Horst,Zauberbibliothek (Mainz, 1821-6, 6 vols. Alsoincluded in the text is Semiphoras und Schemhamphoras Salomonis Regis. 1128 ff) where the drawings are in black and red ink. Scheible, Das Kloster (Stuttgart and Leipzig,1846. The section titled 'Citation of the Seven Great Princes' also appears in J. As an example, here are three versions of the 'Breastplateof Moses': Unfortunately, it is obvious that they all suffer from degrees ofdegeneration, and the it is not clear to me which is the most reliable. These are very shorttexts, and a side-by-side comparison of them can be done. This is followed by several versions of a text also called the Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses. For example, where Libellus reads "et per vim Dei Patris + et per vim Dei Filii + etper vim Spiritus Sancti" (and by the might of God the Father + and by the might of God the Son + and by the might of theHoly spirit), Moses reads "et Paraim, Dei patris et Peraim Dei filii, et Peraim Dei spiritus Teti" Note the conjurations mentionAgrippa by name despite the anachronism. 01:54 AMThe Sixth and Seventh Books of MosesĬontains mistakes not found in the latter. That the pseudo-Moses text is derived from the pseudo-Jesuit one can be demonstrated by the fact that the former It has strong Christian elements, though partially masked from the pseudo-Jesuittext. The conjurations seem to be based on VerusJesuitarum Libellus or a closely related text.
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Theycontain a series of pseudo-Hebrew sigils and corresponding conjurations. The introduction is followed by a pair of texts titled The Sixth Book of Moses and the Seventh Book of Moses. Besides hiding the origin of this section, the editor of the English edition inexplicably moved it to themiddle of the book. While notcredited in the English edition, it was written by Joseph Ennemoser, and taken from a chapter of his book Geschichte derMagie (Leipzig, 1844). It was added by Scheible for the second edition. The introduction is titled 'The magic of the Israelites'. I hope that this corrected edition will be ofinterest to those who have suffered with the problems of prior editions, and I welcome all suggestions. This book has become quite influential in American folk-magic, and has been extensively used by the PennsylvaniaDutch hexmeisters, Hoodoo practitioners, and African-American root workers. Additionally I have consulted the original sources drawn on by Scheible and his sources, namely the HebrewBible, Agrippa De Occulta Philosophia (1533), Sepher Raziel, de Abano's Heptameron, Arbatel Of Magick (1575), theBabylonian Talmud, and other cited authors. In making this corrected edition I have drawn on the original sources, starting with Scheibles own revised and expandedeighth edition. All in all, English speakingreaders have had an especially difficult challenge trying to make sense of this book. All the English editions thus far haveconsequently been deficient in many ways, with poorly executed drawings and Hebrew lettering, drawings printed upsidedown, mistakes in transcription and translation, passages censured and other substantial omissions. The editors of the many English editions seem to have lacked Scheiblesindustriousness, but have instead been content with propogating any and all errors intact. Subsequent revised and expandededitions were supplemented with excerpts from writings on Jewish folklore and esoterica.Īn English translation first appeared in New York in 1880, and has been reprinted more than a few times without asfar as I can tell ever being re-edited. Scheible, an antiquarian from Stuttgart, published the first edition in German in 1849as volume 6 of his Bibliothek der Zauber-Geheimniss- und Offenbarungs-Bcher, etc. Many manuscripts and printed pamphlet versions had circulated in Germany, when Johann Scheible,undertook to collect the major variants. The so-called Sixth and Seventh books of Moses in particular consists of a collection of texts which purport to explainthe magic whereby Moses won the biblical magic contest with the Egyptian priest-magicians, parted the Red Sea, and othermiraculous feats. Note: You will need a Hebrew font installed to read portions of this document.īesides the biblical five books of Moses (Pentateuch), there are other writings ascribed to Moses (pseudepigraphically nodoubt).
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Suppresses it or steals it, will be seized with eternal trembling, like Cain, and the angels of God will depart from him." "He who refuses a copy of this book, or who The Sixth and Seventh Books of MosesThis digital edition copyright 2005-2006 by Joseph H. Twilit Grotto - Esoteric Archives Contents Prev 67mosis Next Timeline 01:54 AMThe Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses
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