Munich Manual of Demonic Magic

Munich Manual of Demonic Magic
First page of the Munich Manual
AuthorAnonymous
Original titleLiber incantationum, exorcismorum et fascinationum variarum
LanguageLatin
SubjectMagic, Demonology, Necromancy
Published15th century

The Munich Manual of Demonic Magic or Liber incantationum, exorcismorum et fascinationum variarum (CLM 849 of the Bavarian State Library, Munich) is a fifteenth-century goetic grimoire manuscript. The text, composed in Latin, is largely concerned with demonology and necromancy.

Richard Kieckhefer edited the original Latin-text manuscript under the title Forbidden Rites: A Necromancer's Manual of the Fifteenth Century, which was published including a commentary in 1998. The author's essays and explanations—regarding the Munich Manual and grimoires in general—include English translations of portions of the text. A Russian translation of the grimoire's original Latin was published in 2019. The first comprehensive English translation was published in 2023.

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