The Necromancers: The Best of Black Magic And Witchcraft is an anthology of occult stories edited by Peter Haining and published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1971 (). The collection of stories in this anthology is a blend of fact and fiction. This anthology includes stories, folklore, essays and focuses on witchcraft and Satanism. The editor's preface by Peter Haining provides a brief overview of the theme of this compilation and it is followed by an introduction by Robert Bloch.
Stories collected
Title Author Modern Witchcraft Robert Graves Black Magic Today Rollo Ahmed The Black Lodge Aleister Crowley The Sacrifice Betty May The Sorcerers W. B. Yeats A Life For A Life Dennis Wheatley The Witches’ Sabbat C. W. Olliver The Salem Mass Nathaniel Hawthorne The Tryals Of The New England Witches Cotton Mather The Lancashire Witches W. Harrison Ainsworth An Initiation To Witchcraft Margaret Murray A Pact With The Devil N/A How To Raise A Spirit N/A The Black Goat Of Brandenberg N/A My Experiences In Necromancy Benvenuto Cellini The Necromancer Lawrence Flammenberg Gavon’s Eve E. F. Benson The Confession Of The Witches Of Elfdale N/A The Witch Finders Sax Rohmer The Witch-Baiter Robert Anthony The Spell On witchcraft P. T. Barnum Familiars Frank Hamel Saunder’s Little Friend August Derleth The Chambre Ardente Affair Ronald Seth The Tarn Of Sacrifice Algernon Blackwood The Hell-Fire Clubs Montague Summers At The Heart Of It Michael Harrison Beelzebub Robert Bloch
References Book review: The Necromancers by Peter Haining (Editor) The Book Haven. Retrieved 27 July 2016 The Necromancers: The Best of Black Magic and Witchcraft, Google Books