; 2 cataloged here.

The magus

HathiTrust catalog record

1989Brand: Citadel; Carol Pub. Group; CitadelEnglish
  • 9780806504629
  • 0806504625
Borrowable

Exhibiting the sciences of natural magic; alchymy, or hermetic philosophy ... the constellatory practice, or talismanic magic ... : Magnetism, and cabalistical or ceremonial magic ... and conjuration of spirits. To which is added biographia antiqua, or the lives of the most eminent philosophers, magi, &c. The whole illustrated with a great variety of curious engravings ...

English Wikisource transcription linked to Wikidata

1801Lackington, Allen and Co.; Printed for Lackington, Allen and Co.EnglishPublic

Subjects

5 subject headings

Identifiers & provenance

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Identifiers

Wikisource
  • 4907907
Library of Congress
  • 11015009
Open Library work (alias)

Cataloging notes

  • Open Library reports 12 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Wikidata edition/translation work relation followed for author, date, language, subject, and identifier enrichment.
  • Wikidata instance type: literary work; version, edition or translation
  • Wikidata item description: 1801 edition
Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL17364804W
Edition coverage
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