Dan Harms
@danharms.bsky.social
Author, librarian, occultist, gamer. Opinions expressed do not reflect the positions of SUNY Cortland or UUP.
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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November 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM
A Terrible Tale of Necromancy from the Inquisition Archive of Siena medium.com/@danharms_29...
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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November 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Grimoire illustrations, two sort-of books of magic, and Gal Sofer speaks! medium.com/@danharms_29...
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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November 15, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I'm back, with another miscellany of podcasts, the history of magic, and Faustian grimoires! medium.com/@danharms_29...
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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October 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
A tariff update, and I try to discuss magic while distracted by Arthurian trivia: medium.com/@danharms_29...
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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October 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I review two short books on Icelandic magic and the Merseburg Charms from Hyldyr Press! medium.com/@danharms_29...
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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
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Our 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
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All profits support our charity.
Ticket includes talk, Q&A and recording of the event
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
October 2, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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
bit.ly/flaevents
and please share our post & help us spread the word!
#WitchSky #FolkloreThursday #library #archive #WhatsOn #HistorySky
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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September 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
My thirty-year old Call of Cthulhu scenario is as popular in China as Masks (maybe). Now what? medium.com/@danharms_29...
Vampires, amulets, and the Merseburg charms! medium.com/@danharms_29...
Croglin Vampires, Merseburg Charms Database, Magical Amulets Pictured and Transcribed
I hope all of you are safe and doing well.
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September 13, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Vampires, amulets, and the Merseburg charms! medium.com/@danharms_29...
Partial book reviews! medium.com/@danharms_29...
Brief Book Blurbs — Greek Amulets, Irish Cures, Somerset Witches, Greenland Folklore, A Pirate RPG
Given the readership of this blog, I’m sure that most of my readers have a long list of books they wish to read but didn’t quite get to…
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September 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Partial book reviews! medium.com/@danharms_29...
I review A Similitude of Nature: medium.com/@danharms_29...
Review — A Similitude of Nature: Giorgio Anselmi’s On the Images of the Eighth Celestial Sphere
Most of the attention toward historical manuals of magic — and much of my own focus — goes toward the field of ritual magic, with its…
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August 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I review A Similitude of Nature: medium.com/@danharms_29...
My travels in the UK and Ireland: medium.com/@danharms_29...
Traveling to the UK and Ireland
I’m back from another international excursion. This one was prompted by two conferences: the Centre for Renaissance and Early Modern…
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August 16, 2025 at 2:44 PM
My travels in the UK and Ireland: medium.com/@danharms_29...
We don't find witch bottles in Germany - but are there traces of something similar? medium.com/@danharms_29...
Witch Bottles — Sort of — in German-Speaking Regions
One of the mysteries I’ve wondered about is the curious item in Hohman’s Long-Lost Friend for “Another remedy to be applied when any one is…
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August 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
We don't find witch bottles in Germany - but are there traces of something similar? medium.com/@danharms_29...
Feathers in folklore, and some upcoming releases on Icelandic staves, charms, and Devon witches! medium.com/@danharms_29...
Feathers Podcast, Icelandic Staves, The Merseburg Charms, Devon Witches
I’ll probably be off the blog for a couple of weeks.
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August 2, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Feathers in folklore, and some upcoming releases on Icelandic staves, charms, and Devon witches! medium.com/@danharms_29...
I visit Philly and the Vampire Museum! medium.com/@danharms_29...
Writing Too Much, Philly Trip, Vampire Museum
I have gone somewhat radio silent over the past couple weeks. Apparently I decided that having an article and three presentations due…
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July 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I visit Philly and the Vampire Museum! medium.com/@danharms_29...
I review Hyldyr Press' The Long-Hidden Friend! medium.com/@danharms_29...
Review — The Long-Hidden Friend
Welcome back, everyone! Today I’ve got a quick review of The Long-Hidden Friend, Or, The Long Lost Friend: Historical Pennsylvania German…
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June 21, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I review Hyldyr Press' The Long-Hidden Friend! medium.com/@danharms_29...
My report from the ICMS, and considering a book on theatre and magic in early modern England...
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International Congress of Medieval Studies, Slavic and Baltic Paganism, Elizabethan Theatre…
I had a great time at the International Congress of Medieval Studies, although I missed many of my colleagues who weren’t able to make it…
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June 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
My report from the ICMS, and considering a book on theatre and magic in early modern England...
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An English edition of a classic work on the Inquisition and grimoires in early modern Venice - appearing shortly! medium.com/@danharms_29...
Forthcoming — In the Room of the Circles: The Inquisition and Books of Magic in Early Modern Venice
I’m still at the International Congress of Medieval Studies, having shown people numerous pictures of dragons and spirits. I’ll keep this…
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May 31, 2025 at 3:01 PM
An English edition of a classic work on the Inquisition and grimoires in early modern Venice - appearing shortly! medium.com/@danharms_29...
I review Brian Johnson's edition of The Black Raven! medium.com/@danharms_29...
Review — The Black Raven translated by Brian Johnson
Hello, everyone! I’ve just received an electronic review copy of The Black Raven, newly translated from Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek…
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May 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I review Brian Johnson's edition of The Black Raven! medium.com/@danharms_29...
I'll be at @treadwellsbooks.bsky.social on July 3! www.treadwells-london.com/events-1/nec...
Necromancy in Early Modern Britain - Lecture and Soiree | Treadwells
Dan Harms' illustrated lecture unpacks an intriguing graveyard rite to raise the dead, used in early Modern Britain. Drinks soiree follows.
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May 17, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I'll be at @treadwellsbooks.bsky.social on July 3! www.treadwells-london.com/events-1/nec...
Just a bunch of stuff: medium.com/@danharms_29...
Pendragon, Sumerian Incantations, Witch Bottles at the Buckland Museum, Coptic Papyri in Paperback…
Hey, I promised you infrequent updates, and I didn’t want to let you down by posting too regularly.
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May 3, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Just a bunch of stuff: medium.com/@danharms_29...
I review the newest edition of the Galdrabok, the Icelandic book of magic! medium.com/@danharms_29...
Book Review — Galdrabók by Kári Pálsson
Today we’ll take a look at Hyldyr Press’ new edition of the Galdrabók, the famous Icelandic book of magic, translated by Kári Pálsson…
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April 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I review the newest edition of the Galdrabok, the Icelandic book of magic! medium.com/@danharms_29...
I review the newest edition of the Galdrabok, the Icelandic book of magic! medium.com/@danharms_29...
Book Review — Galdrabók by Kári Pálsson
Today we’ll take a look at Hyldyr Press’ new edition of the Galdrabók, the famous Icelandic book of magic, translated by Kári Pálsson…
https://medium.com/@danharms_29771/book-review-galdrabók-by-kári-pálsson-ecc0e27ce03e
April 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I review the newest edition of the Galdrabok, the Icelandic book of magic! medium.com/@danharms_29...
Conference attendance, the Sefer ha-Razim, and a new edition of the Tuba Veneris: medium.com/@danharms_29...
Ouroboros Press Update, Roundtable on Magic Circles, Sepher ha-Razim Introduction, Witch Bottles…
I hope everyone is doing all right out there.
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April 19, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Conference attendance, the Sefer ha-Razim, and a new edition of the Tuba Veneris: medium.com/@danharms_29...