The Book of Black Magic and of Pacts;Including the Rites and Mysteries of Goetic Theurgy, Sorcery, and Infernal Necromancy, Also the Rituals of Black Magic

• Author(s): Arthur Edward Waite,
• Publisher: Read Books
• Pages: 338
• ISBN_10: 1528770048
  ISBN_13: 9781528770040
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / General , Literary Collections / General , Body, Mind & Spirit / Mysticism , Body, Mind & Spirit / Occultism , Body, Mind & Spirit / Magick Studies , Philosophy / Religious , Religion / Demonology & Satanism , Religion / Wicca ,

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An exhaustive guide to the occult, featuring passages on folklore, occultist history, and magic ceremony.

First published in 1898, The Book of Black Magic and Pacts contains a large number of magic spells and occult writings taken from a variety of sources. This volume is one of the greatest overviews of the occult. Written by Arthur Edward Waite, influential scholarly mystic and co-creator of the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot deck.

The contents of this volume feature:

- The Literature of Ceremonial Magic

- The Antiquity of Magical Rituals

- The Rituals of Transcendental Magic

- The Rituals of Black Magic

- The Initial Rites and Ceremonies

- Concerning the Descending Hierarchy

- The Mysteries of Infernal Evocation According to the Grand Grimoire

- The Method of Honorius

- Miscellaneous and Minor Processes

- Concerning Infernal Necromancy

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