Magus Book 3, The - Biographia Antiqua

In this third and final book of The Magus, Francis Barrett turns from magical practice to magical history-presenting a rare and invaluable compendium of the great minds who shaped Western occult philosophy.

Book III offers concise biographical accounts of dozens of ancient, medieval, and Renaissance adepts, including Zoroaster, Hermes Trismegistus, Pythagoras, Paracelsus, Roger Bacon, Agrippa, and more. These are the sages, mystics, alchemists, astrologers, and magicians whose teachings laid...