Agrippa's Three Books of Occult Philosophy - (Eric Purdue translation) [Esoteric Book Review]

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Published 2021-11-22
My review of Eric Purdue's new translation of Agrippa's Three Books of Occult Philosophy, published by Inner Traditions.

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*Donald Tyson edition (Llewellyn):
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All Comments (21)
  • After almost 500 hundred years since he died , his influence throughout esotericism still makes a big impact , connecting with us through Jung s' so called Collective Unconscious sea of memories
  • Just got done reading all three of the books! It’s such a masterpiece of knowledge! such an amazing book it’s definitely an expensive trilogy but we’ll worth it, and well written.
  • @danielthrake860
    The packing for this item needs to match the price. Packages will often be dropped and sometimes thrown in the package delivery business. If the shipper does not follow up with proper packing (a cardboard box with multiple forms of wrapping) then you should expect these kinds of issues.
  • @Eblis840
    I heard Eric Purdue's interview on glitch podcast about his research and background, I need this translation.
  • As always, I am grateful for your work and effort. Magick, the thing that gave my life the purpose that I have been looking for, as long as I can remember... And what you do, gifted me exactly that. I stumbled upon one of your esoteric sunday videos and couldn't stop watching the whole playlist, which I did! Loved the tutorials as well. Wish you all the success and happiness and hope that u continue the great great work that u do here
  • @godscience7821
    Man I would love to access your library of books for a month lol. Glad to see someone that appreciates books like myself, especially occult knowledge, peace.
  • @JDG602
    I just bought this after seeing Esoterica's video with Eric Perdue. Your video changed my mind when I was first thinking about buying it and decided not to. After learning more about the translations on Esoterica and Sledge's praise changed my mind again. It is vastly important. A shame I only recently bought Tyson's version over a month ago, exactly a few days after the return window. It is what it is! I wanted to come and see how pretty the book is. Appreciate the video this is definitely a great book that deserves a twenty-minute review.
  • You always give them such nice reviews. I'm surprised that they wouldn't ship you the best they have available.
  • I stumbled upon your channel recently while staring blankly at a rectangular portal— 😜 your vids have made me start to pick up some higher quality tomes, more so than the typical paperback. I had always thought that knowledge is knowledge, but there are some beautiful books out there. Thank you for drawing my attention to them! 👍
  • @JoshuaPagan
    I feel like I may enjoy the BLP version over the other two... At least as an introduction to the Three Books.
  • Thank you for doing this review, FF! I will certainly be picking up this edition soon, to add to my library.
  • @dtrdoug71
    I just ordered this book on your recommendation. I already own the Donald Tyson version, so at first I thought, "Oh it's just another version of the same books", but after your review I saw how this can complement the version I already own. Great review as always, I appreciate your attention to detail and thoughtful analysis of the book and the subject matter. I made sure to order through you're link, too! Have a great day.
  • @519MaLoNeY
    NOICE!! I just put that on my wish list the other day. Thanks for the info and the translation comparisons, I appreciate it.
  • I follow Eric Purdue on Facebook so I seen this ut was iffy about purchasing it, but after seeing this I'm definitely ordering one
  • @aronorth1439
    picked up a copy of this edition. Thank you for the honest review was going to get the Tyson edition, but after seeing this I changed my mind.
  • Thank you for going over this. As someone who doesn't own any copy of the Three Books I've found it difficult to decide which one to purchase. Now I feel like I have a great idea of the differences and can make a much more informed decision. I still want all three but hopefully now I'll be able to at least choose one to start with lol.
  • Small tip: if you're about to purchase 3 books of occult philosophy, try to find the 3 book edition (like the one in the video) and avoid the single tome that contains all 3. It's just too inconvenient cause it's massive and really heavy.
  • Sorry for making a late comment here! I just rewatched this, and at the end the reviewer wondered why I didn't mention Paul Summers Young's version. There are a couple of reasons: first, Mr. Young's version came out while this was in production - which was quite lengthy. By the time his came out, several drafts were written, and I would have needed to unravel the ball of string again. The other reason is that I haven't read his version. Had it come out earlier, I would have included it in my textual comparisons.
  • @cju1135
    Thank you for the review! I would like to say that my copy arrived in excellent condition.
  • @kenclarkeis
    My Amazon UK order is still showing a publication date of December 9th. Looks amazing. Hope mine is in better condition. I already have the BLP edition but have been waiting on this translation before actually reading.