The Re-enchanted Landscape
Donated by the author. A brilliant survey of the many remarkable people involved in movements such as Paganism, Modern Witchcraft and Earth Mysteries who found inspiration in the Cornish landscape. …
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The Secret Lore of Egypt
Impressively detailed and wide-ranging analysis of the influence of Ancient Egyptian civilisation (and Western perceptions of it) on the West. Includes chapters on magic, alchemy, the Rosicrucians, Hermeticism and Theosophy.
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Lien Gwerin
Currently held: issues #1 and #2. Journal edited by Alex Langstone. Contributors include Cheryl Straffon, Kathy Wallis, Alan M. Kent. The journal also includes extracts from classic works such as …
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Ferae Naturae
This unusual (and beautiful) book/journal consists of a series of very poetic texts (some derived from medieval works, and others reading not unlike a Ted Hughes poem), together with photographs …
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Little Bunch’s Charge
Book plate says the book is a prize given for regular attendance by the Jubilee Town Mission in Lancaster, and is dated 1908. Includes some quite eerie descriptions of Punch …
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Joyce’s Little Maid
Includes a reference to Cornish witch Madgy Figgy (p.88): “… a wonderful pile of granite… built up of cubical masses of granite and capped with a sort of chain. This …
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The Goetia of Dr Rudd
A version of the Lemegeton Clavicula Salomonis (Lesser Key of Solomon) from a manuscript owned by Dr Thomas Rudd, a 17th century magician. Also includes four other magical texts: Ars Paulina; Ars Almadel; Theurgia-Goetia; …
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O Livro de Baphomet
Brazilian edition of The Book of Baphomet (Museum Library id. no. 133.4 VAY 6438). Donated by the authors.
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The Formation of a Persecuting Society
A remarkable book that traces how European society became progressively more intolerant in the period from 950-1250. Although it has only passing references to witchcraft, it is an important contribution …
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Silent as the Trees
Researched at the Museum, and includes a chapter on Cecil Williamson, the Museum’s founder, and also photographs of objects in the collection. Chapters: Devonshire Witches & Magicians The Gallows’ Last …
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The Oxford Illustrated History of Witchcraft and Magic
Includes a very nice picture of the Museum when it was at Bourton-on-the-Water, together with an account of the Museum’s history (p.216 ff.), in the chapter The Rise of Modern Magic by …
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Megg and Mogg in Amsterdam and Other Stories
Very funny comic book homage to the Meg and Mog books. Amusingly inscribed to the Museum by author and illustrator Simon Hanselmann. Acquired at ComicCon, and includes a piece of …
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Magic as a Political Crime in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
Donated by the author. A very important book that investigates how magic infiltrated the corridors of power in the run-up to and during the witch hunts.
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Donated by Lucy Llewellyn. Special Rehearsal Edition Script of the play that was a follow-up to the phenomenal book series. Based on a story by J.K. Rowling, the play is …
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Fear of Fifty
Memoirs of the author of the enormously influential book Witches (Museum Library id. no. 133.43 JON 1316).
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Interpreting Landscapes: Geologies, Topographies, Identities
An examination of how geology and landscape affected prehistoric society.
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Conjure Codex, Volume 1, Issue 3
Donated by Wilford Gonyea. Issue No. 3 of a new occult journal, with the emphasis on Ritual Magic, spirit contact, altered states of consciousness etc.. Part of a significant revival …
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Pandemonium
Jake Stratton-Kent applies his encyclopedic knowledge of books of Goetic magic to providing a comprehensive list (and analysis) of the spirits ceremonial magicians sought to invoke. See also his edition …
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The Toad in Magic, Sorcery and Midwifery
Number 74 of a limited edition of 100, signed by the translator and editor, Steve Seven. A very interesting book (originally published in Germany in 1918) that draws on a …
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