Reviews and Comments

This is a very interesting-looking book. Half of it is upside-down, but on purpose!

I know it's hard to believe, but I've never read this book before.

This is a great reference volume for those who have been delving into the Greco-Egyptian Magical Papyri. The material is pretty much all Christian, but it is great to see the variety of spells and rituals that were being used by the Christians of that era. Particularly interesting are all the barbarous names and pagan deities mixed in with otherwise Christian material.

My one complaint is that none of the illustrations from the original Coptic papyri are included, so you don't get to see what the various amulets and images actually looked like.

Finally finished! The ending was amazing!

I am still working my way through this behemoth of a book. It is good, but perhaps not as gripping and thrilling as the first two.

I'm very interested in the history of Tarot and its tangling with the occult. Putting this on my list!

The final thousand-page brick in the trilogy!!

This is my second time through the book and it's just as good. Alchemy, science, the birth of modern economic systems, pirates, etc! It's amazing.

I realized at some point that I had already read MOST of this book. But I enjoyed every chapter, every bit that I was reading for the second time. Dunn does an excellent job presenting the reader with things to think about and try. This is an excellent book for anybody who wishes to treat magic as a true spiritual practice.

I'm not gonna claim to have read every word of this book, but I got it as a gift this morning and leafed through every page and looked at all the gorgeous photos and artwork. This book is beautiful! I love it.

I think this book is going to be important regarding my interest in the intersection between Renaissance magic and Early Modern cryptography and mathematics. We shall see!

This book gets recommended frequently for those attempting to understand astrology or Renaissance magic. It's great for that!

This looks like it's right up my alley.

I absolutely love this translation. It is more poetic than others, and much easier to read. The book keeps it short, without a lot of explanation or commentary. But also, it has plenty of footnotes about translation, so you can get a better idea of where the translator was going and how they got there. I love this book so much that I take it with me when traveling! Highly recommended.