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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Page 115
... learned sterility and quarrel- someness . He makes a considerable effort to disprove the reality of transmutations , with the use of the same futile syllo- gisms . Incredulous in alchemical matters , Erastus defended belief in ...
... learned sterility and quarrel- someness . He makes a considerable effort to disprove the reality of transmutations , with the use of the same futile syllo- gisms . Incredulous in alchemical matters , Erastus defended belief in ...
Page 222
... learned early to face adversity . When he was eight he lost both his father and his mother during an epidemic . At thirteen he was a schoolteacher . Saving his modest earnings , he was able to go to Paris , where he entered the Collège ...
... learned early to face adversity . When he was eight he lost both his father and his mother during an epidemic . At thirteen he was a schoolteacher . Saving his modest earnings , he was able to go to Paris , where he entered the Collège ...
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... learned men of Europe . Every opinion will reach the Brothers though they have not yet made public their names . Those who want earnestly to join them and are worthy shall be accepted.2 This first manifesto made a tremendous impression ...
... learned men of Europe . Every opinion will reach the Brothers though they have not yet made public their names . Those who want earnestly to join them and are worthy shall be accepted.2 This first manifesto made a tremendous impression ...
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 7 |
FOREWORD | xvii |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | xxi |
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