This engraving depicts a complex esoteric diagram titled THE PENTAGRAM OF THE ABSOLUTE. In the center is a large five-pointed star surrounded by five radiating circular orbs. At the top, an orb reads BEING IS. Moving clockwise, the others read REALITY, JUSTICE, REASON, and TRUTH. The central star contains Hebrew text in its core: I AM THAT I AM original: "אהיה אשר אהיה". The points of the star contain phrases describing the divine Being: at the top, In himself; to the right, In his identity with science; at the bottom right, In his identity with the motive of acts; at the bottom left, In his identity with the word; and to the left, In his identity with the idea. Billowing clouds appear at the base of the star.

THE PENTAGRAM OF THE ABSOLUTE.

HISTORY OF MAGIC

WITH A

CLEAR AND PRECISE EXPOSITION OF ITS PROCEDURES,

OF ITS RITES, AND OF ITS MYSTERIES

BY ÉLIPHAS LÉVI

Author of Dogma and Ritual of High Magic.

A hierarchical and universal work. original Latin: "Opus hierarchicum et catholicum."
Definition of the Great Work, H. KHUNRATH. Heinrich Khunrath was a 16th-century German physician and Hermetic philosopher.

With 18 plates representing 90 figures.

PARIS

GERMER BAILLIÈRE, BOOKSELLER-PUBLISHER,

17, RUE DE L’ÉCOLE-DE-MÉDECINE.

LONDON AND NEW YORK,	MADRID,
H. BAILLIÈRE.	CH. BAILLY-BAILLIÈRE.

1860

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