Angels, Demons, and Spiritual Authority in Magical Texts
A detailed, source-conscious guide to how ritual books classify beings and justify the authority claimed over them, with manuscript history, symbolic analysis, later reception, common…
demonology
Ars Goetia: History, Structure, and Misconceptions
A detailed, source-conscious guide to the first book of the Lemegeton and its catalogue of seventy-two ranked spirits, with manuscript history, symbolic analysis, later reception,…
The Testament of Solomon: History, Spirits, and Symbolism
A detailed, source-conscious guide to the late antique pseudepigraphic work in which Solomon questions spirits and uses their powers in the construction of the Temple,…