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Hb – Hardback Pb – Paperback BCA, SBC, CBC, RU, LC & Guild – Book Club Editions Dw – dustwrapper Ed – edited/edition Ex-lib – Ex Library copy f.e.p. – front end paper Illus – Illustrated Nd – no publishing date pp – printed pages Rpt – Repeat details Trans – translated o/w - otherwise

Bierce A. THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY - INTRODUCED BY MILES KINGTON The Folio Society 2003 Hb separate cover 365pp Drawings (illustrated by Peter Forster) F £7. The Devil's Dictionary was begun in a weekly paper in 1881, and was continued in a desultory way and at long intervals until 1906. In that year a large part of it was published in covers with the title "Cynic's Word Book", a name which the author had not the power to reject nor the happiness to approve. A conspicuous, and it is hoped not unpleasing feature of the book is its abundant illustrative quotations from eminent poets, chief of whom is that learned and ingenious cleric, Father Gassalasca Jape,S J, whose lines bear his initials. To Father Jape's kindly encouragement and assistance the author of the prose text is greatly indebted.

Cohen D. REAL MAGIC Dodd Mead & Co 1982 Hb 1st Ed? 106pp Illus Dw (slight tear top of front and top of back cover and some creasing to edges o/w G) Contents inscribed inside front cover by a previous owner illustrated with photographs and drawings G+ £4.50. When you say magic, what do you think of? A man on stage, who pulls rabbits out of hats? That's the performing side of magic. Stage magicians try to fool you with tricks and illusions. And they almost always do. There is another sort of magic, it is magic in which people claim they can do things that are supernatural, They say that they can call up a spirit from the dead. They say they have the power to call forth demons. They do things that science and common sense tell us cannot be done. Here are tales of that second kind of magic - real magic. There is the story of the famous Indian rope trick. There is a tale of voodoo death. There is the story of attempts to receive a message from the great Houdini from beyond the grave. Are these stories true? Did they really happen the way they were reported? Some people are sure that at least some of these stories are true. You can decide for yourself.

Curott P.W. BOOK OF SHADOWS - A MODERN WITCH REVEALS THE WISDOM OF WITCHCRAFT AND THE POWER OF THE GODDESS Piatkus 1999 Pb Larger format 289pp page ends slightly tanned and slight crease to front cover o/w VG £4.This is an amazing first-hand account of an ancient sacred spirituality. Phyllis Curott is a lawyer. In this powerful book she explains how she became involved with a modern, urban coven, and describes the extraordinary women she met and the timeless secrets she learned.

Drew A.J. WICCA FOR COUPLES - MAKING MAGIC TOGETHER New Page Books Pb 1st Ed 210pp VG £4. This book examines such issues as Archetype versus Stereotype, Wiccan Ritual versus Real Life, Clergy versus Guru, and as its title implies, Couples versus Coven. In so doing, this book gives us the foundation for rethinking the focus of our involvement with this religion in the context of our own deeply felt needs and desires rather than issues of pop culture and fashion. It shows us the potential for a modern Wicca based on the lives of the pre-Christian Pagans. This is a Wicca where the structure is founded on the natural bonding of a couple, rather than the seclusion of the solitary practitioner or the confines of a loveless coven. Where archetypes are more than just names, they are living examples of how we can better understand and strengthen our relationships, and thus build a worldview based on love rather than objectification. It also includes rituals for handfasting, Wicanning and hand-parting but also a discussion of how these sacred rituals have been almost trivialised in Wiccan culture and what steps we can take to return their sanctity. It explains why Wiccans declare sexual union The Great Rite, explains the sanctity of this union, and warns against its trivialisation. Most important, by examining Wiccan ritual, this book demonstrates how our rituals imitate life and how the living of that life is infinitely more important than what one does in formal circle.

Geddes & Grosset WITCHCRAFT - A FASCINATING ACCOUNT OF THE HISTORY OF WITCHCRAFT AND THOSE WHO WERE ACCUSED OF ITS PRACTICE - 2005 Pb 1st Ed 320pp Slight crease on back cover o/w G+ £4. At certain periods in history hysteria and paranoia overcame many societies, and with this came the belief that all their troubles were the result of witchcraft. For the alleged crime of witchcraft a simple accusation was often enough to guarantee the horrific torture of the accused to extract a confession, then he or she would be subjected to a protracted and agonising execution. This book traces the history of witchcraft, witch trials and the people who were accused of, or who confessed to, being witches. It also examines the symbols, objects and concepts claimed to be associated with witchcraft and looks at Wicca, the modern neo-pagan religion of benevolent magic.

