Eliphas Levi
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Eliphas Levi was a 19th-century French occultist and writer whose works profoundly shaped modern Western esotericism and ceremonial magic.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Eliphas Levi canonical | 1 |
| Eliphas Lévi Zahed | 1 |
| Éliphas Lévi | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1015078 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eliphas Levi Context triple: [Hermetic Qabalah, hasKeyFigure, Eliphas Levi]
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A.
Jakob Böhme
Jakob Böhme was a German Christian mystic and theosophical writer whose visionary metaphysical ideas deeply influenced later German idealist and Romantic philosophy.
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B.
Kazimierz Sabbat
Kazimierz Sabbat was a Polish politician who served as Prime Minister and later President of the Polish government-in-exile, symbolically upholding Poland’s pre-communist statehood during the Cold War.
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C.
Erich Neumann
Erich Neumann was a German economist and Nazi official who held senior positions in the Third Reich’s economic administration and participated in high-level policy meetings during World War II.
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D.
Isaac Luria
Isaac Luria was a 16th-century Jewish mystic and rabbi whose innovative teachings in Safed profoundly reshaped Kabbalistic thought and practice.
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E.
Daniel Gerson
Daniel Gerson was an American screenwriter best known for co-writing several popular Pixar and Disney animated films, including Monsters, Inc., Monsters University, and Big Hero 6.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eliphas Levi Target entity description: Eliphas Levi was a 19th-century French occultist and writer whose works profoundly shaped modern Western esotericism and ceremonial magic.
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A.
Jakob Böhme
Jakob Böhme was a German Christian mystic and theosophical writer whose visionary metaphysical ideas deeply influenced later German idealist and Romantic philosophy.
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B.
Kazimierz Sabbat
Kazimierz Sabbat was a Polish politician who served as Prime Minister and later President of the Polish government-in-exile, symbolically upholding Poland’s pre-communist statehood during the Cold War.
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C.
Erich Neumann
Erich Neumann was a German economist and Nazi official who held senior positions in the Third Reich’s economic administration and participated in high-level policy meetings during World War II.
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D.
Isaac Luria
Isaac Luria was a 16th-century Jewish mystic and rabbi whose innovative teachings in Safed profoundly reshaped Kabbalistic thought and practice.
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E.
Daniel Gerson
Daniel Gerson was an American screenwriter best known for co-writing several popular Pixar and Disney animated films, including Monsters, Inc., Monsters University, and Big Hero 6.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
esotericist
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occultist ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Eliphas Lévi Zahed
ⓘ
linked to:
Eliphas Levi
Éliphas Lévi ⓘ
linked to:
Eliphas Levi
|
| birthName | Alphonse Louis Constant ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Cimetière de Montparnasse, Paris
ⓘ
linked to:
Montparnasse Cemetery
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| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1810-02-08 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1875-05-31 ⓘ |
| education |
Saint-Sulpice seminary, Paris
ⓘ
linked to:
Saint-Sulpice
|
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Constant ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Kabbalah studies
ⓘ
linked to:
Kabbalah
magic (esotericism) ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
| genre |
esoteric philosophy
ⓘ
occult literature ⓘ religious mysticism ⓘ |
| givenName | Alphonse ⓘ |
| influenced |
Aleister Crowley
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Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn ⓘ modern Tarot interpretation ⓘ modern ceremonial magic ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Christian mysticism
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Hermeticism ⓘ Kabbalah ⓘ |
| knownFor |
coining the phrase "as above, so below" in occult context
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popularizing the image of Baphomet ⓘ synthesizing Kabbalah, Tarot, and ceremonial magic ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| movement |
Western esotericism
ⓘ
ceremonial magic ⓘ occultism ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
astral light
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correspondences between Tarot and Hebrew alphabet ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie
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Histoire de la Magie ⓘ La Clef des Grands Mystères ⓘ Le Grand Arcane ou l’Occultisme Dévoilé ⓘ |
| occupation |
Catholic seminarian
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author ⓘ magician (occult) ⓘ political writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Paris, France
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linked to:
Paris
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| placeOfDeath |
Paris, France
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linked to:
Paris
|
| politicalActivity | involved in socialist and republican movements in 1840s France ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
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Referenced by (3)
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linked to: Eliphas Levi
linked to: Eliphas Levi