title: The Necromancers: The Best of Black Magic and Witchcraft
text: # The Necromancers: The Best of Black Magic and Witchcraft
  
  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 (ISBN 9780340125960). 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 |
  