An exhaustive guide to the occult, featuring passages on folklore, occultist history, and magic ceremony.
First published in 1898, The Book of Black Magic and Pacts contains a large number of magic spells and occult writings taken from a variety of sources. This volume is one of the greatest overviews of the occult. Written by Arthur Edward Waite, influential scholarly mystic and co-creator of the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot deck.
The contents of this volume feature:
- The Literature of Ceremonial Magic
- The Antiquity of Magical Rituals
- The Rituals of Transcendental Magic
- The Rituals of Black Magic
- The Initial Rites and Ceremonies
- Concerning the Descending Hierarchy
- The Mysteries of Infernal Evocation According to the Grand Grimoire
- The Method of Honorius
- Miscellaneous and Minor Processes
- Concerning Infernal Necromancy
Arthur Edward Waite's "The Book of Black Magic" represents an exhaustive guide to the occult, looking at lore, magick, occultist history, ceremony, and much more. It contains a large number of magical spells and occult writings taken from a variety of sources, and it constitutes one of the greatest overviews of occultism by one of the most influential figures in Western occultism. Arthur Edward Waite (1857 - 1942), more commonly referred to as A. E. Waite, was an British scholarly mystic and poet. He was a prolific writer on occult and esoteric subjects who also co-created the Rider-Waite Tarot deck. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with the original text and artwork.