3785360 \'The great hermetic arcanum\' by L矇vi, ?liphas (1810-75) (after); (add.info.: \'The great hermetic arcanum\' - from illustration by Eliphas L矇vi, published in his work \'The History of magic\', translated by Arthur Edward Waite , 1922. Hermeticism or the Western Hermetic Tradition is a set of philosophical/ religious beliefs based primarily upon the pseudepigraphical writings attributed to Hermes Trismegistus.Eliphas L矇vi, French occult author and purported magician. Born Alphonse Louis Constant, 8 February, 1810 - 31 May 1875. The History of Magic, plate after page 394); Lebrecht History.