Three Books of Occult Philosophy

Henry Cornelius Agrippa, translated by J. F. (probably John French), 1651

Second year · The first year

Book I, Chap. I. How Magicians Collectvertues from the three-fold World, is declared in these three Books. p. 1
Book I, Chap. II. What Magick is, what are the Parts thereof, and how the Professors thereof must be qualified. p. 2
Book I, Chap. III. Of the four Elements, their qualities, and mutuall mixtions. p. 6
Book I, Chap. IV. Of a three-fold consideration of the Elements. p. 7
Book I, Chap. V. Of the wonderfull Natures of Fire, and Earth. p. 9
Book I, Chap. VI. Of the wonderfull Natures of Water, Aire, and Winds. p. 11
Book I, 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. p. 18
Book I, Chap. VIII. How the Elements are in the Heavens, in Stars, in Divels, in Angels, and lastly in God himself. p. 20
Book I, Chap. IX. Of the vertues of things Naturall, depending immediatly upon Elements. p. 22
Book I, Chap. X. Of the occult Vertues of things. p. 24
Book I, 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. p. 26
Book I, Chap. XII. How it is that particluar Vertues are infused into particular Individuals, even of the same Species. p. 27
Book I, Chap. XIII. Whence the Occult Vertues of things proceed. p. 29
Book I, Chap. XIV. Of the Spirit of the World, what it is, and how by way of medium it unites occult Vertues to their subjects. p. 32
Book I, Chap. XV. How we must find out, and examine the Vertues of things by way of similitude. p. 34
Book I, Chap. XVI. How the operations of severall Vertues pass from one thing into another, and are communicated one to the other. p. 36
Book I, Chap. XVII. How by enmity and friendship the vertues of things are to be tryed, and found out. p. 37
Book I, Chap. XVIII. Of the Inclinations of Enmities. p. 40
Book I, Chap. XIX. How the Vertues of things are to be tryed and found out, which are in them specifically, or any one Individuall by way of speciall gift. p. 43
Book I, Chap. XX. That naturall Vertues are in some things throughout their whole substance, and in other things in certain parts, and members. p. 44
Book I, Chap. 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. p. 45
Book I, Chap. XXII. How inferiour things are subjected to superiour bodies, and how the bodies, the actions, and dispositions of men are ascribed to Stars, and Signes. p. 48
Book I, Chap. XXIII. How we shall know what Stars naturall things are under, and what things are under the Sun, which are called Solary. p. 50
Book I, Chap. XXIV. What things are Lunary, or under the power of the Moon. p. 54
Book I, Chap. XXV. What things are Saturnine, or under the power of Saturne. p. 55
Book I, Chap. XXVI. What things are under the power of Jupiter, and are called Jovial. p. 57
Book I, Chap. XXVII. What things are under the power of Mars, and are called Martial. p. 58
Book I, Chap. XXVIII. What things are under the power of Venus, and are called Venereall. p. 59
Book I, Chap. XXIX. What things are under the power of Mercury, and are called Mercuriall. p. 60
Book I, Chap. XXX. That the Whole sublunary World, and those things which are in it, are distributed to Planets. p. 61
Book I, Chap. XXXI. How Provinces, and Kingdomes are distributed to Planets. p. 62
Book I, Chap. XXXII. What things are under the Signes, the fixed Stars, and their Images. p. 63
Book I, Chap. XXXIII. Of the Seals, and Characters of Naturall things. p. 65
Book I, Chap. XXXIV. How by Naturall things, and their vertues we may draw forth, and attract the influencies, and vertues of Celestiall bodies. p. 69
Book I, Chap. XXXV. Of the Mixtions of naturall things one with another, and their benefit. p. 70
Book I, Chap. XXXVI. Of the Union of mixt things, and the introduction of a more noble form, and the Senses of life. p. 72
Book I, Chap. XXXVII. How by some certain naturall, and artificiall preparations we may attract certain Celestiall, and vitall gifts. p. 73
Book I, Chap. XXXVIII. How we may draw not only Celestiall, and vitall, but also certain Intellectuall and divine gifts from above. p. 75
Book I, Chap. XXXIX. That we may by some certain matters of the world stir up the Gods of the world, and their ministring spirits. p. 77
