De occulta philosophia libri tres

Würzburg draft (W, 1510) vs. Cologne edition (K, 1533) · Data from V. Perrone Compagni's critical edition (Brill, 1992)

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Prefatory Epistles

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Book I — Natural Magic

74 chapters  |  12 new  ·  47 expanded  ·  10 preserved
1:1
How Magicians Collect Virtues from the Triple World
strabitur
Entirely new in the 1533 edition (except for closing passage from VV, 1: 1).
Largely New
1:2
What Magic Is, Its Parts, and the Magician's Qualifications
Reworked from W 1:2 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
1:3
The Three Kinds of Magic
Entirely new in the 1533 edition; absent from the Würzburg draft.
New in 1533
1:4
Of Unity and Its Scale
Entirely new in the 1533 edition; absent from the Würzburg draft.
New in 1533
1:5
The Wonderful Natures of Fire and Earth
(De mirabilibus ignis ac terrae naturis
Entirely new in the 1533 edition; absent from the Würzburg draft.
New in 1533
1:6
The Wonderful Natures of Water, Air, and Wind
De admirandis aquae et aeris atque ventorum naturis
Entirely new in the 1533 edition ((one passage still absent from A)).
New in 1533
1:7
Of Compounds, Mixtures, and Natural Things
Entirely new in the 1533 edition; absent from the Würzburg draft.
New in 1533
1:8
How Elements Appear in the Heavens, Stars, Devils, Angels, and God
Entirely new in the 1533 edition; absent from the Würzburg draft.
New in 1533
1:9
Of Natural Virtues Depending on the Elements
De virtutibus rerum naturalium ab elementis proxime dependentibus
Reworked from W 1:3 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
1:10
Of Occult Virtues in Things
De virtutibus rerum occultis
Reworked from W 1:4 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
1:11
How Ideas Infuse Occult Virtues via the Soul of the World and Stars
Quomodo virtutes occultae infunduntur rerum speciebus ab ideis per rationes animae mundi stellarumque radios et quae res hac virtute magis abundant
Corresponds directly to W 1:5, largely unchanged.
Preserved from W
1:12
How Particular Virtues Are Infused into Individuals of the Same Species
Scimus itaque situm ac figuram coelestium causam esse omnis nobi­ lis virtutis, quae est in speciebus inferioribus. Quomodo diversis individuis, etiam eiusdem speciei, diversae virtutes influun­
Based on W 1:6, with one or more substantial additions.
Heavily Expanded
1:13
Whence the Occult Virtues of Things Proceed
Entirely new in the 1533 edition; absent from the Würzburg draft.
New in 1533
1:14
Of the Spirit of the World as the Bond of Occult Virtues
De spiritu mundi quis sit et quod sit vinculum occultarum virtutum
Reworked from W 1:7 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
1:15
How to Find Out Virtues by Way of Similitude
similitudine
Based on W 1:8, with one or more substantial additions.
Heavily Expanded
1:16
That Human Suffering Is the Cause of Magical Operations
et sibi mutuo communicantur
Corresponds directly to W 1:9, largely unchanged.
Preserved from W
1:17
How Virtues Are Found by Enmity and Friendship
Reworked from W 1:10 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
1:18
Of the Inclinations of Enmities
Corresponds directly to W 1:11, largely unchanged.
