Three Books of Occult Philosophy/Book 1

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Three Books of Occult Philosophy by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, translated by J.F.
Book 1

Three Books of Occult Philosophy, or of
Magick; Written by that Famous Man

Henry Cornelius Agrippa, Knight,
And Doctor of both Laws, Counsellor to
Cæsars Sacred Majesty, and Judge of the
Prerogative Court.

Book I.

Chapter 1: How magicians collect vertues from the three-fold world, is declared in these three books
Chapter 2: What magick is, what are the parts thereof, and how the professors thereof must be qualified
Chapter 3: Of the four elements, their qualities, and mutuall mixtions
Chapter 4: Of a three-fold consideration of the elements
Chapter 5: Of the wonderfull natures of fire, and earth
Chapter 6: Of the wonderfull natures of water, aire, and winds
Chapter 7: 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
Chapter 8: How the elements are in the heavens, in stars, in divels, in angels, and lastly in God himself
Chapter 9: Of the vertues of things naturall, depending immediatly upon elements
Chapter 10: Of the occult vertues of things
Chapter 11: How occult vertues are infused into the several 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
Chapter 12: How it is that particluar vertues are infused into particular individuals, even of the same species
Chapter 13: Whence the occult vertues of things proceed
Chapter 14: Of the spirit of the world, what it is, and how by way of medium it unites occult vertues to their subjects
Chapter 15: How we must find out, and examine the vertues of things by way of similitude
Chapter 16: How the operations of severall vertues pass from one thing into another, and are communicated ne to the other
Chapter 17: How by enmity and friendship the vertues of things are to be tryed, and found out
Chapter 18: Of the inclinations of enmities
Chapter 19: 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
Chapter 20: That naturall vertues are in some things throughout their whole substance, and in other things in certain parts, and members
Chapter 21: Of the vertues of things which are in them only in their life time, and such as remain in them even after their death
Chapter 22: How inferiour things are subjected to superiour bodies, and how the bodies, the actions, and dispositions of men are ascribed to stars, and signes
Chapter 23: How we shall know what stars naturall things are under, and what things are under the sun, which are called solary
Chapter 24: What things are lunary, or under the power of the moon
Chapter 25: What things are Saturnine, or under the power of Saturne
Chapter 26: What things are under the power of Jupiter, and are called Jovial
Chapter 27: What things are under the power of Mars, and are called Martial
Chapter 28: What things are under the power of Venus, and are called Venereall
Chapter 29: What things are under the power of Mercury, and are called Mercuriall
Chapter 30: That the whole sublunary world, and those things which are in it, are distributed to planets
Chapter 31: How provinces, and kingdomes are distributed to planets
Chapter 32: What things are under the signes, the fixed stars, and their images
Chapter 33: Of the seals, and characters of naturall things
Chapter 34: How by naturall things, and their vertues we may draw forth, and attract the influencies, and vertues of celestiall bodies
Chapter 35: Of the mixtions of naturall things one with another, and their benefit
Chapter 36: Of the union of mixt things, and the introduction of a more noble form, and the senses of life
Chapter 37: How by some certain naturall, and artificiall preparations we may attract certain celestiall, and vitall gifts
Chapter 38: How we may draw not only celestiall, and vitall, but also certain intellectual and divine gifts from above
Chapter 39: That we may by some certain matters of the world stir up the Gods of the word, and their ministring spirits
Chapter 40: Of bindings, what sort they are of, and in what wayes they are wont to be done
Chapter 41: Of sorceries, and their power
Chapter 42: Of the wonderfull vertues of some kinds of sorceries
Chapter 43: Of perfumes, or suffumigations, their manner, and power
Chapter 44: The composition of some fumes appropriated to the planets
Chapter 45: Of collyries, unctions, love-medicines, and their vertues
Chapter 46: Of naturall alligations, and suspensions
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