Mage of the Kaballah

The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abra-Melin, The Mage — As Delivered By Abraham The Jew Unto His Son Lamech — As A Grimoire of The 15th Century by Abraham von Worms
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Abrmelin the Mage

They said read the classics if you want to learn real magic. So I read one of the classics and believe me I am no further along the magic path then I was before. I found the language dry boring and overly scholarly like written in a form of English that the modern reader would find it hard to comprehend. The instructions are somewhat confusing as to how to perform the magical actions. For someone like me reading a Wicca 101 book would be more beneficial.

The book itself is composed of three books. The first book tells of how Abraham the Jew travel from Europe to the Middle East in order to find the right maniacal technique to contact and have conversation with your Holy Guardian angel. The total work takes about three months before you are purified. The author must have had a crystal ball because he tells the reader to make sure he can perform his undertaking. Most people do not have the time to isolate three selves from the world for six months and most cannot build an oratory or an alter to the specification on their property.

The next two books tell how to interact with demons and angels. The magical actions rely on the order of angels and demons and working with magical squares. Many of these instruction were either vague on what to do and rather wordy.

This book is great to read for historical reference. Magic of this type is too complicated for modern people to carry out, unless they belong to a lodge or have a tutor. A couple things I liked about the book is that it extolled the virtues of righteous living and not exploiting magic for evil ends. Abraham we also said that he met many magical performers who were practicing baseless superstition on or being enslaved by evil spiritual. Forces while thinking they were on top of it all. Some of the arguments sill hold true today.

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