Glitch Bottle Podcast

#161 - Manuscript Hunting & Victorian Occultism with Daniel Clark

Glitch Bottle Podcast

Show Notes

How do you track down hidden esoteric manuscripts? What is the Antipalus Maleficiorum? Who were the powerful noble families who owned books of magic throughout the centuries? Daniel Clark - manuscript detective & researcher, editor and collaborator with Dr. Stephen Skinner - goes deep into manuscript searching tips, Victorian Occultism and so much more! ⇓ ⇓ ⇓

► ✅Order the Antipalus Maleficiorum (US) - https://www.amazon.com/Trithemius-Secret-Library-Antipalus-Maleficiorum/dp/0738781223/ ► ✅Order the Antipalus Maleficiorum (UK) - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Trithemius-Secret-Library-Antipalus-Maleficiorum ►✅Order ‘The Master Key: A Victorian Grimoire’ - https://www.amazon.com/Master-Key-Victorian-Grimoire/dp/0738781959/

___Manuscript Search Resources___ 📚Archive Grid - https://www.bgc.bard.edu/archivegrid 📚Europeana - https://www.europeana.eu/en/themes/manuscripts

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🎵 Music by the artist Crowander (track name: “Tornado”)-https://soundcloud.com/crowander -https://crowander.bandcamp.com/-https://soundcloud.com/crowander/tornado

00:00 Intro and early life 9:52 First manuscript 13:28 Working with Dr. Skinner 17:50 Manuscript Tips & Techniques 29:17 Online Resources & Tips 39:33 Frederick Hockley 42:31 Major Irwin 46:20 Walter Moseley 49:40 John Somers 50:56 Joseph Jekyll 53:58 Richard Cosway 55:05 George Oakley Fisher 55:46 Harry Houdini 1:16:21 Bookplates! 1:19:25 Bookplate Fisher 1:22:55 Bacon Bookplate 1:25:24 Antipalus Maleficiorum 1:30:52 A Victorian Grimoire 1:36:46 Nobility Owners Project

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