The Munich Manual of Demonic Magic

Record summary

The manuscript commonly called the Munich Manual of Demonic Magic is a fifteenth-century Latin collection of conjurations, prayers, ritual instructions, and procedures involving spirits, divination, and practical aims. It is useful for comparing learned clerical literacy with vernacular or popular magical practice and for examining how demonic categories were applied to ritual knowledge. Its contents are a manuscript artifact rather than a verified record of successful encounters. Researchers should account for compilation layers, scribal context, and later editorial naming. This is an AI-recalled lead, not evidence of demons.