A Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Sage

in Hebrew, written by Lamech the Younger, 1458 A.D.; translated to English by A.E. Waite, 1900

This book contains the testament of Abraham of Wurtzberg, a renaissance Kabbalist who travelled around the Mediterranean world in the early fifteenth century. Abraham studied with magi and kabbalists wherever he could find them, but dismissed all of them as charlatans or flawed in their philosophy. Finally, Abraham found Abra-Melin the Mage in a small village on the banks of the Nile, and the rest of the book details Abra-Melin's magical philosophy and techniques, which fuse classical Hellenistic theurgy with ancient Hebrew kabbalism. Rituals for the summoning and commanding of spirits, clairvoyance, warding evil magic, and many other are described at length. The Orne Library purchased this book shortly after publication. (Johnson, Sam, and Sandy Antunes. "Miskatonic University: A Handbook to the Pride of Arkham." Chaosium, Oct. 2005. )