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[SKINNER< Dr. Stephen; RANKINE, David] A Cunning Man's Grimoire. The Secret of Secrets, a Sixteenth century English Grimoire (Deluxe Copy)
[SKINNER< Dr. Stephen; RANKINE, David] A Cunning Man's Grimoire. The Secret of Secrets, a Sixteenth century English Grimoire (Deluxe Copy)
Singapore: Golden Hoard Press, 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (7 x 10 inches). 178pp. Deluxe edition, limited to 100 signed and numbered copies but this copy is NOT SIGNED OR NUMBERED. Bound in Quarter black leather over maroon cloth boards. Title in gilt to front and spine. With 28 illustrations and 24 tables. A fine, unread copy in a fine dust jacket.
This is volume 9 of the Sourceworks of Ceremonial Magic series. This manuscript is a composite grimoire drawn from a number of different sources. It is not the sort of grimoire which has a complete method of calling up a set register of spirits, like the Goetia, nor does it have a wide range of pentacles or talismans like the Key of Solomon. It is however quite special as it was also was a practising Cunning man's grimoire, a very interesting blend of learned and local village magic. It also contains critical astrological information, including a unique set of astrological tables that are generally absent from other grimoires. Going beyond the planetary days and hours, this work reveals detailed aspects of timing and magical operations connected with the 28 Mansions of the Moon and image magic, which rarely appear in Solomonic grimoires. This practical manual of magic is strongly influence by Arabic and Indian roots, rather than the Greek roots of Solomonic magic, placing it at the crossroads of several powerful magical streams.







