Dan Harms
@danharms.bsky.social
Author, librarian, occultist, gamer. Opinions expressed do not reflect the positions of SUNY Cortland or UUP.
My blog gives the people what they want - so long as they want a review of an expensive scholarly book on a magical papyrus! medium.com/@danharms_29...
Review — New Approaches to the Great Paris Magical Codex
Hello, everyone! Here’s another in our ongoing series, “What’s in This Massively Expensive Scholarly Book?”
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A medieval book on necromancy, djinn magic, and a book shipment goes terribly awry! medium.com/@danharms_29...
Medieval Necromancy, Djinn Magic, and Pendragon
Hello, everyone!
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My new book project - a history of necromancy! medium.com/@danharms_29...
Book Project — Necromancy: Speaking with the Dead in the Near East, Europe, and the Middle Ages
I’ve been quiet about any upcoming book projects… but I’m now happy to announce that I’ve been contracted by Routledge to write a history…
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I review Cyprianus: St. Cyprian and the Black Book in Scandinavian Folklore! medium.com/@danharms_29...
Review — Cyprianus: St. Cyprian and the Black Book in Scandinavian Folklore
Hello, everyone! Today I’m going to be discussing Simone* Kotva’s book Cyprianus. I’ll give the information from the website, as I don’t…
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I overcome tariff nonsense to review a newly discovered 19th century Icelandic treatise on elves! medium.com/@danharms_29...
Review — The Treatise on Elves by Ólafur of Purkey
That took a lot. Due to our lovely tariffs (on which I’ve ranted here and here), the post office in Finland no longer ships parcels to the…
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A short story now in ebook, Pendragon, and people quoting me for some reason. medium.com/@danharms_29...
The Starry Wisdom Library as an eBook, Magic and the Inquisition in Venice, the Emerald Tablets…
Welcome back, everyone!
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Devon folklore, the White Horse of Unnfington, conjure and healing, and some medieval Arthurian thing! medium.com/@danharms_29...
Dan’s Offline Reading Extravaganza, Part 2
You’ve already seen (I hope) part one of the books I read while in a cabin with no Internet. On to part 2 — also consisting of books I…
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My offline reading extravaganza - a Persian epic, British history, witchcraft, donkeys in magic, and a graphic novel! medium.com/@danharms_29...
Dan’s Offline Reading Extravaganza, Part 1
Hello, everyone! I spent an entire week offline in a cabin reading. It was a fulfilling and relaxing experience. Now behold the books I…
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Books of magic, and how tariffs protect the elves from scrutiny: medium.com/@danharms_29...
Tariffs Impacting Important Elf Work, A New Theurgia Goetia Manuscript, More Lemegeton Material…
Welcome back, everyone!
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What was the most famous magical operation in Early Modern Italy? medium.com/@danharms_29...
On the “Operation of the Carafe” in Early Modern Italy
As I’ve been reading more sources on the Italian Inquisition, such as Barbierato’s In the Room of the Circles, I’ve been intrigued by…
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He got caught by the Toulouse Inquisition in the most ridiculous way possible. medium.com/@danharms_29...
Reading and Getting Caught with Books of Magic in Seventeenth-Century Toulouse
Hello, everyone! I took a week off, but now I’m back.
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Various magical topics, and the Buckland Museum: medium.com/@danharms_29...
Buckland Talk Followup, Free Books of Magical Scholarship, A Cultural History of Magic Update…
I had a great time at the Buckland Museum of Witchcraft’s Yule party. I delivered a lengthy talk on encountering — often deliberately —…
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A Terrible Tale of Necromancy from the Inquisition Archive of Siena medium.com/@danharms_29...
A Terrible Tale of Necromancy from the Inquisition Archive of Siena
Hey folks! I’ve been busy a few weekends, so I haven’t gotten my blogging done. It’s time to get back to it.
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Grimoire illustrations, two sort-of books of magic, and Gal Sofer speaks! medium.com/@danharms_29...
On a Grimoire Illustration, An 18th Century Magical Commonplace Book, The Discovery of Witchcraft…
Hello, everyone!
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I'm back, with another miscellany of podcasts, the history of magic, and Faustian grimoires! medium.com/@danharms_29...
SHWEP Podcast, Hands of the Living God Update, Paimon, A Cultural History of Magic, The Magical…
Bret Kramer kindly reminded me that “Hands of the Living God” is under submission to Sentinel Hill Press, which I had forgotten. Apologies…
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A tariff update, and I try to discuss magic while distracted by Arthurian trivia: medium.com/@danharms_29...
Tariff Update, Arthurian Trivia, Divine Magic and Red Dragons, History of Venetian and Portuguese…
In the aftermath of my tariff post, it seems that most occult small presses and distributors I mentioned have found ways to resume their…
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I review two short books on Icelandic magic and the Merseburg Charms from Hyldyr Press! medium.com/@danharms_29...
Two New Books — The Merseburg Spells and Galdrstafir
Today I’ll be covering two short books released by Hyldyr Press: The Merseburg Spells: Germanic Paganism (second edition) by a team led by…
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Our next #online #lecture is the awesome @danharms.bsky.social who will be exploring #grimoires and their relevance to #British #folklore - get your ticket from bit.ly/flaevents and please share our post & help us spread the word! #WitchSky #FolkloreThursday #library #archive #WhatsOn #HistorySky
The Folklore Library & Archive@folklorelibrary.bsky.social · 11mo agoOur next online talk FAIRIES, WITCH BOTTLES AND AZAZEL: British Grimoires and their Significance to the Study of Folklore Saturday 18 October, 7:30pm £5 plus booking fee bit.ly/flaevents All profits support our charity. Ticket includes talk, Q&A and recording of the event
My thirty-year old Call of Cthulhu scenario is as popular in China as Masks (maybe). Now what? medium.com/@danharms_29...
Hands of the Living God — Big in China?
All right. This is pretty strange, even by my standards.
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