Josef Bailey

Authorities repainted old pagan gods as demons in order to eradicate ancient traditions

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The Book of Black Magic llewellyn Josef BaileyThe Book of Black Magic by Arthur Edward Waite Weiser The Book of Black Magic and of Pacts was first published in a limited run in 1898 and distributed more widely under the title The Book of Ceremonial Magic in 1910. It is an attempt to document various famous grimoires, explain the history behind them (refuting many of the legends surrounding them), discuss the theology contained therein (e. g. raising the question why good angels would be summoned