Opus Mago-Cabbalisticum Et Theosophicum: In Which The Origin, Nature, Characteristics, And Use Of Salt , Sulfur and Mercury are Described in Three Parts Together with much Wonderful Mathematical

I love this book.Opus Mago or better known as the great work of the alchemists.I have just started reading it and already am falling in love with it.I will not go into detail on its secrets but it does conceal them very well.Only one with a true heartand bond with the spirit we all forget exists but its by this spirit it opens the core of this book to the alchemist.This book by far is the best I have ever encountered on the philosophy of alchemy describing salt,Sulfur,Mercury in Alchemic termsin which only the true alchemist will be able to grab a hold of.Like some symbols of alchemy they only open to those worthy of such secrets because the person seeking after such things would do well with such secrets as these in the wrong hands can do much damage.Von Welling hides his symbolism very well,to the uninitiated this book to them would bore you and all you would get are some religious ramblings but within these ramblings lies something worth while and something words can explain but I do not as I keep this secret within.I do not practice cabbalizm but I do know its foundation some built on false ethics while others are true.This book is an excellent translation good job by Joseph Mcveigh.I would suggest this book to any real practicing alchemist,this is a must for the library.

In Act I of Goethe's Faust, the hero broods alone in his chamber and reflects upon the vainness of earthly knowledge and education. He opens a ponderous book of magic and gazes in almost sensual wonder upon the lines and symbols on a diagram of the Macrocosm. Upon waves of ecstasy he gives voice to the passion that since the dawn of consciousness has consumed the student of the mysteries.The archetype for the book that fired Goethe's imagination (and in his play initiated Faust's memorable career as magus) was in all likelihood a real book - a book that evoked every mystical clich? of the dramatic imagination; a massive and heavily illuminated work of alchemy, astrology, theology, magic, and cabbala which in 1719 dropped like a living culture into the fertile medium of western syncretic thought; a book that for the remainder of the 18th century would revolutionize the Rosicrucian, Masonic, and Hermetic movements throughout Europe; a book with which Goethe, and the brightest stars in the firmament of European esotericism were intimately familiar - Georg von Welling's Opus Mago-cabbalisticum et Theosophicum.As important as this work seems to be, it has never been translated into English -- until now.Meticulously translated by Joseph McVeigh, this is a stunning and highly collectable edition of one of the most important book on alchemy ever written.

this is a rare book. supposedly the book that led Dr. Faustis to take up the study of black magic. is very readable and not decidedly evil. mainly dealing with alchemy and connections with Kabbalah and study of divine influences.

If you're thinking of buying this you should know something about yourself or are willing to learn something about yourself. Inner exploration though frightening, is absolutely neccissary for ourselves to evolve. There really isnt anything more to know. This isnt a book to just purchase and sit on the shelf, there must be a reason for having an interest in the subject matter, then if you know what Im speaking of this is essential material.

Taking the subject of cabbalism, making it at least somewhat understandable, is a major feat! I'm not a Jewish or theological scholar, but I was totally engaged by Welling's book. I couldn't absorb it all, but it was well worth my time to read!

I have only given the book a brief review as yet.Thisis not a book to be enjoyed by occult dabblers. ManlyP. Hall says this is a work containing genuinerosicrucian and alchemical diagrams and information.I am inclined to agree.I have already found much of value. One must be rather well aquainted withadvanced esoteric symbolism and alchemy to use this book. This is a priceless work for the advancedoccultist and alchemical philosopher. in L.V.X. wbc

Un ouvrage très intéressant et complet. Une 'somme' pour ainsi dire, qu'il faut lire et surtout méditer. Cela reste un must hace/read à la fois pour les hermetistes, astrologues, alchimistes, théologiens, mages cabbalistes.Il paraît qu'un mage aurait offert son âme pour recevoir la sagesse de ce livre, et le retranscrire ...BÉMOL.En PRIME par Amazon, il est LAMENTABLE de recevoir l'ouvrage dans une simple enveloppe mousse. (!)Il est clair que la capacité basique de jugement vis à vis du caractère précieux de certains objets laisse là, à désirer. Ce n'est pas comme si l'ouvrage ne faisait pas 83€ !