Hole C. WITCHCRAFT IN ENGLAND BCA 1977 Hb 182pp Drawings by Mervyn Peake Slight foxing along page edges Dw G-VG £5. Witchcraft was practised in England from time immemorial. Pagan magic was denounced by the medieval church, but England escaped the continental Inquisition. It was not until the reign of Queen Elizabeth I that serious "witch-hunting" began. It was to last ... with all the ruthless trappings of informing, searching "swimming", prosecution and hanging ... for over 150 years. Few people know more about English witchcraft than Christina Hole, who sets the more sensational stories in a balanced context. Besides highlighting the famous individuals such as Elisabeth Francis with her spotted cat "Old Chattox" and Dr Dee, she examines the sort of people who become involved in witchcraft (including white witches, prophets and astrologers), the arts they practised, the "familiars" they used, the everyday needs they satisfied and the fear and hatred they aroused. She describes too, the violent persecution of the seventeenth century and the subsequent gradual decline of the belief in witchcraft. But the Act of 1736, which swept away the penal laws against "Witchcraft, Sorcery, Enchantment or Conjuration", could not eradicate popular beliefs and practices. Even now traces of the old faith flourish in our everyday superstitions and in the revived rituals and covens, but the fear and hatred surrounding witchcraft have vanished. Christina Hole is one of the most experienced and knowledgeable writers on all aspects of English folklore.

Konstantinos VAMPIRES - THE OCCULT TRUTH BCA 2002 Pb 186pp Larger format Slight crease on right hand side of page from front cover to page 61 o/w G-G+ £3. Konstantinos (New York) has studied the occult for almost ten years, and has helped several victims of psychic-vampire attacks. The facts are stranger than anything you may have read, heard, or imagined before now! Vampires. They really exist, and this book rips away the myth to expose their habits and lifestyles. This book divulges actual first-person encounters with vampires of all types - the ancient undead of folklore, contemporary mortal blood drinkers, and the most dangerous creatures of all: psychic vampires, who intentionally drain the life force from their victims. You will find many never-before-published case histories of recent contacts with vampires and their victims, including those encountered in the flesh by the author himself. You will read letters from modern vampires that tell of their hidden lives. You will even learn a fail-safe way to protect yourself from a psychic-vampire attack. Uncover the chilling truth about the legend that refuses to die.

Marvels & Mysteries RITUAL AND MAGIC Parragon 1997 Pb 110pp Profusely illustrated in colour Larger format VG £3.50. All through history, men and women have sought to make sense of, and ultimately to control, and at times hostile and terrifying world with rituals and ceremonies. Some of these have been coded into belief systems accessible to all, and have come to be known as religions. Others have remained occult, or hidden, and have created several parallel magical traditions. Aleister Crowley, the most notorious of 20th century magicians, once defined magic as using the scientific methods of experiment and observation to achieve mystical knowledge. This book examines the development of ritual and magic, and the way people as diverse as alchemists and priests, saints and Nazis, have used them, and the power they bring, for their own ends.

McNally R. & Florescu R. IN SEARCH OF DRACULA New English Library 1979 Hb 190pp 60 b&w illus Dw (edges creased/nicked o/w G) Contents VG £8. The greatest vampire in literature is here traced back to a real 15th century Romanian prince. Count Dracula, the hero of Bram Stoker's late 19th century novel, by day walked the streets of Victorian England, by night drank blood from the necks of Victorian ladies. The authors are serious scholars who specialise in Eastern European history have spent 10 years investigating Prince Dracula. They have located his mountain retreat. They have traced Stoker's extraordinary knowledge of the real Dracula and of Transylvanian legends, related it to the development of his fictional Dracula, and analysed vampirism in all its forms, legend, literature, film and reality.

Moorcock M. WIZARDRY AND WILD ROMANCE - A STUDY OF EPIC FANTASY Victor Gollancz Pb Larger format 155pp slight crease on the top corner of the front cover o/w G+ £4. The author escorts us on a fantastic journey to worlds where medieval romance engages with modern pulp fiction, where 19th century Gothic rubs shoulders with Celtic saga - to worlds where the forces of history and imagination triumphantly unite.

Wilcock J. A GUIDE TO OCCULT BRITAIN - THE QUEST FOR MAGIC IN PAGAN BRITAIN Sphere 1977 Pb 309pp Pages lightly tanned o/w G-VG £4. In this practical yet fascinating guide John Wilcock presents the five routes which he followed in his own personal quest for arcane knowledge. The routes lead the reader through the South, the West (Devon and Cornwall), Wales, the North (including Scotland) and London, taking in the maximum number of sites and sights - all of which have some "magical" or "occult" significance. Besides detailing the physical structures to be seen, John Wilcock tells some of the many myths and legends of each area - like that of the witch of Wookey Hole, or the giant who married a Christian saint. All in all, here is a book that is to be enjoyed and employed in your own quest for magic in pagan Britain.

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