Preserved from W
1:19
How to Find Virtues Specific to Individuals
quae oleo perlita sunt, cum quibus naturali antipathia dissidet.) Quomodo investigandae et experiundae sunt rerum virtutes, quae illis a tota specie insunt aut particulari ipsius individui dono alicui rei sunt agnatae
Reworked from W 1:12 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
1:20
Of the Virtues of Plants and Their Celestial Agreement
quibusdam vero in certis suis particulis aut membris
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Complex
1:21
Of Animal Virtues Depending on Stellar Motion
etiam post interitum
Reworked from W 1:14 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
1:22
How Inferior Things Submit to the Stars; Men's Dispositions Ascribed to Signs
fieri posse consonantiam manifestum est.) Quomodo res inferiores subsunt corporibus coelestibus et quomodo humanum 20 corpus ipsaque hominum exercitia et mores stellis atque signis distribuuntur
Reworked from W 1:16 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
1:23
Of the Seals and Characters of Natural Things
Reworked from W 1:17 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
1:24
Of the Virtue of Names Derived from Numbers and Figures
Qua; res subsint Lunae
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Complex
1:25
How Inferior Species Participate with the Celestial
Quae subsunt Saturno
Reworked from W 1:19 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
1:26
Of the Images of the Zodiac and Their Virtues
Quae sunt iovialia
Reworked from W 1:20 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
1:27
How the Sun and Moon Imprint Their Virtues in Natural Things
Reworked from W 1:21 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
1:28
Of the Properties of the Fixed Stars and Their Images
Reworked from W 1:22 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
1:29
How Stones, Metals, and Plants Receive Virtue from the Stars
Quae sequuntur Mercurium
Reworked from W 1:23 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
1:30
How Magical Rings Are Made from Stones and Metal
Quod totus sublunaris mundus et quae in eo sunt planetis distribuitur
Based on W 1:24, with one or more substantial additions.
Heavily Expanded
1:31
Of Lights, Lamps, and Candles and Their Compositions
Qualiter provinciae et regna planetis distribuuntur
Entirely new in the 1533 edition; absent from the Würzburg draft.
New in 1533
1:32
Of Suffumigations, Their Virtues and Compositions
Quae subsunt signis ac stellis fixis earumque imaginibus
Based on W 1:25, with one or more substantial additions.
Heavily Expanded
1:33
Of the Virtues of Things Placed Under Celestial Bodies
Entirely new in the 1533 edition; absent from the Würzburg draft.
New in 1533
1:34
How We May Know What Things Are Under the Sun, Moon, or Stars
fluxus atque virtutes corporum coelestium
Corresponds directly to W 1:26, largely unchanged.
Preserved from W
1:35
Of the Images of Saturn and Their Virtue
magis conferunt. Sic singulare munus a Sole trahes per radios Solis, 15 simul opportune susceptos, perque spiritum mundi. De commixtionibus rerum naturalium ad invicem earumque utilitate
Reworked from W 1:27 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
1:36
Of the Images of Jupiter and Their Virtue
sensibilis
Reworked from W 1:28 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
1:37
Of the Images of Mars
stia quaedam et vitalia dona desuper trahimus
Reworked from W 1:29 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
1:38
Of the Images of the Sun
Reworked from W 1:30 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
1:39
Of the Images of Venus
ministros daemones allicere possumus
Reworked from W 1:31 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
1:40
Of the Images of Mercury
De ligationibus cuiusmodi sint et quibus modis soleant fieri
Corresponds directly to W 1:51, largely unchanged.
Preserved from W
1:41
Of the Images of the Moon
De veneficiis eorundemque potentia
Reworked from W 1:47 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
1:42
Of Compound Images
De quorundam veneficiorum admirandis virtutibus
Reworked from W 1:48 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
1:43
Of the Images of the Mansions of the Moon
De suffitibus et eorum ratione et potentia
Derives from W 1:32, substantially expanded with many additions in 1533.
Heavily Expanded
1:44
Of the Images of the Fixed Stars
Compositio quorundam suffituum planetis accomodatorum
Reworked from W 1:33 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
1:45
Of Magical Rings and Their Compositions
De collyriis, unctionibus, philtris eorumque virtutibus
Reworked from W 1:35 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
1:46
Of the Virtue of Places, and What Stars Dominate What Regions
De alligationibus et suspensionibus physicis
Reworked from W 1:36 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
1:47
Of the Virtue of Seasons; Magical Operations in Due Season
De annulis et eorum compositionibus
Reworked from W 1:37 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
1:48
Of Hours of the Day and Night and Their Virtues
facinoribus nullus videre poterat; tandem eo annuli beneficio rex Lydiae factus est.) De locorum virtutibus et quae loca cuique stellarum correspondeant
Reworked from W 1:46 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
1:49
Of the Computation of Hours
domibus et elementis distribuantur
Derives from W 2:49, substantially expanded with many additions in 1533.
