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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... exists for him jugglery and illusion : people believe they are seeing things which do not exist . True , also , that evil demons lead man astray with magic , which is considerably worse than the deception of the eyes . Yet there also exists ...
... exists for him jugglery and illusion : people believe they are seeing things which do not exist . True , also , that evil demons lead man astray with magic , which is considerably worse than the deception of the eyes . Yet there also exists ...
Page 150
... exist if there were no devil , or as a French theologian expressed it : ' God and the devil are the whole religion . ' Religions of antiquity conceive of evil as partaking of the divine . Among the early Mesopotamians , both principles ...
... exist if there were no devil , or as a French theologian expressed it : ' God and the devil are the whole religion . ' Religions of antiquity conceive of evil as partaking of the divine . Among the early Mesopotamians , both principles ...
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... exists something beyond logic , as the ancients have demonstrated ; thus mysticism will complete the system . Paracelsus affirms that God has given various qualities to things at their creation , forces which enable them to exist ...
... exists something beyond logic , as the ancients have demonstrated ; thus mysticism will complete the system . Paracelsus affirms that God has given various qualities to things at their creation , forces which enable them to exist ...
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 7 |
FOREWORD | xvii |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | xxi |
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