The History of Magic, Witchcraft, and Animal Magnetism: Complete Edition - Volumes I and II

First published in the 19th century, John Campbell Colquhoun’s The History of Magic, Witchcraft, and Animal Magnetism is a sweeping and unsettling survey of mankind’s long fascination with the occult, the supernatural, and the hidden forces of nature. In two complete volumes—here united into one edition—Colquhoun traces the shadowed path of belief from ancient sorcery to modern experiments in mesmerism and animal magnetism.

The work journeys through the grim traditions of witchcraft, necromancy, and enchantments, into the mystical sciences of astrology, divination, and alchemy, and onward to the strange frontier of mesmerism and magnetic influence—a realm that blurred the line between science and sorcery in Colquhoun’s time. With meticulous detail, he shows how every age has sought to unlock forbidden knowledge, whether through ritual, invocation, or hidden natural law.

Part occult chronicle, part historical philosophy, The History of Magic, Witchcraft, and Animal Magnetism remains one of the most ambitious and provocative explorations of esoteric traditions ever written.

Complete edition: both Volumes I & II in one collection

Explores the history of magic, witchcraft, necromancy, and esoteric sciences

Examines the mysterious practice of animal magnetism and mesmerism

Essential for students of occult history, esotericism, and the philosophy of the supernatural