Heavily Expanded
1:50
Of Finding Out and Knowing What Stars Rule Each Hour
De fascinatione atque eius artificio
Reworked from W 1:34 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
1:51
Certain Observations Concerning the Figures and Hours
De certis observationibus admirandas virtutes producentibus
Corresponds directly to W 1:50, largely unchanged.
Preserved from W
1:52
Of the Four Scales of Numbers
divinationum artificia, sua fundamenta habeant
Corresponds directly to W 1:45, largely unchanged.
Preserved from W
1:53
Of Geomancy, Hydromancy, Aeromancy, and Pyromancy
De divinatione auspiciorum et auguriorum
Based on W 2:51, with one or more substantial additions.
Heavily Expanded
1:54
Of Divination and Its Kinds
significationem habeant
Entirely new in the 1533 edition ((some passages still absent from A)).
Largely New
1:55
Of Lots and Marks, and How Lots Are Drawn
aliquot regulis
Reworked from W 2:52 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
1:56
Of the Soothsaying of Brute Animals and Their Portents
pretanda sunt
Reworked from W 2:53 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
1:57
Of Things Said About Prodigies and Portents
divinationibus
Corresponds directly to W 2:56, largely unchanged.
Preserved from W
1:58
Of the Ominous Observations of Things Fallen from the Sky
Entirely new in the 1533 edition (except for a passage from W, 1: 30).
Largely New
1:59
Of the Virtue of Proper Names
De divinatione quae per somnia fit
Reworked from W 2:58 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
1:60
Of Magical Words and How They Help Natural Operations
De furore et divinationibus, quae in vigilia fiunt, de melancholici humoris potentia, quo etiam daemones nonnunquam in humana corpora illiciuntur
Based on W 3:31, with one or more substantial additions.
Heavily Expanded
1:61
Of the Virtue of Writing, and of Making Magical Books
mae appetitu ac passionibus voluntatis
Entirely new in the 1533 edition; absent from the Würzburg draft.
New in 1533
1:62
Of Magical Characters and Seals
De passionibus animi et earum origine, differentia et speciebus
Corresponds directly to W 1:38, largely unchanged.
Preserved from W
1:63
Why Magicians Use Superstitious Observations
movendo spiritum
Reworked from W 1:39 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
1:64
Of Certain Observations of Ceremonial Magic
imaginativa non solum in corpus sed etiam in animam obtineat
Based on W 1:40, with one or more substantial additions.
Heavily Expanded
1:65
Of Coloring in Magic and the Use of Colors
bat. Verum de his abstractionibus latius in posterioribus dis­ seremus. ) Quomodo passiones animi etiam operantur extra se in corpus alienum
Reworked from W 1:41 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
1:66
How Stars Are Allotted to Things by the Physicians
necessaria sit in omni opere ipsa animi constantia
Reworked from W 1:42 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
1:67
Of the Virtue of Numbers and Their Mystical Powers
Quomodo animus humanus potest coniungi cum colestium animis et intelligen- tiis atque simul cum illis mirabiles quasdam virtutes rebus inferioribus impri­
Reworked from W 1:44 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
1:68
Of the Wonderful Virtues of Numbers
desiderat
Corresponds directly to W 1:43, largely unchanged.
Preserved from W
1:69
Of the Scale of the Number Ten and Its Wonders
De sermone atque virtutibus verborum
Entirely new in the 1533 edition ((a passage still absent from A)).
New in 1533
1:70
Of the Virtue of One's Own Name
De virtute propriorum nominum
Based on W 2:46, with one or more substantial additions.
Heavily Expanded
1:71
Of the Virtue of Natural Things Consecrated in the Name of God
astrictionibus
Reworked from W 2:36 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
1:72
Of Benedictions and Imprecations
De incantamentorum mirabili potentia
Reworked from W 2:34 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
1:73
Of Things That Strengthen, Confirm, and Increase Magic
De virtute scripturae et de imprecationibus et inscriptionibus faciendis
Reworked from W 2:48 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
1:74
The Conclusion of Natural Magic
planetas secundum varias linguas cum tabella hoc indicante
Entirely new in the 1533 edition ((two passages still absent from A)).
