Victorian Occultism and the Making of Modern Magic: Invoking Tradition by Alison Butler (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011) Hardcover

Victorian Occultism and the Making of Modern Magic: Invoking Tradition by Alison Butler (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011) HardcoverAlison Butler. Victorian Occultism and the Making of Modern Magic: Invoking Tradition, Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. Hardcover edition. 225 pages. Condition: Fine Description from the publisher: The late Victorian period witnessed the remarkable revival of magical practice and belief. Butler examines the individuals, institutions and literature associated with this revival and demonstrates how

through the Black Adept

and is the oldest grimoire so far published in the Sourceworks of Ceremonial Magic series

among many others – this varied and challenging topic is difficult to discuss using mere semantics

A Modern Art of Education

The first scholar to fully examine this myth in each of its myriad forms

particularly when contrasted with the gentler Rada

but aspects of Roman Catholicism

and the conflation of the three as divine aspects of the same Supreme Deity

Description from the publisher: In the religious systems of ancient Mesopotamia

Drawing on his own private collection of grimoires and magical manuscripts as well as his privileged access to the rare book archives of major European universities

for graduate or undergraduate courses

and Mysteries of the Goetia