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Leo,
Two questions:
When you say “spirits/souls,” what do you mean? Demons? Elementals?
Spirits of the dead?
When you say “capturing,” would it be correct to assume that
this is something more permanent than simply bringing a spirit into a circle or
crystal for the purposes of communication, after which it is dismissed? (Technically
you could omit the dismissal and just keep the spirit around forever, though
few magicians would actually do that.)
Thanks,
Dan Harms
Instructional Services Librarian and Bibliographer
SUNY Cortland Memorial Library
P. O. Box 2000
Cortland, NY 13045
(607) 753-4042
From: Society for The Academic Study of
Magic [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dr Leo
Ruickbie
Sent: Monday, October 04, 2010 8:56 AM
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Subject: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] Capturing Spirits/Souls
I've been raking through the grimoires looking for something
on capturing spirits/souls, especially then imprisoning them in objects. So far
I've not turned up anything interesting. Does anyone have any refs/pointers to
specifically European magical techniques? Also, I know there are some
practising magicians on this list: has anyone actually tried this?
All the best,
Leo
Dr
Leo Ruickbie, PhD, MA, BA (Hons), AKC
Author:
Witchcraft Out of the Shadows
(Robert Hale, 2004; 2nd ed. forthcoming)
"Witchcraft Out of the Shadows is an engaging book which deserves to be the benchmark for all future analyses of the Craft." - Alan Richardson
Faustus: The Life and Times of a Renaissance Magician (The
History Press, 2009)
"Dr Ruickbie has re-evaluated and contextualised the sources of the Faust tradition from a position of authority. The result is a work of meticulous scholarship that can be read as a gripping page-turner." - Professor Osman Durrani