The occult, witchcraft & magic

an illustrated history

Also known as Occult, witchcraft and magic

by Christopher Dell

First published:
21st century
Language: English

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Description

Description from Wellcome Collection

From the earliest Paleolithic cave rituals, magic has gripped the imagination. Magic and magicians appear in early Babylonian texts, the Bible, Judaism and Islam. Secret words, spells and incantations lie at the heart of every mythological tradition. Today, magic means many things: contemporary Wicca is practised widely as a modern pagan religion in Europe and the US; 'magic' also evokes the cathartic rituals of Chaos magic, but stretches to include the non-spiritual, rapid-fire sleight of hand performed by slick stage magicians who fill vast arenas. The book is packed with authoritative text and a huge and inspired selection of images, chosen from unusual and hidden sources. The material is presented in 100 entries, and includes some of the best-known representations of magic and the occult from around the world.

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Alchemy and Hermeticism, Occultism and esotericism, Ritual magic and grimoires, and Witchcraft and folk magic.

Occultism and esotericism
Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary matched “Occultism”. Retained metadata contains “occult” in the title, “occult” in the alternative title, “occult” in the description, and 2 additional metadata match(es).
- “Occultism”· via Open Library
- “occult”· in title
- “occult”· in alternative title
- “occult”· in description
- “Occultism”· in subject
- “occult”· in edition title
Ritual magic and grimoires
Controlled discovery queries from wellcome matched “ritual magic”. Retained metadata contains “Magic” in the title, “Magic” in the alternative title, “Magic” in the description, and 3 additional metadata match(es).
- “ritual magic”· via Wellcome Collection
- “Magic”· in title
- “Magic”· in alternative title
- “Magic”· in description
- “Spells”· in description
- “Magic”· in subject
Witchcraft and folk magic
Retained metadata contains “Witchcraft” in the title, “Witchcraft” in the alternative title, “Wicca” in the description, and 2 additional metadata match(es).
- “Witchcraft”· in title
- “Witchcraft”· in alternative title
- “Wicca”· in description
- “Witchcraft”· in subject
- “Witchcraft”· in edition title
Alchemy and Hermeticism
Retained metadata contains “Alchemy” in the subject metadata.
- “Alchemy”· in subject

Membership records how this book met the catalog’s discovery criteria — relevance to a tradition, not a judgment of the book’s claims.

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Edition	Date	Publisher	Language	ISBN	Access	Links
an illustrated history Wellcome Collection bibliographic record 399 pages : illustrations (some colour), music, portraits ; 27 cm	2016	Thames & Hudson	English	9780500518885 0500518882	Print-disabled access	Open Library (opens in a new tab) Wellcome Collection (opens in a new tab)