Old Books On Witchcraft

The Necronomicon was written in Damascus in 730 A.D. by Abdul Alhazred. An alternative derivation of the word Necronomicon gives as its meaning "the book of the customs of the dead"

It was made really popular with the masses in H.P. Lovecraft's 1924 short story "The Hound",[1] written in 1922, though its purported author, the "Mad Arab" Abdul Alhazred, had been quoted a year earlier in Lovecraft's "The Nameless City".[2] Among other things, the work contains an account of the Old Ones, their history, and the means for summoning them.

De Nigromancia, or, Concerning the Black Art, is a Latin manuscript attributed to Roger Bacon, first appearing some time in the 16th century. The text is concerned with Goetic summonings, especially of wraiths. Goetia is the common name for that branch of Ceremonial Magic that deals with the conjuration of infernal spirits or demons.

At Amazon currently the book can only be found as second hand, and it's not cheap either. However keep checking back as you might get it at a better price by another seller who decides to sell his own copy.

Regardless of the Amazon ratings, The Magus is a required book for anyone interested in witchcraft, grimoires, spells and learning more about magick and the occult in general.

The Magus speaks about the natural magic of herbs and stones, magnetism; talismanic magic; alchemy and other means of creating the philosopher's stone; numerology; the elements; and biographies of famous adepts from history. Recommended reading!

Cloth edition of a famous grimoire translated by Robert Turner.

Complementary volume to "The Three Books of Occult Philosophy." Stephen Skinner's introduction and notes clarify the importance and use of this work.

The Fourth Book appeared in Latin some thirty years after Agrippa's death. Johann Weyer, a student of Agrippa's in his Praestigiis Daemonum, denounced this work to be spurious, and that evaluation has rarely been questioned.

Translated from a 17th century manuscript stored in Paris, this is an ancient but still useful book of popularized Christian magic. It is illustrated with intricate sigils, containing many of the important seals and sigils of the various demons and planetary spirits.

Short, but helpful, this is a must for the beginner-advanced magician, but also well-rounded for the non-denominational invocational magician or no matter what your preferences are, this book is still a must for your collection of texts and a great addition to your library of related matter.

This is quite a short book at less than 200 pages, but it is packed full of mythology of Witchcraft, legends, stories that will keep any witchcraft practitioner busy for a long time.

It is a recommended book for all students of witchcraft, being a modern classic based on hereditary witchcraft, very different from the modern term Wicca.

A "must-read" for anyone who follows oldcraft practices or who has an interest in folklore, it is one of the best books to ever properly explain and describe the beliefs and practices which are held within traditional Witchcraft.

This is a very old book discussing various aspects of witchcraft tracts. It goes into the beginnings of witchcraft and how it relates to Christianity. Here are some of the points this very interesting book touches upon:

- An Original essay on witchcraft
- News from Scotland declaring the damnable life of Doctor Fian a notable sorcerer
- Account of the foregoing transactions extracted from Sir James Melvil"s memoires
- Extracts from King James"s Daemonology
- An Answer of a letter from a gentleman in fiefe
- An Account of a horrid and barbarous murder
- A Just reproof to the false reports and unjust calumnies, in the foregoing letters
- A Copy of the indictment of the witches at Borrowstouness
- The Confessions of Helen Taylor in Eyemouth
- The Disposition of Memie Halaburtoun
- The declaration of John Kincaid
- The Trial of William Coke and Alison Dick, for witchcraft
- Minutes and proceedings of the session of Torryburn, in Fifeshire, concerning witchcraft
- A Discourse concerning second sight

The original book was first published in 1830 as written by Sir Walter Scott to his son in law about folklore, superstition, and witchcraft. If you want to learn about the history of witchcraft, about fairies, banshees, about court cases against witches from Scottland and Europe in general, you will find this book engrossing.

What is interesting is that Sir Walter Scott is coming from a rational, rather scientific background, yet this book seems to show that he did believe in the folklore tradition of the witches of the time.

This is a book first published in 1874. While it is a book of fiction, it is worthwhile reading as you get a glimpse into the life in Salem of the time - a grim time indeed. It describes what Alice and other women on trial for witchcraft felt and how they went proudly with their heads high to the place of execution.

"The last terrible moment had come. The sun had climbed to the mid-heaven as if to look down upon the sacrifice, when the door of the prison was opened, and the unhappy prisoner came forth - not led forth, for the brave and dauntless old woman came out unsupported, and walking with a firm, unfaltering step."

Written in 1839, this is a work of Scottish folklore with fascinating contemporary accounts of the most notable Scottish witchcraft trials of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

It also includes accounts of May rituals, Halloween, witch charms, fairies and witches.

From the Contents:

- The Bargarran Witches
- The philosophy of witchcraft considered
- Case of Sir George Maxwell of Pollok
- Case of Anne Jefferies
- Scottish Mythology