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Witchcraft and magic: a man conducting magic rites, devils and a ghost appearing, and a hunter cowering in terror. Coloured etching. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.
An episode in the opera Der Freischütz, act 2, scene 6, by Carl Maria von Weber: Kaspar and Max in the Wolf's glen. The character Kaspar forges magical bullets with the aid of the evil spirit Samiel. In the background, huntsmen with horses and hounds fly through the night sky
Left, Kaspar inside a protective circle of flaming stones, tends to a fire in a brazier. A human skull is on the ground beside him. Outside the circle, hostile animals (a snake, a boar, an owl, a bat). Right, the ghost of Samiel materializes in the flame-coloured opening to a cave
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