First published in 1910 by <i>Johnson Smith &amp; Company</i>, &quot;The Book of Forbidden Knowledge&quot; is one of a number of manuscripts crafted towards the end of the 1800s well into the 1920s containing material related to all aspects of the occult; mesmerism, ceremonial magic, the black arts, talismans, and more. What is interesting, here, is that all of the above and more are contained in one work, instead of separately.<br /><br />Speaking of everything from fortune telling to folk healing, &quot;The Book of Forbidden Knowledge&quot; is perhaps better classed as a modern grimoire than most contemporary works of similar origin; the paper covers of any of a number of competing Victorian and Edwardian era titles.