Basilisk

The Book of Stones by the great Arab alchemist Abu Musa Jābir ibn Hayyān.

Doctor John Dee, the famous English mystic from the days of Queen Elizabeth the First

Albertus Magnus when he was Bishop of Ratisbon in the year 1261. He called it “Verwirrung

The Process, a dreamlike story about an American university professor crossing the Sahara.

Natural History, by Pliny the Elder, and a thick volume bound in cracked black leather, Czarny Ksiązka – The Black Book, by the Blessed Wincenty Kadłubek.

‘You’re sure it’s not your hearing aid? If you turn the volume up too high, you’ll get feedback.’

Mrs Bellman emphatically shook her