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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... discovered sodium sulphate , i.e. , Glauber salts , which he believed to be the philosophers ' stone . Brandt ( died 1692 ) , a burgher of Hamburg , is said to have discovered phosphorus . Giambattista della Porta ( 1541-1615 ) prepared ...
... discovered sodium sulphate , i.e. , Glauber salts , which he believed to be the philosophers ' stone . Brandt ( died 1692 ) , a burgher of Hamburg , is said to have discovered phosphorus . Giambattista della Porta ( 1541-1615 ) prepared ...
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... discovering relations between words through calculation of their numerical values . Words with the same numerical ... discovered that the most mighty name of God must contain seventy - two letters . The knowledge of this name was the ...
... discovering relations between words through calculation of their numerical values . Words with the same numerical ... discovered that the most mighty name of God must contain seventy - two letters . The knowledge of this name was the ...
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... discovered a concealed door that led to the burial chamber . Above the entrance were engraved the words , ' POST CXX ANNOS PATEBO ' ( After one hundred and twenty years I will appear ) . The discovery gave impetus to the Rosicrucian ...
... discovered a concealed door that led to the burial chamber . Above the entrance were engraved the words , ' POST CXX ANNOS PATEBO ' ( After one hundred and twenty years I will appear ) . The discovery gave impetus to the Rosicrucian ...
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 7 |
FOREWORD | xvii |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | xxi |
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