Éliphas Lévi
French occult writer and poet (1810–1875)
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French occultist who swapped the priesthood for ceremonial magic and spent decades writing the rulebook on Kabbalah, alchemy, and esoteric practice. Lévi's 20+ books made him the go-to authority for anyone serious about 19th-century Western magic.
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Éliphas Lévi Zahed, born Alphonse Louis Constant, was a French esotericist, poet, and writer. Initially pursuing an ecclesiastical career in the Catholic Church, he abandoned the priesthood in his mid-twenties and became a ceremonial magician. At the age of 40, he began professing knowledge of the occult. He wrote over 20 books on magic, Kabbalah, alchemical studies, and occultism.
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