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The Last Derivative Texts of the Ars Notoria: The Early Modern Composites, Part II
In the first part of this two-part blog series, I covered the Ars Notoria, quam Creator Altissimus Salomoni revelavit (The Notory Art,...
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Aug 17, 202429 min read
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The Last Derivative Texts of the Ars Notoria: The Early Modern Composites, Part I
In this two-part blog series, I will be covering the last derivative texts of the Ars Notoria from the Early Modern period. The two main...
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Jul 20, 20249 min read
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Ars Notoria: The Notory Art of Solomon, Shewing the Cabalistical Key of Magical Operations, the Liberal Sciences, Divine Revelation, and the Art of Memory (1657), part 2
[The Special Blended Material of the Redacted Ars Notoria (Version B) and the Redacted Ars Brevis (The Short Art)] [Special Rubric] Say...
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Jul 20, 202422 min read
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Ars Notoria: The Notory Art of Solomon, Shewing the Cabalistical Key of Magical Operations, the Liberal Sciences, Divine Revelation, and the Art of Memory (1657), part 1
Here is the first part of Robert Turner’s 1657 English translation of the abridged Latin edition called Ars Notoria, quam Creator...
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Jul 20, 202468 min read
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Ars Notoria, quam Creator Altissimus Salomoni revelavit (Latin text, part 2)
The second part of the ANQCASR continues here. AN = Ars Notoria. AB = Ars Brevis. Note that the variant passages are found in the Ars...
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Jul 20, 202419 min read
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Ars Notoria, quam Creator Altissimus Salomoni revelavit (Latin text, part 1)
Here is the first part of the Latin text called Ars Notoria, quam Creator Altissimus Salomoni revelavit (The Notory Art, which the...
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Jul 20, 202457 min read
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The Occult Wonders of the Magnetic Telegraph
Does this seventeenth-century occult experiment for sending secret messages to someone far away using a loadstone and special compass...
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May 26, 20244 min read
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The Pauline Art [of Seven Figures]: A Fifteenth Century Derivative of the Ars Notoria
The fifteenth-century magical text of Italian origin called the Pauline Art [of Seven Figures] (Ars Paulina) claims its mythical origins...
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Jan 21, 20243 min read
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Visual Guide to the Notory Art Figures of Angelic Magic, Part II
The Ars Notoria (Notory Art) reveals evidence of scribal tampering and rewriting, and the reason for this is probably a simple one. The...
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Dec 17, 20237 min read
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Visual Guide to the Notory Art Figures of Angelic Magic, Part I
The magical figures of the Ars Notoria hold a strange fascination over the viewer. The magical figures are key to unlocking the doors to...
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Dec 14, 20234 min read
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Onomancy: A Forbidden Art of the Ars Notoria, Part III
“There are other books having to do with such calculation, such as the books of Pythagoras, who gives many letters and figures, and for...
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Dec 8, 202325 min read
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Onomancy: A Forbidden Art of the Ars Notoria, Part II
As mentioned in the previous post, onomancy (Greek ὄνομαμᾰντείᾱ; Latin onomamanteia) is the divinatory practice of taking the letters of...
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Dec 3, 202321 min read
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New Latin Edition of the Ars Brevis, a Derivative of the Ars Notoria
New Latin Edition of the Ars Brevis, a Derivative of the Ars Notoria The Ars Brevis is a mid-fourteenth-century treatise on angelic magic...
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Nov 28, 202344 min read
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Ars Brevis: The Votive Mass of All the Saints (7 of 7)
The Ars Brevis instructs the reader to perform votive masses as part of the magical experiment(s). There are two versions of the Ars...
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Sep 13, 20236 min read
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Ars Brevis: The Votive Mass of the Angels (6 of 7)
The Ars Brevis instructs the reader to perform votive masses as part of the magical experiment(s). There are two versions of the Ars...
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Sep 13, 20235 min read
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Ars Brevis: The Votive Mass of All the Most Holy Apostles (5 of 7)
The Ars Brevis instructs the reader to perform votive masses as part of the magical experiment(s). There are two versions of the Ars...
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Sep 13, 20236 min read
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Ars Brevis: The Votive Mass of the Blessed Virgin Mary (4 of 7)
The Ars Brevis instructs the reader to perform votive masses as part of the magical experiment(s). There are two versions of the Ars...
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Sep 13, 20232 min read
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Ars Brevis: The Votive Mass of the Holy Spirit (3 of 7)
The Ars Brevis instructs the reader to perform votive masses as part of the magical experiment(s). There are two versions of the Ars...
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Sep 10, 20237 min read
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Ars Brevis: The Votive Mass of the Holy Cross (2 of 7)
The Ars Brevis instructs the reader to perform votive masses as part of the magical experiment(s). There are two versions of the Ars...
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Sep 10, 20235 min read
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Ars Brevis: The Votive Mass of the Holy Trinity (1 of 7)
The Ars Brevis instructs the reader to perform votive masses as part of the magical experiment(s). There are two versions of the Ars...
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Sep 10, 20235 min read
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