| List of Illustrations | xvii |
| Introduction to the Third Edition | xxiii |
| Introduction | xxxiii |
Part 1 | Preliminaries | |
Chapter 1 | Mysticism: Magic and Yoga | 3 |
| The Chaos of Modern Civilization | 3 |
| The Destruction of National Organizations | 3 |
| Negligence to Enter into Communion with Reality | 4 |
| A Possible Cause of this Disruption | 7 |
| Traditional Philosophy of Magic | 7 |
| The Real Nature of Genius | 8 |
| Its Root is a Spiritual Experience | 11 |
| Magic as the Key to Creativity | 14 |
| Yoga and Magic are the Two Branches of Mysticism | 14 |
| Definitions of Both Systems | 17 |
| Theurgists are the Light of the World | 19 |
| Eliphas Levi and the Heavenly Man | 22 |
Chapter 2 | In Defense of the Magical Art | 27 |
| Attacks against Theurgy | 27 |
| Their Gross Injustice and Absurdity | 27 |
| Man is a Child of the Gods, and to Them Must He Aspire for Union | 29 |
| Magic is Not Psychism | 29 |
| Has No Relation to Witchcraft | 31 |
| Does Not Lead to Mediumship | 31 |
| Bases of the Magical Philosophy | 32 |
| The Tree of Life of the Qabalists | 35 |
Chapter 3 | The Qabalah | 39 |
| Necessity for Philosophic Training Prior to Undertaking Practical Work | 39 |
| Relation of Egyptian Magic and the Qabalah | 41 |
| The Nature of Number and the Significance of Symbols | 43 |
| Outline of Magical Theory of the Universe | 45 |
| Tetragrammaton and the Four Worlds | 49 |
| Levi's Magical Dogma | 60 |
| Spiritual Hierarchies in Space | 61 |
| Theurgy as Conceived by Iamblichus | 65 |
Chapter 4 | The Astral Light | 71 |
| Definition of Astral Light and its Place in the Magical System | 71 |
| How it is Conceived by Modern Science | 72 |
| The Space-time Continuum | 74 |
| Two Aspects are Observed in that Light | 77 |
| The Moon and Mana | 81 |
| Amentet and the Tuat | 82 |
| The Use of the Divine Astral, and how the World may be Transformed | 87 |
Chapter 5 | Man the Microcosm | 93 |
| The Age-old Problem of Philosophy | 93 |
| Is the Universe Objective or Subjective? | 93 |
| In What Way the Magicians Conceive of the Magical Hierarchies and the Human Constitution | 95 |
| A Minutum Mundum | 96 |
| The Mystical Sacrifice of the Ego | 102 |
| The Ascent of the Ladder of Jacob to the Summit in God | 110 |
Chapter 6 | The Gods | 115 |
| Union with the Divine is Magical Objective | 115 |
| Divine is Comprehended under Many Hypostases and Guises | 116 |
| A Consideration of the Gods of the Egyptians | 116 |
| Each God Symbol Bears a High Significance | 116 |
| The Implication of the Animal Masks | 140 |
Part 2 | Theory and Practice | |
Chapter 7 | Magical Correspondences, Tools, and Techniques | 147 |
| A Magician's Equipment of Art | 147 |
| How This Has Been Misunderstood | 148 |
| Magic is a Mnemonic Process | 150 |
| How Every Sense and Power is Used to Create a Spiritual Idea | 150 |
| Signs and Sigils | 151 |
| Perfumes | 153 |
| True Meaning of Magical Circle | 157 |
| Symbol of Infinite and Human Consciousness | 157 |
| Names of God | 159 |
| William Quan Judge | 159 |
| Circle Restrains Hostile Influences | 160 |
| The Altar and the Lamp | 162 |
| Wand | 163 |
| Wand Symbolizes Will; its Preparation and Consecration | 164 |
| Cup, Sword, and Pantacle | 164 |
| Imagination and its Essential Formative Nature | 167 |
| Fawcett's Hypothesis | 170 |
| Loyola's Spiritual Exercises | 172 |
