Eliphas Levi
Eliphas Levi
Éliphas Lévi, born Alphonse Louis Constant, was a French occult author and ceremonial magician...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionMagician
Date of Birth8 February 1810
CountryFrance
flower iron break
A chain of iron is less difficult to break than a chain of flowers.
men knows
Nothing can resist the will of man when he knows what is true and wills what is good.
lions succeed
Succeed in not fearing the lion, and the lion will fear you.
idleness
Fear is nothing but idleness of the will...
jesus father people
Father, forgive them,' said Jesus, 'for they know not what they do' -- People of good sense whoever you may be, I will add, do not listen to them, for they know not what they say.
men magic divinity
Magic is the divinity of man achieved in union with faith...
art lying patient
All the power of the occult healer lies in his conscious will, and all his art consists in producing faith in the patient.
relation known
One can only define the unknown by its supposed and supposable relations with the known.
enemy slave lord
The Placer is an enemy who must necessarily become our lord or our slave; one doesn't enjoy if it's not defeated.
dream men fire
Hermeticism is the science of nature hidden in the hieroglyphics and symbols of the ancient world. It is the search for the principle of life, along with the dream (for those who have not yet achieved it) of accomplishing the great work, that is the reproduction by man of the divine, natural fire which creates and recreates beings.
light miracle darkness
All miracles are promised to faith, and what is faith except the audacity of will which does not hesitate in the darkness, but advances towards the light in spite of all ordeals, and surmounting all obstacles?
dare
It is necessary to DARE what must be attempted.
flower simple maturity
Up to one's last breath, one may retain the simple joys of childhood, the poetic ecstasies of the young person, the enthusiasms of maturity. Right to the end, one may intoxicate one's spirit with flowers, with beauty and with smiles.
practice magic sage
To practice magic is to be a quack; to know magic is to be a sage.