Ceremonial Magic And The Occult
Ceremonial magic (or magic) is a broad term used in the context of Hermeticism or the Western esotericism, to cover a wide range of long, elaborate and complex magic rituals, it is because such works included are characterized by a ceremony and a myriad of necessary supplies to assist the doctor . This can be seen as an extension of ritual magic, and in most cases synonymous with it. Popularized the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, it relies on such schools of philosophical thought and the occult as the Hermetic Kabbalah, Enochian magic, Thelema, and the magic of various grimoires.
Renaissance magic
The term occurs in the 16 th century Renaissance magic, referring to the methods described in various medieval and Renaissance grimoires and in collections such as Johannes Hartlieb. George Painter uses the term as a synonym goeteia.
James Sanford in 1569 translated 1526 incertitudine Agrippa De et al vanitate scientiarum has “between the parties in ceremoniall Magicke be Geocie and Theurgie”. For Agrippa, ceremonial magic was in opposition to natural magic. Although he had misgivings about natural magic, which includes astrology, alchemy, and what we now consider the field of natural sciences such as botany, he was nevertheless prepared to accept it as “the highest peak in natural philosophy.” Ceremonial magic, on the other hand, which includes all kinds of communication with spirits, including necromancy and black magic, he condemned in its entirety, as impious disobedience to God.
Eliphas Levi thinking of writing a treatise on magic, with his friend Bulwer-Lytton. This, as in 1855, entitled “Dogma, etc. Rituel-de la Haute Magie, and was translated into English by Arthur Edward Waite as
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