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University Park, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2006. NEW, Hardcover Sealed In Publisher Shrinkwrap. "In the Middle Ages, textual amulets short texts written on parchment or paper and worn on the body were thought to protect the bearer against enemies, to heal afflictions caused by demonic invasions, and to bring the wearer good fortune. In Binding Words, Don C. Skemer provides the first book-length study of this once-common means of harnessing the magical power of words. Textual amulets were a unique source of empowerment, promising the believer safe passage through a precarious world by means of an ever-changing mix of scriptural quotations, divine names, common prayers, and liturgical formulas. Although theologians and canon lawyers frequently derided textual amulets as ignorant superstition, many literate clergy played a central role in producing and disseminating them. The texts were, in turn, embraced by a broad cross-section of Western Europe. Saints and parish priests,…
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Binding Words : Textual Amulets in the Middle Ages (Magic in History)
by Don C Skemer
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Embracing the Darkness : A Cultural History of Witchcraft
by John Callow
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London/New York: I. B. Tauris, 2010. New.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. New/New. Illus. by Plate Section. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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The Night Battles : Witchcraft & Agrarian Cults in the Sixteenth & Seventeenth Centuries (RLE: Witchcraft 4)
by Carlo Ginzburg, John & Anne Tedeschi (Trans.)
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London and New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2011. NEW / UNREAD.. First Thus, Stated 2011 Printing. Hard Cover. New/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo size - 9½" tall.
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Ecstasies : Deciphering the Witches' Sabbath
by Carlo Ginzburg, Raymond Rosenthal (Trans.)
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New York: Pantheon Books, 1991. NEW in Dust Jacket (see scan). Shelfwear, bump to top edge front board (see scan). First American Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover, Cloth Spine. New/New. Illus. by Maps, Glossy Plate Section. 8vo - over 9¼" tall.
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The Magic Makers : Magic and Sorcery Through the Ages
by David Carroll
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New York: Arbor House, 1974. An Unread copy, just a touch of age. Dust Jacket, light wear (see scan), price clipped.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover/Cloth/Sewn Binding. Near Fine/Very Good+. Illus. by Copious Plates, Line Drawings, Diagrams, Tables, etc. 8vo - over 8¼" tall.
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Visions of Heaven and Hell
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London: Orbis Publishing, 1977. A seemingly Shelved, Unread copy. Touch of wear, age, otherwise Fine.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Copious Illustrations, Photographs, Full Page Plates, Many in Color. 4to - over 11½" tall. Oversized Safely, Securely packed.
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The Secret of the World, a Novel of Alchemy and Mischief
by Robin Chapman
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Great Britain: Sinclair-Stevenson Ltd., 1997. Just a touch of age, still Fine, in Fine DJ.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Devils
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England/New Jersey: EP Publishing Limited/Rowman & Littlefield, 1974. Appears Unread. A Fine copy, in Fine DJ. Shares ISBN: 0-87471-464-8.. Facsimile Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Fifty Illustrations. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Little Poems In Prose
by Charles Baudlaire, Translated By Aleister Crowley
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Paris: Edward W. Titus, 1928. Copy #14, of the "First Edition Limited To 800 Copies". Fine, seemingly Shelved, Unread. Spine shows light extremity rubbing (see image), still FINE, with titling to spine and front board remarkably preserved, and Quite Rare Thus. T.E.G (Top Edge Gilt), others uncut. Internally FINE as well, with tipped-in slip to the half-title, "The quota of this edition apportioned to the United States of America sold by Random House, New York". Translated by Aleister Crowley, with several added versions of the Epilogue by various hands [in fact by Crowley] and twelve copperplate engravings from the original drawings by Jean de Bosschere. Edward W.Titus. Paris. 1928. pp. xi, 147.[pp. 1-143 consist of sheets from the 1913 edition.] [Yorke 67. (b)].. First Edition Limited/Numbered. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. Illus. by Jean De Bosschere. 8vo - over 7½" tall.
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Enochian Chess of the Golden Dawn : A Four-Handed Chess Game : Llewellyn's Golden Dawn Series
by Chris Zalewski, Adam Mclean (Foreword), Pat J. Zalewski (Preface)
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St. Paul, Minnesota: Llewellyn Publications, 1994. NEW (see scan), light page tone as per usual.. First Edition, First Printing. Soft Cover. New. Illus. by Numerous Full Page Plates, Figures, Diagrams, Charts, Tables, etc. 8vo size - 9" tall.
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Italian Renaissance Frames at the V&A : A Technical Study
by Christine Powell, Zoe Allen
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GB, UK/MA, USA: Butterworth-Heinemann/Elsevier, 2010. New in DJ.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover, Sewn Binding. New/New. Large 4to - over 11" tall. Oversized Safely, Securely Packed.
