A new translation of the classic grimoire on the Abramelin procedure, including newly discovered material missing from the MacGregor Mathers edition.
 
This most famous of grimoires is dedicated to attaining the knowedge and conversation of one's holy guardian angel, and was composed in a late medieval German Jewish community. A manuscript of the grimoire was discovered in the late 19th century by MacGregor Mathers, who incorporated its practices into Golden Dawn ceremonial magic. From there it became extremely important in the work of Aleister Crowley, the legacy of which has immortalised the figure of the Holy Guardian Angel in the Western occult imagination.
 
This new edition supersedes Mathers' edition, as Georg Dehn worked from the recently-discovered earlier and better German versions. This edition includes the ealier material missing from the later French version: magical recipes, ritual instructions, and complete word squares. Compiled and edited by George Dehn, translated by Steven Guth. Foreword by Lon Milo duQuette.
 
Lake Worth, FL: Ibis Press, 2006. Hardback, 271 pages. New.