Reading and Getting Caught with Books of Magic in Seventeenth-Century ToulouseHello, everyone! I took a week off, but now I’m back.4d ago4d ago
Summa Sacre Magice Book 3 Manuscript Online, Magic against Theft in Late Medieval and Early Modern…It’s come to my attention that the Berlin Staatsbibliothek is in the process of digitizing their copy of the German Summa Sacre Magice, the…Jan 24A response icon1Jan 24A response icon1
A Conversation on the Satanic Panic, Dragon Noir Update, Thoughts on the Scholarship of MagicI’ve been thinking recently about my brief interlude in Romania a few years ago. I remember not just the stunning landscape, the rich…Jan 17A response icon1Jan 17A response icon1
Buckland Talk Followup, Free Books of Magical Scholarship, A Cultural History of Magic Update…I had a great time at the Buckland Museum of Witchcraft’s Yule party. I delivered a lengthy talk on encountering — often deliberately —…Jan 10Jan 10
Review — Summa Sacre Magice, Books 3–4Today we’ll be looking at Volume 2 — Books 3 and 4 — of the Summa Sacre Magice, the fourteenth-century manuscript on magic by Berengarius…Jan 3A response icon3Jan 3A response icon3
Review — Gal Sofer’s Conjuring the Arab MagicianToday we’ll be looking at Gal Sofer’s brief book from the Cambridge Elements line, Conjuring the Arab Magician: Intercultural Histories of…Dec 27, 2025Dec 27, 2025
Another Book by Gal Sofer, More on A Cultural History of Magic, The British Library Catalogue…Happy holidays, everyone!Dec 20, 2025A response icon1Dec 20, 2025A response icon1
Winter Solstice Party at the Buckland MuseumFor those who are in the Cleveland area on the 21st, the Buckland Museum of Witchcraft is hosting me for a talk:Dec 13, 2025Dec 13, 2025
Volume 2 of Summa Sacre Magice Available SoonGolden Hoard Press will soon release the next section (formerly the second of two, now the second of three) volume of Berengarius Gannelus’…Dec 7, 2025A response icon1Dec 7, 2025A response icon1
RIP Claude Lecouteux, Pre-Orders for Faustiana Goetica, Alamy Follow-Up, Renegade Nell, Grimoires…A few days ago I learned about the passing of the Sorbonne scholar and folklorist Claude Lecouteux. Lecouteux was instrumental in…Nov 29, 2025A response icon1Nov 29, 2025A response icon1
