Treatise on Angel Magic: Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks

by Adam McLean

Book Overview

From the world's leading authority on alchemical texts comes a classic facsimile edition of a late 17th century collection of Western esoteric ideas on Angel Magic. This volume is an exact and complete transcription of the original rare manuscript Harley 6482, considered one of the most important occult manuscripts in the British Library. Harley 6482 is one of six volumes in a collection described as The Treatises of Dr. Rudd. Rudd, a Hebrew scholar,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1578633753
• ISBN13: 9781578633753
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Weiser Books
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Invaluable

This volume is mostly a reprint of the manuscript mentioned in the title. Adam McLean gives some brief observations on the material and the manuscript's history then let's the user do the interpretation. Why I call it invaluable is that it really constitutes one of the most important links between John Dee and the late 19th century schools of occult (i.e the Golden Dawn and the Aurum Solis). For those who, like myself, question the why's of the correspondeces formulated by the GD (esp. in terms of geomancy) this book unravels that mystery. While Rudd did not actually describe the specifics of his attributions, it becomes clear where the GD was borrowing from. It's catalog of spirits also contain entities from other Grimoire traditions and their associated sigils which probably make it useful for anyone investigating those traditions (e.g. Solomon).