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	* One of the oldest known copies of the magical manual ''The Enchiridion''		* One of the oldest known copies of the magical manual ''The Enchiridion''

	===Booke of pictures===		==="Booke of pictures"===
	The book itself is the primary magical tool described in its rituals. The manuscript is described as a ''booke of pictures'' which could actually reference a deck of [[tarot\|tarot cards]].		The book itself is the primary magical tool described in its rituals. The manuscript is described as a ''booke of pictures'' which could actually reference a deck of [[tarot\|tarot cards]].

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	The original title page of the book has been lost, but it was likely given a generic title reflecting its magical content.		The original title page of the book has been lost, but it was likely given a generic title reflecting its magical content.

	One of the spirits found in the book, [[Oberion]], is similar in name to the Shakespeare character Oberon from ''A Midsummer Night's Dream''. Seeking to capitalize on the similarity of the name and hoping to attract interest in the book from fans of Shakespeare, ~~publisher Llewellyn~~ conflated these spirits into one entity.		One of the spirits found in the book, [[Oberion]], is similar in name to the Shakespeare character Oberon from ''A Midsummer Night's Dream''. Seeking to capitalize on the similarity of the name and hoping to attract interest in the book from fans of Shakespeare, the authors conflated these spirits into one entity.

	==Original manuscript==		==Original manuscript==

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	* One of the oldest known copies of the magical manual ''The Enchiridion''		* One of the oldest known copies of the magical manual ''The Enchiridion''

	===~~Fairy magic~~===		===Booke of pictures===
	~~Some of~~ the ~~spirits mentioned~~ in ~~the book~~ which ~~are not commonly found elsewhere include~~ [[~~Oberion~~]] ~~who is described as a king~~.		The book itself is the primary magical tool described in its rituals. The manuscript is described as a ''booke of pictures'' which could actually reference a deck of [[tarot\|tarot cards]].

	~~Seeking to capitalize on the similarity~~ of the ~~name Oberion to the Shakespeare character Oberon from ''A Midsummer Night's Dream''~~, ~~the Folger Library and publisher Llewellyn conflate these spirits into one entity~~.		==Title==
			The original title page of the book has been lost, but it was likely given a generic title reflecting its magical content.

	~~===Booke~~ of ~~pictures===~~		One of the spirits found in the book, [[Oberion]], is similar in name to the Shakespeare character Oberon from ''A Midsummer Night's Dream''. Seeking to capitalize on the similarity of the name and hoping to attract interest in the book from fans of Shakespeare, publisher Llewellyn conflated these spirits into one entity.
	~~The~~ book ~~itself~~ is the ~~primary magical tool described in its rituals. The manuscript is described as a~~ ''~~booke of pictures~~'' ~~which could actually reference a deck~~ of ~~[[tarot\|tarot cards]]~~.

	==Original manuscript==		==Original manuscript==

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	The book was published in 2015 by Llewellyn Publications in a 585 page premium hardcover edition retaining the manuscript's red lettering of important words and holy names. Its full title was ''The Book of Oberon: A Sourcebook of Elizabethan Magic''.		The book was published in 2015 by Llewellyn Publications in a 585 page premium hardcover edition retaining the manuscript's red lettering of important words and holy names. Its full title was ''The Book of Oberon: A Sourcebook of Elizabethan Magic''.

			==External links==
			* [https://www.llewellyn.com/product.php?ean=9780738743349 Product listing at Llewellyn]

	[[Category:Books]]		[[Category:Books]]
	[[Category:Grimoires]]		[[Category:Grimoires]]

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The '''''Book of Oberon''''' is the modern name for a sixteenth-century [[grimoire]] containing a compilation of spells, secrets, and invocations for performing [[ritual magic]].

==Content==
The Book of Oberon contains a common collection of rituals and spells found in other grimoires of the period, such as the ''[[Key of Solomon]]''.

* Formulas used in [[natural magic]]
* Methods for creating [[amulet]]s
* Lists of spirits
* Instructions for working with [[Goetic demon]]s
* One of the oldest known copies of the magical manual ''The Enchiridion''

===Fairy magic===
Some of the spirits mentioned in the book which are not commonly found elsewhere include [[Oberion]] who is described as a king.

Seeking to capitalize on the similarity of the name Oberion to the Shakespeare character Oberon from ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'', the Folger Library and publisher Llewellyn conflate these spirits into one entity.

===Booke of pictures===
The book itself is the primary magical tool described in its rituals. The manuscript is described as a ''booke of pictures'' which could actually reference a deck of [[tarot|tarot cards]].

==Original manuscript==
The original handwritten vellum manuscript is listed as Manuscript V.b.26 in the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. The latest possible date for creation is 1583.

Its earliest known owner is Richard Cosway (1740 - 1821), an English [[occultist]].

At some point before 1822, it had been split into two parts, each bound in calfskin. Several leaves, compromising pages 1-14 and 33,34 have all been lost.

==Publication==
Authors Daniel Harms, James R. Clark, and Joseph H. Peterson worked together to transcribe and organize the original manuscript into a viable book for a modern audience.

The book was published in 2015 by Llewellyn Publications in a 585 page premium hardcover edition retaining the manuscript's red lettering of important words and holy names. Its full title was ''The Book of Oberon: A Sourcebook of Elizabethan Magic''.

[[Category:Books]]
[[Category:Grimoires]]