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Thanks Dan!
From: Society for The Academic Study of Magic [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Daniel Harms
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 3:28 PM
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Subject: Re: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] 18th c. gematria
Susan,
There’s not much printed in England on magic for much of that period. You might start with J. F.’s translation of Agrippa’s Three Books of Occult Philosophy, which features gematria in Book 2, Chapter 20.
Sincerely,
Dan Harms
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From: Society for The Academic Study of Magic [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ed Lyon
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 5:17 AM
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Subject: Re: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] 18th c. gematria
Hi
Just a punt: but I imagine that Francis Barrett’s The Magus (online at http://toth.su/pdf/Ceremonial/The%20Magus%20by%20Francis%20Barrett.pdf) would be indicative of eighteenth century practices.
All the best
Ed Lyon
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From: Society for The Academic Study of Magic [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Susan Graf
Sent: 17 February 2016 05:26
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Subject: Re: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] 18th c. gematria
Sabina,
Thanks for the input. I was thinking along those lines, but I am a novice—just getting my sea legs—in terms of pre-nineteenth-century occultism, so I’m checking with the panel of experts J.
Susan
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Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2016 9:23 PM
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Subject: Re: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] 18th c. gematria
Susan et al.,
This is a hunch, but I suspect 18th century occultists would have based letter-number correspondences on Gematria, to which they had access through the Kabbalah. I'm guessing here, so if anyone has actual data on this, please go ahead and chime in to correct me, if necessary.
Best,
Sabina
Sabina Magliocco
Professor
Department of Anthropology
California State University - Northridge
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From: Society for The Academic Study of Magic <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Susan Graf <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2016 5:16 PM
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Subject: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] 18th c. gematria
Colleagues,
I am wondering if anybody has an idea about what scheme—letter/number correspondences—would have been most commonly in use in English occultism od the 18th century. Thanks in advance for any help or sources you might be able to offer.
With all good wishes,
Susan Johnston Graf