Book of Black Magic and of Pacts e-bog

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