The Book of St. Cyprian: The Sorcerer's Treasure translated and with commentary by José Leitão (Hadean Press, 2014) Hardcover Edition

The Book of St. Cyprian: The Sorcerer's Treasure translated and with commentary by José Leitão (Hadean Press, 2014) Hardcover EditionJos Leito, translator. The Book of St. Cyprian: The Sorcerer's Treasure. West Yorkshire: Hadean Press, 2014. Hardcover edition. 481 pages. Condition: New Description from the publisher: A translation with extensive commentary of the Livraria Econmica edition of O Grande livro de S. Cypriano ou thesouro do feiticeiro, present in the Portuguese National Library in Lisbon a book so dangerous it needs to be kept in chains. In this book you will not find

Through careful historical research

It examines a large corpus of Norwegian manuscripts from 1650-1850 commonly called Black Books which contained a mixture of recipes on medicine

anthropologists

the divine and the diabolic

Conjure Codex V showcases that new ground with essays by some of the leading scholars and practitioners working today

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and shortly thereafter into Latin

Its extensive use of dependable and reproducible modern science as a device for conceptual metaphor

A chthonic and deeply rooted work

This perennial wisdom animates many global spiritual traditions

‘unique documents of sixteenth century magical practice: ones that deserve to be widely read and studied by scholars and practitioners alike since they preserve a detailed account of both the making and the use of a grimoire

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