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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... holy spirit ! 5 The resemblance of this Zoroastrian cleansing rite to the Catholic rite of exorcism upon individuals possessed by demons is striking In A.D. 1582 Jerome Mengo published his Whip for the Demons , which deals with this ...
... holy spirit ! 5 The resemblance of this Zoroastrian cleansing rite to the Catholic rite of exorcism upon individuals possessed by demons is striking In A.D. 1582 Jerome Mengo published his Whip for the Demons , which deals with this ...
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... Holy Writ The Scriptures speak of magic as something whose existence no one doubts . Here , magic is a reality . The widespread condemna- tion of the occult does not arise from the suspicion that its magical operations are exploited for ...
... Holy Writ The Scriptures speak of magic as something whose existence no one doubts . Here , magic is a reality . The widespread condemna- tion of the occult does not arise from the suspicion that its magical operations are exploited for ...
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... Holy Virgin were borrowed from Isis , ' the immaculate ' : ' mater domina ' , an appellation that survives in the form ' Madonna ' . ' Indeed , ' says J. G. Frazer in describing the cult of Isis , ' her state- ly ritual , with its ...
... Holy Virgin were borrowed from Isis , ' the immaculate ' : ' mater domina ' , an appellation that survives in the form ' Madonna ' . ' Indeed , ' says J. G. Frazer in describing the cult of Isis , ' her state- ly ritual , with its ...
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 7 |
FOREWORD | xvii |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | xxi |
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