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The Mansions of the Moon : A Lunar Zodiac for Astrology & Magic - SIGNED
by Christopher Warnock, Nigel Jackson (Illus.)
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N.p. [Iowa City, IA]: Renaissance Astrology, 2006. NEW / FIRST EDITION / SIGNED - Initialed, Dated, Sigiled, and Quite Artfully Done in Two Tone Pen, Outlined. Additionally Laid-in : "The Emerald Tablet", Thick Card with Rubricated Decorated Initial / "[Image] Renaissance Astrology" to verso. First Edition. Soft Cover. New. Illus. by Nigel Jackson 2004-6. 8vo size - 9" tall.
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The Rosicrucians : The History, Mythology, and Rituals of an Esoteric Order
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York Beach, Maine: Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1997. First Samuel Weiser Edition NEW in Dust Jacket (see scan). New / Unread Samuel Weiser, Inc. old stock, Rare in condition thus. Third Revised Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover, Cloth, Sewn. New/New. Illus. by Sixteen Page Glossy Plate Section. 8vo - over 9" tall.
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The Book of the Treasure of Alexander : Ancient Hermetic Alchemy & Astrology
by Christopher Warnock (Edited by), Nicholaj de Mattos Frisvold (Translated by)
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N.p. [Iowa City, IA]: Renaissance Astrology, 2010. NEW. First Edition. Soft Cover. New. Illus. by Numerous Images / Drawings / Symbols / Sigils Within Text. 8vo size - 9" tall.
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Babylonian Tarot - Book & Tarot Card Deck Box Set - SIGNED
by Sandra Tabatha Cicero (Chic Cicero)
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Woodbury, Minnesota: Llewellyn Publications, 2006. SIGNED BOOK / NEW SEALED DECK - New book Individually Signed, Inscribed, and Dated by both Sandra Tabatha Cicero and Chic Cicero with Publisher Sealed 83-card Deck, bumping to box (see scan).. First Edition, First Printing. Box Set. New. Illus. by Sandra Tabatha Cicero. 8vo size box - 8½" tall.
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Conjuring Spirits : Texts And Traditions Of Medieval Ritual Magic : Magic In History
by Claire Fanger (Edited by), Frank Klaassen, Juris Lidaka, John B. Friedman, Elizabeth I. Wade, Michael Camille, Robert Mathiesen, Nicholas Watson, Richard Kieckhefer
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University Park, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1998. FIRST PRINTING - NEW (see scan). New / Unread old stock - from the Publisher: "Conjuring Spirits contains both general surveys and analyses of magical texts and manuscripts by distinguished scholars in a variety of disciplines. Included are chapters by Richard Kieckhefer and Robert Mathiesen on the Sworn Book of Honorius, Michael Camille on the Ars Notoria, John B. Friedman on the Secretum Philosophorum, Nicholas Watson on the McMaster text, and Elizabeth Wade on Lullian divination. The work also includes Juris Lidaka's edition of the Liber de Angelis, and an overview of late medieval English ritual manuscripts by Frank Klaassen. This book will be invaluable for scholars and other readers interested in ritual magic in the later Middle Ages.". First Edition. Soft Cover. New. Illus. by 26 b&w Illustrations. 8vo size - 9¼" tall.
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Occult/Paranormal Bibliography : An Annotated List of Books Published in English, 1976 Through 1981
by Thomas C. Clarie
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Metuchen, N.J. & London: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1984. New, Sealed in Publishers Shrink Wrap.. First Edition. Hard Cover, Cloth. New/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Shamans in Asia
by Clark Chilson and Peter Knecht (Eds.), Peter Knecht, F. Georg Heyne, Anwarul Karim, Jean Mottin, John A. Grim, Takiguchi Naoko
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London and New York: RoutledgeCurzon Taylor & Francis Group, 2003. NEW / UNREAD. First Edition. Hard Cover. New. Illus. by Photographs. 8vo size - 9½" tall.
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Communing With the Spirits : The Magical Practice of Necromancy Simply And Lucidly Explained, With Full Instructions For The Practice
by Martin Coleman
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York Beach, Maine: Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1998. NEW in Dust Jacket (see scan). New / Unread Samuel Weiser, Inc. old stock, Rare in condition thus.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover, Cloth, Sewn. New/New. 8vo - 8½" tall.
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Manifold Unity : The Ancient World's Perception of the Divine Pattern of Harmony and Compassion (Wisdom of the East Series)
by Collum
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Boston/Rutland, Vermont/Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company, Inc., 1992 A New, Unread copy. This is a facsimile edition of the work originally published in London by John Murray in 1940.. First Facsimile Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover,Cloth,Gilt Stamping. New/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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