Raising Hell

Raising Hell, by Robert Masello, is a concise history of the BlackArts and those who dared to practice them. As one of the few practicing demonologiststoday, Masello shares with readers the facts behind the fearful legends of witchcraft,voodoo, astrology, and other "dark sciences." Here, in one spell-binding volume, is a history of the major occult arts -- necromancy,sorcery, astrology, alchemy, and prophecy -- as they have been practiced from ancientBabylon to the present day. Men and women have believed, in virtually every age and in every land, that there isanother world -- a world of spirits and souls, angels and demons, gods and monsters.Some have even risked their lives to explore them. Raising Hell weaves history with myths, quotes, anecdotes, and illustrationsto provide a vivid chronicle of the evolution of the occults arts.