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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... means for the establishment of suspicion , not of guilt . English judges , encouraged by King James's book , Daemonologie ( 1599 ) , did not shrink from even the most primitive means in their search for the guilty . C. L'Estrange Ewen ...
... means for the establishment of suspicion , not of guilt . English judges , encouraged by King James's book , Daemonologie ( 1599 ) , did not shrink from even the most primitive means in their search for the guilty . C. L'Estrange Ewen ...
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... means of the world - soul . In order to ascertain occult virtues , we should explore the world by means of resemblances . For instance , fire here below excites celestial fire , the eye cures the eye , sterility produces sterility ...
... means of the world - soul . In order to ascertain occult virtues , we should explore the world by means of resemblances . For instance , fire here below excites celestial fire , the eye cures the eye , sterility produces sterility ...
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... means of theories and doctrines ; they are interpreted through a natural gift , found among the learned and the profane . The nineteenth - century magi sought to introduce into the game an esoteric doctrine , resembling Hermetism ...
... means of theories and doctrines ; they are interpreted through a natural gift , found among the learned and the profane . The nineteenth - century magi sought to introduce into the game an esoteric doctrine , resembling Hermetism ...
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 7 |
FOREWORD | xvii |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | xxi |
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