Conjuring Spirits: Texts and Traditions of Medieval Ritual Magic

Contains general surveys and specific analyses of magical texts and manuscripts by scholars in a variety of disciplines. Topics covered include the "Sworn Book of Honorius", images in "Ars Notoria" manuscripts, the "Secretum Philosophorum", the "Liber Visionum" and Lullian divination. The work also contains Juris Lidaka's edition of the "Liber de Angelis" and an overview of late medieval magical texts, both "angelic" and "demonic", and offers insights into the place of magic in the medieval age.