Book I, Chap. XL. Of bindings, what sort they are of, and in what wayes they are wont to be done. p. 78
Book I, Chap. XLI. Of Sorceries, and their power. p. 79
Book I, Chap. XLII. Of the wonderfull vertues of some kinds of Sorceries. p. 81
Book I, Chap. XLIII. Of Perfumes, or Suffumigations, their manner, and power. p. 85
Book I, Chap. XLIV. The Composition of some fumes appropriated to the Planets. p. 88
Book I, Chap. XLV. Of Collyries, Unctions, Love-Medicines, and their vertues. p. 90
Book I, Chap. XLVI. Of naturall alligations, and suspensions. p. 92
Book I, Chap. XLVII. Of Rings, and their compositions. p. 94
Book I, Chap. XLVIII. Of the vertue of places, and what places are sutable to every Star. p. 95
Book I, Chap. XLIX. Of Light, Colours, Candles, and Lamps, and to what Stars, Houses, and Elements severall colours are ascribed. p. 97
Book I, Chap. L. Of Fascination, and the Art thereof. p. 101
Book I, Chap. LI. Of certain observations, producing wonderfull Vertues. p. 102
Book I, Chap. LII. Of the Countenance, and Gesture, the Habit, and Figure of the Body, and what Stars any of these do answer; whence Physiognomy, and Metoposcopy, and Chyromancy, Arts of divination, have their grounds. p. 105
Book I, Chap. LIII. Of Divination, and its kinds. p. 108
Book I, Chap. LIIII. Of divers certain Animals, and other things which have a signification in Auguria's. p. 110
Book I, Chap. LV. How Auspicia's are verified by the light of Naturall instinct, and of some rules of finding of it out. p. 117
Book I, Chap. LVI. Of the Sooth sayings of Flashes, and Lightenings, and how Monstrous, and prodigious things are to be interpreted. p. 123
Book I, Chap. LVII. Of Geomancy, Hydromaency, Aeromancy, Pyromancy, four Divinations of Elements. p. 125
Book I, Chap. LVIII. Of the reviving of the dead, and of sleeping, and wanting victuals many years together. p. 127
Book I, Chap. LIX. Of Divination by Dreams. p. 131
Book I, Chap. LX. Of Madness, and Divinations which are made when men are awake, and of the power of a Melancholy humor, by which Spirits are sometimes induced into mens bodies. p. 132
Book I, Chap. LXI. Of the forming of Man, of the external Senses, and also the Inward, and the Mind: of the threefold appetite of the Soul, and passions of the Will. p. 136
Book I, Chap. LXII. Of the Passions of the Mind, their Original, difference, and kinds. p. 139
Book I, Chap. LXIII. How the passions of the mind change the proper body, by changing the Accidents, and moving the spirit. p. 141
Book I, Chap. LXIV. How the Passions of the mind change the body by way of imitation from some resemblance; Also of the transforming, and translating of men, and what force the imaginative power hath not only over the body, but the soul. p. 142
Book I, Chap. LXV. How the Passions of the Mind can work out of themselves upon anothers Body. p. 145
Book I, Chap. LXVI. That the Passions of the mind are helped by a Celestiall season, and how necessary the Constancy of the mind is in every work. p. 147
Book I, Chap. LXVII. How mans mind may be joyned with the mind, and Intelligencies of the Celestials, and together with them impress certain wonderfull vertues upon inferiour things. p. 149
Book I, Chap. LXVIII. How our mind can change, and bind inferiour things to that which it desires. p. 150
Book I, Chap. LXIX. Of Speech, and the vertue of Words. p. 151
Book I, Chap. LXX. Of the vertue of proper names. p. 153
Book I, Chap. LXXI. Of many words joyned together, as in sentences, and verses, and of the vertues, and astrictions of charms. p. 155
Book I, Chap. LXXII. Of the wonderfull power of Inchantments. p. 157
Book I, Chap. LXXIII. Of the vertue of writting, and of making imprecations, and inscriptions. p. 159
Book I, Chap. LXXIV. Of the proportion, correspondency, reduction of Letters to the Celestiall Signs, and Planets, according to various tongues, with a Table shewing this. p. 160
To the Most Honorable Lord, Most Illustrious Prince, Hermannus of Wyda (dedication of the Second Book) p. 165
Book II, Chap. I. Of the necessity of Mathem aticall learning, and of the many wonderfull works which are done by Mathematicall Arts only. p. 167
Book II, Chap. II. Of Numbers, and of their power, and vertue. p. 170
