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A fascinating addition to the magical literature of the Elizabethan era, this lavishly illustrated grimoire is a must-have for magic practitioners, collectors, and historians. The Book of Oberon is the meticulous transcription and translation of a sixteenth-century manuscript acquired by the esteemed Folger Shakespeare Library. Unlike the more theoretical magic books of the era, this collection of spells, secrets, and summonings was compiled gradually by unknown authors for working practical magic.
Now published in a premium hardcover edition retaining the original’s red lettering of significant words and holy names, The Book of Oberon includes rituals for summoning a long list of spirits and faeries (including Oberion, Fairy King and close relation to Shakespeare’s Oberon); original drawings; common prescriptions used by cunning folk; instructions for dealing with Goetic demons that were censored in other texts; one of the oldest known copies of the magical manual The Enchiridion; and much more. This is a significant contribution to the annals of magical history, bringing to light the kind of grimoire that was commonplace in its era but is rarely published today.
- Sales Rank: #156691 in Books
- Published on: 2015-04-08
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 10.00" h x 1.80" w x 7.10" l, 1.00 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 600 pages
About the Author
Daniel Harms (Upstate New York) holds two masters’ degrees, one in anthropology and one in library and information science. His major area of research is magic from antiquity to the present, and he has been published in the Journal for the Academic Study of Magic and the Journal of Scholarly Publishing. Harms is also the author of two books on horror fiction and folklore. Visit him online at DanHarms.wordpress.com.
James R. Clark is a self-taught artist.
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Joseph H. Peterson has been studying esoteric texts for decades, intrigued by the Renaissance intellectual and experimental approach to spirituality. After years of collecting and digitizing rare texts for his own research, in 1995 he created the avesta.org and esotericarchives.com websites to share them with a wider audience. He lives near Rochester Minnesota.
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38 of 40 people found the following review helpful.
Your going to love this!
By DARK OCCULT BOOKS
This is truly an incredible find by the Folger Shakespeare Library.The Book of Oberon starts with a wonderful introduction by Daniel Harms and Joseph Peterson spanning 32 pages concerning such things as manuscript origins, significance of the manuscript, the spirits contained in the book, authorship, and an interesting section on Micob,Titam,and the Seven Fairies. There are two parts to the book, the first being called Theurgia which takes up at least 3/4 of the book and the second part is called the Key of Solomon. The Book of Oberon being from the 16th century (1577) was compiled around a fantastic period in English occult history... this is not only the time of Queen Elizabeth but also of Dr John Dee no less and smack bang in the middle of the Renaissance. It is believed that the magician/s who created this grimoire were part of a larger network of magicians who would pass around their magical books, gleaning from them certain information and adding this to their own books, one of which is the newly titled `Book of Oberon` a name given by its current editors as the original MS had no name. The BoO is primarily a book of ritual magic and the summoning of spirits. One striking thing I found is the integration of a large and divers number of beings, most particularly fairies which is where the title originates. There are two operations intended to summon the fairy King Oberion, Oberion being a variant of Oberon King of the fairies from Shakespeare`s Midsummer Nights Dream. Also contained therein is a rite to summon King of the Pygmies which spans the best part of four pages. Some of the other spirits to summon are Lucifer, Satan, Baron, Birto (the BoO contains the earliest known ritual for summoning the spirit Birto), Ascariell, Bilgall, Annabath, and Ascariell. James R. Clark does an excellent job of the drawings having vast experience of ceremonial magic, alchemy and sacred geometry. The talismans, circles and spirit drawings etc are excellent giving us plenty of things to peruse. One drawing that fascinated me was that of Mosacus, a most bizarre looking spirit if there ever was one.This book has so many things in it I have never seen before and for it to be a fully working text gives me great excitement... it also contains the earliest known manuscript of the Enchirideon of Pope Leo. Other texts used in the BoO were `Sefer Raziel`, `Arbatel`,Abano`s `Heptameron` and at the back end of the book we have a very rare 16th century copy in English of the `Key of Solomon`, how good is that!.
This is the book I always wished for but never thought I would see, and here it is! Its rare to have such a book as this published, its not your average text by any means, and the wealth of new information it provides us with is astounding. This is a book I will always treasure as its an esoteric gem that I`m sure many of you will love!
27 of 29 people found the following review helpful.
