The Hermetic Science of Transformation

A classic initiatic primer for the serious magical aspirant, available now for the first time in English

Translator’s Foreword by Fernando Picchi

Introduction

An Appeal to Aspirants to the Light To the Disciples of the Great Art

Part One
INTRODUCTION TO THE SCIENCE OF THE OCCULT

Science Is for Those Who Conquer It

Magic, the Magician, and the Uncommunicable Secret

The Universe and Man in the Occult Doctrine

Spiritualism

In Conclusion

Part Two
ELEMENTS OF NATURAL AND DIVINE MAGIC

Preparation General Principles

1. The Perfect Master

2. The Disciple 3. Intelligent Powers, Forces, and Creations

Part Three
THE MYSTERIES OF THAUMATURGY

The Aphorisms

The Catechism of the First Stages of Magic

1. Rites and Will

2. Will and Desire

3. Will and Invocation

4. Ariel and the Will-Soul

5. Will and Words

6. Will and Conjurations

7. Will and Graphic Signs

8. Science and Will

9. How Force Is Communicated

10. Science, Will, and Force

11. Equilibrium and Force

12. Justice and Force

13. Purity and Force

14. Passions and Force

15. The Purity of Ariel

16. Ariel the Creator

17. Dominant Ariel Epilogue Index