From the editor: In this extraordinary book you'll discover the practice, theory, and underlying rationale of every aspect of black magic-necromancy, psychic attacks, the foundations of alchemy and witchcraft, the control of evil spirits, astrology, the tarot, ceremonial magic, summoning, the rites of the Black Mass, and the origins of Satan. Cavendish also reveals the practices of the great black magicians of the past 150 years and explores the contemporary convictions of astrologists and numerologists who seek to empower us in our relationship to the universe through the rituals of the Black Arts.

"We are all black magicians in our dreams, in our fantasies, perversions, and phobias... In The Black Arts Richard Cavendish has not only gathered many fascinating facts from the past and from our own time, he has also presented the philosophy of the black magicians and gives many excellent interpretations of their symbols and rites.... Works such as Cavendish's are a reminder that we are living in an era of amnesia. We have forgotten those vital truths that man once knew and by whose strength he lived." - I. B. Singer

Pages: 356
Special Interest: Occult, Magick, WitchCraft, Alchemy, Astrology, Demonology, Black Arts and Forbidden Arcana, Folklore, Secret Orders & Societies, Cults, Ritual, and Sorcery.