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Post by hordriss on Oct 17, 2008 18:15:14 GMT
The library has an impressive occult and pagan section which include the original Dictionaire Infernal in latin and an awesome book of Anglo-Saxon Magick (which I shall fetch along to the social.)
Deffinately worth a look, in the Group Study area, ground floor, BF 18... something etc.
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Post by zakeeya on Oct 17, 2008 18:17:45 GMT
It was pretty good, when I popped along: the witchcraft history section was extensive  |
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Post by ian2 on Oct 18, 2008 11:48:25 GMT
an awesome book of Anglo-Saxon Magick (which I shall fetch along to the social.) Deffinately worth a look, in the Group Study area, ground floor, BF 18... something etc. So occult libraries in universities do exist outside the books of Lovecraft? I'll definately take a look - and let me know when you've finished with said book. I didn't realise anyone actually knew enough about the magickal practices of the germanic tribes to write a book on them, so I'd be curious to see having missed the social. |
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Post by hordriss on Oct 18, 2008 18:19:54 GMT
an awesome book of Anglo-Saxon Magick (which I shall fetch along to the social.) Deffinately worth a look, in the Group Study area, ground floor, BF 18... something etc. So occult libraries in universities do exist outside the books of Lovecraft? I'll definately take a look - and let me know when you've finished with said book. I didn't realise anyone actually knew enough about the magickal practices of the germanic tribes to write a book on them, so I'd be curious to see having missed the social. Ah, well that is where the title is somewhat misleading. The book is of magick rituals, spells and charms, in latin, with translations and commentary. It comes accross as Christian magick, although there are plenty of pagan elements. It's easy enough to switch the words a little to fit your purpose. |
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Post by ian2 on Oct 18, 2008 20:06:55 GMT
Ah, so Christianised versions of the old pagan rituals etc like Metrical Charm 9 then? Might still be worth a look at. Say, it wouldnt happen to be the Godfrid Storm's volume Anglo-Saxon Magic would it?
I visited today and was pleased to aquire a couple of scholarly works on anglo-saxon mythology and heathenry - The Lost Gods of England; and a second shorter treatise on the role of Woden, Tiw, and Forseti in law making and poetry. More pagan than magickal texts, though the collection of books on the occult ranging from modern and medieval witchcraft to spiritualism also looked promising.
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