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For nearly three centuries Malleus Maleficarum (The Witches' Hammer) was the professional manual for witch hunters. This work by two of the most famous Inquisitors of the age is still a document of the forces of that era's beliefs. Under a Bull of Pope Innocent VIII, Kramer and Sprenger exposed the heresy of those who did not believe in witches and set forth the proper order of the world with devils, witches, and the will of...
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A pioneer in the promotion of interfaith dialogue, Paul Carus (1852–1919) was a highly regarded writer on philosophy and comparative religion and a major influence in introducing Buddhist and other Eastern ideas to the West. The History of the Devil is his magnum opus, exploring the evolution of the idea of evil and the concept of Satan from antiquity to modern times. Carus follows the devil around the world, highlighting satanic manifestations...
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Vividly detailed and highly readable, this classic history of witchcraft and demonology provides a thorough exploration of sorcery, Satanism, and every variety of the black arts. Reflecting popular folklore and theological opinions of the late medieval and early Renaissance periods, this survey of necromancy traces witchcraft from ancient times to the twentieth century, describing the link between heresy and the occult. Threaded with dramatic accounts...
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In The Lost Keys of Masonry (1923), Hall examines the ethical training required of a Freemason, and the character traits a Mason must "build" within himself. Freemasonry of the Ancient Egyptians (1937) explores the roots of Freemasonry in the initiatory temple rites of Pharaonic Egypt; and Masonic Orders of Fraternity (1950) chronicles the reemergence of Freemasonry in Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It surveys the lives of Masonry's...
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Fifteenth-century document provides instructions -- for the period's professional magicians and sorcerers -- for evoking good and evil spirits, divining rare metals and treasures, warding off evil magic, healing illnesses, rendering oneself invisible, reading minds, working black magic, and more. An entertaining medieval course in legerdemain -- one of the most important books in the history of occultism.
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