The Munich Manual of Demonic Magic: The Medieval Book Written for Necromancers
In the Bavarian State Library in Munich, a fifteenth-century paper manuscript survives under the shelfmark Clm 849. Traditionally described in Latin as a book of incantations, exorcisms, and enchantments, its central section is now widely known as the Munich Handbook of Necromancy.
This is not a medieval sermon condemning sorcery, nor a court record accusing someone of magic. It is a substantial collection of practical ritual instructions. Its anonymous compiler preserved operations that promise knowledge, influence, love, favor, revenge, visions, discovery of thieves, extraordinary…
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