The Book Of Black Magic

<p>An exhaustive guide to the occult featuring passages on folklore occultist history and magic ceremony.</p><p>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.</p><p>The contents of this volume feature:</p><p>- 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</p>