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9780719080531

Martin Del Rio Investigations into Magic

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  • ISBN13:

    9780719080531

  • ISBN10:

    0719080533

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2009-08-07
  • Publisher: Manchester University Press

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Summary

This is the first English translation of one of the most important, interesting and comprehensive discussions of the occult sciences ever published. Investigations into Magicdeals 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 practicing 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 yearsInvestigations into Magicwas the indispensable reference work on the subject.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

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

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