Tue 19 Aug
|Treadwell's
Summoning Angels & Demons – Lecture & Soirée
David Rankine's illustrated lecture introduces grimoire magic in the late medieval and early modern periods. Drinks follow.
Time & Location
19 Aug 2025, 19:00 – 21:30
Treadwell's, 33 Store St, London WC1E 7BS, UK
About The Event
Between the 14th and 17th centuries, a few people secretly conjured demons, angels and other spirits, using instruction booklets called grimoires.
In this engaging in-person event, David Rankine presents an illustrated lecture on spirit summoning – old-school European style. Expect to learn about the people that performed this kind of magic, why they did so and what texts they used. As the group will hear, many of them were priests (the practitioner needed both basic literacy and a familiarity with church liturgy to perform the rites). The lecture also examines individual accounts of how these rituals went, including stories of remarkably good results. The talk is followed by a drinks soirée on the shop floor.
David Rankine has been practising magic for 46 years. He is also a specialist researcher of grimoires and their constituent practices. He has had 35 books published on magic, most recently the two-volume Grimoire Encyclopaedia,…
Tickets
Summoning Demons Lecture
This ticket gives you admission to the talk and complimentary wine at the soirée afterwards.
£10.00
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