Eliphas Levi

Also known as Eliphas Lévi, Alphonse Louis, Alphonse Louis Constant, Abbé Constant, Abbe Constant, Alphonse Constant, Éliphas Lévi

French occult writer and poet (1810–1875)

Person · Open Library

Born: 1810
Died: 1875
Works: 55

Top works

Der schlüssel zu den grossem mysterien nach Henoch, Abraham, Hermes Trismegistos und Salomon
La science des esprits
Transcendental magic
La dernière incarnation
Les mystères de la Kabbale; ou, L'harmonie occult des deux testament

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Type: Group
Origin: Japan
Active from: 1998
Active to: 2000

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Discography

Discogs

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Listeners: 2,653
Total plays: 169,665

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,393x
Metagenomic biomarker discovery and explanation
· 2011 · cited 13,787x
Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,815x
Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 7,749x
The Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia enables predictive modelling of anticancer drug sensitivity
· 2012 · cited 7,166x

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Quotes

“Magic has been confounded too long with the jugglery of mountebanks, the hallucinations of disordered minds and the crimes of certain unusual malefactors. There are otherwise many who would promptly explain Magic as the art of producing effects in the absence of causes; and on the strength of such a definition it will be said by ordinary people — with the good sense which characterises the ordinary, in the midst of much injustice — that Magic is an absurdity.”
“It can have no analogy in fact with the descriptions of those who know nothing of the subject; furthermore, it is not to be represented as this or that by any person whomsoever: it is that which it is, drawing from itself only, even as mathematics do, for it is the exact and absolute science of Nature and her laws.”
“The conventional Hexagram presents in pictorial symbolism the root doctrine of the Hermetic Emerald Tablet: "That which is above is equal to that which is below." It is the sign of the interpenetration of worlds.”
“The Great Work is the attainment of that middle point in which equilibrating force abides. Furthermore, the reactions of equilibrated force do everywhere conserve universal life by the perpetual motion of birth and death. It is for this reason that the philosophers have compared their gold to the sun. For the same reason that same gold cures all diseases of the soul and communicates immortality.”
“Happy in the time of Jesus were those who wept! Happy, now, are those who can laugh, because laughter is the attribute of man, as the great prophet of the Renaissance, Rabelais, said. Laughter is forbearance; laughter is philosophy. The heavens clear when they laugh, and the great secret of divine omnipotence resides in an eternal smile!”
“"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.”

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Key facts

Born: Alphonse Louis Constant , ( 1810-02-08 ) 8 February 1810, Paris , First French Empire
Died: 31 May 1875 (1875-05-31) (aged 65), Paris, Third French Republic
Resting place: Ivry Cemetery , Ivry-sur-Seine (later disinterred and placed in a common grave)
Spouse: Marie-Noémi Cadiot ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1846 ; annulled</span>"}]]}'>ann. 1865 )

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date of death: 1875-05-31
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name in native language: Eliphas Lévi
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Éliphas Lévi Zahed, born Alphonse Louis Constant (8 February 1810 – 31 May 1875), was a French esotericist, poet, and writer. Initially pursuing an ecclesiastical career in the Catholic Church, he abandoned the priesthood in his mid-twenties and became a ceremonial magician. At the age of 40, he began professing knowledge of the occult. He wrote over 20 books on magic, Kabbalah, alchemical studies, and occultism.

The pen name "Éliphas Lévi" was an adaptation of his given names "Alphonse Louis" into Hebrew. Levi gained renown as an original thinker and writer, his works attracting attention in Paris and London among esotericists and artists of romantic or symbolist inspiration. He left the Grand Orient de France (the French Masonic organization that originated Continental Freemasonry) in the belief that the original meanings of its symbols and rituals had been lost. "I ceased being a freemason, at once, because the Freemasons, excommunicated by the Pope, did not believe in tolerating Catholicism ... [and] the essence of Freemasonry is the tolerance of all beliefs."