New in 1533

Book II — Mathematical Magic

60 chapters  |  16 new  ·  29 expanded  ·  11 preserved
2:1
Of the Necessity of Mathematical Learning for Magic
bus, quae solis mathematicis artibus perpetrantur
Entirely new in the 1533 edition; absent from the Würzburg draft.
New in 1533
2:2
Of Number and Its Dignity
Reworked from W 2:17 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
2:3
How Great Virtues Numbers Have in Natural Things
Reworked from W 2:29 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
2:4
Of Unity and the Scale of One
De unitate et eius scala
Reworked from W 2:18 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
2:5
Of the Number Two and the Scale of Two
De dualitate et eius scala
Reworked from W 2:19 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
2:6
Of the Ternary and Its Scale
De triade et eius scala
Based on W 2:20, with one or more substantial additions.
Heavily Expanded
2:7
Of the Number Four and Its Scale
Based on W 2:21, with one or more substantial additions.
Heavily Expanded
2:8
Of the Number Five and Its Scale
Reworked from W 2:22 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
2:9
Of the Number Six and Its Scale
Reworked from W 2:23 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
2:10
Of the Number Seven and Its Scale
De septenario et eius scala
Based on W 2:24, with one or more substantial additions.
Heavily Expanded
2:11
Of the Number Eight and Its Scale
Based on W 2:25, with one or more substantial additions.
Heavily Expanded
2:12
Of the Number Nine and Its Scale
Based on W 2:26, with one or more substantial additions.
Heavily Expanded
2:13
Of the Number Ten and Its Scale
Reworked from W 2:27 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
2:14
Of the Numbers Eleven and Twelve
De undenario et duodenario, cum duplici duodenarii scala, cabalistica et orphica
Entirely new in the 1533 edition (except for a short passage from W, 2: 28).
Largely New
2:15
Of the Virtue of Numbers in Words and Names
De numeris qui supra duodenarium sunt eorumque potentia et virtutibus
Derives from W 2:28, substantially expanded with many additions in 1533.
Heavily Expanded
2:16
Of the Harmony of Proportions and What Virtues They Have
De numerorum notis in certis gesticulationibus constitutis
Entirely new in the 1533 edition; absent from the Würzburg draft.
New in 1533
2:17
Of the Proportion of Sounds and Harmony
Entirely new in the 1533 edition; absent from the Würzburg draft.
New in 1533
2:18
Of the Composition of the Harmonic Scale
Entirely new in the 1533 edition; absent from the Würzburg draft.
New in 1533
2:19
Of Celestial Harmony
De notis Hebraeorum et Chaldaeorum et quibusdam aliis magorum notis
Entirely new in the 1533 edition; absent from the Würzburg draft.
New in 1533
2:20
Of Elemental Harmony
Qui numeri literis attribuantur atque de divinatione per eosdem
Entirely new in the 1533 edition; absent from the Würzburg draft.
New in 1533
2:21
Of Natural Harmony; How to Know What Things Agree and Disagree
Entirely new in the 1533 edition; absent from the Würzburg draft.
New in 1533
2:22
Of the Violent and Temperate Winds and Their Signs
Entirely new in the 1533 edition ((still recorded as part of 2: 21 in the Tables of Contents attached to A; henceforth numbering of all following chapters in A differs from K by one)).
New in 1533
2:23
Of Geometrical Figures and Bodies and Their Virtues
Reworked from W 2:30 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
2:24
Of Musical Notes and Their Virtue
De musicali harmonia eiusque viribus ac potentia
Derives from W 2:32, substantially expanded with many additions in 1533.
Heavily Expanded
2:25
Of the Wonderful Nature of Music and Its Virtue
De sono atque concentu et unde illis mirabilitas in operando
Based on W 2:33, with one or more substantial additions.
Heavily Expanded
2:26
Of Oracles and Magical Agreements and Enchantments
stellis respondent
Based on W 2:33, with one or more substantial additions.
Heavily Expanded
2:27
(De humani corporis proportione et mensura harmoniaque
Entirely new in the 1533 edition; absent from the Würzburg draft.
New in 1533
2:28
2:28
Entirely new in the 1533 edition; absent from the Würzburg draft.
