Forbidden Rites : A Necromancer's Manual of the Fifteenth Century /

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Preserved in the Bavarian State Library in Munich is a manuscript that few scholars have noticed and that no one in modern times has treated with the seriousness it deserves. Forbidden Rites consists of an edition of this medieval Latin text with a full commentary, including detailed analysis of the...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kieckhefer, Richard (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: University Park, PA : Penn State University Press, [1998]
Series:Magic in History
Subjects:
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek. > Manuscript. > Clm 849.
Magic > History.
Demonology > History.
Démonologie > Histoire.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Magick Studies.
A Necromancer's Manual of the Fifteenth Century.
Bavarian State Library.
European.
History.
Magic in History.
Munich.
Picatrix.
Richard Kieckhefer.
Roger Bacon.
Thesaurus Necromatiae.
astral magic.
book of magic.
catalogue of spirits.
ceremonies.
commentary.
comparison.
conjurations.
consecrating.
detailed analysis.
historical context.
late Middle Ages.
magicians.
medieval Latin text.
prayers.
rituals.
sympathetic magic.
translation.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • TABLES
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • 1 INTRODUCTION: MAGICAL BOOKS AND MAGICAL RITES
  • 2 THE MUNICH HANDBOOK OF NECROMANCY: Clm 849
  • 3 BANQUETS, HORSES AND CASTLES: ILLUSIONIST EXPERIMENTS
  • 4 LOVE, FAVOUR AND MADNESS: PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPERIMENTS
  • 5 LEARNING HIDDEN AND FUTURE THINGS: DIVINATORY EXPERIMENTS
  • 6 FORMULAS FOR COMMANDING SPIRITS: CONJURATIONS AND EXORCISMS
  • 7 DEMONS AND DAIMONS: THE SPIRITS CONJURED
  • 8 THE MAGIC OF CIRCLES AND SPHERES
  • 9 CONCLUSION
  • The Necromancer's Handbook in Clm 849: Fols 3r-108v
  • PLATES
  • SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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