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050 00 $aBF1566$b.S86 2000
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049 $aMAIN
100 1 $aSummers, Montague,$d1880-1948.
245 10 $aWitchcraft and black magic /$cMontague Summers.
260 $aMineola, N.Y. :$bDover Publications,$c2000.
300 $a228 pages :$billustrations ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $aOriginally published: London ; New York : Rider, 1946.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aWhat is Witchcraft? -- How does One become a Witch? -- The Essential Pact -- The Familiar, in Human Shape and Animal -- How Acquired -- The Sacrileges of Witches -- The Reward of Blood -- Witchcraft at Cambridge and Oxford -- The Manichee Sorcerers -- Revolutionary Witchcraft -- The Witchcraft of the Templars -- Witchcraft and Politics -- The Origins of Witchcraft -- The Sons of God and the Daughters of Men -- Who was the First Witch? -- Assyrian and Egyptian Witchcraft -- The Mummies -- The "Dianic Cult" -- The Library of the Witches -- The Sibylline Books -- The Grimoires -- le Grand Albert -- The Witches' Bible -- Zekerboni -- Printed and Manuscript Books of Spells -- The Scene of Conjuration described by Restif de la Bretonne -- The Magus (1801) of Francis Barrett -- Ceremonial Magic -- The Evil Eye -- Ranks of Demons -- Necromancy -- Evocations -- Ebenezer Sibly -- Satanism Today -- Obeah -- Witchcraft in Mauritius -- Sympathetic Magic -- Wax Images -- Figurines -- The Covens -- The Grand Master -- Levitation -- The Sabbat -- Incubi and Succubae -- The Black Mass.
520 $aIntriguing, thoroughly researched volume provides expert historical view of demonology and the occult, drawing information from the Bible, literary classics, personal memoirs, correspondence, and court records. Scholarly, yet highly readable study defines witchcraft then examines ceremonial practices, the casting of spells and conjuring, celebration of the Black Mass, and much more. A masterfully written work for anyone interested in supernatural phenomena, this book has been hailed by critic H. L. Mencken as "learned, honest, and amusing."$bPublisher description.
590 $bInternet Archive - 2
590 $bInternet Archive 2
650 0 $aWitchcraft.
650 0 $aMagic.
650 7 $aMagic.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01005468
650 7 $aWitchcraft.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01176327
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/dover032/99053054.html
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