Black Magic, by
Marjorie Bowen, begins with this ominous first line: 'In the large room of a
house in a certain quiet city in Flanders, a man was guilding a devil'.
That person is Dirk Renswoude, a craftsman and loner of noble birth who
has been mistreated in some unspecified way by his family. He meets
Thierry, a young scholar on his way to study at the university at Basle
and they soon discover that they have a shared fascination with the
black arts.
However, Thierry is initially cautious and afraid of blasphemy, whilst
Dirk is ambitious to be "as great as the Master we serve can make his
followers" and thirst for power. Dirk leads them on to experiments with
mystic circles drawn on the floor in chalk, the chanting of arcane
incantations and the evocation of grotesque, demonic visions writhing in
the speculum. Thierry still wavers, but when their experiments lead to
murder the die is cast for both of them.
One of the best gothic novels ever written!
No 13 in Dennis Wheatley Library of the Occult.
Pages: 392
ISBN: 9781304830326
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