From: tyagI@houseofkaos.Abyss.coM (tyagi mordred nagasiva) Newsgroups: alt.magick,alt.magick.tyagi Subject: History of Western Magick (LONG) (Was Re: Who ...first magic user?) Date: 13 Dec 1994 00:30:39 GMT Organization: Portal Communications (shell) Reply-To: tyagI@houseofkAos.abyss.coM (tyagi mordred nagasiva) NNTP-Posting-Host: jobe.shell.portal.com Kali Yuga 49941212 stewart@iastate.edu (Sio-Wai Hoi) writes: |I'm just curious to know how the first magic user in the world learned magic, |and whom did he/she learn it from. I've been thinking of that one off and on for years. The important parameter would be 'in what culture or time-period?' Below is a list of (Western) mages as I've found them in my library. Additions welcome. This is a work in progress and I'd appreciate if it wasn't circulated until it was finished. Your assistance in polish/research welcomed. NOTE: This file is incomplete and should not be distributed on a mass-scale without first consulting the author. Copyright 1995 t nagasiva tyagi --------------- 1. Mythical and Historical Western Occultists a. Mages, Theurgists, Philosophers and Witches Mage: one who performs or enacts 'magic' or 'spells' Magus: Revealer of the Logos/Word of Hir Aeon Theurgist: one who does the work of the divine Philosopher: one who is known for questioning and thought Isis (Deity, Mage) Thoth (Deity of Magick) Baphomet (Deity of Magick) Zoraster/Zarathustra (Legendary Mage, Philosopher, Magus?) Joseph (Biblical Mage, Hydromancer) Moses (Biblical Magus, Prophet, Kabbalist) King Solomon (Biblical Magus, Kabbalist) Jesus (Biblical Magus, Prophet) Orpheus (Legendary Founder of the Mysteries, Mage) Sphinx (Legendary Guardian of the Mysteries) Socrates (Mage, Philosopher) Plato (Mage, Philosopher) Aristotle (Mage, Alchemist, Astrologer, Philosopher) Pythagorus (Mage, Numerologer) Apollonius of Tyana (Mage) Apuleius (2nd Cent. CE, Mage) Valentinus (d 161 CE, Theurist) Porphyry (233-303 CE, Theurgist) Empedocles (5th Cent. BCE, Mage) Simon Magus (Mage) Iamblicus (Theurgist) Plotinus (Theurgist) Julian (Theurgist) Democritus (Mage) Plutarch (Mage) Elijah of Chehen (Mage, Golems) Rabbi Judah Low ben Bezalel (Mage, Golems) Peter of Abano (Mage, Geomancer 1st?) Arnold of Villanova (Mage, Alchemist) Magus Maximus (Mage?) Cyrian (Fictional/Legendary Mage) Theophilus (Legendary Mage) Cataphilus (Legendary Mage) Guido Bonatti (d ca 1300 CE, Mage) Pico Della Mirandola (1463-94 CE, Mage, Qabalist) Henry Cornelius Agrippa (1486-1535 CE, Mage, Alchemist, Qabalist) _Occult Philosophy_ Theophrastus/Paracelsus (1493-1541 CE, Mage, Alchemist,'Rosicrucian') Giambattista della Porta (1538-1615 CE, Mage, Alchemist) Dr. John Dee (Mage) Casanova (Mage) Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772 CE, Mage, Mystic, Psychic, Swedenborgian 1st) Louis Claude de Saint-Martin (1743-1803, Mage, Rosicrucian, Martinist 1st) Giuseppe Balsamo?/Count Cagliostro/Grand Kophta (Mage, Alchemist, Psychic) Eliphas Levi/Alphonse Louis Constant (1816-75 CE, Mage, Qabalist, Cartomancer) Gerard Encausse/Papus (1865-1917 CE, Mage, Qabalist, Cartomancer) Karl Kellner (Mage) Aleister Crowley/Edward Alexander Crowley (1875-1947 CE, Mage, Thelemite, Qabalist, Cartomancer) Gerald Gardner (Witch, Gardnerian 1st) Doreen Valiente (Witch, Gardnerian) "Z" Budapest (Witch) Starhawk/Marion Simos (Witch) b. Alchemists Alchemists: studied and experimented in Western alchemy Petesis (Legendary Alchemist) Hermes Trismegistus (Legendary Master of Alchemy) _Emerald Tablet_ Mary the Jewess (Alchemist, 1st?) Isis (Alchemist) Cleopatra (Alchemist) Theosobia (Alchemist) Heinrich Khunrath (Alchemist, Qabalist, Rosicrucian) Helvetius/John Schweitzer (Alchemist) Wei Po-Yang (100-150 CE, Alchemist) Zosimus (4th Cent. CE, Alchemist) Stephanus (7th Cent. CE, Alchemist) Avicenna (980-1037 CE, Alchemist) Roger Bacon (1214-94 CE, Alchemist, Astrologer, Theurgist) Raymond Lully/Doctor Illuminatus (1235-1315 CE, Alchemist, Numerologer) Nicolas Flamel (1330-1418 CE, Alchemist) Trithemius (1462-1516 CE, Alchemist, Qabalist, Monk/Abbot) _Stenographia_ Algazel (Alchemist) Cecco d'Ascoli (Alchemist, Astrologer) Basil Valentine (15th Cent., Alchemist, Monk) Michael Myer (1568-1622 CE, Alchemist, Rosicrucian) Johann Randolph Glauber (1604-68 CE, Alchemist) Johann Kunkel (1630-1703 CE, Alchemist) c. Kabbalists and Qabalists Kabbalists: Jewish mystics Qabalists: Hermetic mystics with a variant on Kabbalah Raziel (Angel, Teacher of Kabbalah) Rabbi Akiba (Legendary Kabbalist) Rabbi Simon bar Yohai (Legendary Kabbalist) Eleazar of Worms (13th Cent. CE, Kabbalist, Golems) Guillame Postel (1510-81 CE, Qabalist, Prophet, Mystic) Athanasius Kircher (Qabalist) Paulus Ricius (Qabalist) Johann Reuchlin (1455-1522 CE, Qabalist) John Pistorius (1544-1607 CE, Qabalist) Robert Fludd (1574-1637 CE, Qabalist, Rosicrucian) Knorr von Rosenroth (1636-89 CE, Qabalist) Isaac Luria (Kabbalist, Qabalist?) Moses Cordovero (Qabalist?) Moses de Leon (Kabbalist) d. Mancers and Astrologers Mancer: studied and practiced divination Astrologer: studied and applied Astrology Jerome Cardan (Physiomancer) Jean Belot (Chiromancer, Physiomancer) Richard Saunders (Physiomancer) Philip Phinella (Physiomancer) Cavaliere Spontini (Physiomancer) Tricasso de Cerasari (d. 1550 CE, Chiromancer) John of Indagim (Chiromancer) Rorphyl (Chiromancer) Bartolommeo Cocle (Chiromancer) Antioco Tiberto of Cesena (Chiromancer) Court de Gebelin (1728-84 CE, Cartomancer) Alliette/Etteilla (ca 1750-1810 CE, Cartomancer, Astrologer, Qabalist) Stanislaus de Guaita (1860-97 CE, Cartomancer, Qabalist) Oswald Wirth (Cartomancer) Mrs. van Reniselaer (Cartomancer) Tassin (Cartomancer) Paul Foster Case (Cartomancer, Qabalist) MalMonnies Hazard (Cartomancer) Elizabeth Whitney (Cartomancer) Edward Kelley (Necromancer, Scryer) Michael Scot (ca 1170-1232 CE, Astrologer) Thrasyllus (Astrologer) Heliodorus (Astrologer) e. Rosicrucians and Theosophists Rosicrucian: self-identified (when historical) Theosophists: self-identified Christian Rosencreutz (d 1484 CE, Legendary Rosicrucian 1st, Mage, Qabalist) Valentine Andreae (1586-1654 CE, Rosicrucian) William Lilly (Astrologer, Rosicrucian) Elias Ashmole (Alchemist, Rosicrucian) John Parson (Rosicrucian) Rober Moray (Rosicrucian) Count of Gabalais (Rosicrucian) Montaucon de Villars (Rosicrucian) Antoine Joseph Pernety (1716-1801 CE, Rosicrucian) Trajano Boccalini (Rosicrucian) Martine Pasqually (Rosicrucian) Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741-1801 CE, Rosicrucian) Helen P. Blavatsky (Theosophist 1st) Annie Besant (Theosophist) Misc or Unknown Specialty Wandering Jew (Biblical? Immortal) Dr. Johann Faust/Faustus (16th Cent. CE, Legendary Diabolist) Francis Barrett Friedrich Anton Mesmer (1734-1815 CE, Hypnotist 1st) 2. Gods and Daemons associated with magick Ashma Daeva/Asmadai/Asmodeus (Daemon) Beelzebub (Daemon Prince of Darkness) Bael (Deity, Daemon) Forras/Forcas (Daemon) Marcholias (Daemon) Astaroth (Daemon, Deity?) Behemoth (Daemon, Deity?) Lucifuge (Daemon) Satanachia (Daemon) Agaliarept (Daemon) Fleurety (Daemon) Sargatanas (Daemon) Nebiros (Daemon) Dionysus (Deity) END LIST -- additions/changes?? Newsgroups: alt.magick,alt.magick.tyagi From: cal@hplb.hpl.hp.com (Colin Low) Subject: Re: History of Western Magick (LONG) (Was Re: Who ...first magic user?) Date: Thu, 15 Dec 1994 23:45:18 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: clow.hpl.hp.com Organization: Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Bristol, England X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL0.7] Followup-To: alt.magick,alt.magick.tyagi Thyagi, Nice list. Two things. This first is that I found your classification confusing. People like Trithemius and Ramon Llul (for example) appeared in the oddest places. The second is that some time ago I began compiling two lists of my own. The list enclosed is a very rudimentary list of Kabbalists. Compiling the list was a non-terminating activity - each Rabbi lead to five more. I gave up when I realised the task was akin to placing grains of rice on a chessboard. And the manuscripts ................ Oh - your list of daemons. The "Dictionary of Angels" (including fallen angels) is ~400 pages long. You could be writing for some time. R. Hillel R. Jonathan ben Uziel Disciple of R. Hillel. R. Yochanan ben Zachai (47BC-73AD) Disciple of R. Hillel. Appears in the Talmud. R. Nehuniah ben Hakaneh (1st.C) Credited with the authorship of the "Bahir". R. Ishmael ben Elisha Pupil of R. Nehuniah. R. Joshua Disciple of R. Yochanan ben Zachai. R. Akiba (12-132) R. Azzai R. Ben Zoma Elisha ben Abuya "The Other" R. Shimon bar Yochai (2nd.C) Legendary protagonist and author of the Zohar. R. Eliezer Son of R. Shimon bar Yochai Hai Gaon (939-1038) Head of the Babalonian academy at Pumedita. R. Chananel ben Chushiel (990-1055) R. Shlomo Yitzchaki-Yarchi (1040-1105) R. Bachya ibn Pekudah (1050-1120) R. Abraham ben David of Posqueres (1120-1198) "The Ravaad" R. Moses ben Maimon (1135-1204) "Maimonides" "The Rambam" Isaac the Blind (1160-1236) (Grandson of you know who) R. Abraham Maimonides (1186-1237) Son of Moses Maimonides. R. Jonah Gerondi (1194-1263) Teacher of R. Hillel of Verona. R. Moshe ben Nachman (1194-1270) "Nachmanides" R. Hillel of Verona (1220-1295) R. Abraham Abulafia (1240-~1292) R. Baruch Targomi Teacher of Abulafia and probably also the teacher of Isaac of Acco. R. Shlomo ben Adret (1235-1310) "The Rashba" R. Moshe de Leon (1238-1305) Purported author of "Sepher ha Zohar" R. Joseph Gikatalia (1248-1323) "The Gates of Light" R. Isaac of Acco (1250-1340) Contemporary of Moshe de Leon. Investigated the authenticity of the Zohar. Author of "Otzar Chaim" & "Divrey HaYamin" R. Levi ben Gershon (1288-1344) "Gersonides" "The Ralbag" R. Abraham Zacuto (1448-1515) Author of "Sepher HaYuchasin" (Book of Geneologies) R. Judah Chayit (1462-1529) R. David abu Zimra (1470-1572) "The Radbaz" R. Joseph Caro (1488-1575) R. Joseph Tzayach (1505-1573) R. Jehudah Loew ben Bezalel of Prague (1520-1609) "The Maharel of Prague" Author: "Gevuroth Adonai" (The Mighty Deeds of God) R. Moshe Cordovero (1522-1570) "The Ramak" R. Chaim Vital (1543-1620) R. Isaiah Horowitz (1560-1630) R. Eliahu di Vidas (16th. C) Nathan of Gaza "Treatise on the Dragons" R. Israel Baal Shem Tov (1698-1760) R. Shalom Sharabi (1702-1777) R. Dov Baer (1704-1772) "The Maggid of Mezrich" R. Moshe Chaim Luzzatto (1707-1747) R. Chaim Yosef David Azulai (1724-1806) "The Chida" R. Levi Yitzchak of Berdichov (1740-1809) R. Nachman of Breslov (1772-1810) R. Aryeh Kaplan (-1983)