Witchcraft and Black Magic - Brossura

Summers, Montague

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ISBN 10: 0486411257 ISBN 13: 9780486411255

Casa editrice: Dover Pubns, 2000

Riassunto

What is witchcraft? Who was the first witch? How does one become a practitioner of the "black arts?" These and many other questions are fully answered in this fascinating, expertly written historical overview of witchcraft and black magic. The work of noted English historian, essayist, critic, and biographer Montague Summers (1880 - 1948), one of the world's foremost authorities on the occult, the book draws on a wealth of diverse sources — from the Bible and literary classics to personal memoirs, correspondence, and court records — to explore the mysteries of sorcery and demonology.
Beginning with a definition of witchcraft, the author offers meticulous, thoroughly researched discussions of ceremonial practices, the casting of spells and conjuring practices, the use of wax images and figures, celebration of the Black Mass, the functions of incubi and succubi, the "evil eye," necromancy, the Sabbat, and much more.
A perplexing and puzzling figure during his lifetime, Summers maintained a sincere belief in the supernatural phenomena he so accurately described. These strong convictions helped to motivate the painstaking scholarship and devotion to detail of his works, including this highly regarded volume. Originally published in 1946, and hailed by critic H. L. Mencken as "learned, honest, and amusing," Summers's book is an indispensable resource for any devotee or student of the occult and the supernatural.

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Contenuti:

CHAPTER I What is Witchcraft? How does One become a Witch? The Essential Pact CHAPTER II "The Familiar, in Human Shape and Animal " How Acquired The Sacrileges of Witches The Reward of Blood CHAPTER III Witchcraft at Cambridge and Oxford The Manichee Sorcerers Revolutionary Witchcraft The Witchcraft of the Templars Witchcraft and Politics CHAPTER IV The Origins of Witchcraft The Sons of God and the Daughters of Men Who was the First Witch? Assyrian and Egyptian Witchcraft The Mummies "The "Dianic Cult" " CHAPTER V The Library of the Witches The Sibylline Books The Grimoires Ie Grand Albert The Witches' Bible Zekerboni Printed and Manuscript Books of Spells The Scene of Conjuration described by Restif de la Bretonne CHAPTER VI The Magus of Francis Barrett Today Ceremonial Magic The Evil Eye Ranks of Demons Necromancy Evocations Ebenezer Sibly Satanism Today Obeah Witchcraft in Mauritius CHAPTER VII Sympathetic Magic Wax Images Figurines The Covens The Grand Master Levitation The Sabbat Incubi and Succubae The Black Mass

Product Description:

Historical overview of demonology and the occult defines witchcraft and examines ceremonial practices, the casting of spells and conjuring, celebration of the Black Mass, and much more. A masterfully written, highly readable work.

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• Editore: Dover Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0486411257
• ISBN 13: 9780486411255
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 228