Scarce. "Including a clear and precise exposition of its procedure, its rites and its mysteries". A pioneering classic of occultism, this historical survey traces the roots and manifestations of magic through the ages as a secret tradition persisting from remote times. Author Éliphas Lévi, pseudonym of Alphonse Louis Constant (1810-75) was a leader of the French occult revival who is today considered by some to be a founding father of the New Age movement. With an introduction by Arthur Edward Waite, the distinguished scholar and co-creator of the Rider-Waite Tarot deck.