The Book of THE SACRED MAGIC OF ABRA=MELIN, THE MAGE

Notice of the " Biblioth^que de lArsenal" at Paris.—The Manuscript
of the present work known to Bulwer Lytton and Eliphas L6vi. —Similarity between Mejnour's style of instruction of Glyndon
in " Zanoni " and that employed by Abra-Melin to Abraham
the Jew.—Critical description of the present Manuscript ; its style ; examples ; apparent date.—Abraham the Jew, his era, and occult contemporaries.—His faith and travels. —Abra-Melin. —Place of residence, and family of Abraham the Jew.—Value
of this Book to Occult students.—Notable persons with whom
Abraham was brought in contact, and for or against whom he
worked Magic.—His warnings against the error of changing one's
religion, whether Jew, Turk, Christian, or Pagan.—The absolute
necessity of unshaken faith in order to produce a Magical effect. —The Author comparatively broad in his views, though unjust
to women.—Good advice in other matters given by him.—His
counsel of a retired life not borne out by his own history.—White
and Black Magic.—Apparent basal definitions of this particular
system of Sacred Magic.—Its advantages, especially as regards
Abraham's comments on other Professors of Magic he had met. —The employment of a Child-Clairvoyant, necessary or not.
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Abraham's intolerance of other Magical systems. —Basis of his system in the Qabalah.—Example of Magical Square of Letters from Third Book, compared with a Pentacle in " Key of Solomon ". —General character of these.—Practical Qabalah.
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Definitions of the nature of Angels, Elemental Spirits, and
Devils, with their differences. —Behaviour toward these, as advo cated by Abraham.—Meaning of the word Demon, as distinc
from Devil. —Magic in the " Arabian Nights," compared with
recipes in Third Book of this work.—Faust and the effects he is said to have produced.—Magic and the Qabalah derived from
Egypt ; difference between Egyptian and Chaldean Magic.
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Value of a Sacred language and one's mother tongue compared. —Pentacles and Symbols.—Evocation by the Magic Circle and
Licence to Depart.—Abraham's Remarks on Astrology,—Notes
to this work.—This Introduction written for Occultists only