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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... mysterious terms of the holy trinity of Osiris , Isis and the son Horus . They corporealize , he says , intelligence , matter and cosmos , and they are called the most perfect triangle . The proportions of this triangle express a divine ...
... mysterious terms of the holy trinity of Osiris , Isis and the son Horus . They corporealize , he says , intelligence , matter and cosmos , and they are called the most perfect triangle . The proportions of this triangle express a divine ...
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... mysterious sons of God were believed to be fallen angels who had mated with the women of antediluvian times . In gratitude , the angels taught these women various arts , obviously with the intention that their com- panions make jewels ...
... mysterious sons of God were believed to be fallen angels who had mated with the women of antediluvian times . In gratitude , the angels taught these women various arts , obviously with the intention that their com- panions make jewels ...
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... mysterious crime , the details of which were known only to Saint - Germain . The latter had offered to reveal the facts under one condition : ' Sir , ' he said , ' become a Rosicrucian , and I will tell you . ' Had Louis accepted this ...
... mysterious crime , the details of which were known only to Saint - Germain . The latter had offered to reveal the facts under one condition : ' Sir , ' he said , ' become a Rosicrucian , and I will tell you . ' Had Louis accepted this ...
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 7 |
FOREWORD | xvii |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | xxi |
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