Preface

For ease of study, the present work is divided into two parts. The first part provides an analytical and critical account of the primary magical rituals known to the author; the second constitutes a complete Grimoire: a textbook of magic, typically providing instructions on how to summon supernatural beings or create magical objects of Black Magic. It must be remembered that these are the very operations that provided ammunition to the Inquisitors of the past and, in the opinion of their era, justified the Civil Tribunals: non-religious courts of law in the sanguinary: bloody or involving much killing decrees they pronounced against witches, warlocks, and magicians. Truly, it is a strange and unsettling chapter in the history of human aberration: a departure from what is normal, right, or natural; nor has it been an entirely pleasant task to try to clarify this subject once and for all.