Author: Dee, John

This Special Edition limited is to 256 hand bound copies, approximately 7 x 8.5 inches in size. Binding is quarter leather green goatskin with a metallic copper cover paper, as attributed to Venus. The text is black with color frontispiece, green page borders, and many color diagrams. Some of the 256 copies will be privately distributed and the remaining made available to the public.

The text is attributed to Dr. John Dee but veers from his better-known Enochian work. It appears to be a traditional grimoire which instructs the magician in the proper preparations and tools needed to summon the six spirits ruled by Venus, but in fact may be a connection back to the benandanti witch cult and forward to Dee and Kelley's angelic workings.

This translation was made primarily from the handwritten Latin text of London's Warburg Institute MS. FBH 51 dated around 1600 CE, with other versions of the text referred to as needed. Both the English and Latin text are together. Also included in the book are several related articles to further elaborate on the significance of this work.

This is the first publication in book form of an English translation of this little-known grimoire and we have gone to great lengths to use the best materials and bind each and every copy by hand, starting each batch on the day of Venus.

Contents:

A Note from the Yranslators

Acknowledgements

Translation:
Libellus Veneri Nigro Sacer
Attributed to John Dee, translated by Teresa Burns and Nancy Turner

Chapter 1:
Black Venus and a Magickal Mystery
By Teresa Burns

Chapter 2:
Tuba Veneris and the Occult Tradition: An Overview
By Phil Legard

Chapter 3:
Olympic Spirits, the Cult of the Dark Goddess, & the Seal of Ameth
By Vincent Bridges and Teresa Burns

Notes/References
Bibliography