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Barrett made modifications and modernized spelling and syntax. Possibly influencing the novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton, the book gained little other notice until it influenced [[Eliphas Levi]]. | Barrett made modifications and modernized spelling and syntax. Possibly influencing the novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton, the book gained little other notice until it influenced [[Eliphas Levi]]. | ||
''The Magus'' dealt with the natural magic of herbs and stones, magnetism, talismanic magic, [[alchemy]], [[numerology]], the elements, and biographies of famous adepts from history. The book also served as an advertising tool. In it Barrett sought interested people wanting to help form his magic circle. An advertisement in ''The Magus'' (Vol. 2, p. 140) refers to an otherwise unknown school founded by Barrett. | ''The Magus'' dealt with the [[natural magic]] of herbs and stones, magnetism, [[talisman|talismanic]] magic, [[alchemy]], [[numerology]], the classical elements, and biographies of famous adepts from history. | ||
The book also served as an advertising tool. In it Barrett sought interested people wanting to help form his magic circle. An advertisement in ''The Magus'' (Vol. 2, p. 140) refers to an otherwise unknown school founded by Barrett. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||