Raising Hell: A Concise History of the Black Arts and Those Who Dared to Practice Them
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St. Vitus’ dance—a neurological disorder and form of chorea, causing jerky and involuntary movement. A hysterical epidemic of the disease swept Europe in 1500s; victims sought help at Shrine of St. Vitus.
Schropfer, Johann Georg—(1730–84) necromancer and magician of Leipzig
scrying—divination through looking into a magic glass or crystal
Sendivogius, Michael—(1562–1646) alchemist and apprentice of Alexander Seton
Seton, Alexander—(1562–1646) Scottish alchemist
Shipton, Mother—(c.1486–1561) Yorkshire prophetess and witch
Sibly, Ebenezer—English astrologer and occultist in eighteenth century
Simon Magus—Samaritan magician of first century A.D.
Swedenborg, Emanuel—(1688–1772) Swedish mystic and author of Heaven and Hell
tarot—deck of seventy-eight cards used for divination
Tertullian—(c. 160–c.230) Carthaginian theologian
Tetragrammaton—the four letters comprising the Hebrew word for God
Trithemius, Johannes—(1462–1516) Benedictine abbot and author of treatise on natural magic, Steganographia
Valois, Nicolas—fifteenth-century alchemist and author of Cinq livres
Villanova, Arnold of—(1235–1312) skilled alchemist, theologian, and physician to Pope Clement V
widdershins—going to the left, the direction of evil
Zachaire, Denis—(b. c.1510) French alchemist who claimed in 1550 to have converted quicksilver to gold
Zekerboni—seventeenth-century grimoire composed by Pietro Mora or his coven, largely based on the Keys of Solomon
Zohar—commentary on the Pentateuch, included in the Cabbala
zoomancy—divination by studying the behavior of animals Zosimus of Panopolis—(c. third century A.D.) alchemist and writer
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The author also wishes to acknowledge the generous research assistance received from the William Grant Archives of the Occult.
ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
Frontispiece: Dr. Johann Faust glimpses the sign of the Macrocosm in his study. Engraving by Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, 1652.*
12: The demon Belial presenting his credentials to Solomon. From Jacobus de Teramo’s Das Buch Belial, printed at Augsburg, 1473.*
27: Demon carrying off a child promised to the Devil. From Geoffroy de Latour Landry’s Ritter vom Turn, printed by Michael Furter, Basle, 1493.*
35: Witch brewing up a storm. From Olaus Magnus’ Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus, Rome, 1555.*
36: Sorcerer selling a bag of wind (tied up in three knots of a rope). From Olaus Magnus’ Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus, Rome, 1555.*
37: Witches brewing up a hailstorm. From the title page of Ulrich Molitor’s De Ianijs et phitonicis mulierbus, printed by Cornelius de Zierikzee, Cologne, 1489.*
50: The House of the Witches at Bamberg. Seventeenth-century print preserved in the Staatsbibliothek
at Bamberg.*
56: The Witch of Endor evoking the Prophet Samuel. Johann Heinrich Schönfeld (seventeenth century). Author’s collection.*
71: The Necromantic Bell of Girardius. Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal, manuscript No. 3009 (eighteenth century).*
74: Dr. John Dee and Edward Kelley raising a dead person from the grave in an English cemetery. Mathieu Giraldo, Histoire curieuse et pittoresque des sorciers (Paris, 1846).*
83: The Devil forces a pact upon those who have conjured him up. Guaccius, Compendium Maleficarum.*
84: Satan rebaptizing young sorcerers. From R. P. Guaccius’ Compendium Maleficarum, Milan, 1626.*
101: Simon Magus, suspended by devils, Lucas Cranach. Schedel, Nuremberg Chronicle (1493).*
107: Bouc de la goétie Baphomet, the goat incarnation of the Devil. After Eliphas Lévi, from a pen drawing in a French occult manuscript La Magie Noire (Black Magic), nineteenth century.*
136: Pandemonium reigns in a Puffer’s Laboratory. Print by Breughel the Elder, engraved by Cock, sixteenth century.*
149: Paracelsus. Paracelsus, Astronomica et astrologica opuscula (Cologne, 1567). Author’s collection.*
160: The Comte de Saint-Germain, an Eighteenth-century Alchemist. Portrait engraved by Thomas.*
174: Exploration of a Mining Area by Means of the Divining-rod in the Sixteenth Century. Georg Agricola, De Re metallica (Basel, 1571).*
187: Palmistry Geography. Edward D. Campbell, The Encyclopedia of Palmistry, New York: A Perigee Book, 1996. Courtesy of Irving Perkins Associates.
