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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... dead a pleasant life in the hereafter . The massive pyramids and tombs built for the deceased pharaohs and their ministers , for priests and other dignitaries , suggest the power that the dead wielded over all minds . Looking at these ...
... dead a pleasant life in the hereafter . The massive pyramids and tombs built for the deceased pharaohs and their ministers , for priests and other dignitaries , suggest the power that the dead wielded over all minds . Looking at these ...
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... dead . They threatened to shoot lightning into the arm of Shu , god of the air , who would then no longer be able to support the sky - goddess , and her star - sown body would collapse , disrupting the order of all things . The priests ...
... dead . They threatened to shoot lightning into the arm of Shu , god of the air , who would then no longer be able to support the sky - goddess , and her star - sown body would collapse , disrupting the order of all things . The priests ...
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... dead , and the people now related that the stranger was the grandfather who had been dead for ten years and was now a vampire . The rest of the tale is taken from the official protocol made by the examiners . The old man's tomb was ...
... dead , and the people now related that the stranger was the grandfather who had been dead for ten years and was now a vampire . The rest of the tale is taken from the official protocol made by the examiners . The old man's tomb was ...
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 7 |
FOREWORD | xvii |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | xxi |
Copyright | |
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