How to Become a Mage: The French Occult Manifesto of the Decadent Era

The treatise "How to Become a Mage" was written by the famous writer and mystic Joséphin Péladan at the end of the 19th century. It reflects the author's views on the mystical heritage of the Rosicrucians.
The content of the book is structured according to the principle of upward movement - from the concrete and earthly to the abstract and elevated - similar to the structure of the Tree of Life in Kabbalah. In the first part, Péladan talks about the lifestyle of a mage - what needs to change, how to eat, with whom to seek to communicate and establish relationships. In the second and third parts, he discusses the twelve steps that will lead you to an understanding of culture, society, death, and the idea of the divine. And if you fully immerse yourself in the book, you will have already completed a significant part of the path, and the possibility will open before you to live life as if it were all magical work.
You cannot be anyone other than the spiritual master of body and soul. But if you achieve this, if your body serves the spirit and obeys the commands of the soul, you will influence others to the same extent as you do yourself.
Joséphin Péladan