THE BLACK ART - Ahmed, 1st Ed 1936 - MAGICK, NECROMANCY, BLACK MASS, SORCERY

THE BLACK ARTBook Details + Condition: John Long Ltd (London). Scarce First Edition, 1936. With an Introduction by Dennis Wheatley, and with 17 macabre b&w illustrations by C.A. Mills. Hardcover with black boards; gilt titling (etc) to spine. 292 pages, with 8 pp of publisher advertisements to rear. Master occultist Rollo Ahmed presents a history of the dark arts, including sorcery, witchcraft, alchemy, vampires, werewolves, voodoo, necromancy, exorcism, The Black Mass, and satanic sex rites. Per the author's introduction: "This is an outline of Black Magic and sorcery in many parts of the world, and in every age from prehistoric times up to the present day...written from the standpoint of an Occultist". Please see below for more information on Ahmed. Contents include:- The Earliest Records of Black Magic- The Ancient Magic of the East- Egyptian Rites and Practices- Jewish Necromancy and Magic- Medieval Sorcery and Black Magic- Witchcraft, Vampirism and Werewolves- The Alchemists a