| How to Develop the Imagination for Magical Work | 173 |
| The Tattvas of the Hindus | 174 |
Chapter 8 | The Training of the Will | 179 |
| Patanjali and the Will | 179 |
| What is the Will? | 179 |
| A Magical Method of Increasing this Power | 180 |
| The True Significance of Asceticism | 180 |
| Its Dangers | 180 |
| A Threefold Vow | 181 |
| Pranaynma an Excellent Adjuvant | 189 |
| Objections to Will-Development | 190 |
| What Causes Success in the Operations of Ceremonial? | 191 |
| Instances of Gross Failure | 193 |
| An Example of Imbecility | 193 |
| Reason Provided by Barrett | 194 |
| The Answer of the Chaldaean Oracles | 194 |
| The Mantic Frenzy and Enthusiasm | 194 |
Chapter 9 | The Vibration of God-names and Words of Power | 201 |
| How does the Mantram Work? | 201 |
| Various Occult Viewpoints | 201 |
| Vibration of God-names is Associated with Evocation of Magical Forces, States Blavatsky | 202 |
| The Power and Value of Sound | 202 |
| How to Pronounce the Magical Names? | 205 |
| What Then Happens | 205 |
| The Secret of Invocation | 205 |
| Barbarous Names of Evocation | 207 |
| Examples of South American, Egyptian, and Enochian Words | 208 |
| Mode of Qabalistic Analysis | 211 |
| Magician Should Not Permit Meaningless Words to Enter His Sphere | 211 |
| Technical Employment of the Barbarous Words | 212 |
| Dancing and Music | 213 |
| The Knocks | 213 |
| Necessity and Effect of Circumambulation | 217 |
Chapter 10 | Skrying and Astral Projection | 221 |
| Essential Task of Magic | 221 |
| Necessity for Training the Will and Imagination | 221 |
| Employment in Formation of Body of Light | 222 |
| Blavatsky's Remark That He Who Travels in the Astral Body at Will an Adept | 222 |
| Educating the Subtle Body | 223 |
| Best Method for Traveling on the Astral | 223 |
| Ritual and Assistance | 224 |
| Visions | 225 |
| How to Check Them Scientifically | 227 |
| Precautionary Measures | 229 |
| Egyptian Plans of the Astral | 230 |
| The Magical Pylons | 231 |
| How Death is Conquered, and Immortality While in the Body Assured | 238 |
| Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram | 239 |
| Its Power and Explanation | 239 |
| Will and Imagination to Form the Star of Fire | 241 |
| The Dog-Guardian | 247 |
Chapter 11 | The Assumption of Godforms | 253 |
| The Most Powerful Adjunct to Invocation | 253 |
| The Key of All Magical Progress | 253 |
| God-forms | 253 |
| How this Technique Proceeds | 255 |
| Danger of Magic | 255 |
| Egyptian Deities | 257 |
| Maspero's Triumphant Address | 258 |
| Invocation of Ra, the Sun-God | 259 |
| The Results of Fellowship with the Gods | 259 |
| Iamblichus | 260 |
Chapter 12 | The Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage | 263 |
| Purity Required in Magic | 263 |
| What This Means | 263 |
| The Holy Guardian Angel | 265 |
| When Evocations May Be Undertaken | 265 |
| For What Special Reasons They May Be Performed | 265 |
| Genius and the Angel's Mode of Manifestation | 266 |
| The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage | 267 |
| A Method of Entering into Communication with the Higher Self | 267 |
| Full Directions in this Ancient Technique | 269 |
| The Steps Necessary | 270 |
| The Vision and the Perfume | 276 |
| The Invocation of the Holy Guardian Angel | 279 |
Chapter 13 | Grimoires and Magical Evocation | 291 |
