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    1. …in reply to @jeremiahtolbert
      @jeremiahtolbert Yeah, pretty much. Though I did like Jim Baker's The Cunning Man's Handbook avaloniabooks.com/product-page/the-cunning-man-s-handbook-by-jim-baker and Owen Davies' book on Grimoires: global.oup.com/academic/product/grimoires-9780199590049 Probably the more academic approach and the historical side of it makes it more interesting.
  1. …in reply to @gordsellar
    @jeremiahtolbert Or, like, Frances Yates' The Art of Memory: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/A/bo91674300.html ... which is sort of magic-adjacent with some con man nonsense and lots of weirdness all mashed together. Way more of the weirdness I look for...