A Wonderful Addition to Any Magical Library
By Mark Stavish, The Institute for Hermetic Studies
One thing you can say about The Book of Oberon is that you get your monies worth! First, this book is big – nearly 600 pages big, and contains a finely laid out transcription of the Latin original with a side-by-side English translation. Copiously illustrated, along with the use of red lettering for important words and images makes this simply a very nice book to hold and look at. Reading it seems to be a bonus treat. The history of the manuscript is clearly laid out: it is from the Sixteenth Century and was acquired by the Folger Shakespeare Library (Washington, D.C.). The manuscript’s title was simply, “Book of Magic” so Harms and company renamed it The Book of Oberon reflecting one of the manuscript's main rituals, that of invoking the Spirit Oberion from Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream. Interest in Renaissance magical operations, save a little bit of Enochian and some Solomonic, appear to be making a bit of a resurgence. This is good to hear, as the 'magical worldview' they require and are sustained by is somewhat different than the way magic has been presented in the Twentieth Century. My own connection to this book prior to its release is one of good fortune, that is, I had the wonderful opportunity to briefly discuss this work with David Harms at the annual conference for the Association for Esoteric Studies held at Colgate University in the summer of 2014. His enthusiasm was evident, and since than I eagerly awaited its release and have not been disappointed.
Llewellyn Publications has taken a lot of hits over the years for being the purveyor of a wide range of schlock occultism, mid-range readers, and the occasional book worth keeping more than a few years. I know because even though they publish three of my books, and through their network all of them have been translated into one or more foreign languages, I still have voiced my concerns about the quality of material they have published across the years. But what is one to do when they need to keep the lights on? I know that Llewellyn has kept several books around that should have gone the way of the Dodo Bird simply using the usual standard of number of copies sold each year. But keeping high end material in print as a public service doesn't pay the salaries of those who work there – or in any non-subsidized industry for that matter. Now my point here is simple: Llewellyn over the last few years has increasingly worked its way into the specialty, high-end, esoteric book niche as can be seen by their acting as a distributor for Stephen Skinner and Golden Hord Press. For many of us this is a good thing – but it comes with a price, and that price is that well produced, hardcover texts, copiously illustrated don't often sell for under $40 a copy, and twice that price is not uncommon. The Book of Oberon is no exception and is one of those magical books that once obtained you will not willingly part with.
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful.
High quality all around, really get your moneys worth. But....
By G. Ridgeway
I have been a fan of the Grimoire Tradition since I have had an interested in magic, which is almost 15 years, and I have to say first and foremost that this book is a top notch Grimoire as far as that is concerned, both in content, quality of the binding, writing and illustrations, and quite frankly for the price, you get a heck of a lot.
Anyone who is familiar with this branch of Magical practice, is familiar with Joseph Petersons other works, and it is safe to say that his immaculate reputation for what he turns out, has certainly been earned. If you see his name attached to any work of magic you can be certain that at the very least the content inside, and scholarly intricacies will be the best you can find in the field. Hands down.
So over all what can I say about this book specifically, as another reviewer said, this book even though carrying the name of a Fairy King, if you are Pagan, don't expect to find anything within, other than a small diagram of Pagan Gods, and some workings with Oberon and his wife, and that is it. Other than this this work is strictly Christian flavored ceremonial magic, which, is/was the style of magic of the time.
Now, that being said, if you are a pagan, that doesn't mean that this tome has no use, as its diagrams of Talismans, are the most detailed and easily copied that I have ever seen, only on par with Petersons other works.
Secondly, some of the spells for protection or sanctification, could be used as inspiration, or with some changing of the actual content of the dialogue and substituting another divinity could be used close to wholesale, this could be done with some work.
But I will say, if you have no interest in doing some reverse engineering, then quite honestly, unless the ceremonial magic of the 15 & 16th century particularly interests you, then it’s probably worth passing on this one.
Books like this are tailored to a nitch crowd, hence there price, but I do have to give for once a commending nod to Llewellyn, who up until recently has been number one at turning out text after text, of New age or Neo-Pagan books of Beginner level, I think they have realized that the culture and community of Contemporary Paganism and Magical Practice, is much older, experienced, and much more populated then in the early nineties. So it is nice to see that they seem to finally be understanding that if they want to continue to stay a top seller with this demographic that they have to start turning out some high quality, advanced level/scholarly products like this one. Hopefully I haven't spoken to soon.
Over all, this is an excellent, high quality grimoire, of 15th and 16th century magic. If you are just looking for a reference book on this type of magic, or something to complete your personal library for inspiration, study and periodical use. Dare I say, if you are going to buy a Grimoire, Then spend the money on this one, because it covers ALOT of bases, and I think most serious students of magic, regardless of specific practice. Will be hard pressed to taking this out of there library once they own it.
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