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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... LETTERS This book is littered with strange names , surnames and aliases of angels , formed upon known models like Gabriel , Michael , Raphael , etc. Other such names were composed by the Cabalists with a root term in accordance with the ...
... LETTERS This book is littered with strange names , surnames and aliases of angels , formed upon known models like Gabriel , Michael , Raphael , etc. Other such names were composed by the Cabalists with a root term in accordance with the ...
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... letters of the sentence : ' He created the firmament , the earth , the heavens , the sea and the abyss . ' Another example of Notarikon's procedures is the talisman which Agrippa reproduced in his Occult Philosophy . It reads ' Ararita ...
... letters of the sentence : ' He created the firmament , the earth , the heavens , the sea and the abyss . ' Another example of Notarikon's procedures is the talisman which Agrippa reproduced in his Occult Philosophy . It reads ' Ararita ...
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... letters of the alphabet , is also the form of all that exists ; for , outside man , time and the universe , only the infinite is conceivable . Therefore , the three realms are called the faithful witnesses of truth . The world of letters ...
... letters of the alphabet , is also the form of all that exists ; for , outside man , time and the universe , only the infinite is conceivable . Therefore , the three realms are called the faithful witnesses of truth . The world of letters ...
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 7 |
FOREWORD | xvii |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | xxi |
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