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Raising hell : a concise history of the black arts--and those who dared to practice them / by Robert Masello.

By: New York, NY : Berkley Pub. Group, 1996Edition: First editionDescription: xv, 234 pages : color illustration ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780399522383 (paperback)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BF 1411 .M32 1996
Summary: Here, in one spellbinding volume, is a history of the major occult arts - necromancy, sorcery, astrology, alchemy, and prophecy - as they have been practiced from ancient Babylon to the present day. Raising Hell weaves history with myths, quotes, anecdotes, and illustrations to provide a vivid chronicle of the evolution of the occult arts. From the origins of the pentagram and the sacred circle, to the incantations of necromancers, to the prophecies of Nostradamus, this definitive source offers a compelling look at the black arts ... and those who risked their lives - and some say souls - to explore them.

"A Perigee book."

Includes bibliographical references.

Here, in one spellbinding volume, is a history of the major occult arts - necromancy, sorcery, astrology, alchemy, and prophecy - as they have been practiced from ancient Babylon to the present day. Raising Hell weaves history with myths, quotes, anecdotes, and illustrations to provide a vivid chronicle of the evolution of the occult arts. From the origins of the pentagram and the sacred circle, to the incantations of necromancers, to the prophecies of Nostradamus, this definitive source offers a compelling look at the black arts ... and those who risked their lives - and some say souls - to explore them.

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