Cavendish Richard. The Black Arts

Penguin, 1967. — 373 p.This book describes in detail the practice, theory, and underlying rationale of black magic in all its branches - the summoning and control of evil spirits, necromancy, psychic attack, Devil worship, witchcraft, the Black Mass, evil charms and spells - as well as other branches of occult theory - numerology, astrology, alchemy, the Cabala, the tarot. Ancient black magic, the beliefs and practices of the great black magicians of the past 150 years, and the theories of cabalists, astrologers, and numerologists of the present day are all fully covered in this book.