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The History of Magick

Gabriel Naudé
London: Printed for J. Streater
1657
Special Collections and University Archives

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.