THE COMPLETE EDITION
Three Books of Occult Philosophy
Read the English text chapter by chapter, or turn the pages of the original Latin printing and its English translation.
THE COMPLETE READING ROOM
Turn the pages of Agrippa.
Read every scan with animated page turns, a two-page spread and a choice of English or Latin.
THE ILLUSTRATED ATLAS
A closer look at Agrippa’s world.
Explore twelve original figures, from the planetary hand and number squares to bodily proportions and alphabets. Each opens at its exact page in English or Latin.
Explore the illustrations
BOOK I · 74 CHAPTERS
Natural Magic
BOOK II · 60 CHAPTERS
Celestial Magic
BOOK III · 65 CHAPTERS
Ceremonial Magic
AROUND THE THREE BOOKS
Prefaces, letters & end matter
Read the material printed with the 1651 translation, including Agrippa’s letters and his retraction on magic.
1651Front matter
Title pageThe life of Henry Cornelius Agrippa, Knight.Portrait of AgrippaAn Encomium on the three Books of Cornelius Agrippa Knight, By Eugenius Philalethes.To the Reader.To R. P. D. Iohn Tritemius, an Abbot of Saint James in the Suburbs of Herbipolis, Henry Cornelius Agrippa of Nettesheym sendeth greeting.John Tritemius, Abbot of Saint James of Herbipolis, formerly of Spanhemia, to his Henry Cornelius Agrippa of Nettes-heym, health and love.To the Revernd Father in Christ, and most Illustrious Prince, Hermannus, Earl of Wyda, by the Grace of God Archbishop of the holy Church of Colonia, Prince Elector of the holy Romane Empire, and Chief Chancellor through Italy, Duke of Westphalia, and Angaria, and descended of the Legate of the holy Church of Rome, one of the Vicar Generals Court, Henry Cornelius Agrippa of Nettes-heym, sendeth greeting.The translator to the readerErrata.To my most honorable, and no less learned Friend, Robert Childe, Doctor of Physick.Io. Booker’s verses
1651Between books
Inserted tableTo the Most Honorable Lord, Most Illustrious Prince, Hermannus of Wyda, Prince Elector, Duke of Westphalia, and Augaria, Lord and Arch prelate of Colonia, and Paderbornia, his most gracious Master, Henry Cornelius Agrippa of Nettes-heym wisheth health.To the Most Renowned and Illustrious Prince, Hermannus of Wyda, Prince Elector, Duke of Westphalia, and Angaria, Lord Arch-Bishop of Colonia, and Paderborne, his most gracious Lord, Henry Cornelius Agrippa of Nettes-heim.
1651After Book III
To the Reverend Father, and Doctor of Divinity Aurelius de Aquapendente, Austin Fryar; Henry Cornelius Agrippa sendeth greeting.Unto the same Man.Henry Cornelius Agrippa sendeth greeting to a certain friend of the Kings Court.The Censure, or Retractation of Henry Cornelius Agrippa, concerning Magick, after his declamation of the vanity of Sciences, and the excellency of the word of God.