![]() The Bible is the source most often quoted and referred to throughout the work (indeed, the author appears to have almost memorized large portions of it, resulting in paraphrases differing from the Vulgate). Unlike other grimoires, the Arbatel exhorts the magus to remain active in their community (instead of isolating themselves), favoring kindness, charity, and honesty over remote and obscure rituals. Waite, quite clear of the Christian nature of the work (if dissatisfied with its ideas of practical magic), writes that the book is devoid of black magic and without any connection to the Greater or Lesser Keys of Solomon. The Olympian spirits featured in it are entirely original. The Arbatel mainly focuses on the relationship between humanity, celestial hierarchies, and the positive relationship between the two. Some German manuscripts produced shortly after its publication attribute the work to Paracelsus, though without evidence. Gohory, like Zwinger and Perna, was a Paracelsian. The author remains unknown, but Peterson believes one Jacques Gohory (1520–1576) to be the most likely possibility. The final editing of the book was likely carried out by Theodor Zwinger, and was almost definitely published by Pietro Perna, leaving little doubt to the book's claimed Swiss origin. While a number of occult works claim to be from earlier periods and other regions than where they were actually published, textual evidence demonstrates that the book must have been written between 15, which encompasses the claimed date of 1575. ![]() The Arbatel is noted for being straightforward in its writing, positive in its contents, and unusually honest regarding its origins. ![]() ![]() Peterson, mentioning the above possibilities, also suggests that the title might be the author's pseudonym. Īdolf Jacoby believed the name to be a reference to the Tetragrammaton, via the Hebrew ARBOThIM (fourfold) and AL (or God). Waite assumes that the title is from the Hebrew: ארבעתאל (or Arbotal) as the name of an angel the author would have claimed to have learned magic from. ![]()
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