Magus Magus is the singular for magi. Among the earliest writings concerning the magi are those of Herodotus (Greek historian, 485-425 BC). He cites them as one of the five social classes of the Medes.
Simon Magus
The earliest Gnostic who is known to us (chiefly through heresiological accounts) was a certain Simon Magus, of first century Samaria.
Simon Magus, having called upon the Spirits of the Air, is here shown being picked up by the demons. St. Peter demands that the evil genii release their hold upon the magician. The demons are forced to comply and Simon Magus is killed by the fall.
Magus
Originally, the singular form of "magi." Later, a powerful magician.
Mana ...
Magus/Maga V°
Ipsissimus/Ipsissima VI°
New members start out as Setian I°, then will advance to Adept II° after being judged to be skilled at black magic.
But Magus is a Persian word primitively, whereby is expressed such a one as is altogether conversant in things divine; as Plato affirmeth, the Art of Magick is the art of worshipping God: and the Persians call their gods hence Apollonius saith, ...
The Magus
Earliest versions of the Magician can be seen in the Visconti-Sforza family of Tarots (mid-1400s). Named the Mountebank, he is seated on a cubic hassock, manipulating objects on the table before him.
Hon. Magus Soc. Ros. in Ang.
Hon. Member Hermetic Soc.
"Une belle action, est une joie éternelle." ...
-- The Magus by Francis Barrett.
-- The Philosophy of Natural Magic.
-- The Philosophy of Natural Magic: A Complete Work on Natural Magic, White Magic, Black Magic, Divination, Occult Binding, Sorceries, and Their Power.
Our own Magus Frater R. W. Little surrounded himself with several other notable Rosicrucian students, of whom I may mention the late Supreme Magus in Anglia, Dr. William Robert Woodman, a learned Kabalist and Hebrew scholar; W.J.
Shakespeare the Magus
Although a great many books have been written about Shakespeare, comparatively few of them have discussed Shakespeare's obvious and extensive references to esoteric themes and ideas.
Man of science and magus extraordinary, and for two decades England's leading mathematician, ...
He was also Supreme Magus of the Socitas Rosicruciana in Anglia (Soc. Ros.), a Rosicrucian Masonic order. These were deciphered by S. L. MacGregor Mathers, a young member of the Soc. Ros.
In folklore, a golem or a dybbuk is a mindless automaton created by a magus for the sole purpose of working his will.
Klingsor is the dark magus who emasculates himself in order to gain greater power. Truly an aspect of the Devil, the skull is his symbol. He is pledged to the destruction of the Grail or the misuse of its powers.
The Magus claims that alchemy "which is of divine origin" was brought down to earth by Uriel, and that it was Uriel who gave the cabala to man, ...
The Magus, the first card in the Major Arcana of the Tarot, is often depicted with the lemniscate above his head or incorporated into a wide-brimmed hat, signifying the divine forces he is attempting to control.
French, Peter, "John Dee, The World of an Elizabethan Magus"
Grant, Kenneth, "Nightside of Eden"
Grant, Kenneth, "The Magical Revival" ...
Gnostics (Gr.) The philosophers who formulated and taught the "Gnosis" or knowledge. They flourished in the first three centuries of the Christian Era. The following were eminent: Valentinus, Basilides, Marcion, Simon Magus, etc.
 See also: Spirit, Magic, Ritual, World, Christ
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