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No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reprographics rights organization. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above  \nYou must not circulate this book in any other binding or cover and you must impose the same condition on any acquirer A catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Data available  \nTypeset by SPI Publisher Services Ltd, Pondicherry, India Printed in Great Britain  \non acid-free paper by  \nClays Ltd, St Ives plc  \nISBN 978–0–19–920451–9  \n1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2  \nACKNOWLEDGEMENTS  \nMy parents, brother, sister, and Cline have been as supportive as ever in the writing and researching of this book. My mother and her sister also helped with translation. Thanks also to the following for their interest and advice or for providing sources and generously answering my queries: Willem de Blcourt, Ronald Hutton, David Lederer, Dave Evans, Soili-Maria Olli, Manfred Tschaikner, Caroline Oates, Francesca Matteoni, Steven Wood, Matthew Green, Rowland Hughes, Stephan Bachter, ´Eva P´ocs, Lisa Tallis, Jason Semmens, Laura Stark, Mar´ıa Tausiet, Hugh Sadleir, Johanna Jacobsen, Benedek Lang, Helen Boak, Enrique Perdiguero, Ane Ohrvik, Cecile Dubuis, and Tom Johnson. In collecting the source materials for this book I particularly appreciated the helpfulness of Jacques Pons (Archives Dpartementales des Landes), Evelyne Bacardatz (Archives de Bayonne), and Simone Shepherd (ACIJ publications officer) . I am also thankful for the valuable comments on an early typescript of the book provided by my publisher’s anonymous reviewer, and for the patience and suggestions of my editors at Oxford University Press, Luciana O’Flaherty and Matthew Cotton.  \nThis page intentionally left blank  \nCONTENTS  \nList of Illustrations ix  \nList of Plates xi  \nIntroduction 1  \n1. Ancient and Medieval Grimoires 6  \n2. The War against Magic 44  \n3. Enlightenment and Treasure 93  \n4. Across the Oceans 139  \n5. Rediscovering Ancient Magic 168  \n6. Grimoires USA 189  \n7. Pulp Magic 232  \n8. Lovecraft, Satan, and Shadows 262  \nEpilogue 278  \nPicture Acknowledgements 284  \nFurther Reading 285  \nNotes 291  \nThis page intentionally left blank  \nLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS  \n1. Dr Faustus depicted in seventeenth-century literature 49  \n2. First English edition of the Fourth Book of Occult Philosophy 51  \n3. Notebook of the early eighteenth-century Yorkshire cunning-man Timothy Crowther, containing a mix of conjurations, axioms, weather-signs and astrological calculations 58  \n4. Edition of Le Petit Albert, title page 99  \n5. Les vritables clavicules de Salomon. Eighteenth-century manuscript 102  \n6. Le grand grimoire. Eighteenth-century imprint 103  \n7. List of devils and spirits fr","cbCaiuMR8Xqcp879","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiuMR8Xqcp879","pdf",10110974,381,"English","# Introduction\n## 1. Ancient and Medieval Grimoires\n## 2. The War against Magic\n## 3. Enlightenment and Treasure\n## 4. Across the Oceans\n## 5. Rediscovering Ancient Magic\n## 6. Grimoires USA\n## 7. Pulp Magic\n## 8. 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