author
Éliphas Lévi
1810–1875
A former seminarian turned influential French occult writer, he helped shape the modern image of ceremonial magic and Western esotericism. His books, especially Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie, left a long shadow over later occult movements.
3 Audiobooks
The history of magic : including a clear and precise exposition of its procedure, its rites and its mysteries
by Éliphas Lévi
Histoire de la magie
by Éliphas Lévi
Le sorcier de Meudon
by Éliphas Lévi
About the author
Born Alphonse Louis Constant in Paris on February 8, 1810, he later became known by the pen name Éliphas Lévi. He studied for the priesthood as a young man but did not remain in the Church, and his life eventually moved toward writing, religious speculation, and occult thought.
Lévi is best remembered as a major French occultist of the nineteenth century. His best-known work, Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie (often translated as Transcendental Magic), helped bring older ideas about magic, symbolism, and the Kabbalah to a wider audience. He is also closely associated with the famous image of Baphomet, which became one of the most recognizable symbols in later occult culture.
He died in Paris on May 31, 1875. Although controversial in his own time and often discussed in connection with mysticism and the occult, his writings went on to influence many later esoteric and magical traditions.