Tales of Love and Death by Robert Aickman (Tartarus Press, 2014) Limited Edition Hardcover

Tales of Love and Death by Robert Aickman (Tartarus Press, 2014) Limited Edition HardcoverRobert Aickman. Tales of Love and Death. Leyburn. Tartarus Press, 2014. Hardcover. 243 pages. Second Tartarus Press edition. Condition: New Description from the publisher: Robert Aickman (1914 1981) is considered by many to be one of the finest exponents of the modern ghost story. Aickman himself referred to his tales as strange stories, for they are often open to more complex interpretations. His writing is subtle and poetic, presenting us with

Trithemius was the teacher of Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa

These are trees imbued with magical properties into which coins have been ritually embedded

The material presented here is taken from the writings known as "the sleep and dreams" notebooks

Selected Letters: The private writings of the Master of the Macabre

Fantasies of Time and Death: Dunsany

Women and men feared hell equally but Puritan culture encouraged women to believe it was their vile natures that would take them there rather than the particular sins they might have committed

Robert and Oakley-Harrington

Part theology

and modern-day folk magic

Appendix VII: On the Use of Metals

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