Ceremonial magic
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Ceremonial magic encompasses a wide variety of rituals of magic. The works included are characterized by ceremony and numerous requisite accessories to aid the practitioner. It can be seen as an exten
Classic magic words
The Crystal Ball, by John William Waterhouse (1902), depicts a crystal ball, a skull, a wand, and a book of ceremonial magic.
Woodcut illustration from an edition of Pliny the Elder's Naturalis Historia (1582)
Portrait of Francis Barrett, author of the book The Magus (1801)
Body of light
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The body of light, sometimes called the astral body or subtle body, is a "quasi material" aspect of the human body, being neither solely physical nor solely spiritual, posited by a number of philosoph
La materia della Divina commedia di Dante Alighieri, Plate VI: "The Ordering of Paradise" by Michelangelo Caetani
