One of the highlights of this grimoire is an elaborate ritual known as the ‘Abramelin Operation’, which is said to enable a mage to gain the ‘knowledge and conversation’ of his/her ‘guardian angel’ and to blind demons. Abramelin is said to have then taught Abraham his Kabbalistic magic and gave him two manuscripts to copy from. It was in Egypt that Abraham met Abramelin the Mage, an Egyptian mage who was living in the desert outside an Egyptian town called Arachi or Araki. Abraham studied under Moses for four years before travelling for the next six years of his life, eventually reaching Egypt. Desiring to acquire this wisdom, Abraham said he travelled to Mayence (Mainz) to study under a Rabbi called Moses. The Book of Abramelin the Mage involves the passing of Abraham’s magical and Kabbalistic knowledge to his son, Lamech, and relates the story of how he first acquired such knowledge.Ībraham begins his narration with the death of his father, who gave him ‘signs and instructions concerning the way in which it is necessary to acquire the Holy Qabalah’ shortly before his death. Abraham was a German Jew believed to have lived between the 14th and 15th centuries. The Book of Abramelin the Mage was written as an epistolary novel or autobiography of a person known as Abraham of Worms. The Book of Abramelin the Mage, Esoteric Grimoire of Kabbalistic Knowledge Here we feature five manuscripts that provide a fascinating window into the magic of the ancients.

A number of influential texts or ‘grimoires’ (textbooks of magic) were developed over the centuries, many of which became the books of choice for secret societies and occult organizations that endured well into the twentieth century.

As long as humanity has had beliefs in a higher power, the use of magic, spells, curses, and incantations have featured widely across cultures.

Master of the 5 magics