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THREE BOOKS OF Occult Philosophy, WRITTEN BY Henry Cornelius Agrippa, OF NETTESHEIM, Counseller to CHARLES the Fifth, EMPEROR of Germany: AND Iudge of the Prerogative Court. Translated out of the Latin into the English tongue, By J.F. London, Printed by R.W. for Gregory Moule, and are to be sold at the Sign of the three Bibles neer the West-end of Pauls. 1651. BOOK ONE - NATURALL MAGIC Index The life of Henry Cornelius Agrippa, Knight. .................................................................... 6 To my most honorable, and no less learned Friend, Robert Childe, Doctor of Physick. ............................................................................................................................... 7 [Agrippa] To the Reader. .................................................................................................... 8 To R. P. D. Iohn Trithemius, an Abbot of Saint James in the Suburbs of Herbipolis, Henry Cornelius Agrippa of Nettesheym sendeth greeting. .......................... 10 John Trithemius, Abbot of Saint James of Herbipolis, formerly of Spanhemia, to his Henry Cornelius Agrippa of Nettesheim, health and love. ......................................... 11 To the Reverend Father in Christ, and most Illustrious Prince, Hermannus, Earl of Wyda, by the Grace of God Archbishop of the holy Church of Colonia, Prince Elector of the holy Romane Empire, and Chief Chancellor through Italy, Duke of Westphalia, and Angaria, and descended of the Legate of the holy Church of Rome, one of the Vicar Generals Court, Henry Cornelius Agrippa of Nettes-heym, sendeth greeting. ......................................................................................... 13 Chap. i. How Magicians Collect vertues from the three-fold World, is declared in these three Books. ......................................................................................................... 16 Chap. ii. What Magick is, What are the Parts thereof, and how the Professors thereof must be Qualified.................................................................................................. 17 Chap. iii. Of the four Elements, their qualities, and mutuall mixtions. ............................ 19 Chap. iv. Of a three-fold consideration of the Elements. .................................................. 20 Chap. v. Of the wonderfull Natures of Fire, and Earth. .................................................... 21 Chap. vi. Of the wonderfull Natures of Water, Aire, and Winds...................................... 22 Chap. vii. Of the kinds of Compounds, what relation they stand in to the Elements, and what relation there is betwixt the Elements themselves, and the soul, senses, and dispositions of men................................................................................ 26 Chap. viii. How the Elements are in the Heavens, in Stars, in Divels [devils], in Angels, and lastly in God himself. .................................................................................... 27 Chap. ix. Of the vertues of things Naturall, depending immediatly upon Elements. ........................................................................................................................... 28 Chap. x. Of the Occult Vertues of things. ......................................................................... 29 Chap. xi. How Occult Vertues are infused into the severall kinds of things by Idea's, through the help of the Soul of the World, and rayes of the Stars: and what things abound most with this Vertue. ....................................................................... 30 Chap. xii. How it is that particular Vertues are infused into particular Individuals, even of the same Species. ............................................................................. 31 Chap. xiii. Whence the Occult Vertues of things proceed. ............................................... 32 Chap. xiv. Of the Spirit of the World, what it is, and how by way of medium it unites occult Vertues to their subjects. ............................................................................. 34 Chap. xv. How we must find out, and examine the Vertues of things by way of similitude........................................................................................................................... 35 Chap. xvi. How the operations of several Vertues pass from one thing into another, and are communicated one to the other. ............................................................. 36 Chap. xvii. How by enmity and friendship the vertues of things are to be tryed, and found out. ................................................................................................................... 37 Chapter xviii. Of the Inclinations of Enmities. ................................................................. 39 Chapter xix. How the Vertues of things are to be tryed and found out, which are in them specifically, or in any one Individuall by way of speciall gift. ............................ 40 Chapter xx. That naturall Vertues are in some things throughout their whole substance, and in other things in certain parts, and members. .......................................... 41 Chapter xxi. Of the Vertues of things which are in them only in their life time, and such as remain in them even after their death. ........................................................... 42 Chapter xxii. How inferior things are subjected to superior bodies, and how the bodies, the actions, and dispositions of men are ascribed to Stars, and Signes. ............... 43 Chapter xxiii. How we shall know what Stars naturall things are under, and what things are under the Sun, which are called Solary. ........................................................... 44 Chapter xxiv. What things are Lunary, or under the power of the Moon. ........................ 46 Chapter xxv. What things are Saturnine, or under the power of Saturne. ........................ 47 Chapter xxvi. What things are under the power of Jupiter, and are called Jovial............. 48 Chapter xxvii. What things are under the power of Mars, and are called Martial. ........... 49 Chapter xxviii. What things are under the power of Venus, and are called Venereall. .......................................................................................................................... 49 Chapter xxix. What things are under the power of Mercury, and are called Mercuriall. ......................................................................................................................... 50 Chapter xxx. That the whole sublunary World, and those things which are in it, are distributed to Planets. .................................................................................................. 50 Chapter xxxi. How Provinces, and Kingdomes are distributed to Planets. ...................... 51 Chapter xxxii. What things are under the Signes, the fixed Stars, and their Images. .............................................................................................................................. 52 Chapter xxxiii. Of the Seals, and Characters of Naturall things. ...................................... 53 Chapter xxxiv. How by Naturall things, and their vertues we may draw forth, and attract the influencies, and vertues of Celestiall bodies. ............................................ 55 Chapter xxxv. Of the Mixtions of naturall things, one with another, and their benefits. ............................................................................................................................. 56 Chapter xxxvi. Of the Union of mixt things, and the introduction of a more noble form, and the Senses of life. .................................................................................... 57 Chapter xxxvii. How by some certain naturall, and artificiall preparations we may attract certain Celestiall, and vitall Gifts. .................................................................. 58 Chapter xxxviii. How we may draw not only Celestiall, and vitall, but also certain Intellectuall, and divine gifts from above. ............................................................ 59 Chap. xxxix. That we may by some certain matters of the world stir up the Gods of the world, and their ministring spirits. .......................................................................... 60 Chap. xl. Of bindings, what sort they are of, and in what wayes they are wont to be done. ............................................................................................................................. 60 Chap. xli. Of Sorceries, and their power. .......................................................................... 61 Chap. xlii. Of the wonderful vertues of some kinds of Sorceries. .................................... 62 Chap. xliii. Of Perfumes, or Suffumigations, their manner, and power. .......................... 64 Chap. xliv. The Composition of some fumes appropriated to the Planets. ....................... 66 Chap. xlv. Of Collyries, Unctions, Love-Medicines, and their vertues. ........................... 67 Chapter xlvi. Of naturall alligations, and suspensions. ..................................................... 68 Chapter xlvii. Of Rings, and their compositions. .............................................................. 69 Chapter xlviii. Of the vertue of places, and what places are sutable to every Star. .......... 70 Chapter xlix. Of Light, Colours, Candles, and Lamps, and to what Stars, Houses, and Elements severall colours