Work this consisting of some account of Abraham's youth and early travels in search of wisdom, along with advice to the young man aspiring to become skilled in occult arts. This manuscript is couched throughout in French, but purports to be literally translated from Hebrew, and the style of the handwriting indicates that the scribe lived at the beginning of the eighteenth century, or possibly somewhat earlier. Comparatively few biographical facts are forthcoming concerning this German Jew, who was at once alchemist, magician and philosopher and these few facts are mostly derived from a very curious manuscript, now domiciled in the Archives of the Bibliotheque de l'Arsenal, Paris, an institution rich in occult documents. Encyclopedia of Ancient and Forbidden SecretsĪbraham, The Jew: (Alchemist and magician, circa, 1400).
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