Transcendental Magic
Levi, Eliphas Transcendental Magic: Its Doctrine and Ritual by Éliphas Lévi explores magic, the "esoteric science, " and its place between science and religion. Born Alphonse Louis Constant in 1810, this French occultist originally planned for a career in the Catholic Church. Constant was educated at Saint Sulpice's seminary, and planned to become a priest. Yet just before he was to receive his ordination at age 26, Constant renounced his ecclesiastical goa...