The Book of Ceremonial Magic. The Secret Tradition in Goëtia, including the rites and mysteries of Goëtic theurgy, sorcery and infernal necromancy

<div> <p>This book is the second edition of a work which in its first edition was titled, more provocatively, <em>The Book of Black Magic and of Pacts</em>. This book is an attempt to synthesize the procedures of all of the famous Grimoires. It draws on the <em>Key of Solomon</em>, the <em>Grimorium Verum</em>, the apocryphal <em>Fourth Book of Cornelius Agrippa</em>, and many others, including the famous <em>Black Pullet</em>, or <em>Poulet Noir</em>. While Waite is careful in his analysis of the various Grimoires, he treats the subject matter skeptically. The result is an unparalleled look at the details of ceremonial magic.</p> <p><br></p> <p align="center">THE BOOK OF CEREMONIAL MAGIC </p> <p align="center">The Secret Tradition in Goëtia, including the rites and mysteries of Goëtic theurgy, sorcery and infernal necromancy.</p> <p align="center">By ARTHUR EDWARD WAITE </p> <p>"<em>Alii damones malos virtute divinorum nominum adjuratos, advocare solent, atque hæc est illa Necromantiæ species quæ dicitur malefica: vel in Theurgiam, quæ quasi bonis Angelis, divinoque numine regitur (ut nonnulli putant) cum sapissime tamen sub Dei, et Angelorum nominibus malis Dæmnoun illusionibus peragitur</em>."--ROBERT FLUDD.</p> <p align="center">London</p> <p align="center">[1913]</p> <h6 align="center">Scanned at sacred-texts.com, December, 2001-November 2002. J.B. Hare, Redactor</h6> <h6 align="center">Bibliographic note: This is the second edition of this book; the first edition was titled <em>The Book of Black Magic</em>, and published in 1898; the second edition contains substantially the same material as the first with some additions.--JBH</h6> <p> </p></div>