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The Goal of the Wise
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SrCONTENTS
VOLUME ONE
Acknowledgments i
Translators Preface xi
Introduction 20
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0. Prologue 1
Book
1. The Virtue of Wisdom 7
2. The Essence of Magic 11
43. The Essence and Reality of Astrology 15
44. The Use of Astrological Ratios in
‘Making Talismans 19
5. Examples of Required Astrology Ratios
to Make Talismans for Certain Functions 31
6. The Importance of Mankind is Comparable
to Thatof the Universe 49
7. The Vague Meaning of Bring Has
Been Concealed by Philosophers 59
Book It
1, How This Knowledge Can Be Obtained 65
2. The Constellation Figures and the Function of
Their Symbols inthe Motion of Planets 69