Book II, Chap. III. How great vertues Numbers have, as well in Naturall things, as in Supernaturall. p. 172
Book II, Chap. IV. Of Unity, and the Scale thereof p. 174
Book II, Chap. V. Of the Number of Two, and the Scale thereof. p. 177
Book II, Chap. VI. Of the Number of three, and the Scale thereof. p. 179
Book II, Chap. VII. Of the Number of Four, and the Scale thereof. p. 183
Book II, Chap. VIII. Of the Number Five, and the Scale thereof. p. 188
Book II, Chap. IX. Of the Number six, and the Scale thereof. p. 191
Book II, Chap. X. Of the Number Seaven, and the Scale thereof. p. 193
Book II, Chap. XI. Of the number of Eight, and the Scale thereof. p. 206
Book II, Chap. XII. Of the Number of Nine, and the Scale thereof. p. 208
Book II, Chap. XIII. Of the Number Ten, and the Scale thereof. p. 210
Book II, Chap. XIII. Of the Number eleven, and the number twelve; with a double Scale of the Number twelve Cabilisticall, and Orphicall. p. 216
Book II, Chap. XV. Of the Numbers which are above twelve, and of their powers, and vertues. p. 222
Book II, Chap. XIV. Of the notes of numbers, placed in certain gesturings. p. 226
Book II, Chap. XVI. Of the various notes of numbers observed amongst the Romans. p. 228
Book II, Chap. XVIII. Of the notes or figures of the Graecians. p. 230
Book II, Chap. XIX. Of the notes of the Hebrews, and Caldeans, and certain other notes of Magicians. p. 232
Book II, Chap. XX. What numbers are attributed to letters; and of divining by the same. p. 235
Book II, Chap. XXI. What numbers are consecrated to the Gods, and which are ascribed, and to what Elements. p. 237
Book II, Chap. XXII. Of the tables of the Planets, their vertues, forms, and what Divine names, Intelligencies, and Spirits are set over them. p. 239
Book II, Chap. XXIII. Of Geometrical Figures and Bodies, by what vertue they are powerful in Magick, and which are agreeable to each Element, and the Heaven. p. 253
Book II, Chap. XXIV. Of Musicall Harmony, of the force and power thereof. p. 255
Book II, Chap. XXV. Of Sound, and Harmony, and whence their wonderfulness in operation. p. 257
Book II, Chap. XXVI. Concerning the agreement of them with the Celestial bodies, and what harmony and sound is correspondent of every Star. p. 259
Book II, Chap. XXVII. Of the proportion, measure, and Harmony of mans body. p. 263
Book II, Chap. XXVIII. Of the Composition and Harmony of the humane soul. p. 277
Book II, Chap. XXIX. Of the Observation of Celestials, necessary in every Magical Work. p. 278
Book II, Chap. XXX. When Planets are of most powerful influence. p. 280
Book II, Chap. XXXI. Of the Observation of the fixt Stars, and of their Natures. p. 281
Book II, Chap. XXXII. Of the Sun, and Moon, and their Magicall considerations. p. 283
Book II, Chap. XXXIII. Of the twenty eight Mansions of the Moon, and their vertues. p. 285
Book II, Chap. XXXIV. Of the true motion of the heavenly bodies to be observed in the eight sphere, and of the ground of Planetary hours. p. 289
Book II, Chap. XXXV. How some artificiall things as Images, Seals, and such like, may obtain some vertue from the Celestial bodies. p. 290
Book II, Chap. XXXVI. Of the Images of the Zodiack, what vertues they being ingraven, receive from the stars. p. 292
Book II, Chap. XXXVII. Of the Images of the Faces, and of those Images which are without the Zodiack. p. 293
Book II, Chap. XXXVIII. Of the Images of Saturn. p. 298
Book II, Chap. XXXIX. Of the Images of Jupiter. p. 299
Book II, Chap. XL. Of the Images of Mars. p. 300
Book II, Chap. XLI. Of the Images of the Sun. p. 300
Book II, Chap. XLII. Of the Images of Venus. p. 301
Book II, Chap. XLIII. Of the Images of Mercury. p. 302
Book II, Chap. XLIV. Of the Images of the Moon. p. 302
Book II, Chap. XLV. Of the Images of the head and Tayle of the Dragon of the Moon. p. 303
Book II, Chap. XLVI. Of the Images of the Mansions of the Moon. p. 304
Book II, Chap. XLVII. Of the Images of the fixed Behenian Stars. p. 307
Book II, Chap. XLVIII. Of Geomanticall Figures, which are the middle betwixt Images and Characters. p. 309
Book II, Chap. XLIX. Of Images, the figure whereof is not after the likness of any Celestiall figure, but after the likeness of that which the mind of the worker desires. p. 311
