Compleat System of Magick or the History of the Black Art

Compleat System of Magigk i OR, THE Hiprj ofthe BLACK-ART. SHEWING, I. The Original of Magicians ; and how fome of them were made Kings, as Zoroajler^ Cadmus^ and many- others. II. How the ancient Magi^ who ftudy'd Philosophy, Astronomy, ^c. were induc'd to turn Wizards and Sorcerers^ and deal with the Devil ; and how their Converfation began, III. The different Shapes affum'd by t\\t Devil in his firfl Appearances to Magicians ; and whether he is, or has been, allow'd to alTume a Human-Shape. IV. Who lirfl pradlifed Magick as a Diabolical Art, and its Progrefs among the Egyptians and Fhoeniciahs \ by whom it was firji openly encourag'd, and of its p^e- fent State. V. What the Black-Art^ rea…

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