THE BOOK OF BLACK MAGIC AND OF PACTS, INCLUDING THE RITES AND MYSTERIES OF GOETIC THEURGY, SORCERY AND INFERNAL NECROMANCY
Book Details + Condition: Increasingly scarce early edition from 1940 of author, noted occult scholar, Rider-Waite Tarot creator, and Golden Dawn initiate Arthur Edward Waite's classic grimoire. Published by The De Laurence Company (Chicago). Gilt decoration to black cloth boards; upper edge gilt. This copy has unusual binding, differing from the other 1940 editions. "Prepared for publication under the editorship of L.W. de Laurence, with text and illustrations of the London Edition of 1898 faithfully reproduced." 296 pages; illustrated. Contents include:
- Magical Rituals
- Ceremonial Magic
- White and Black Magic
- Transcendental Magic
- Key of Solomon the King
- Lesser Key of Solomon
- Goetic Magic
- Names and Offices of Evil Spirits
- And much more.
Firm binding; rubbed corners and edges; normal aging and shelf wear to boards, with some scuffing/rubbing and discoloration to cloth and leather binding; interior is clean and free of markings. All books are carefully packed, and shipped in boxes.
