- Author
- Stephen Skinner
- Published
- 2006
- Kind
- Reference book of tables, read from a scanned PDF
- Original
- ia803206.us.archive.org/15/items/StephenSkinner-TheCompleteMagiciansTables-2007/StephenSkinner-TheCompleteMagiciansTables-2006.pdf
- Subject
- Fiction and literature
What it is
Stephen Skinner compiled the book, published by Golden Hoard Press. It covers angels to the Yi Jing, arranged by letter from A to Z. A commentary, biography and bibliography follow the tables.
What it says
- The book collects more than 777 tables of magical, Kabbalistic, astrological and related correspondences.
- Skinner says Liber 777 is in some ways the hardest source for beginners.
- Skinner says Crowley's work was largely a light edit of what Mathers had assembled.
- Skinner mostly drops Tree of Life path order, sorting rows by Zodiac, Element and Planet.
- Skinner says the extra 31-bis and 32-bis paths were invented for tabular convenience.
- Skinner calls the idea of an Egyptian Book of Thoth origin for Tarot a fallacy.
- Skinner calls Mathers' planetary attributions incorrect but keeps them, adding older Sepher Yetzirah columns.
What evidence it gives
The book rests on named sources, including Agrippa, Mathers, Crowley, Dee and the Magical Calendar. Skinner gives a commentary explaining each column. A bibliography follows. The introduction argues each choice by reference to older texts.
Interests and limits
Golden Hoard Press published the book, and Skinner's own work appears in the bibliography. The tables record traditions, not facts, and Skinner says the book is not definitive. Only the front matter, introduction and a few commentary pages were read. The text was machine-read from a scanned PDF, so it may contain errors.