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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... cause disturbances in the air , incantations that cause death . The future may be known through divinatory arts , etc. In his censure of magic , he derives his arguments from the Church fathers . The English historian and monk , Bede ...
... cause disturbances in the air , incantations that cause death . The future may be known through divinatory arts , etc. In his censure of magic , he derives his arguments from the Church fathers . The English historian and monk , Bede ...
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... cause . The second causes are his ministers in charge ( 1486-1535 ) of the government of the world . The spirit or angel of Saturn , for instance , is Orifiel , who governed the universe immediately after the creation . His rule started ...
... cause . The second causes are his ministers in charge ( 1486-1535 ) of the government of the world . The spirit or angel of Saturn , for instance , is Orifiel , who governed the universe immediately after the creation . His rule started ...
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... cause war . All depends only upon man's imagination to be Sun , i.e. , that he imagines wholly that which he wills ... caused by the spiritual , which he calls Gabalis : " You should know that man can foresee the future from the books of ...
... cause war . All depends only upon man's imagination to be Sun , i.e. , that he imagines wholly that which he wills ... caused by the spiritual , which he calls Gabalis : " You should know that man can foresee the future from the books of ...
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 7 |
FOREWORD | xvii |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | xxi |
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