The book of abramelin tells the story of an egyptian mage named abramelin or abra melin who taught a system of magic to abraham of worms a german jew presumed to have lived from c1362 c1458 the system of magic from this book regained popularity in the 19th and 20th centuries due to the efforts of mat volume ii of the book of the sacred . The book of the sacred magic of abramelin the mage as delivered by abraham the jew unto his son lamech ad 1458 as the manuscript was titled detailed the complete system of magick of an egyptian sage by the name of abramelin it was translated into english by sl macgregor mathers of the golden dawn. The sacred magic of abramelin the mage is the story of the egyptian mage abramelin or abra melin who taught a system of magic to abraham of worms a german jew presumed to have lived from c1362 c1458the book of the sacred magic of abramelin the mage and its ideas have been incorporated within the hermetic order of the golden dawn and later within the mystical system of thelema . The book of the sacred magic of abramelin the mage sacred texts grimoires following in all things and throughout the instructions which i have given unto you in the last chapter of the first book to which i am here referring 2 humiliate yourself before god and his celestial court and commence your prayer with fervour for then it is that