The Adept’s Powers

In the Introduction to Transcendental Magic, Eliphas Levi quotes a sixteenth-century manuscript that lists the 22 powers of an adept, illustrated by the 22 major arcana of Tarot.

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The Hymn of Creation

Then, was neither existence nor non-existence. Then, was no airy realm and no sky beyond. What covered it and where? What gave shelter? Was water present, the unfathomed depths of water?

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