New in 1533
2:29
Of Light, Colors, Candles, and Lamps and Their Effects
De observatione coelestium in omni opere magico necessaria
Corresponds directly to W 2:1, largely unchanged.
Preserved from W
2:30
Quando planetae sunt potentioris influentiae
Reworked from W 2:2 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
2:31
De observatione stellarum fixarum earumque naturis
Reworked from W 2:3 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
2:32
2:32
Entirely new in the 1533 edition; absent from the Würzburg draft.
New in 1533
2:33
2:33
Entirely new in the 1533 edition; absent from the Würzburg draft.
New in 1533
2:34
planetariarum
, new.
Complex
2:35
Of the Tables of the Planets
aliquam sortiantur a corporibus coelestibus
Corresponds directly to W 2:4, largely unchanged.
Preserved from W
2:36
Of the Images of the Planets According to the Faces
terreni obediunt Scorpioni coelesti, sed etiam imagini Scorpionis illius, quae fuerit opportune sub eius ascensu ac dominio figurata. De imaginibus Zodiaci quas insculptae a suis stellis concipiant virtutes
Corresponds directly to W 2:5, largely unchanged.
Preserved from W
2:37
Of the Magical Virtue of Letters and Characters
sunt imaginibus
Entirely new in the 1533 edition (except for a passage from W, 2: 5).
Largely New
2:38
Of the Characters of Geomancy
Reworked from W 2:6 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
2:39
Of the Characters of the Fixed Stars
De imaginibus Iovis
Corresponds directly to W 2:7, largely unchanged.
Preserved from W
2:40
Of the Magical Figures of the Planets
De imaginibus Martis
Corresponds directly to W 2:8, largely unchanged.
Preserved from W
2:41
De imaginibus Solis
Corresponds directly to W 2:9, largely unchanged.
Preserved from W
2:42
De imaginibus Veneris
Corresponds directly to W 2:10, largely unchanged.
Preserved from W
2:43
De imaginibus Mercurii
Corresponds directly to W 2:11, largely unchanged.
Preserved from W
2:44
De imaginibus Lunae
Corresponds directly to W 2:12, largely unchanged.
Preserved from W
2:45
De imaginibus Capitis et Caudae Draconis Lunae
Reworked from W 2:13 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
2:46
De imaginibus mansionum Lunae
Entirely new in the 1533 edition ((title not recorded in the Tables of Contents at­ tached to A; henceforth numbering of following chapters in A differs from K by two)).
New in 1533
2:47
De imaginibus stellarum fixarum Beheniarum
Corresponds directly to W 2:14, largely unchanged.
Preserved from W
2:48
earundem tabula
Entirely new in the 1533 edition; absent from the Würzburg draft.
New in 1533
2:49
coelestis, sed ad similitudinem illius quod desiderat animus operantis
Corresponds directly to W 2:15, largely unchanged.
Preserved from W
2:50
Of Images and Seals of the Planets
tiones vero ad huiusmodi imagines et consimiles observandas docet nos ea pars astrologiae, quae de electionibus inscripta est. De observationibus quibusdam coelestibus et practica quarundam eiusdem
Based on W 2:16, with one or more substantial additions.
Heavily Expanded
2:51
quomodo ex geomanticis figuris deducuntur cum eorundem tabula
Reworked from W 2:31 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
2:52
De characteribus qui a rebus ipsis similitudine quadam abstrahuntur
Entirely new in the 1533 edition (but reworking the second half of W, 2: 31).
New in 1533
2:53
Quod nulla divinatio sina astrologia sit perfecta
Reworked from W 2:50 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
2:54
De sorte et quando ac unde illi divinationis virtus contingat
Entirely new in the 1533 edition (except for two short passages from W, 2: 55).
Largely New
2:55
De anima mundi et coelestium iuxta traditiones poetarum et philosophorum
Reworked from W 3:18 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
2:56
Idem confirmatur ratione
Reworked from W 3:19 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
2:57
Quod anima mundi ac coelestes animae sint rationales ac mentem participantes
Reworked from W 3:20 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
2:58
mundum, videlicet hominem
Reworked from W 3:17 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
2:59
Of the Proportion and Harmony of Human Parts
cis sermonibus deservientibus
Derives from W 2:37, substantially expanded with many additions in 1533.
