The History of Magic and the OccultCovers astrology, divination, witchcraft, the Tarot, the Cabala, alchemy, and vampires, from ancient Mesopotamia to eighteenth-century Europe. |
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... accepted Greeks , but also works strongly tinted with magical elements . The divinatory arts were held in high esteem ; palmistry , astrology , physiognomy , and similar occult arts were in vogue . Even magic incantations and the ...
... accepted Greeks , but also works strongly tinted with magical elements . The divinatory arts were held in high esteem ; palmistry , astrology , physiognomy , and similar occult arts were in vogue . Even magic incantations and the ...
Page 257
... accepted , it became necessary to control the results obtained through astrological mathematics with observations gathered from nature . Cardan searched and compar- ed hundreds of human foreheads , a painstaking and tedious task . His ...
... accepted , it became necessary to control the results obtained through astrological mathematics with observations gathered from nature . Cardan searched and compar- ed hundreds of human foreheads , a painstaking and tedious task . His ...
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... accepted that in the left hand , which does not work as much as the right , the signs are preserved better and not distorted . Others say that in the left is inscribed the primitive destiny given by the stars at man's birth , whereas in ...
... accepted that in the left hand , which does not work as much as the right , the signs are preserved better and not distorted . Others say that in the left is inscribed the primitive destiny given by the stars at man's birth , whereas in ...
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 7 |
FOREWORD | xvii |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | xxi |
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