The Black Arts.
New York, NY: Capricorn Books, 1967. Reprint. Softcover. Octavo. 374pp. The first US paperback edition of this popular overview of the subject, that tries to present it in a dispassionate and serious fashion. Publisher calls it "An absorbing account of witchcraft, demonology, astrology, and other mystical practices throughout the ages." Chapters include: The World of the Black Magician, Names and Numbers, The Cabala and the Names of Power, The Stone and the Elixir, Astrology, Ritual Magic, The Worship of the Devil, Appendix 1: The Grimoires, Appendix 2: The 'Hebrew' System in Numerology. Richard Cavendish (b. 1930), is an Oxford-educated author who has written numerous accessible but reliable books on different aspects of the occult and was editor of the "Man Myth and Magic" series. Covers a bit chafed and creased at edges, owner's ink stamp and blind seal inside front cover, ink stamp lower edge of title page, page edges lightly foxed, pages lightly browned. Still overall a tight, clean VG copy. Item #59306
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