A table of magical correspondences is a list of
magical correspondences between items belonging to different categories, such as correspondences between certain deities, heavenly bodies, plants, perfumes, precious stones, etc. Such lists were compiled by 19th-century
occultists like
Samuel Liddell Mathers and
William Wynn Westcott (both members of the
Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn), who in the 1890s prepared an (unpublished) manuscript called ''The Book of Correspondences''. This manuscript was later reworked by
Aleister Crowley
Aleister Crowley ( ; born Edward Alexander Crowley; 12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947) was an English occultist, ceremonial magician, poet, novelist, mountaineer, and painter. He founded the religion of Thelema, identifying himself as the pr ...
, who anonymously published it in 1909 as ''
Liber 777''. These tables of correspondences were meant to be used in a ceremonial context, where specific magical objects were assigned to specific deities or
Kabbalistic emanations (
sefirot).
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See also
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Doctrine of signatures
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Ceremonial magic
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Correspondence, a concept in the philosophy of the 18th-century theologian
Emanuel Swedenborg
Emanuel Swedenborg (; ; born Emanuel Swedberg; (29 January 168829 March 1772) was a Swedish polymath; scientist, engineer, astronomer, anatomist, Christian theologian, philosopher, and mysticism, mystic. He became best known for his book on the ...
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Grimoire
References
Works cited
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Ceremonial magic
Magic (supernatural)
Magic items
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