The Book of Splendours
The Inner Mysteries of Qabalism
Published on 12. September 2025
207 pages
978-1-60925-551-0 (ISBN)
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This is the first part of Eliphas Levi's last great descourse on the mysteries of occultism that was continued and concluded in The Great Secret. In it, Levi examines with great precision and insight the inner meanings of Qabalism and their relationship to the occult sciences. Part One is a commentary on the Spihra Dzeniuta by Simeon BenJochal, which includes an examination of the affinities between Qabalism and Freemasonry. Part Two pursues the correspondences between Qabalism, Numerology and the Tarot. This edition includes an appendix by Papus (Dr. Gerard Encausse) summarizing Levi's doctrines and teachings and supplying some fascinating information on some of the master's many disciples.
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Alphonse Louis Constant, better know by his pen name Eliphas Levi, was a master of the traditional Rosicrucian interpretation of the Kabbalah. He was born in France in 1810, and through the offices of the parish priest, was educated for the church at SaintSulpice. He was later expelled from seminary for teaching doctrines contrary to those of the Roman Catholic Church. In 1824 Levi began studying the occult sciences, and wrote about magic and the Kabbalah for the next three decades. His other books include Transcendental Magic, Mysteries of the Qabalah, and The Book of Splendours.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- FOREWORD
- PREFACE
- Part One: The Idra Suta or The Great Synod
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- VI
- VII
- THE COLLOQUY
- The Mysteries of the White Beard
- Mystery of the Black Beard
- Details Concerning the Great White Beard
- Conclusion Concerning the Allegorical Figure of the Macroprosopopeia
- The Microprosopopeia
- The Text of the Sohar Continued - Prologue concerning the Microprosopopeia
- The Kings of Edom
- The Skull of the Microprosopopeia (Air, Fire and Dew)
- The Hair of the Microprosopopeia
- The Forehead of the Microprosopopeia (The Eyes and their Colour)
- The Eyes
- The Nose and the Beard Analysis
- First Light
- The Microprosopopeia Considered as Androgynous
- Osiris is a dark God
- CONTINUATION OF THE TEXT
- Commentary
- On Justice Following the Text of Rabbi Simeon
- Final Words On the Supreme Man
- Conclusion
- Part Two: Christian Glory
- The Legend of Krishna Selection from the Bhagavadam
- CHAPTER I The Conception
- CHAPTER II The Nativity
- CHAPTER III The Massacre of the Innocents
- CHAPTER IV Childhood Anecdotes Similar to Those of the Gospels
- CHAPTER V The Baptism
- CHAPTER VI The Song of Songs
- CHAPTER VII The Transfiguration
- CHAPTER VIII The Triumphal Entry
- CHAPTER IX Krishna Triumphs Over All the Giants
- CHAPTER X Words Before the Passion
- CHAPTER XI The Death of Krishna
- Part Three: The Flaming Star
- Masonic Legends Extracts from a Ritual Manuscript of the Eighth Century
- The Story of Phaleg
- The Crossing of the River Nabuzanai
- Baphomet
- Profession of Faith *
- Elements of the Qabalah in Ten Lessons Letters of Eliphas Lévi *
- APPENDIX: The Doctrine of Eliphas Lévi by Papus
- Introduction to the Study of the Doctrine of Eliphas Lévi
- The Doctrine of Eliphas Lévi
- The Contemporaries
