The Book of Black Magic and Ceremonial Magic: The Secret Rituals and Occult Traditions in Go?tia (Hardcover)The Book of Black Magic is Arthur Edward Waite's magnum opus of occult lore; this edition contains the author's original icons, symbols, seals and illustrations. The first part is entitled ""The Literature of Ceremonial Magic"". Here, Waite examines the ritualistic traditions which have surrounded the occult movement for centuries. He notes various texts, and how they each had a bearing upon the practice of the occult; of magical ceremony; and the