The Book of Magic (Hardcover)

Description

Giordano Bruno’s ‘On Magic’ is the definitive masterwork of Renaissance operative philosophy, presented here for the first time in a modern, practitioner-focused English translation directly from the original Latin. This edition comprises three complete treatises: De Magia, a rigorous mapping of the living universe and the invisible bonds (vincula) that connect all things; Theses De Magia, a distillation of the operative architecture into 56 sharp axioms; and De Magia Mathematica, a practical compendium of seals, planetary hours, and spirit hierarchies drawn from the works of Agrippa, Trithemius, and Albertus Magnus.

For Bruno, magic was not superstition or a violation of natural law, but its very completion; the science of hidden causes and the art of aligning the human intellect with the living fabric of the cosmos. Restored for the modern reader by Ilias Ipsilantis, this volume includes extensive operative footnotes, source texts, and a critical essay. The Book of Magic stands as an unmediated transmission of the Hermetic current, offering sovereign minds the exact blueprints to wield the bonds of reality.