<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>This book is the second edition of a work which in its first edition was titled more provocatively&nbsp;</span>The Book of Black Magic and of Pacts<span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>. This book is an attempt to synthesize the procedures of all of the famous Grimoires. It draws on the&nbsp;</span>Key of Solomon<span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> the&nbsp;</span>Grimorium Verum<span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> the apocryphal&nbsp;</span>Fourth Book of Cornelius Agrippa<span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> and many others including the famous&nbsp;</span>Black Pullet<span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> or&nbsp;</span>Poulet Noir<span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>. While Waite is careful in his analysis of the various Grimoires he treats the subject matter skeptically. The result is an unparalleled look at the details of ceremonial magic.</span></p>