| The Evocation of the Princes of the Evil of the World | 291 |
| A Rationale of the Rites of Ceremonial Evocation | 293 |
| Instruction to Bride before the Mystical Marriage | 293 |
| The Building of the Pyramid | 295 |
| Nature, the Great Exemplar | 295 |
| Its Correlation with Modern Psychological Research | 296 |
| The Magical System of the Key of Solomon the King | 299 |
| Uniting the Egyptian Method in Practice with the Qabalistic One | 301 |
| The Goetia | 308 |
| The Book of the Angel Ratziel | 314 |
| Why Amateur Visions go Wrong | 317 |
| Invasion of Field of Consciousness | 317 |
| The Tracing of Parallels between Yoga and Magic | 318 |
| How Essentially They are Identical | 324 |
| How Powers are to be Treated | 324 |
Chapter 14 | Initiation and Group Ritual | 329 |
| Dramatic Rituals in Egypt, Tibet, and India | 329 |
| Fundamentals of this Branch of Magical Ceremony | 330 |
| The Rationale | 330 |
| Commemoration | 333 |
| An Osirian Passion-play | 333 |
| Third Degree of Masonic Fraternity | 334 |
| Adeptus Minor Ritual of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn | 334 |
| Fragments of Initiating Ritual in Egyptian Book of the Dead | 337 |
| Milarepa and Marpa | 339 |
| Initiation Rituals | 339 |
| A Splendid Ritual in the Bacchae of Euripides | 340 |
| Necessity for Personal Work | 341 |
| Work Requires Patience and Imperturbability | 341 |
| An Ibis and the Uraeus Serpent | 343 |
Chapter 15 | Theurgy Versus Spiritualism and Black Magic | 349 |
| Is There a Connection Between Magic and Spiritualism? | 349 |
| A Great Gulf Between them | 349 |
| The Will is the Guide of the Theurgist | 349 |
| Medium is a Negative Instrument | 349 |
| Magical Theories Concerning Death | 350 |
| What Happens when Body Dies | 351 |
| Qliphotic Obsession | 352 |
| Astral Shells are the Spiritualistic "Spirits" | 352 |
| Why Mediums Resort to Fraud | 353 |
| Their Physical Phenomena | 353 |
| How a Sincere Medium May Utilize the Magical Technique | 355 |
| What is Black Magic | 356 |
| Evocation of Tattvic Forces | 356 |
| Operations of Invisibility and Transformation | 356 |
| Necromancy and Vanity | 360 |
| Further Instruction on Astral Technique | 360 |
| How to Employ Pentagram and Rose-cross Symbols | 361 |
| Angelic Guardians of the Pylons | 363 |
| Refining the Body of Light | 363 |
| Harpocrates Formula | 363 |
| The Eucharist | 364 |
| Porphyry on Rising on the Planes | 365 |
| The Road to Ain Soph | 366 |
Chapter 16 | Alchemy and the Mass of the Holy Ghost | 369 |
| Intention to Make Clear This Outline of Magic | 369 |
| An Exception to be Made | 369 |
| A Secret Method of Working | 370 |
| The Mass of the Holy Ghost | 370 |
| It is the Quintessence of all Techniques of Magic | 370 |
| Tetragrammaton and Alchemical Symbolism | 371 |
| The Elixir of Life and Talismanic Consecration | 374 |
| How to Employ This Mass Together with Ceremonial | 374 |
Chapter 17 | Prayers, Hymns, and Invocations | 381 |
| An Enquiry into Ritual | 381 |
| The Various Aspects of Ceremonial Invocation | 381 |
| Its Eight Distinct Phases | 381 |
| Several Examples of Each Type of Invocation from Egyptian, Qabalistic, Rosicrucian, Gnostic, Greek, Enochian, and Poetic Sources | 382 |
Appendix I | Books Recommended for Study | 421 |
Appendix II | Sources For Illustrations | 423 |
| Glossary | 433 |
| Bibilography | 487 |
| Index | 495 |