Claude LecouteuxThe Sorcerer's Scholar
The High Magic and Spells of the Middle Ages
Claude Lecouteux is a professor emeritus of medieval literature and civilization at the Sorbonne. The author of more than 25 books on medieval beliefs and magic, including Encyclopedia of Norse and Germanic Folklore, Mythology, and Magic and The Book of Grimoires, he lives in Paris.
DICTIONARY OF ANCIENT MAGIC WORDS AND SPELLS
Acknowledgments
Praeambulus: Words That Possess a Power
Dictionary of Ancient Magic Words and Spells
From Abraxas to Zoar
Appendix One
Use of Caracteres in Magic
Appendix Two
Cryptography
Appendix Three
List of Magic Words Appearing in the Spells
Bibliography
TRADITIONAL MAGIC SPELLS FOR PROTECTION AND HEALING
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Manner of the Cure
1 Diagnoses
2 The Illnesses of Humans and Their Cure
3 Evil Spells
4 Devils and Demons
5 Fantastic Beings and Spirits
6 Healing of Animals
7 Protections
Appendix 1
Medical Magic in Italy during the Fourteenth-Fifteenth Centuries
Appendix II
The Activities of Sorcerers
Appendix III
The Use of Encrypted Spells
Appendix IV
Superstitious Healing Methods According to Fernel
Appendix V
Knotting the Breeches Laces
Appendix VI
Several Popular Saints Invoked in France and Belgium for Illnesses and
Protection
Appendix VII
The Protective Talismans of Balinas (Apollonius de Tyane)
Notes
Bibliography
Index
THE HIGH MAGIC OF TALISMANS AND AMULETS
Acknowledgments
Introduction: To Guard against Adversity, Misfortune, Illness, and Death
Part One
A Scarcely Catholic Tradition
1 On the Words “Talisman” and “Amulet” and Some Definitions
2 Amulets and Talismans in Medieval Culture
3 Some Christian Amulets and Talismans
4 The Medicine of Amulets and Talismans
Part Two
The Use of Amulets and the Making of Talismans
5 Amulets
6 The Crafting of Talismans
7 The Use of Amulets and Talismans
Appendix I: The Seals Representing the Planets
Appendix II : The Talismans of Dom Jean Albert Belin
Appendix III : Seals of the Planets and the Paranatellons
Appendix IV: Creating and Consecrating Magical Objects
Notes
Bibliography
Index
