Eliphas Levi
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Eliphas Levi was a 19th-century French occultist and writer whose works profoundly shaped modern Western esotericism and ceremonial magic.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eliphas Levi canonical | 1 |
| Eliphas Lévi Zahed | 1 |
| Éliphas Lévi | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
esotericist
ⓘ
occultist ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Eliphas Levi
ⓘ
surface form:
Eliphas Lévi Zahed
Eliphas Levi ⓘ
surface form:
Éliphas Lévi
|
| birthName | Alphonse Louis Constant ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Montparnasse Cemetery
ⓘ
surface form:
Cimetière de Montparnasse, Paris
|
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1810-02-08 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1875-05-31 ⓘ |
| education |
Saint-Sulpice
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint-Sulpice seminary, Paris
|
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Constant ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Kabbalah
ⓘ
surface form:
Kabbalah studies
magic (esotericism) ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
| genre |
esoteric philosophy
ⓘ
occult literature ⓘ religious mysticism ⓘ |
| givenName | Alphonse ⓘ |
| influenced |
Aleister Crowley
ⓘ
Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn ⓘ modern Tarot interpretation ⓘ modern ceremonial magic ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Christian mysticism
ⓘ
Hermeticism ⓘ Kabbalah ⓘ |
| knownFor |
coining the phrase "as above, so below" in occult context
ⓘ
popularizing the image of Baphomet ⓘ synthesizing Kabbalah, Tarot, and ceremonial magic ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| movement |
Western esotericism
ⓘ
ceremonial magic ⓘ occultism ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
astral light
ⓘ
correspondences between Tarot and Hebrew alphabet ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie
ⓘ
Histoire de la Magie ⓘ La Clef des Grands Mystères ⓘ Le Grand Arcane ou l’Occultisme Dévoilé ⓘ |
| occupation |
Catholic seminarian
ⓘ
author ⓘ magician (occult) ⓘ political writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Paris
ⓘ
surface form:
Paris, France
|
| placeOfDeath |
Paris
ⓘ
surface form:
Paris, France
|
| politicalActivity | involved in socialist and republican movements in 1840s France ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Éliphas Lévi
this entity surface form:
Eliphas Lévi Zahed