MAGNUM OPUS HERMETIC SOURCEWORKS - 3 Volumes (A Treatise On Angel Magic / The 'Key' Of Jacob Böehme / The Magical Calendar) - Adam McLean 1980s
Three original volumes from the MAGNUM OPUS HERMETIC SOURCEWORKS Series. Presented here in their original soft-cover versions.
Exceptionally rare in this original edition.
This set includes :
A TREATISE ON ANGEL MAGIC (MAGNUM OPUS HERMETIC SOURCEWORKS #15) - Edited with introduction by Adam Mclean (1982.)
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, seemed to have had available a broad spectrum of primary sources and a secret tradition about the Enochian Tables of John Dee.
THE MAGICAL CALENDAR (MAGNUM OPUS HERMETIC SOURCEWORKS #1) - Edited by Adam Mclean (2nd Edition 1980)
The Magical Calendar is one of the most comprehensive tables of Celestial and magical correspondences ever published, and is one of the most important documents from the seventeenth-century renaissance of magical symbolism that focused around the Rosicrucian movement. Designed by Johannes Theodorus de Bry - the master engraver who illustrated and published the works of Robert Fludd, Michael Maier and others - the Magical Calendar is a beautifully illustrated synthesis of esoteric symbolism and universal correspondences, designed for the student and practitioner of Natural Magic.
THE 'KEY' OF JACOB BÖEHME (MAGNUM OPUS HERMETIC SOURCEWORKS #9) - Introduced by Adam Mclean (1981)
The Clavis or 'Key' of Jacob Boehme, the seventeenth-century German theosopher, is a condensed version of the principal points of his mystical philosophy. Boehme, an unschooled shoemaker, experienced while young an intense vision of the spiritual world a vision of the origin of the universe, the struggle of polarities in creation, and the role of Sophia or Divine Wisdom in the world. This vision inspired his writings and left him with a deep sense of the spiritual all his life. In trying to find a language to communicate his mystical perceptions, he turned to alchemical ideas and Hermetic imagery. The main period of his writings, 1612-1624, coincided with the Rosicrucian publications, and while no definite historical link can be established, Boehme certainly worked within the spirit of the Rosicrucian movement. The Clavis or 'Key' to his writings is taken from William Law's translation of his complete works, and includes Law's "Illustration of the Deep Principles of Jacob Behmen," which features thirteen emblematic figures designed by Dionysius Freher. This beautiful, unfolding sequence of thirteen engravings provides a symbolic picture of Boehme's teachings about Creation, while the 'Key' as a whole reveals Boehme's profound spiritual philosophy. The introduction by Adam McLean describes the life of Jacob Boehme and the continuing influence of his mystical philosophy.
Condition: Very Good. Some light wear to covers and edges and a small crease to top corner around spine on A Treatise On Angel Magic. Light discolouration to top page edges. Internally unmarked and bright. A very nice example of these scarce and important editions.