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SUMMARY:The Excellent Booke of the Arte of Magicke
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DESCRIPTION:Interested in early modern European history? Just in time for 
 the autumn season\, learn about magic in 16th century England through one 
 book still housed in the British Library. .\nhttps://alexandria.libnet.inf
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><em>The&nbsp\;Excellent Booke of the Arte 
 of Magicke&nbsp\;</em>is a particularly instructive grimoire of the sixtee
 nth century teaching one how to summon spirits &ndash\; from the ruler of 
 the dead\, to the kings of the spirits\, to the ghosts of famous magicians
  &ndash\; complete with prayers\, conjurations\, and various &lsquo\;nota&
 rsquo\; of injunctions and advice for the aspiring conjuror. The purpose o
 f these conjurations is to make powerful knowledge available to the magica
 l practitioner\, whether delivered by subordinate spirit\, received text\,
  or express empowerment.</p>\n<p>An appended document\, referred to simply
  as&nbsp\;Visions\, is a magical journal accounting the experiments and sc
 rying sessions performed alongside the reception of the&nbsp\;<em>Excellen
 t Booke</em>&nbsp\;between 24th&nbsp\;February and 6th&nbsp\;April 1567. T
 hese scrying records detail the unbidden appearances and teachings of sain
 ts\, angels\, and dead magicians\, as well as evidencing the techniques an
 d procedures involved in putting together the&nbsp\;<em>Excellent Booke</e
 m>&nbsp\;itself. Read together\, these interrelated documents are quite si
 mply a unique record of early modern English necromancy\, offering vital &
 lsquo\;behind-the-scenes&rsquo\; perspectives on sorcery\, magical texts\,
  and spirits.</p>\n<p>This lecture by historian of magic and contemporary 
 cunning man Dr. Alexander Cummins analyses some of the techniques containe
 d within this manuscript source: from ways of working with spirits\, to th
 e expressly necromantic components of the work\, to wider implications for
  approaches to spirit tuition\, texts\, and taboos in early modern Europea
 n conjuration. Learn more about Dr. Cummins online at <a href="https://www
 .alexandercummins.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.alexand
 ercummins.com/</a>&nbsp\;</p>\nhttps://alexandria.libnet.info/event/535912
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