A TREASURY OF WITCHCRAFT
Book Details + Condition: Philosophical Library (New York). First Edition, 1961. Hardcover with dust jacket. 271 pages, with b&w illustrations throughout. A TREASURY OF WITCHCRAFT is an extensive collection of material on witchcraft and other occult practices from a variety of eras and cultures. The author, Harry E. Wedeck (1894-1996), was a linguist, classical scholar and writer whose literary forays into non-mainstream subjects included "Dictionary of Astrology," "A Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs," "A Treasury of Witchcraft" and "Triumph of Satan." His "A Treasury of Witchcraft" is effectively an encyclopedia of witchcraft and the occult arts, with contents including:
- Black and White Magic
- Magic Techniques
- Magic Spells
- Conjurations
- Incantations
- Periapts
- Formulas
- Operations of Magic
- Sympathetic Magic
- Herb Lore
- Magic Instruments
- Potions
- Wands
- Magic Circles
- Pentacles
- Raising the Devil and the Dead
- Satan the Arch Fiend
- Satanic Hierarchy
- Satanic Seals
- Satanic Pact
- Satanic Rites
- Exorcisms
- Necromantic Rites
- Black Mass, Sabbat
- Witches and Warlocks
- Appearance, Characteristics, Habits
- Lycanthropy
- Vampires
- Voodoo
- Manuals of Magic
- Who is Who in Witchcraft
- Goetic Diversions
- Divination
- Astrology
- Levitation
- Alchemy
- Witchcraft Versus the State
From the massive occult collection of King Lawrence Parker - academic, dissertation author, and book collector extraordinaire. Firm binding; light wear to boards and to DJ; interior is clean and free of markings.
