This book traces the history of mystical sexual rites through the ages, from their use in ancient forms of worship to their portrayal in the middle ages as evil and perverted practices. Also discusses the way this association between sex and magic has been portrayed in the modern media. Ultimately, this author separates the wheat from the chaff in the quest to find out what sex magic really is.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Illustrations
1. Instant Man
2. The Pagan Heritage of Sex: Egypt
3. The Pagan Heritage of Sex: Greece
4. The Pagan Heritage of Sex: India
5. The Werewolf
6. Possession
7. Incubi and Succubi
8. Transcendency on Tap
9. Sex and the Ecstasies
10. Sex, Occultism and the Quest
Epilogue: Global Report
Appendix
Recommended Reading
Index
Bibliography
Excerpts:
Incubi and Succubi
�These terms are best known for their usage during the infamous heresy and witchcraft trials from the fourteenth to the seventeenth centuries. In that context they denoted the demons, or the devil himself in male or female human form, alleged to have copulated with the unfortunate accused.
Armed with such powers and backed by the local secular authorities concerned, an Inquisitor found every move in the proceedings provided for in the Malleus Maleficarum. It dealt with the essential elements of witchcraft; it proved by learned argument that disbelief in witches was a heresy and explained the witch-devil association by which they worked their magic. It identified the devils operating as incubi and succubi and maintained that the sins of witches exceeded all other sins and thus deserved the greatest punishment of all, ie.; excommunication, confiscation of property and death.�
Book Format:
Duodecimo, 8" tall. Book is bound brown cloth with black lettering to spine; Dust jacket included;
Pagination: 224pp;
Condition:
Very good + condition; Boards are in very good + condition; corners slightly bumped; interior is excellent with no underlining, marginalia or foxing; Binding is tight.
Dust jacket: Fair/Good condition; covered in protective plastic; covers creased; some wearing to top and bottom of covers;
Price: US$60.00 - SOLD
