{"product_id":"forbidden-rites-richard-kieckhefer-9780271017518","title":"Forbidden Rites: A Necromancer's Manual of the Fifteenth Century","description":"\u003cp\u003ePreserved in the Bavarian State Library in Munich is a manuscript that few scholars have noticed and that no one in modern times has treated with the seriousness it deserves. \u003ci\u003eForbidden Rites\u003c\/i\u003e consists of an edition of this medieval Latin text with a full commentary, including detailed analysis of the text and its contents, discussion of the historical context, translation of representative sections of the text, and comparison with other necromantic texts of the late Middle Ages. The result is the most vivid and readable introduction to medieval magic now available. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike many medieval texts for the use of magicians, this handbook is a miscellany rather than a systematic treatise. It is exceptional, however, in the scope and variety of its contents--prayers and conjurations, rituals of sympathetic magic, procedures involving astral magic, a catalogue of spirits, lengthy ceremonies for consecrating a book of magic, and other materials. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith more detail on particular experiments than the famous thirteenth-century \u003ci\u003ePicatrix\u003c\/i\u003e and more variety than the \u003ci\u003eThesaurus Necromantiae\u003c\/i\u003e ascribed to Roger Bacon, the manual is one of the most interesting and important manuscripts of medieval magic that has yet come to light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Kieckhefer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0271017511\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780271017518\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penn State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.29h x 6.26w x 1.09d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniv PR Books for Public Libry\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/1999 pg. 3 - Recommended\/Special Interest","brand":"Richard Kieckhefer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44044850266367,"sku":"9780271017518","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_623be114-a02d-4f35-a8d6-ebcb6b58131e.jpg?v=1684975267","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/forbidden-rites-richard-kieckhefer-9780271017518","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}