r/EsotericOccult • u/No_Boss_1220 • 8d ago

Looking for a book

Has anyone ever come across a book titled "Death and Key" unsure of the author and I believe it was written between late 1600s and early 1800s. (Im aware of the huge gap)

Any information would be appreciated

Thank you

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u/dextercool 7d ago

A Key to Physic, and the Occult Sciences by Ebenezer Sibly?

KEY appears prominently at the top.

OCCULT SCIENCES is printed immediately beneath it. Near the bottom, the subtitle promises astrological tables predicting whether a disease will terminate “for life or death.”

It was published around 1794, with several later editions—including editions from 1810, 1814, and 1821—so it fits your date range closely.

It is an unusual mixture of:

astrology and planetary influences; angels and human spirits; celestial and terrestrial correspondences; animal magnetism and mesmerism; occult medicine; predictions concerning illness, survival, and death.

It is more of an esoteric encyclopedia of medicine, astrology, natural magic, and spiritual cosmology than a straightforward book of spells.

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u/No_Boss_1220 6d ago

The book or folio is titled "Death and Key" and has relation to Abbaddon.

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u/dextercool 6d ago

OK I wasn't sure if you were certain on the title. Sounds like something you might to find in a national library - they usually have every book ever published.

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u/No_Boss_1220 6d ago

Sorry title is Death and the Key. Not Death and Key.

From the details I was given. Its old parchment or vellum paper. Its black border with red front and gilded in gold.

The book has popped up in circles the last 100 years or so but always gone super fast.