A History of Magic, Witchcraft and the Occult

A truly impressive book for the price, full of gorgeous artwork, illustrations and intriguing historical facts for those with even just a passing interest in the supernatural and the occult. Printed on high quality paper and well bound. A perfect addition to my library of the strange and unusual!

Fabulous quality books

Got as a present off my mum for Christmas and it’s right up my street. Love the images and have found it really interesting

A good read, well illustrated.

Brilliant

Really beautifully put together book.. Wonderful artwork / illustration that keeps your attention and helps to guide to where to read (As it doesn't have to be a 'linear' book as such).. Great, interesting information!

Quite an impressive encylopedia from DK publishing. Some of their publications are too general to be of use to someone with a deeper interest in the subject matter, but this is actually a very good history, with some absolutely fantastic images from pre-history to the modern day.

A great read for those who want to.

Can't wait to read it. Seems to be very interesting and has beautiful illustrations, covering a wide range of topics.

I just finished reading this and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was a great summary of the entire history of magic and the occult (and other religions) and was immensely informative. It's a quality book with very nice pictures that covered a lot of topics. It gives you a good overview without going into too much detail that would make it boring or harder to read, like a lot of these history book are. It's the pictures though that made this book. I felt like I was back in school studying to be an archeologist or historian - it is like a textbook in many ways. It's great to see visuals of everything that are describing and really added to the enjoyment of reading this.

It goes into all cults & occultism an breaks it down with colorful pages that light up their wording.

Si quieres profundizar en el tema no lo recomiendo. Es un libro hecho a las prisas y con descripciones MUY breves de cada tema; adornado con imágenes bonitas y un diseño atractivo, pero nada más que eso. A parte muchos hablan de errores e incoherencias en la información, personalmente puedo decir que Wikipedia profundiza mucho mejor en cada tema, por ejemplo ¿hablar de los judíos sin hablar de la Kabalah?, eso es perezoso, simplista y generalista.

I bought this book because I fell in love with the visuals while browsing it on the net… and the physical version has not disappointed me. The book is chock-full of beautiful photographs and illustrations, and is an entertaining voyage into the genre.