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THE KEGAN PAUL LIBRARY OF ARCANA

AN ETHIOPIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD	E. A. Wallis Budge
THE BOOK OF MEDICINES	E. A. Wallis Budge
AMULETS AND MAGIC	E. A. Wallis Budge
THE QUEEN OF SHEBA AND HER SON MENYELEK	E. A. Wallis Budge
THE DIVINE ORIGIN OF THE CRAFT OF THE HERBALIST	E. A. Wallis Budge
A GUIDE TO MAGIC, WITCHCRAFT AND THE PARANORMAL	Sax Rohmer
POSSESSION	T. K. Oesterreich
THE LADY OF THE HARE	John Layard
POISON DAMSELS	N. M. Penzer
ELIXIRS OF LIFE	N. M. Penzer
ETRUSCAN ROMAN REMAINS AND THE OLD RELIGION	Charles Godfrey Leland
EGYPTIAN MAGIC	E. A. Wallis Budge

A GUIDE TO MAGIC, WITCHCRAFT AND THE PARANORMAL

The shadow side of Sax Rohmer is revealed in this long unobtainable volume; widely known as the author of the popular Fu Manchu books, he was also a dedicated scholar of the occult and an adept in the mystic arts. Written for the layman, his only non-fiction work is this guide to the realm of magic in its many forms, beginning with the birth of sorcery in ancient Egypt. The Moslem djinns, the sibylls, the philosophy of the Magi, modes of divination, and magic of the Brahmins are all examined, as are the manifestations of sorcery in Europe including witchcraft at the French royal court, and the infamous witch trials of Scotland. The stories of key figures such as Apollonius of Tyana, Nostradamus, Dr John Dee and Cagliostro are recounted in detail, and there is a comprehensive index from alchemy to zodiac. Rohmer aims to bridge the gulf that has opened as a result of modernity, between revealed religion and the ancient truths that need to be sought anew. There is no better general introduction to magic, sorcery and the paranormal.

The late SAX ROHMER was the author of the popular Fu Manchu books, many of which were made into films.

A GUIDE TO MAGIC, WITCHCRAFT AND THE PARANORMAL

The Romance Of Sorcery

SAX ROHMER

First published in 2002 by
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Rohmer, Sax, 1883-1959
The romance of sorcery. (The Kegan Paul library of arcana)
1 .Magic History 2.Witchcraft History
I.Title
133.4309

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ISBN 13: 978-1-138-99209-2 (pbk)
ISBN 13: 978-0-7103-0734-7 (hbk)

A LTHOUGH would-be explorers of the occult continent may be numbered only by the employment of seven figures, it is notable as a curious fact that the worlds master Magi have been neglected by popular biographers. Lives of all the great sorcerers there are, certainly, from Zarathustra to liphas Lvi, but without exception, so far as I am aware, these are designed for the use of the student: they are not for every man.

Fictionists have dipped into the magical pages, but lightly and warily. If we except some of the novels of Lord Lytton (who was an initiate, deeply versed) and the stories of Mr. Algernon Blackwood, to whom we are indebted for an account of a Witches Sabbath little short of clairvoyant, I believe there is no piece of purely imaginative writing which can be regarded as the work of an Adept, or even of a serious student.

In the fallowing pages, then, I have endeavoured to bring out the red blood of the subject, and have treated the various episodes with which I have had to deal in the same manner that I should treat the episodes of an ordinary romance. Whilst those curious to learn more of the arts of sorcery have not been neglected, above all I have placed, and have aimed at satisfying, the reader who opens this book in quest of entertainment.

The section Sorcery and Sorcerers will be found to contain some passages from Francis Barrett and from Dr. Wynn Westcotts valuable translation of one of Lvis most extraordinary works. Neither of these authors will be familiar to the general reader, and I have borrowed freely in both directions. Their writings are illuminative, and should be considered, if only in brief, by any one who hopes to comprehend the aims of the sorcerers, as set forth in The Romance of Sorcery.

It may be asked of me why certain characters have been included here and others omitted. I can only say that I have sought for variety. To my decision to include a life of Nostradamus I was guided, in some degree, by the existence of a very general misapprehension regarding this great and wonderful man; also by the fact that hitherto no complete life has appeared in the English language. Madame H. P. Blavatsky I have introduced, after much consideration, because certain phenomena associated with her activities come legitimately within the scope and limit of sorcery. I have dealt with these phenomena, but have not attempted, in so limited a space, even to outline her whole career.1

At the time that I was engaged upon the section Apollonius of Tyana, an admirable edition of Philostratuss work, translated by Mr. F. C. Conybeare, M.A., was added to the Loeb Classical Library. This lightened my labours, for the only other English version is that of E. Berwick, published in 1809. The freshness and freedom of Mr. Conybeares rendering make quite delightful reading, compared with the staid manner of the former writer.

I have to acknowledge the generous assistance offered to me by M. Homolle of the Bibliothque Nationale, and the untiring labours of M. Lejay Jean, of the same institution. Not only has M. Lejay aided me in my quest of material, but he has completed those inquiries regarding Cagliostros house in the Rue Saint Claude and other matters which lack of time forced me to abandon.

A portion of the chapter The Elementals (Sorcery and Sorcerers) is included by courtesy of the Globe, and at this place I must also acknowledge indebtedness to my friend Dr. R. Watson Councell for the freedom of his library. Of inestimable assistance, too, has been the exact knowledge of old French, and of old French history, which Mr. Fred W. Winter has placed at my disposal. The sections Nostradamus and Sorcery and the Law, in particular, owe much to his scholarly attainments.

Finally, the adept guidance of Mr. Arthur N. Milne has been as that of a pharos in a night-storm, lacking which I could scarce have hoped to make safe harbourage.

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