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Author:   Claude Lecouteux
Publisher:   Inner Traditions Bear and Company
Imprint:   Inner Traditions Bear and Company
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 8.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   2.173kg
ISBN:  

9798888502396

Pages:   1056
Publication Date:   23 October 2025
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

DICTIONARY OF ANCIENT MAGIC WORDS AND SPELLS Acknowledgments Praeambulus: Words That Possess a Power Dictionary of Ancient Magic Words and Spells From Abraxas to Zoar Appendix One Use of Caracteres in Magic Appendix Two Cryptography Appendix Three List of Magic Words Appearing in the Spells Bibliography TRADITIONAL MAGIC SPELLS FOR PROTECTION AND HEALING Acknowledgments Introduction The Manner of the Cure 1 Diagnoses 2 The Illnesses of Humans and Their Cure 3 Evil Spells 4 Devils and Demons 5 Fantastic Beings and Spirits 6 Healing of Animals 7 Protections Appendix 1 Medical Magic in Italy during the Fourteenth-Fifteenth Centuries Appendix II The Activities of Sorcerers Appendix III The Use of Encrypted Spells Appendix IV Superstitious Healing Methods According to Fernel Appendix V Knotting the Breeches Laces Appendix VI Several Popular Saints Invoked in France and Belgium for Illnesses and Protection Appendix VII The Protective Talismans of Balinas (Apollonius de Tyane) Notes Bibliography Index THE HIGH MAGIC OF TALISMANS AND AMULETS Acknowledgments Introduction: To Guard against Adversity, Misfortune, Illness, and Death Part One A Scarcely Catholic Tradition 1 On the Words “Talisman” and “Amulet” and Some Definitions 2 Amulets and Talismans in Medieval Culture 3 Some Christian Amulets and Talismans 4 The Medicine of Amulets and Talismans Part Two The Use of Amulets and the Making of Talismans 5 Amulets 6 The Crafting of Talismans 7 The Use of Amulets and Talismans Appendix I: The Seals Representing the Planets Appendix II : The Talismans of Dom Jean Albert Belin Appendix III : Seals of the Planets and the Paranatellons Appendix IV: Creating and Consecrating Magical Objects Notes Bibliography Index

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Claude Lecouteux (1943–2025) was a professor emeritus of medieval literature and civilization at the Sorbonne and author of more than 25 books on medieval beliefs and magic, including Encyclopedia of Norse and Germanic Folklore, Mythology, and Magic and The Book of Grimoires.

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