Isbn: 9780878770014 - ritual magic (6 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: Fair. Occult knowledge and practice can be divided into three main branches: astrology, which aims to guide human fortune by means of foreknowledge; alchemy, which tries to secure power through the agency of the philosopher's stone; and ritual magic, which seeks to control the spirit world. In this classic book (first published in 1949), Elizabeth Butler explores ritual magic using a wide range of texts, from the pre-Christian rites of the Akkadians and Chaldeans to the Solomonic Clavicles of medieval Europe. She quotes extensively from these documents, providing the reader with an authentic sense of their richness and power.Butler also examines the careers of noted magicians of the fifteenth to nineteenth centuries, the history of ceremonial magic in England, the myth of Satanism, and the rituals involved in the Faustian pact with the devil. Ritual Magic is essential reading for all interested in the history of magic and in the way that magic traditions change as they move from culture to culture and from century to century.…

Soft cover. Condición: Good. Cover is chips along the spine and bumped at the top and bottom of the spine. Cover corners are bumped and cover edges are chipped. Book pages are clean, Page 319 has been folded twice. Frontispiece is black and white of Faust sees the sign of the Macrocosm, after Rembrandt. Seven black/white illustrations and three text-figures.…

Paperback. Condición: Fair. Occult knowledge and practice can be divided into three main branches: astrology, which aims to guide human fortune by means of foreknowledge; alchemy, which tries to secure power through the agency of the philosopher's stone; and ritual magic, which seeks to control the spirit world. In this classic book (first published in 1949), Elizabeth Butler explores ritual magic using a wide range of texts, from the pre-Christian rites of the Akkadians and Chaldeans to the Solomonic Clavicles of medieval Europe. She quotes extensively from these documents, providing the reader with an authentic sense of their richness and power.Butler also examines the careers of noted magicians of the fifteenth to nineteenth centuries, the history of ceremonial magic in England, the myth of Satanism, and the rituals involved in the Faustian pact with the devil. Ritual Magic is essential reading for all interested in the history of magic and in the way that magic traditions change as they move from culture to culture and from century to century.…

Trade Paperback. Condición: VG-. used trade paperback edition. lightly shelfworn, corners a bit bumped, some creasing/scuffing/wear to covers. binding is straight and tight with no marks to text or other serious flaws.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. No. Hollywood, California: Newcastle Publishing Company, Inc., 1971. FIRST PRINTING - A gently read copy, binding Extremely tight and crisp, one light crease, with light age, light wear (see scan). A Very Good+ copy Indeed. First Edition Thus/First Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good+. Illus. by Frontispiece/Eight Plates w/ Three Full-page "Text-Figures". 8vo size - 8¼" tall.…

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