Conjuring Spirits : Texts And Traditions Of Medieval Ritual Magic : Magic In History

Claire Fanger (Edited by), Frank Klaassen, Juris Lidaka, John B. Friedman, Elizabeth I. Wade, Michael Camille, Robert Mathiesen, Nicholas Watson, Richard Kieckhefer

ISBN 10: 0271018631 / ISBN 13: 9780271018638

Published by The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1998

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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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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Conjuring Spirits : Texts And Traditions Of Medieval Ritual Magic : Magic In History
• Publisher: The Pennsylvania State University Press
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0271018631
• ISBN 13: 9780271018638
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Claire Fanger is a visiting faculty member at the University of Western Ontario. She is the co-editor of The Latin Verses in the "Confessio Amantis" (1991).