Heavily Expanded
2:60
Of Virtues and Gifts of the Holy Spirit
< Quod, humanae imprecationes naturaliter imprimunt suas vires in res exteri­ ores et quomodo animus humanus per singulos dependentiarum gradus ascendit in mundum intelligibilem fitque similis spiritibus et intelligentiis sublimiori­
Entirely new in the 1533 edition ((title not recorded in the Tables of Contents at­ tached to A)).
New in 1533

Book III — Ceremonial Magic

65 chapters  |  23 new  ·  34 expanded  ·  4 preserved
3:1
Of the Three Guides of Religion, Hope, Faith, and Love
De necessitate, virtute et utilitate religionis
Corresponds directly to W 3:1, largely unchanged.
Preserved from W
3:2
Of Confessing God and Christ and the Saints
Based on W 3:2, with one or more substantial additions.
Heavily Expanded
3:3
Of Prayer, Fasting, and Chastity
Entirely new in the 1533 edition; absent from the Würzburg draft.
New in 1533
3:4
Of Finding the Angels and Their Orders
De duobus ceremonialis magiae adminiculis, religione et superstitione
Derives from W 3:3, substantially expanded with many additions in 1533.
Heavily Expanded
3:5
Of the Orders of Evil Spirits and Their Descent
De tribus ducibus religionis qui nos ad veritatis semitam perducunt
Reworked from W 3:28 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
3:6
Of the Principality, Prevalence, and Decay of Spirits
miraculorum effectrix
Reworked from W 3:29 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
3:7
Of the Ten Divine Names and How They Correspond to the Sephiroth
Reworked from W 3:4 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
3:8
Of the Divine Names and Their Power
Quid de divina Trinitate veteres senserint philosophi
Derives from W 3:5, substantially expanded with many additions in 1533.
Heavily Expanded
3:9
Of the Name of God, Tetragrammaton and Its Virtue
Quae sit vera de Deo et sanctissima Trinitate orthodoxa fides
Corresponds directly to W 3:6, largely unchanged.
Preserved from W
3:10
Of the Three Names of God: El, Elohim, and Tetragrammaton
nominibus illis praesidentibus eorundemque interpretatione
Entirely new in the 1533 edition (except for two short passages from W, 3: 16 and the list of ten Names of God from W, 3: 50).
Largely New
3:11
Of the Various Orders of Spirits and How They Are Governed
De divinis nominibus eorundemque potentia et virtute
Based on W 3:49, with one or more substantial additions.
Heavily Expanded
3:12
Of the Occult Virtue of the Seventy-two Names of God
De influxu divinorum nominum per singula media in haec inferiora
Entirely new in the 1533 edition; absent from the Würzburg draft.
New in 1533
3:13
Of the Angels and Their Orders and Properties
Entirely new in the 1533 edition; absent from the Würzburg draft.
New in 1533
3:14
Of Good and Evil Genii and How They Attend on Humans
olim sacra fuerunt
Based on W 3:16, with one or more substantial additions.
Heavily Expanded
3:15
Of the Devils and Their Many Species
(Quit/ de animabus coelestibus nostri sentiunt theologi
Entirely new in the 1533 edition (except for a short passage from W, 3: 18).
Largely New
3:16
Of the Orders of Evil Spirits
variis deque infernis et subterraneis daemonibus
Derives from W 3:7, substantially expanded with many additions in 1533.
Heavily Expanded
3:17
Of the Illusions of Demons and How to Resist Them
Reworked from W 3:12 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
3:18
Of the Bonds of Spirits and How They Are Made
id est ‘heroes, viri fortes et beati’, per quos Deus Adonai ’’ίΊΝ prophetiam largitur.} (De ordinibus malorum daemonum eorundemque casu et naturis variis
Entirely new in the 1533 edition ((title not recorded in the Tables of Contents at­ tached to A; henceforth numbering of following chapters in A differs from K by one)).
