Library of the Sphinx 19

We previously stated that after the desecrations and irreverences of the Gnostics, the Church had programmed magic. The trial of the Knights Templar completed the rupture, and since then, forced to hide in the shadows to contemplate its vengeance, magic also outlined the Church.

The Initiates and the Priesthood; Priests and Popes accused of magic; Appearance of the nomads of Bohemia; Tradition and History concerning Raymond Lull; Alchemists; Famous sorcerers and magicians of the Middle Ages; Justice for Magic; The magical origin of Freemasonry; Magic and the French Revolution; Notable authors of the 18th century; The prophecies of Cazotte; The phenomena of the middle period (mediumship); The illuminated of Germany; Napoleon and sleepwalkers; Mystics, magnetists, and materialists; Illusions; Magnetists and sleepwalkers; The fanciful in magic; Personal memories of the author; About the Occult Sciences; Summary and conclusions.