Ritual magic
- 作者: Butler, E. M.
- 出版: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press 1998.
- 稽核項: viii, 328 p. :ill. ;24 cm.
- 叢書名: Magic in history
- 標題: Faust, , History and criticism. , Magic. , Faust, d. ca. 1540 Legends -- History and criticism. , Ritual.
- ISBN: 0271018461 , 9780271018461
- 附註: Previously published: R. Reginald, Borgo Press, 1980. 1st published in 1949 by the Syndics of the Cambridge University Press. This ed. 1st published in 1998 in the United Kingdon by Sutton Publishing Limited. Includes bibliographical references (p. 318-322) and index. Some ancient magical texts -- Poetical records of magic -- Jewish elements in magic -- The Solomonic cycle -- The disciples of Solomon - The Faustian School -- The Faustian adepts -- The art in England -- Exponents of the art.
- 系統號: 005330633
- 資料類型: 圖書
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There are three main branches of occult knowledge and practice; Astrology, which aims to guide human fortune by means of foreknowledge; Alchemy, which tries to secure power through the agency of the philosopher's stone; and Ritual Magic, which seeks to control the spirit world. Elizabeth Butler's classic study of the traditions and practices of ritual magic uses a wide range of texts and sources - from the pre-Christian rites of the Akkadians and Chaldeans to the Solomonic Clavicles of medieval Europe - to create a lively, detailed and absorbing history of human attempts to achieve mastery over the spirit world. Throughout, there is extensive quotation from the documents themselves, providing the reader with an authentic sense of the richness and power of these texts.
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