Abraham the Jew on Magic Talismans by Frederick Hockley (Limited Hardcover)

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ABRAHAM THE JEW ON MAGIC TALISMANS by Frederick Hockley (Limited Edition Hardcover) Published by The Teitan Press Book is in fine, new, unread condition One of only 800 limited edition hardcovers Abraham the Jew on Magic Talismans. (To be engraven on the Seals of Rings made of various metals, under the influence of the Fixed Stars and the Twenty-eight Mansions of the Moon). From a manuscript by Frederick Hockley, With an Introduction by Silens Manus. Abraham the Jew on Magic Talismans is a previously-unpublished manuscript by Frederick Hockley, probably transcribed by him circa 1850 from an earlier work. The manuscript deals with the creation of talismans, and is divided into two parts, the first of which details methods for their manufacture "under the fixed stars" and the second "under the twenty-eight mansions of the moon." Both sets of concepts were popular in mediaeval and later European astrological and magical practice, having apparently been incorporated into them from Arabic astronomical and astrological treatises composed during the "Golden Age" of Arabic science from the middle of the eighth to the middle of the thirteenth centuries This first published edition comprises an Introduction in which Silens Manus explores the history of the manuscript, and its relationship with other early magical works, notably those of read more

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