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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... secret of magical nature . Similar secret institutions existed in other Greek cities , but Eleusis was the most famed and the most venerated , even down to the first centuries of the Christian era . For ages the arcane Eleusinian temple ...
... secret of magical nature . Similar secret institutions existed in other Greek cities , but Eleusis was the most famed and the most venerated , even down to the first centuries of the Christian era . For ages the arcane Eleusinian temple ...
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... secret is revealed . They are simply ethical commandments , the foundation of all progress . Another of Khunrath's illustrations represents the secret doc- trine in the form of the dragon of Hermes , who lives in an impregnable fortress ...
... secret is revealed . They are simply ethical commandments , the foundation of all progress . Another of Khunrath's illustrations represents the secret doc- trine in the form of the dragon of Hermes , who lives in an impregnable fortress ...
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... secret . He was surrounded by servants and valets who told many astounding stories about their master . A sceptic said to Roger , Saint - Germain's butler : ' Your master is a liar , ' to which Roger answered : ' I know this better than ...
... secret . He was surrounded by servants and valets who told many astounding stories about their master . A sceptic said to Roger , Saint - Germain's butler : ' Your master is a liar , ' to which Roger answered : ' I know this better than ...
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 7 |
FOREWORD | xvii |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | xxi |
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