188: Major Lines. Edward D. Campbell, The Encyclopedia of Palmistry. New York: A Perigee Book, 1996. Courtesy of Irving Perkins Associates.
218: Portrait of Nostradamus at the Age of Fifty-nine. Sixteenth-century print.*
*Indicates illustrations taken from Picture Book of Devils, Demons and Witchcraft by Ernst and Johanna Lehner, Dover Publications, Inc., 1971. Used by permission.
*Indicates illustrations taken from Picture Book of Devils, Demons and Witchcraft by Ernst and Johanna Lehner, Dover Publications, Inc., 1971. Used by permission.
*Indicates illustrations taken from Picture Book of Devils, Demons and Witchcraft by Ernst and Johanna Lehner, Dover Publications, Inc., 1971. Used by permission.
*Indicates illustrations taken from Picture Book of Devils, Demons and Witchcraft by Ernst and Johanna Lehner, Dover Publications, Inc., 1971. Used by permission.
*Indicates illustrations taken from Picture Book of Devils, Demons and Witchcraft by Ernst and Johanna Lehner, Dover Publications, Inc., 1971. Used by permission.
*Indicates illustrations taken from Picture Book of Devils, Demons and Witchcraft by Ernst and Johanna Lehner, Dover Publications, Inc., 1971. Used by permission.
*Indicates illustrations taken from Witchcraft, Magic & Alchemy by Grillot de Givry, translated by J. Courtenay Locke, Dover Publications, Inc., 1971. Used by permission.
*Indicates illustrations taken from Witchcraft, Magic & Alchemy by Grillot de Givry, translated by J. Courtenay Locke, Dover Publications, Inc., 1971. Used by permission.
*Indicates illustrations taken from Witchcraft, Magic & Alchemy by Grillot de Givry, translated by J. Courtenay Locke, Dover Publications, Inc., 1971. Used by permission.
*Indicates illustrations taken from Witchcraft, Magic & Alchemy by Grillot de Givry, translated by J. Courtenay Locke, Dover Publications, Inc., 1971. Used by permission.
*Indicates illustrations taken from Witchcraft, Magic & Alchemy by Grillot de Givry, translated by J. Courtenay Locke, Dover Publications, Inc., 1971. Used by permission.
*Indicates illustrations taken from Picture Book of Devils, Demons and Witchcraft by Ernst and Johanna Lehner, Dover Publications, Inc., 1971. Used by permission.
*Indicates illustrations taken from Witchcraft, Magic & Alchemy by Grillot de Givry, translated by J. Courtenay Locke, Dover Publications, Inc., 1971. Used by permission.
*Indicates illustrations taken from Picture Book of Devils, Demons and Witchcraft by Ernst and Johanna Lehner, Dover Publications, Inc., 1971. Used by permission.
*Indicates illustrations taken from Witchcraft, Magic & Alchemy by Grillot de Givry, translated by J. Courtenay Locke, Dover Publications, Inc., 1971. Used by permission.
*Indicates illustrations taken from Witchcraft, Magic & Alchemy by Grillot de Givry, translated by J. Courtenay Locke, Dover Publications, Inc., 1971. Used by permission.
*Indicates illustrations taken from Witchcraft, Magic & Alchemy by Grillot de Givry, translated by J. Courtenay Locke, Dover Publications, Inc., 1971. Used by permission.
*Indicates illustrations taken from Witchcraft, Magic & Alchemy by Grillot de Givry, translated by J. Courtenay Locke, Dover Publications, Inc., 1971. Used by permission.
*Indicates illustrations taken from Witchcraft, Magic & Alchemy by Grillot de Givry, translated by J. Courtenay Locke, Dover Publications, Inc., 1971. Used by permission.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Robert Masello is a writer and story editor on the original Showtime television series Poltergeist: The Legacy.
An award-winning journalist and author living in Los Angeles, he has written eleven previous books, which have been translated into six languages. Among these books are three novels of the occult (The Spirit Wood, Black Horizon, and Private Demons) and a nonfiction work entitled Fallen Angels . . . and Spirits of the Dark.
All rights reserved, including without limitation the right to reproduce this ebook or any portion thereof in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of the publisher.
Copyright © 1996 by Robert Masello
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