Magic in the Gothic is generally used as a device to allow characters to twist the natural order for evil purposes. In The Monk, for example, Ambrosio uses an enchanted branch to sedate his intended rape victim, and later uses sorcery to summon Lucifer and escape the inquisition.
Courtesy of Wendy Fall, Marquette University
See also: enchantment, occultism, priestcraft, sorcery, supernatural
Books
Ethelred & Lidania; OR, The Sacrifice to Woden [Transcript], Sarah Scudgell Wilkinson
Father Innocent, Abbot of the Capuchins; Or, the Crimes of Cloisters, Unknown
THE SECRET TRIBUNAL OR, THE COURT OF WINCESLAUS A MYSTERIOUS TALE [Transcript], Unknown