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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... religion is nearly extinct today , many of its ideas continue to live in Christian doctrine . A. V. William Jackson says that ' anyone who has even a superficial knowledge of the Iranian religion cannot but be struck by the parallel ...
... religion is nearly extinct today , many of its ideas continue to live in Christian doctrine . A. V. William Jackson says that ' anyone who has even a superficial knowledge of the Iranian religion cannot but be struck by the parallel ...
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... religion . One would try to persuade the subjects that their faith was hardly different from the king's religion , that their gods were actually identical though worshipped under other names . Thus , for political reasons , the wise men ...
... religion . One would try to persuade the subjects that their faith was hardly different from the king's religion , that their gods were actually identical though worshipped under other names . Thus , for political reasons , the wise men ...
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... religion . Then he offered a sacrifice in the temple of Fortune , and was present at the haruspicy , the inspection of entrails for knowledge of the future . As Pontifex Maximus he decreed that the temples be reopened , and sacrifices ...
... religion . Then he offered a sacrifice in the temple of Fortune , and was present at the haruspicy , the inspection of entrails for knowledge of the future . As Pontifex Maximus he decreed that the temples be reopened , and sacrifices ...
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 7 |
FOREWORD | xvii |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | xxi |
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