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
The occult, in the broadest sense, is a category of esoteric supernatural beliefs and practices which generally fall outside the scope of religion and science, encompassing phenomena involving otherworldly agency, such as magic and mysticism an ...
like
Samuel Liddell Mathers
Samuel Liddell (or Liddel) MacGregor Mathers (8 or 11 January 1854 – 5 or 20 November 1918), born Samuel Liddell Mathers, was a British occultist. He is primarily known as one of the founders of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, a cerem ...
and
William Wynn Westcott
William Wynn Westcott (17 December 1848 – 30 July 1925) was a coroner, ceremonial magician, theosophist and Freemason born in Leamington, Warwickshire, England. He was a Supreme Magus (chief) of the S.R.I.A and went on to co-found t ...
(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Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn), who in the 1890s prepared an (unpublished) manuscript called ''The Book of Correspondences''.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, who anonymously published it in 1909 as ''
Liber 777
''777 and Other Qabalistic Writings of Aleister Crowley'' is a collection of papers written by Aleister Crowley. It is a table of magical correspondences. It was edited and introduced by Dr. Israel Regardie, and is a reference book based on the ...
''. These tables of correspondences were meant to be used in a ceremonial context, where specific magical objects were assigned to specific deities or
Kabbalistic
Kabbalah ( he, קַבָּלָה ''Qabbālā'', literally "reception, tradition") is an esoteric method, discipline and Jewish theology, school of thought in Jewish mysticism. A traditional Kabbalist is called a Mekubbal ( ''Məqūbbāl'' "rece ...
emanations (
sefirot
Sefirot (; he, סְפִירוֹת, translit=Səfīrōt, Tiberian: '), meaning '' emanations'', are the 10 attributes/emanations in Kabbalah, through which Ein Sof (The Infinite) reveals itself and continuously creates both the physical realm and ...
).
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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
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Grimoire
References
Works cited
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Ceremonial magic
Magic (supernatural)
Magic items
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