Book II, Chap. L. Of certain Celestial observations and the practise of some Images. p. 312
Book II, Chap. LI. Of Characters which are made after the rule and imitation of Celestial, and how with the table thereof they are deduced out of Geomantical figures. p. 316
Book II, Chap. LII. Of Characters which are drawn from things themselves by a certain likeness. p. 320
Book II, Chap. LIII. That no Divination without Astrology is perfect. p. 323
Book II, Chap. LIV. Of Lottery, when, and whence the vertue of Divining is incident to it. p. 325
Book II, Chap. LV. Of the soul of the World, and of the Celestials, according to the traditions of the Poets, and Philosophers. p. 327
Book II, Chap. LVI. The same is confirmed by reason. p. 329
Book II, Chap. LVII. That the soul of the world, and the Celestiall souls are rationall, and partake of Divine understanding. p. 330
Book II, Chap. LVIII. Of the names of the Celestials, and their rule over this inferiour world, viz. Man. p. 331
Book II, Chap. LIX. Of the seven governers of the world, the Planets, and of their various names serving to Magicall speeches. p. 334
Book II, Chap. LX. That humane imprecations do naturally impress their powers upon externall things; And how mans mind through each degree of dependencies ascends into the intelligible world, and becomes like to the more sublime spirits, and Intelligencies. p. 337
To the Most Renowned and Illustrious Prince, Hermannus of Wyda (dedication of the Third Book) p. 341
Book III, Chap. I. Of the necessity, power, and profit of Religion. p. 345
Book III, Chap. II. Of concealing of those thing which are secret in Religion. p. 346
Book III, Chap. III. What dignification is required, that one may be a true Magician and a worker of miracles. p. 350
Book III, Chap. IIII. Of the two helps of Ceremoniall Magick, Religion and Superstition. p. 352
Book III, Chap. V. Of the three Guides of Religion, which bring us to the path of Truth. p. 355
Book III, Chap. VI. How by these guides the soul of man ascendeth up into the Divine nature, and is made a worker of Miracles. p. 357
Book III, Chap. VII. That the knowledge of the true God is necessary for a Magician, and what the old Magicians and Philosophers have thought conceruing God. p. 358
Book III, Chap. VIII. What the Ancient Philosophers have thought concerning the Divine Trinity. p. 361
Book III, Chap. IX. What the true and most Orthodox faith is concerning God and the most holy Trinity. p. 365
Book III, Chap. X. Of Divine emanations, which the Hebrews call Numerations, others attributes: The gentiles gods and Dieties; and of the ten Sephiroths and ten most sacred names of God which rule them, and the interpretation of them. p. 366
Book III, Chap. XI. Of the Divine names, and their power and vertue. p. 370
Book III, Chap. XII. Of the influence of the divine names through all the middle causes into these inferior things. p. 379
Book III, Chap. XIII. Of the members of God, and of their influence on our members. p. 382
Book III, Chap. XIIII. Of the Gods of the gentiles, and souls of the Celestiall bodies, and what places were consecrated in times past, and to what Dieties: p. 384
Book III, Chap. XV. What our Theologians think concerning the Celestiall souls. p. 389
Book III, Chap. XVI. Of Intelligences and spirits, and of the threefold kind of them, and of their diverse names, and of Infernall and subterraneal spirits. p. 390
Book III, Chap. XVII. Of these according to the opinion of the Theologians. p. 395
Book III, Chap. XVIII. Of the orders of evil spirits, and of their fall, and divers natures. p. 397
Book III, Chap. XIX. Of the bodies of the Devils. p. 402
Book III, Chap. XX. Of the annoyance of evil spirits, and the preservation we have by good spirits. p. 405
Book III, Chap. XXI. Of obeying a proper Genius, and of the searching out the nature thereof. p. 408
Book III, Chap. XXII. That there is a threefold keeper of man, and from whence each of them proceed. p. 410
Book III, Chap. XXIII. Of the tongue of Angels, and of their speaking amongst themselves, and with us. p. 412
Book III, Chap. XXIIII. Of the names of Spirits, and their various imposition; and of the Spirits that are set over the Stars, Signs, Corners of the Heaven, and the Elements. p. 414
