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Solomonic Magic & the Grimoires

A Cunning Man's Grimoire

The Secret of Secrets

by Stephen Skinner & David Rankine

An edition of a working manuscript grimoire used by an English cunning man, combining charms, conjurations, protective rites and Solomonic material in a practical collection. Skinner and Rankine transcribe the text, identify its borrowings from earlier books, and use it to show how learned ritual magic filtered into the everyday magical services offered by village practitioners. Part of the Sourceworks of Ceremonial Magic series and a bridge between grimoire studies and folk magic.

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