![]() ![]() “Grimoires are books that contain a mix of spells, conjurations, natural secrets and ancient wisdom. In the post below, which originally appeared on The Guardian’s website, Owen Davies chooses his top 10 grimoires. His most recent book, Grimoires: A History of Magic Books, is a history of magic books that takes us from ancient Eygpt, through Kabbalah, Scandinavian witchcraft, 19th-century Egyptology, West African folk religion, a Chicago mail-order charlatan whose books are still banned in Jamaica today, and – of course – Buffy the Vampire Slayer. ![]() ![]() Owen Davies, professor of social history at the University of Hertfordshire, has written extensively about the history of magic, witchcraft and ghosts. ![]()
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