Martin Del Rio
Investigations into Magic
1st Edition
Published on 30. July 2024
304 pages
978-1-5261-8591-4 (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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English
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Manchester
United Kingdom
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978-1-5261-8591-4 (9781526185914)
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P. G. Maxwell-Stuart is a Research Fellow in the Department of History at the University of Aberdeen and an Honorary Lecturer in the Department of History in the University of St. Andrews -- .
Content
Introduction
Prologue, explaining why this treatise has been difficult to write, but why it was necessary to do so.
Book 1: Magic in general, and Natural and Artificial Magic in Particular.
Book 2: Magic involving Evil Spirits
Book 3: Harmful Magic and Superstition
Book 4: Divination
Book 5: The Duty of Judges in dealing with Workers of Harmful Magic; or, The Judicial Process in Relation to the Crime of Magic.
Book 6: The Duty of a Confessor -- .
Prologue, explaining why this treatise has been difficult to write, but why it was necessary to do so.
Book 1: Magic in general, and Natural and Artificial Magic in Particular.
Book 2: Magic involving Evil Spirits
Book 3: Harmful Magic and Superstition
Book 4: Divination
Book 5: The Duty of Judges in dealing with Workers of Harmful Magic; or, The Judicial Process in Relation to the Crime of Magic.
Book 6: The Duty of a Confessor -- .
