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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... astrologers was a poster announcing that the emperor would leave the earth before their departure from Italy - and the predic- tion proved to be true . As a rule , famous astrologers were well received at court . So long as their ...
... astrologers was a poster announcing that the emperor would leave the earth before their departure from Italy - and the predic- tion proved to be true . As a rule , famous astrologers were well received at court . So long as their ...
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... astrologers ; but things work differently , they do not derive from planets : we declare that they are caused by ... Astrologer , presented in London in 1773. A work on Curvilinear Elements is his contribution to geometry , also an ...
... astrologers ; but things work differently , they do not derive from planets : we declare that they are caused by ... Astrologer , presented in London in 1773. A work on Curvilinear Elements is his contribution to geometry , also an ...
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... astrologers never dressed pretentiously . They were clothed simply , like the learned men of their time . Guillaume Postel's portrait is that of a sixteenth - century scholar ; William Lilly's effigy shows an English savant of the mid ...
... astrologers never dressed pretentiously . They were clothed simply , like the learned men of their time . Guillaume Postel's portrait is that of a sixteenth - century scholar ; William Lilly's effigy shows an English savant of the mid ...
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 7 |
FOREWORD | xvii |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | xxi |
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