New in 1533
3:19
Of the Power of the Soul over the Body
(De corporibus daemonum
Entirely new in the 1533 edition; absent from the Würzburg draft.
New in 1533
3:20
Of the Union of the Soul with the Body
concubitum; et quosdam daemones, quos Galli Dusios nuncupant, 20 hanc assidue tentare libidinem.) De infestatione malorum demonum et custodia nobis adhibita bonorum
Derives from W 3:13, substantially expanded with many additions in 1533.
Heavily Expanded
3:21
Of the Soul's Triple Power
De obsequendo proprio genio eiusque natura indaganda
Entirely new in the 1533 edition; absent from the Würzburg draft.
New in 1533
3:22
Of the Intellectual Soul
Derives from W 3:14, substantially expanded with many additions in 1533.
Heavily Expanded
3:23
Of the Sensitive Soul
De lingua Angelorum eorumque cum inter se, tum nobiscum collocutionibus
Entirely new in the 1533 edition; absent from the Würzburg draft.
New in 1533
3:24
Of the Vegetative Soul
praesunt stellis, signis, cardinibus coeli et elementis
Entirely new in the 1533 edition (except for three passages from W, 3: 50, W, 3: 9 and W, 3: 11).
Largely New
3:25
How the Superior Influx Descends Through the Soul to the Body
Ziruph et commutationum literarum et numerorum
Entirely new in the 1533 edition; absent from the Würzburg draft.
New in 1533
3:26
Of the Passions of the Mind, How They Produce Changes in the Body
coelestium
Based on W 3:15, with one or more substantial additions.
Heavily Expanded
3:27
Of Frenzy and Madness, and How They Participate in Divination
Entirely new in the 1533 edition; absent from the Würzburg draft.
New in 1533
3:28
Of the Ecstasy of Magi and Their Sleep and Dreams
Entirely new in the 1533 edition; absent from the Würzburg draft.
New in 1533
3:29
How the Soul by Vehement Emotion Works Magic on the Body
(De characteribus et sigillis spirituum
Entirely new in the 1533 edition; absent from the Würzburg draft.
New in 1533
3:30
How the Soul May Escape the Body and Wander Abroad
(Alius characierizandi modus a cabalistis traditus
Entirely new in the 1533 edition; absent from the Würzburg draft.
New in 1533
3:31
Of the Prophetical Dream
revelatione recepta sunt
Entirely new in the 1533 edition; absent from the Würzburg draft.
New in 1533
3:32
Of Oracles of Dreams; How to Prepare for Them
Derives from W 3:54, substantially expanded with many additions in 1533.
Heavily Expanded
3:33
Of the Soul's Union with God and Its Demonical Assistance
Entirely new in the 1533 edition; absent from the Würzburg draft.
New in 1533
3:34
Of the Natural Assistance of the Soul with the World-Soul
De ordine animastico atque heroibus
Entirely new in the 1533 edition; absent from the Würzburg draft.
New in 1533
3:35
Of the Purification of the Soul for Prophetic Work
Entirely new in the 1533 edition ((title not recorded in the Tables of Contents at­ tached to A; henceforth numbering of following chapters in A differs from K by two)).
New in 1533
3:36
Of the Composition of Magical Medicines
De homine quomodo creatus ad imaginem Dei
Based on W 3:22, with one or more substantial additions.
Heavily Expanded
3:37
Of the Proportion and Concordance of Various Things
De anima humana et per quae media iungatur corpori
Reworked from W 3:23 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
3:38
Of the Composition of Harmonious Water, Fire, Earth, and Air
Entirely new in the 1533 edition; absent from the Würzburg draft.
New in 1533
3:39
Of Sacred Ceremonies and Their Necessity
depravantur et malorum causae efficiantur
Entirely new in the 1533 edition; absent from the Würzburg draft.
New in 1533
3:40
Of Consecrations and Their Virtue
pertingere ad operandum mirabilia
Entirely new in the 1533 edition; absent from the Würzburg draft.
New in 1533
3:41
Of the Virtues of Suffumigations
Quid de homine post mortem opiniones variae
Based on W 3:24, with one or more substantial additions.
