The Book of Black Magic and Ceremonial Magic (Paperback)

from tredara

This waite's "Book of ceremonial magic, and of Pacts" in the cheapest edition I could find.

from mrsdanaalbasha

First published in 1911 as The Book of Ceremonial Magic, this classic work explains the rites, mysteries and secret traditions of Witchcraft, Sorcery, and "Infernal Necromancy", and also explores Theurgy, the White Magic which invokes beneficent spirits. Presented in two parts, the first 'contain...

from kyynhima

A compilation of the best/ worst of the popular grimoires from Middle Ages with a moralist agenda. Here Waite tries to, and not too nonchalantly, prove any real black magic as uneducated superstition compared to "high ceremonial magic". Possibly the very reason why Crowley mocked Waite as a self-...

from JayLivernois

A much underappreciated classic of psychology and tradition connected to the ancient world.

from Anituel

Similar to his book on Tarot, Waite presents a great deal of useful information in a slightly veiled way. Pay special attention to those points which he seems to mock in particular. Waite's dry humor was often his way of pointing toward a lightly hidden nugget of truth.