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  • Eliphas Levi’s “Warning to the Impudent” on Occultism

    Eliphas Levi’s “Warning to the Impudent” on Occultism

    Éliphas Lévi (Alphonso Louis Constant), 19th century French esotericist influenced by occult philosophy and thinkers like Joseph de Maistre, warns impudent students rushing into occult studies. [Translated by Arthur Edward Waite in Transcendental Magic, 1896] If there are two lessons to take from this, they are — “The Esotericists are therefore warned that unless they are prepared…