Magic

Was Elipas Levi a Freemason?

Alphonse Louis Constant, writing under the name Éliphas Lévi, authored treatises such as the History of Magic, Ritual and Dogma of the Higher Magic, and Key of the Grand Mysteries, in which he sought to trace an intimate connection between Masonic mysteries and the science of magic. Mackey attributes the view that Freemasonry and magic are connected primarily to French writers such as Lévi and Ragon, noting that Lévi sought to establish this link through mystical names and words. The supplied passages do not, however, record whether Lévi was himself an initiated Freemason.

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