The Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage: An Introduction

These excerpts from “The Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage”
present a three-book
manuscript attributed to Abraham the Jew, written
for his son Lamech in 1458. The first book serves as
an introduction, offering advice on magic and
Abraham’s travels, while the subsequent two
books detail the sacred magical
system received from Abra-Melin. The text
outlines rigorous preparations and moral
prerequisites for the operator,
emphasising purity, solitude, and devotion to
God. It also describes various magical
operations achievable through spirit evocation,
categorised by the types of squares of letters and their
corresponding effects, while cautioning
against misuse, black magic, and the dangers of
mispronounced incantations.