The Secrets of Black Arts!
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A typical examples of a 19th-century 'pulp' grimoire or occult compendium, designed for the mass market fascinations with the supernatural. The book contains a hodgepodge of historical accounts of witchcraft, descriptions of demonic rituals (often based on older primary sources like Agrippa or the Grimoires), and practical folk-magic recipes. It covers topics like spirit-rapping, animal magnetism, clairvoyance, and the history of demonic pacts. It serves as a fascinating snapshot of Victorian popular belief and its commercialization.
Also known asBlack Magic Secrets · Secrets of the Black Arts
This edition1850
EditionUnknown pulp publisher
Folk MagicFortune tellingCompacts with the DevilPopular Occultism / Folk MagicEuropean folkloretalisman creationDivination & PredictionsGoetic MagicFolklore & SuperstitionDaemonologyOccultismDivinationClairvoyancespirit conjurationAstrology and DivinationDark Magic & Sorcery
Contents23 chapters
- 01BLACK ARTS!
- 02The Devil’s Legacy.
- 03BLACK ART.
- 04WITCHCRAFT.
- 05COMPACTS WITH THE DEVIL.
- 06HOPKINS, THE WITCH-FINDER, AND HIS VICTIMS.
- 07APPARITION OF A LIVING MAN.
- 08PROVIDENTIAL FOREBODINGS.
- 09LOTTERY PRIZES WON BY DREAMS.
- 10REMARKABLE FULFILLMENT OF A PREDICTION.
- 11EXTRAORDINARY FOREWARNING,
- 12THE “WHITE LADY.”
- 13OF MEDICAL HERBS.
- 14THE FAMOUS ELIXIR OF LIFE.
- 15FOLK-LORE OF PINS.
- 16SEEING WITH THE EYES CLOSED.
- 17PREVOYANT VISION OF JOHN KNOX.
- 18THE DIVINING ROD.
- 19DIVINING ROD.
- 20SALEM WITCHES,
- 21Transcriber’s Note
- 22THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE
- 23"Cover"
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