Martin Del Rio
Investigations into Magic
Peter Maxwell-Stuart(Author)
Manchester University Press
Published on 27. July 2000
Book
Hardback
304 pages
978-0-7190-4976-7 (ISBN)
Description
This is the first English translation of one of the most important, interesting and comprehensive discussions of the occult sciences ever published. Investigations into magic deals not only with magic in all its forms, from the manipulation of angelic and demonic powers to straightforward conjuring and illusion, but also with witchcraft, alchemy, astrology, divination, prophecy, and possession by evil spirits. In addition, Del Rio gives judges and confessors practical advice on the most effective ways of dealing with people who are accused of practising magic, and enlivens his whole discussion with anecdotes drawn from a remarkable range of sources, including his own experience. Nothing so panoramic had ever appeared before, and for the next one hundred and fifty years Investigations into magic was the indispensable reference work on the subject. -- .
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Manchester
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7190-4976-7 (9780719049767)
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Person
P. G. Maxwell-Stuart is a Lecturer in the School of History at the University of St. Andrews
Content
Magic in general, and natural and artifical magic in particular; magic involving evil spirits; harmful magic and superstition; divination; the duty of judges in dealing with workers of harmful magic - or, the judicial process in relation to the crime of magic; the duty of a confessor.