Conjuring Spirits: Texts and Traditions of Medieval Ritual Magic

by Claire Fanger, Michael Camille, Nicholas Watson, et al.

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271025174
• ISBN13: 9780271025179
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"