Oldest known book of magic

Some earlier writings in the book seem to relate to a sect of early christianity called. With news this week of the discovery of what could be the earliest known siddur, a jewish prayer book dated at around 840 ad we have put together a list of 10 of the oldest known surviving books in the world today. The 9 most eerie books and grimoires of all time oddee. Five incredible texts of spells, curses, and incantations the book of abramelin the mage, esoteric grimoire of kabbalistic knowledge. Arbatel of magic first appearing in latin in 1575, this book focuses on calling the olympick spirits or angels. The entire book is made out of 24 carat gold and consists of six sheets bound together, which have illustrations of a horserider, a mermaid, a harp, and soldiers.

Although first published in the following century, it was basically a version of the grand grimoire, an earlier magic book which was infamous for including an invocation of the devil and his lieutenants. Although not much is known about the etruscan gold book, it is believed to be oldest book in the world as it dates back to around 600 bce. Like the codex seraphinianus, this book is contemporary and its author known. Worlds oldest known magic text translated into english. After his death in 1973, it was discovered that reclusive american writer henry darger had penned a 15,145page, singlespaced fantasy manuscript called the story of the vivian girls, in what is known as the realms of the unreal, of the glandecoangelinian war storm, caused by the child slave rebellion. Like the petit albert, the red dragon was another product of the french cheap grimoire boom of the 18th century. Its main objective was to use magic to gain control of satan himself. It was a collection of the darkest rules and spells known to have been created by a man who officially worshipped the christian god.