The History of Magick
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Gabriel Naudé
London: Printed for J. Streater
1657
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Gabriel Naudé’s treatise, The History of Magick, was a defense of famous doctors and scientists against the charge of witchcraft and sorcery. His argument divides magic into three categories – divine, theurgic, natural, and witchcraft – of which only witchcraft is deemed to be unlawful.