Best of
Magic

1990

Wizard's Castle


Diana Wynne Jones - 1990
    This book is a rollicking ride filled with puzzles and prophecies and contains the book Howl's Moving Castle, and the book Castle In the Air.

Dark Horse


Mary H. Herbert - 1990
    But the chieftain, Lord Medb, has resurrected the forbidden art of sorcery and plans to destroy all who oppose him in this dark ages fantasy world.

Hekate Soteira: A Study of Hekate's Roles in the Chaldean Oracles and Related Literature


Sarah Iles Johnston - 1990
    But from the Hellenistic age onwards, some Greek and Roman philosophers and magicians portrayed her quite differently, allotting to her such duties as ensouling the cosmos and the individual men within it, forming the connective boundary between the divine and human worlds, and facilitating such communication between man and god as could lead eventually to the individual soul's release. She was celestial and potentially beneficent, rather than chthonic and threatening.

Albion's Dream


Roger Norman - 1990
    When twelve-year-old Edward Yeoman discovers a strange board game in his uncle's house, he and his cousin play the creepy game, with sinister results.

Hidden Lore: Hermetic Glyphs


Kenneth Grant - 1990
    Lovecraft and the Tantric tradition.

The Church of Satan: A History of the World's Most Notorious Religion


Blanche Barton - 1990
    An account of the many strange & sensational events that surrounded the Black Pope, Anton LaVey & his thousands of followers as they ushered in a new era of indulgence & carnality, based on pleasure instead of self-denial. Details the evenings spent with LaVey's Magic Circle, peopled with artists, writers & filmmakers whose names will be familiar, & points out de-facto Satanists throughout history, such as Benjamin Franklin & Mark Twain. Chapters include "Satan's Master Plan" & "How to Perform Satanic Rituals." Appendices list diabolically-inspired books, films & music, as well as a digest of letters the Church has received over the years. Debunks the many myths & misconceptions regarding Satanism that have been promulgated on the talk-show circuit. THE CHURCH OF SATAN is both a history & a handbook, written as a companion volume to LaVey's SATANIC BIBLE, whichoccult book merchants assert is "the all-time occult bestseller."

Music Power Harmony: A Workbook of Music and Inner Forces


R.J. Stewart - 1990