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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

Allen T.B. POSSESSED - THE TRUE STORY OF AN EXORCISM iUniverse.com Inc. 2000 Pb 328pp Small indentation to front cover and corners bumped o/w G-VG £5. For 40 years, the truth about the exorcism of 14 year old Robbie Mannheim remained a mystery. Then a priest's diary, hidden in a locked room in the mental ward of a St Louis hospital, came to light - a diary written by one of the Jesuit priests who witnessed the bizarre and harrowing events firsthand. Over the period of several terrifying months, the Mannheim family was caught in a titanic struggle whilst physicians, psychiatrists, and clergy fought for the soul of their child against a power that identified itself with Satan. In this book, acclaimed author and journalist Thomas B. Allen reveals what he found in the priest's diary as well as his interviews with witnesses to the exorcism of Robbie Mannheim. The evidence Allen uncovered in his investigations is so shocking, so chilling and so totally credible, it will challenge everything you believe - or don't believe about the forces of good and evil.

Barlow P. THE WITCHES OF PENDLE PBC 1990 Pb 36pp Drawings Large format VG £3. Striking drawings bring to life this trial and hanging of witches in 1612 in the UK.

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.

Dedopulos T. WIZARDS - A MAGICAL HISTORY TOUR Carlton 2001 Hb 123pp Dw Profusely illustrated VG+ £6. There are many tales of wizards and wizardry. Wizards are often portrayed as old men with long flowing robes, pointed hats and white beards when in fact they exist in many forms. Some have been passed through legend and myth, the most famous of whom is probably Merlin. Others, such as the Elizabethan, John Dee, have their basis in historical reality. Some such as Gandalf and Harry Potter are fictional wizards whose fame matches many older legends. This book also investigates the true nature of wizards and how they can be distinguished from other magical beings. The tools that wizards need, the locations that they favour, the different sorts of magic and sorcery they use. This is the ultimate reference for all things associated with these fabulous folk. Welcome to the wonderful world of wizards - a magical, mystical world of enchantments, sorcery and mythology where nothing is quite what it seems...

Frazier J.G. THE GOLDEN BOUGH - A STUDY IN MAGIC AND RELIGION - ABRIDGED EDITION Papermac 1992 Pb 714pp Larger format VG £4.50. First published in a mammoth twelve-volume edition in 1922, The Golden Bough was quickly recognised as a unique survey of myth, magic and religion through the whole spectrum of world and time. This condensed edition made the author's groundbreaking masterwork accessible to a much wider audience and has remained a constant bestseller. Its title is taken from the Turner painting of the goddess Diana in her mirror lake at Nemi. The author sets out the seminal themes of myth and magic that emerge again and again throughout the history of human imagining. Such themes as the death of the fisher king, the magical mistletoe sprig and the sacred oak grove are traced through the rituals of ceremony and sacrifice from ancient Greece, through the druid and shaman traditions and the worlds of Odin and Arthur, to the bedrock of image and symbol that underlies the once and future consciousness of humankind.

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.

Mumford J. SEXUAL OCCULTISM - THE SORCERY OF LOVE IN THEORY AND PRACTICE Compendium 1977 Pb 88pp Larger format Illus in colour photographs VG £4. A book that reveals the once hidden and forbidden practices of sex magic. The author, an initiate in Tantra Yoga, looks at both Eastern and Western sex magic including Tantra, Kundalini, witchcraft and other systems. Guiding the reader through a series of exercises for developing psycho-sexual power, the book shows how sex can be used to bring about psychic energy arousal, altered states of consciousness and mystical experience.

Paine L. WITCHES IN FACT AND FANTASY Hale Hb 1st Gb Ed 184pp Illus Ex-Lib Dw (tears and nicks to edges and some creasing o/w P-G) Contents: F.e.p. missing o/w G+ £4. Although witchcraft evolved into an western phenomenon, its origin goes as far back into history as the written word, and earlier, and by one name or another, it appeared on every continent. But it only reached its prime during the rather lengthy period of flux in Europe when Christianity went bloodily and zealously to work stamping out paganism. That was when witches became most numerous, and it was also the period for witches and witchcraft to become stereotyped. Witches have changed very little since those days, and are only slightly less numerous in the twentieth century than they presumably were in the fifteenth century. The number of people who depend upon witchcraft in the twentieth century is also only slightly diminished.

Riva A. VOODOO HANDBOOK OF CULT SECRETS International Import 1991 Pb 48pp Drawings VG £3. An A-Z Guide to magic, witchcraft, spells, serpent worship, ceremonial rites, etc plus how to use herbs, roots, oils, powders and stones.

Various THE Q DIRECTORY 1980-81 - OCCULT PAGAN & NEW AGE GROUPS SERVICES & PUBLICATIONS Pallas-Aquariana Pb 110pp illus G+ £2. One of the most notably Aquarian characteristics of the present time is the great increase in communication between people of diverse ways of thinking. Barriers are breaking down, views are being shared and different paths explored by people who have in common only that they are forward looking, open-minded and generous hearted. The aim of the Q Directory is to facilitate interchange and exploration and it is now firmly established as a guide to a very wide range of Aquarian Age groups and services. This, the third Directory, covers occult, ritual magic and pagan groups, humanistic psychology, alternative medicine, conferences and festivals, occult and New Age magazines, astrological and clairvoyant consultants, yoga groups, shops and mail order establishments supplying occult books and equipment, incenses, herbs, etc, examples of almost every type of enlightened and forward looking thought and activity for the adventurous to explore. All the information contained herein has been supplied by the contributors,and the editors cannot take responsibility for any of the claims made by the groups or individuals concerned. We hope that you will find the Q Directory interesting and useful.

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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