Fifteenth-century document provides instructions -- for the period's professional magicians and sorcerers -- for evoking good and evil spirits, divining rare metals and treasures, warding off evil magic, healing illnesses, rendering oneself invisible, reading minds, working black magic, and more. An entertaining medieval course in legerdemain -- one of the most important books in the history of occultism.
Here's a sample of other books in this Dover category
The Concise History of Freemasonry by Robert Freke Gould, Frederick J. W. Crowe This authoritative survey by a Masonic historian traces the development of "the Craft" from ancient to modern times, chronicling its spread throughout Europe, the Far East, Africa, and the Americas.
The Symbolism of the Tarot by P. D. Ouspensky Foremost modern occultist, in secret reverie-visions explaining Greater Arcana, deeper meanings. Cards (Waite set) reproduced in color on covers.
The History of Atlantis by Lewis Spence Scientists who formerly dismissed the legend of Atlantis were obliged to reconsider their views because of Lewis Spence, who wrote five books on the subject. This one is considered his best. Spence separates fact from fancy in the most authoritative study ever published on t...
The Serpent Power: The Secrets of Tantric and Shaktic Yoga by Arthur Avalon Considered the prime document for study and application of Kundalini yoga, this work probes the philosophical and mythological nature of Kundalini, the esoteric anatomy associated with it, and much more.
