Witchcraft, Magic & AlchemyFrom raising the dead and foretelling the future to possession, curses, Kabbalah, alchemy, and more, this historical tour of the occult offers a captivating exploration of sorcery and ceremonial magic. Prepared by a noted French historian, it ventures into virtually all of the classical arts, with 375 high-quality black-and-white illustrations derived from paintings, illuminated manuscripts, sculpture, and architecture, as well as a vast body of literature that includes many rare and beautiful manuscripts from private collections. |
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Brukerevaluering - seldombites - LibraryThingIllustrated Anthology of Sorcery, Magic and Alchemy is a very interesting delve into the history of, and attitudes towards, the occult. The chapters dealing with magic and alchemy were interesting ... Les hele vurderingen
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FIG PAI3E | 13 |
FIG PAGE | 14 |
THE THREE COLOURS | 18 |
BOOK I | 21 |
t0 THE DESCENT OF JESUS INTO HELL | 34 |
ry HELL | 39 |
DIABOLIC MANIFESTATIONS IN THE RELIGIOUS LIFE | 40 |
t9 THE TEMPTATION OF ST ANTHONY | 42 |
DR FAUSTUS | 111 |
THE OPERATION OF URIEL SERAPHIM | 112 |
SPECIMEN OF THE BOOK OF SPIRITS | 113 |
PACTS WITH DEMONS n3 X SOME CONCRETE NOTIONS ABOUT DEMONS FURNISHED BV OLD AUTHORS | 115 |
THE DEVIL FORCES A PACT UPON THOSE WHO HAVE MADE HIM APPEAR | 116 |
AUTOGRAPH PACT OF URBAIN GRANDIER | 119 |
A DEMON CARRTING AWAT A CHILD UNDER THE EVES OF ITS PARENTS WHO HAD PROMISED IT TO HIM BT PACT | T-18 |
roo THE DEMON BAAL | T-32 |
THE SORCERER AS PRIEST OF THE DEMONIACAL CHURCH | 50 |
WITCH RIDING A GOAT 85 | 51 |
THE PREPARATION FOR THE SABBATH i 3 | 55 |
a6 THE FOUR WITCHES 36 | 56 |
TRANSFORMATION OF SORCERERS | 69 |
ACROBATIC DANCE AT THE SABBATH | 82 |
6o CHILDREN ADMITTED TO THE SABBATH FOR THE FIRST TIME | 86 |
SATAN BAPTIZES THE SORCERERS ANEW | 87 |
THE SABBATH | 88 |
THE EVOCATION OF DEMONS | 90 |
7o THE TOWER OF THE ITCHES AT LINDHEIM | 93 |
THE BOOKS OF THE SORCERERS | 95 |
7t THE DEMON BELIAL PRESENTING HIS CREDENTIALS TO SOLOMON | 99 |
7a THE DEMON BELIAL DANCING BEFORE SOLOMON | 100 |
BELIAL AND FOUR OTHER DEMONS APPEARING BEFORE SOLOMON | 101 |
THE MAGIC CIRCLE ro4 75 THE MAGIC CIRCLE | 102 |
THE MAGIC CIRCLE t26 77 THE MAGIC CIRCLE ro6 78 THE TRIANGLE OF THE PACTS | 104 |
8t PENTACLE FOR CONJURING INFERNAL SPIRITS no 8z THE GREAT PENTACLE | 110 |
1n READING THE BLACKBOOK | T-41 |
ta3 THE PIERRE DE COUHARD AT AUTUN WHICH CONTAINS A DEMON | T-50 |
INVOLUNTART DEMONIACS t39 XII POSSESSION BT DEMONS I53 XIII NECROMANCT OR THE EVOCATION OF THE DEAD | T-67 |
SPELLS | T-77 |
PHILTRES AND DEATHSPELLS | T-87 |
PARACELSUS | T-89 |
9a PARAPHERNALIA OF SORCERT USED BT HENRI III tx HIS SATANIC OPERATIONS ta3 93 THE CASTLE OF VINCENNES AND ITS KEE... | T-93 |
SATAN ON HIS THRONE | T-94 |
THE PUNISHMENT OF SORCERERS | T-95 |
THE DEMONS THEUTUS AND ASMODEUS AND THE INCUBUS | T-96 |
RHABOOMANCY OR THE ART OF USING THE DIVININGROO | A-3 |
BOOK II | A-5 |
ASTROLOGT AND THE MICROCOSM | AB-1 |
METOPOSCOPT OR THE SCIENCE OF THE FRONTAL LINES a49 V PHTSIOGNOMT | A-49 |
CHEIROMANCT z6 VII CARTOMANCT AND THE TAROT | A-62 |
THE DIVINATORT ARTS | 303 |
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