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 |
Vanlige uttrykk og setninger
Abraham Palingh according ALCHEMIC alchemists angel appear artist Ashtoreth astrologer Berbiguier Bibliotheque Black-book Breughel Cabbalistic called candle cartomancer CARTOMANCY cathedral CATHERINE DE MEDICIS cauldron cheiromancy Christian Church circle Clavicule Collin de Plancy conjure curious death-spell demoniac demons Devil diabolic divination doctrine dragon eighteenth century engraved entitled evil evocation exorcisms famous figure FOREHEAD MARKED give goat goblins Guaccius hand HANO head Hebrew Hell holding horoscope human incunabulum infernal Jean Jerome Cardan King Last Judgment Lord magic magician manuscript Mercury method metoposcopy Middle Ages mysterious NECROMANTIC NECROMANTIC BELL occult Olaus Magnus operation pact Paracelsus Paris pentacle person personage philosophers picture planets possessed priest reproduced Reverend Pere Robert Fludd Sabbath Satan Saturn says scene secret seventeenth century shown shows sixteenth century Solomon sorcerers soul spirits TALISMAN tarot Teniers thee thou tradition Ulrich Molitor witches woman Zodiac
Bibliografisk informasjon
| Tittel | Witchcraft, Magic & Alchemy Dover Occult Series |
| Forfatter | Grillot de Givry |
| Utgave | illustrert, nytrykk, revidert |
| Utgiver | Courier Corporation, 1971 |
| ISBN | 0486224937, 9780486224930 |
| Lengde | 394 sider |
| Eksporter sitat | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |