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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... light , patterned after the supermundane , the celestial light . He fashioned the source of life , a power he called bull , and Ahriman destroyed the bull - being . From its scattered seed , Ormazd then fashioned the first man and the ...
... light , patterned after the supermundane , the celestial light . He fashioned the source of life , a power he called bull , and Ahriman destroyed the bull - being . From its scattered seed , Ormazd then fashioned the first man and the ...
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... light - for everything in creation is mortal . God alone sends forth a divine light which is immortal and which is received by that which is immortal in man . These two kinds of light are the essence of all . The astrologer inquires ...
... light - for everything in creation is mortal . God alone sends forth a divine light which is immortal and which is received by that which is immortal in man . These two kinds of light are the essence of all . The astrologer inquires ...
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... light . Paracelsus reminds us of Dionysius the Areopagite of Athens who relinquished astrology to follow St Paul , for he wished to rise from the lesser to the greater ; and so should we all strive for the greater , each according to ...
... light . Paracelsus reminds us of Dionysius the Areopagite of Athens who relinquished astrology to follow St Paul , for he wished to rise from the lesser to the greater ; and so should we all strive for the greater , each according to ...
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 7 |
FOREWORD | xvii |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | xxi |
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