Book III, Chap. XXV. How the Hebrew Mecubals draw forth the sacred names of Angels out of the sacred writ, and of the seventie two Angels, which bear the name of God, with the Tables of Ziruph, and the Commutations of letters, and numbers. p. 417
Book III, Chap. XXVI. Of finding out of the names of spirits, and Genius's from the disposition of Celestiall bodies. p. 428
Book III, Chap. XXVII. Of the calculating Art of such names by the tradition of Cabalists. p. 430
Book III, Chap. XXVIII. p. 435
Book III, Chap. XXIX. Of the Characters and Seals of spirits. p. 437
Book III, Chap. XXX. Another manner of making Characters, delivered by Cabalists. p. 439
Book III, Chap. XXXI. There is yet another fashion of Characters, and concerning marks of spirits which are received only by revelation. p. 445
Book III, Chap. XXXII. How good spirits may be called up by us, and how evil spirits may be overcome by us. p. 447
Book III, Chap. XXXIII. Of the bonds of spirits, and of their adjurations, and castings out. p. 451
Book III, Chap. XXXIIII. Of the Animasticall order, and the Heroes. p. 453
Book III, Chap. XXXV. Of the Mortall and Terrestrial Gods. p. 455
Book III, Chap. XXXVI. Of Man, how he was created after the Image of God. p. 457
Book III, Chap. XXXVII. Of mans soul and through what means it is joyned to the body. p. 465
Book III, Chap. XXXVIII. What Divine gifts man receiveth from above, from the severall Orders of the Intelligences and the heavens. p. 466
Book III, Chap. XXXIX. p. 469
Book III, Chap. XL. p. 471
Book III, Chap. XLI. What concerning man after death, diverse Opinions. p. 473
Book III, Chap. XLII. By What wayes the Magicians and Necromancers do think they can call forth the souls of the dead. p. 488
Book III, Chap. XLIII. Of the power of mans soul, in the mind, reason and imagination. p. 492
Book III, Chap. XLIV. Of the degrees of souls, and their destruction, or Immortality. p. 496
Book III, Chap. XLV. Of Soothsaying, and Phrensie. p. 499
Book III, Chap. XLVI. Of the first kind of phrensie from the Muses. p. 500
Book III, Chap. XLVII. Of the second kinde from Dionysius. p. 503
Book III, Chap. XLVIII. Of the third kind of phrensie from Apollo. p. 504
Book III, Chap. XLIX. Of the fourth kinde of Phrensie, from Venus. p. 507
Book III, Chap. L. Of rapture, and extasie, and soothsayings, which happen to them which are taken with the falling sickness, or with a swoune, or to them in an agonie. p. 508
Book III, Chap. LI. Of Prophetical Dreams. p. 511
Book III, Chap. LII. Of Lots and marks possessing the sure power of Oracles. p. 515
Book III, Chap. LIII. How he that will receive Oracles must dispose himself. p. 517
Book III, Chap. LIV. Of cleanness, and how to be observed. p. 520
Book III, Chap. LV. Of abstinence, fastings, chastity, solitariness, the tranquillity and ascent of the mind. p. 522
Book III, Chap. LVI. Of Penitency, and Almes. p. 526
Book III, Chap. LVII. Of those things which being outwardly administred conduce to Expiation. p. 527
Book III, Chap. LVIII. Of Adorations, and vowes. p. 529
Book III, Chap. LIX. Of sacrifices and oblations, and their kinds and manners. p. 532
Book III, Chap. LX. What imprecations, and rites the ancients were wont to use in sacrifices, and oblations. p. 537
Book III, Chap. LXI. How these things must be performed, as to God, so to inferiour dieties. p. 538
Book III, Chap. LXII. Of Consecrations, and their manner. p. 540
Book III, Chap. LXIII. What things may be called holy, what consecrased, and how these become so betwixt us and the Dieties; and of sacred times. p. 543
Book III, Chap. LXIV. Of certain Religious observations, ceremonies, and rites of perfumings, unctions, and such like. p. 548
Book III, Chap. LXV. The Conclusion of the whole Work p. 555
To the Reverend Father, and Doctor of Divinity Aurelius de Aquapendente, Austin Fryar; Henry Cornelius Agrippa sendeth greeting. p. 557
Unto the same Man (Aurelius de Aquapendente) p. 559
Henry Cornelius Agrippa sendeth greeting to a certain friend of the Kings Court p. 561
The Censure, or Retractation of Henry Cornelius Agrippa, concerning Magick, after his declamation of the vanity of Sciences, and the excellency of the word of God. p. 567

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