The Occult, Witchcraft and Magic: An Illustrated History book

From the days of the earliest Paleolithic cave rituals, magic has gripped the imagination. Secret words, spells, and incantations lie at the heart of nearly every mythological tradition. But for every genuine magus there is an impostor. The turn of the twentieth century witnessed a return to earlier magical traditions, and today, magic means many things. The Occult, Witchcraft and Magic is packed with authoritative text and a huge and inspired selection of 400+ images, some chosen from unusual sources, including some of the best-known representations of magic and the occult from around the world spanning ancient to modern times.

400 pages. Hardcover. Published by Thames & Hudson.