Black Magic begins with this ominous first line: 'In the large room
of a house in a certain quiet city in Flanders, a man was guilding
a devil'. That person is Dirk Renswoude, a craftsman and loner of
noble birth who has been mistreated in some unspecified way by his
family. He meets Thierry, a young scholar on his way to study at
the university at Basle and they soon discover that they have a
shared fascination with the black arts. However, Thierry is
initially cautious and afraid of blasphemy, whilst Dirk is
ambitious to be "as great as the Master we serve can make his
followers" and thirst for power. Dirk leads them on to experiments
with mystic circles drawn on the floor in chalk, the chanting of
arcane incantations and the evocation of grotesque, demonic visions
writhing in the speculum. Thierry still wavers, but when their
experiments lead to murder the die is cast for both of them. One of
the best gothic novels ever written!
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