Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (1949)
True first edition from 1949 of RITUAL MAGIC by E.M. Butler, in very well preserved condition. The boards and binding are solid and tight save for light shelfwear. The pages are crisp and clean. The dust jacket is in well preserved condition with some fraying to one corner and otherwise light shelfwear. It remains uncut, with the original price still showing. "Elizabeth Butler explores ritual magic using a wide range of texts, from the pre-Christian rites of the Akkadians and Chaldeans to the Solomonic Clavicles of medieval Europe. She quotes extensively from these documents, providing the reader with an authentic sense of their richness and power. Butler also examines the careers of noted magicians of the fifteenth to nineteenth centuries, the history of ceremonial magic in England, the myth of Satanism, and the rituals involved in the Faustian pact with the devil. Ritual Magic is essential reading for all interested in the history of magic and described occult practices." [Google Books]
