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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... original sin . Furthermore , we have seen that Hermetism was related closely to Gnosticism : the serpent is a symbol borrowed from the Gnostics . The fundamental difference between Gnosticism and Catho- licism is their opposing concept ...
... original sin . Furthermore , we have seen that Hermetism was related closely to Gnosticism : the serpent is a symbol borrowed from the Gnostics . The fundamental difference between Gnosticism and Catho- licism is their opposing concept ...
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... original texts , as well as considerable mathematical skill . The stars either are favourable or bode ill to man's health and activities , and to those of the state . Nothing depends upon chance ; everything is regulated and guided in a ...
... original texts , as well as considerable mathematical skill . The stars either are favourable or bode ill to man's health and activities , and to those of the state . Nothing depends upon chance ; everything is regulated and guided in a ...
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... original form to the Tarot figures which had been mistreated by Gébelin's engraver . Alliette , more artistically than scientifically , embellished them according to the taste of his epoch , but he also gave them some new and rather ...
... original form to the Tarot figures which had been mistreated by Gébelin's engraver . Alliette , more artistically than scientifically , embellished them according to the taste of his epoch , but he also gave them some new and rather ...
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 7 |
FOREWORD | xvii |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | xxi |
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