Heavily Expanded
3:42
Of Benedictions and Curses
Quibus rationibus magi et necromantes mortuorum animas evocare se posse
Based on W 2:57, with one or more substantial additions.
Heavily Expanded
3:43
Of Sacred Unctions and Purgations
De humanae animae potestate in mente, ratione et idolo
Reworked from W 3:25 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
3:44
Of Sacrifice and Its Kinds
De gradibus animarum et earundem interitu aut immortalitate
Entirely new in the 1533 edition ((title not recorded in the Tables of Contents at­ tached to A; henceforth numbering of following chapters in A differs from K by three)).
New in 1533
3:45
Of the Kinds of Sacrifice and Their Virtues
De vaticinio et furore
Reworked from W 3:30 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
3:46
Of Bindings and Ligatures
De prima specie furoris a Musis
Corresponds directly to W 3:33, largely unchanged.
Preserved from W
3:47
Of Conjugations, Pacts, Compacts, and Their Virtues
De secunda specie a Dionysio
Reworked from W 3:34 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
3:48
Of Invocation and Adjuration of Evil Spirits
De tertia specie furoris ab Apolline
Based on W 3:35, with one or more substantial additions.
Heavily Expanded
3:49
Of Exorcisms and Their Virtue
De quarta specie furoris a Venere
Reworked from W 3:36 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
3:50
How We Are to Understand the Presence of Divine Goodness
tur et quae agonizantibus contingunt
Reworked from W 3:37 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
3:51
Of Finding Out the Virtue of a Place
De somnio prophetico
Derives from W 3:38, substantially expanded with many additions in 1533.
Heavily Expanded
3:52
Of the Oration of Picus Mirandulanus for the World and Its Virtues
Entirely new in the 1533 edition ((title not recorded in the Tables of Contents at­ tached to A; henceforth numbering of following chapters in A differs from K by four)).
New in 1533
3:53
Of Characters and Signs of Celestial Bodies
Quomodo se disponere debeat volens suscipere oracula
Reworked from W 3:39 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
3:54
Of the Construction of Characters
De munditia et quomodo observanda
Reworked from W 3:41 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
3:55
Of Magical Texts and the Form of Magical Words
imprimis observandum est ut habeatur animus mundus et cor pu- 20 rum, ad quae tunc immundae potestates nequeunt ascendere.} De abstinentia et teiuniis et castitate, solitudine et animi tranquillitate atque
Reworked from W 3:42 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
3:56
Of Magical Ceremonies and Usages
De poenitentia et eleemosyna
Based on W 3:43, with one or more substantial additions.
Heavily Expanded
3:57
Of the Construction of the Pentacle of Solomon
De hiis quae extrinsecus administratis ad expiationem conducunt
Reworked from W 3:44 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
3:58
Concerning the Ablutions and Purifications of the Magician
De adorationibus et votis
Derives from W 3:45, substantially expanded with many additions in 1533.
Heavily Expanded
3:59
Of the Initiations and Examinations of the Magician
De sacrificiis et oblationibus eorumque generibus et modis
Reworked from W 3:46 with short additions.
Revised & Expanded
3:60
Of Fascinations and the Evil Eye
Quas imprecationes et ritus veteres adhiberi solebant sacrificiis et oblationibus
Corresponds directly to W 3:48, largely unchanged.
Preserved from W
3:61
Of Coloring in Magic
< Quomodo haec tum ad Deum, tum ad inferiora numina exhibenda sunt
Entirely new in the 1533 edition; absent from the Würzburg draft.
New in 1533
3:62
Of the Virtue of Places and Times for Operations
(De consecrationibus et.earum ratione
Entirely new in the 1533 edition; absent from the Würzburg draft.
New in 1533
3:63
Of the Epilogue to the Whole Work
divos ac de sacris temporibus
Derives from W 3:51, substantially expanded with many additions in 1533.
Heavily Expanded
3:64
Of the Disposition and Form of Magical Circles
unctionum et similium
Based on W 3:56, with one or more substantial additions.
Heavily Expanded
3:65
Epilogue of the Whole Work
Operis totius conclusio
W, Epilog. + a substantial addition at the end (title not recorded in the Tables of Contents attached to A).
Complex