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London: Scarlet Imprint, 2022. Book. Very Good. Paperback. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The covers are a little edge worn. Bump to the top of the spine. The first volume of Jake Stratton-Kent's Encyclopaedia Goetica is a reconstruction of the Grimorium Verum from the corrupted Italian and French versions of the grimoire. The True Grimoire comprises a coherent and eminently workable system of goetic magic, with extensive commentary and notes by a practicing necromancer. The second edition appears thirteen years after the True Grimoire was first published, in which time it has become a critical and foundational work of the current magical revival. As Dr Alexander Cummins observes in his Foreword, the True Grimoire 'spearheaded a particular renaissance in grimoire studies towards more informed historical analysis and more engaged mythopoetic ritual praxis, all the while centring the realities of hands-on cunning.' In his introduction and notes to the…
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