This page groups esoteric texts by the later movement that drew on them. Wikipedia notes that "the 17th century saw the development of initiatory societies professing esoteric knowledge such as Rosicrucianism and Freemasonry, while the Age of Enlightenment of the 18th century led to the development of new forms of esoteric thought." Browsing by tradition lets a visitor read every text from one esoteric tradition together.
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What Defines This GroupingManuals of operative ceremonial magic, rituals, timings, implements and spirit hierarchies, that are neither ascribed to Solomon nor organised around Kabbalah as their frame. The nineteenth-century French and British occult revival belongs here. 2 Learn More
The Ceremonial Magic Texts
This group holds texts of ceremonial magic, the grimoires and manuals of the Western magical tradition that set out the rituals, timings, tools and spirit-hierarchies of operative magic. This is a tradition of practical instruction rather than philosophy.
The browser will find the works the atlas gathers here. The entries describe each text's contents and history, treating the grimoires as historical and textual objects and noting their frequent pseudonymous attribution to famous ancient names.
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Sources
1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Tree
2. Grimoires: A History of Magic Books
Owen Davies, Oxford University Press, 2009on the nineteenth-century revivalView the Source Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
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