T he translator, John Michael Greer, is a noted Latinist and esoteric author. He is the co-translator of the Complete Picatrix. This translation was made from Francis Carmody's Latin critical edition of the astronomical works of Thabit Ibn Qurra and contains two variant texts along with extensive commentary by Christopher Warnock, the leading astrological magician and includes examples of talisman elections using Thabit's methods.

T he translation contains two complete variant manuscripts of De Imaginibus, plus the shorter paraphrase contained in Cornelius Agrippa's Three Books of Occult Philosophy plus an updated commentary by Christopher Warnock, a leading contemporary practitioner of traditional astrological magic. This edition also contains beautiful illustrations by the artist and contemporary mage Robert Place. This is an entirely revised translation from the earlier Renaissance Astrology edition of De Imaginibus translated by Christopher Warnock.

D e Imaginibus is divided in the the following nine chapters:

On the Expulsion of Scorpions and Other Pests

Example of the Destruction of a City

Images for Receiving Wealth from Another

Images for Profit from your own Efforts

Of Principalities and Prelacies

Conversion of the King to Affection or Displaying Fellowship

Fourth Part: Images for Concord and Separation and Love Between Two People

The Form in Which the Image is Cast

T he commentary explains not only the practical application of the teachings of De Imaginibus on the preparation of talismans, but also the deeper philosophical and spiritual significance of the work, which truly is an important guide to Hermeticism as a Practical Path to Gnosis, the mystic union with the Divine.

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