The Magus, or Celestial Intelligencer is a handbook of theoccult andceremonial magic compiled by occultistFrancis Barrett published in 1801.
Much of the material was collected by Barrett from older occult handbooks, as he hints in the preface:
We have collected out of the works of the most famous magicians, such asZoroaster,Hermes,Apollonius, Simon of the Temple,Trithemius,Agrippa,Porta (the Neapolitan),Dee,Paracelsus,Roger Bacon, and a great many others...
In fact, most of the material comes from Agrippa'sThree Books of Occult Philosophy andPietro d'Abano'sHeptameron.[1]
Previousdemonologists such as Binsfeld (1589) had drawn up lists that comprised a hierarchy of devils, and attributed to them the power to instigate people to commit theseven deadly sins.Lucifer was associated withPride,Satan withAnger and so forth. InThe Magus Barrett altered the "roster of devils" and Satan now became a prince of deluders (servingconjurers andwitches).
The book was originally published with two books in a single volume, as was common with many texts of this period. It facilitated the modern revival of magic by making information from otherwise rare books more readily available.
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