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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... reports on transmutations will now be considered , selected from amongst many of those recorded by serious con- temporaneous scientists whose honesty cannot be doubted , and by rulers who could not easily be deceived . These reports are ...
... reports on transmutations will now be considered , selected from amongst many of those recorded by serious con- temporaneous scientists whose honesty cannot be doubted , and by rulers who could not easily be deceived . These reports are ...
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... reports witches ' sabbath where the devil appears in the form of a goat or a cat . In the thirteenth century , when ... report on the lamias ( 1498 ) with a crude yet striking woodcut : two witches and a wizard ride together upon a fork ...
... reports witches ' sabbath where the devil appears in the form of a goat or a cat . In the thirteenth century , when ... report on the lamias ( 1498 ) with a crude yet striking woodcut : two witches and a wizard ride together upon a fork ...
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... report to the General Officers who ordered him to give a verbal account at the emperor's court . The emperor had a ... reported , bubbled in his veins and the whole body and shroud were covered with it . When the bailiff ordered his ...
... report to the General Officers who ordered him to give a verbal account at the emperor's court . The emperor had a ... reported , bubbled in his veins and the whole body and shroud were covered with it . When the bailiff ordered his ...
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 7 |
FOREWORD | xvii |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | xxi |
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