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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... devil is a clever craftsman , a labourer who is usually cheated on pay day . In the dealings of the devil with virtuous men , evil often results in good . Bishop Olaf Magnussen , who signed his treatise on The People of the North with ...
... devil is a clever craftsman , a labourer who is usually cheated on pay day . In the dealings of the devil with virtuous men , evil often results in good . Bishop Olaf Magnussen , who signed his treatise on The People of the North with ...
Page 158
Kurt Seligmann. 158 THE DEVIL a cat to the disconcerted devil . Below is the bridge , a monument of masonry betraying the true touch of a cunning engineer . Sim- ilar bridges exist all over Europe . In many instances men have nearly ...
Kurt Seligmann. 158 THE DEVIL a cat to the disconcerted devil . Below is the bridge , a monument of masonry betraying the true touch of a cunning engineer . Sim- ilar bridges exist all over Europe . In many instances men have nearly ...
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... devil , Collin de Plancy explains , claims to have received most of his deformities from man . They are not in his nature ; God has decided that whatever men attribute to him , he must retain . ' Thus at the beginning of my exile , I ...
... devil , Collin de Plancy explains , claims to have received most of his deformities from man . They are not in his nature ; God has decided that whatever men attribute to him , he must retain . ' Thus at the beginning of my exile , I ...
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 7 |
FOREWORD | xvii |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | xxi |
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