The Magical Writings of Thomas Vaughan (Eugenius Philethes)

by Arthur Edward Waite, Thomas Vaughan

Overview

"Some of Vaughan's reflections remind us of Jacob Boehm, but the Welsh mystic is, as a rule, more easily followed than his German brother. Indeed, with a few exceptions, the sense is clear enough to make the volume agreeable reading even to the uninitiated.... The seventeenth century was an age of plain speaking, and Vaughan, when differing from anyone, sometimes uses terms more forcible than elegant. Mr. Waite supplies some interesting information about the history of occultism in his 'Introductory Lecture on the Esoteric Literature of the Middle Ages, and on the Underlying Principles of Theurgic Art and Practice in Western Christendom.'"

—Glasgow Herald.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781663550668
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	08/15/2020
Pages:	198
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.45(d)

About the Author

Thomas Vaughan (17 April 1621 - 27 February 1666) was a Welsh philosopher and alchemist, who wrote in English. He is now remembered for his work in the field of natural magic.

Arthur Edward Waite (2 October 1857 – 19 May 1942) was an American-born British poet and scholarly mystic who wrote extensively on occult and esoteric matters, and was the co-creator of the Rider-Waite tarot deck (also called the Rider-Waite-Smith or Waite-Smith deck). As his biographer R. A. Gilbert described him, "Waite's name has survived because he was the first to attempt a systematic study of the Thomas Vaughan (17 April 1621 - 27 February 1666) was a Welsh philosopher and alchemist, who wrote in English. He is now remembered for his work in the field of natural magic. history of western occultism—viewed as a spiritual tradition rather than as aspects of proto-science or as the pathology of religion.