Éliphas Lévi occult writings

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lightcrystal
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Éliphas Lévi was a French occultist born Alphonse Louis Constant. He was a giant of occult scholarship and influenced Crowley, The Golden Dawn and Alice Bailey.

The History of Magic:
https://archive.org/details/TheHistoryOfMagicByEliphasLevi/mode/2up

A few more if they are on IA:
Lévi, Éliphas (1841a). La Bible de la liberté [The Bible of Liberty].
Lévi, Éliphas (1841b). Doctrines religieuses et sociales [Religious and Social Doctrines].
Lévi, Éliphas (1841c). L'assomption de la femme [The Assumption of Woman].
Lévi, Éliphas (1844). La mère de Dieu [The Mother of God].
Lévi, Éliphas (1845). Le livre des larmes [The Book of Tears].
Lévi, Éliphas (1848). Le testament de la liberté [The Testament of Liberty].
Lévi, Éliphas (1854–1856). Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie [The Doctrine and Ritual of High Magic]. Includes material on alchemy[38]
Lévi, Éliphas (1860). Histoire de la magie [The History of Magic].
Lévi, Éliphas (1861). La clef des grands mystères [The Key to the Great Mysteries].
Lévi, Éliphas (1862). Fables et symboles [Stories and Symbols].
Lévi, Éliphas (1865). La science des esprits [The Science of Spirits]. Paris: Germer Baillière, Libraire-éditeur.
Lévi, Éliphas (1868). Le grand arcane, ou l'occultisme dévoilé [The Great Secret, or Occultism Unveiled].
Lévi, Éliphas (1894). Le livre des splendeurs [The Book of Splendours].
Lévi, Éliphas (1895). Clefs majeures et clavicules de Salomon [Major Keys and Minor Keys of Solomon].
Lévi, Éliphas (1896). The Magical Ritual of the Sanctum Regnum.

Anything translated by Arthur Edward Waite will be fine if it falls within PD dates. [History of Magic even as a second edition is 1922 on IA] Some French people could do these books in the original French. The above is not exhaustive; he was prolific.
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