Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS V
3. TABLES VI
4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS VII
5. 1 INTRODUCTION: MAGICAL BOOKS AND MAGICAL RITES 1
6. 2 THE MUNICH HANDBOOK OF NECROMANCY: Clm 849 22
7. 3 BANQUETS, HORSES AND CASTLES: ILLUSIONIST EXPERIMENTS 42
8. 4 LOVE, FAVOUR AND MADNESS: PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPERIMENTS 69
9. 5 LEARNING HIDDEN AND FUTURE THINGS: DIVINATORY EXPERIMENTS 96
10. 6 FORMULAS FOR COMMANDING SPIRITS: CONJURATIONS AND EXORCISMS 126
11. 7 DEMONS AND DAIMONS: THE SPIRITS CONJURED 154
12. 8 THE MAGIC OF CIRCLES AND SPHERES 170
13. 9 CONCLUSION 186
14. The Necromancer’s Handbook in Clm 849: Fols 3r–108v 190
15. PLATES 349
16. SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY 378
17. INDEX 381