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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

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Contents23 chapters

  1. 01BLACK ARTS!
  2. 02The Devil’s Legacy.
  3. 03BLACK ART.
  4. 04WITCHCRAFT.
  5. 05COMPACTS WITH THE DEVIL.
  6. 06HOPKINS, THE WITCH-FINDER, AND HIS VICTIMS.
  7. 07APPARITION OF A LIVING MAN.
  8. 08PROVIDENTIAL FOREBODINGS.
  9. 09LOTTERY PRIZES WON BY DREAMS.
  10. 10REMARKABLE FULFILLMENT OF A PREDICTION.
  11. 11EXTRAORDINARY FOREWARNING,
  12. 12THE “WHITE LADY.”
  13. 13OF MEDICAL HERBS.
  14. 14THE FAMOUS ELIXIR OF LIFE.
  15. 15FOLK-LORE OF PINS.
  16. 16SEEING WITH THE EYES CLOSED.
  17. 17PREVOYANT VISION OF JOHN KNOX.
  18. 18THE DIVINING ROD.
  19. 19DIVINING ROD.
  20. 20SALEM WITCHES,
  21. 21Transcriber’s Note
  22. 22THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE
  23. 23"Cover"

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