Production notes: This ebook of The Magus, A Complete System of Occult Philosophy, Book 1 was published by Global Grey in 2018. This book has 187 pages in the PDF version, and was originally published in 1801.

It seems more fitting for a tale where a young English schoolteacher, Nicholas Urfe, goes to a Greek. It deals with the natural magic of herbs and stones, magnetism, talismanic magic, alchemy, numerology, the elements, and biographies of famous adepts from history. The original title of this novel was The God Player. Barrett made a few modifications and modernized the spelling and syntax of these selections. Few people, even today, know that The Magus is a compilation, almost entirely consisting of selections from Cornelius Agrippa's Three Books of Occult Philosophy, the Fourth Book of Occult Philosophy attributed to Agrippa and the Robert Turner's 1655 translation of the Heptameron of Peter of Abano. The Magus, or Celestial Intelligencer being a Complete System of Occult Philosophy is a handbook of the occult and ceremonial magic. and psychological traps, The Magus endures as the most enigmatic and magical novel in the Fowles. The Magus, A Complete System of Occult Philosophy, Book 1 Francis BarrettĪvailable to download for free in PDF, epub, and Kindle ebook formats. The Magus by John Fowles - book cover, description. After working on it for many years, he finally released it for publication in 1965. One is its focus on the central character, who is also the narrator: we learn right from the. The Magus was the first novel Fowles wrote, although not the first that he published.

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