Ganelli’s Compendium of Sacred Magic by Stephen Skinner

The most significant surviving Latin text on magic, the _Summa Sacre Magice: The Compendium of Sacred Magic_ is now available in English for the first time ever. Tune in for a deep dive with Stephen Skinner, a leading authority in Western esotericism, classic magical works and the grimoire tradition. Dating from 1346, the _Summa Sacre Magice_ by Berengarius Ganelli provides the foundation for many grimoires and contains practical magic that has been lost from later manuscripts. Owned by Johannes Trithemius and Dr. John Dee, this text is the root of Shemhamphorash, Solomonic, and Enochian magic. Translated by Dr. Stephen Skinner and Daniel Clark, this volume contains the first two books. It features some of the earliest details of angelic invocations from the Almadel, tables from the Shemhamphorash, the ten candariis talismans, and the hierarchy of Tartarus. It also offers instructions for making four of Solomon's magical rings and his pentagram, sacred knowledge that passed through only four previous teachers. Stephen Skinner began his career as a Geography lecturer and magazine publisher, but his long term interests have always been Western magic and feng shui. During the 1970s he was the driving force behind Askin Publishers, producing a number of classic magical works by Cornelius Agrippa, Paracelsus, Austin Osman Spare, Aleister Crowley, and others. During the 1970s he co-wrote many books with Francis King, including the still popular _Techniques of High Magic_. Also with Francis King he wrote _Nostradamus_. His interest in prophecy stimulated by this book, he went on to write the best selling _Millennium Prophecies_. Stephen is credited with bringing the art of Feng Shui to the West, and in 1976 he wrote the _Living Earth Manual of Feng Shui_, which was the first English book on feng shui in the 20th century. He has written more than 35 books, which have been published worldwide in 28 different languages. These books have had introductions by such diverse people as Colin Wilson, HRH King Charles III and Jimmy Choo, shoe designer to the stars. https://www.sskinner.com #Grimoire #spirits #Evocation