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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... thought to be an enormous celestial year whose smallest fraction is the circle of twelve daily and nightly hours ... thought to have sprung from a doubting thought of the good god . In later versions of the sacred scriptures , those ...
... thought to be an enormous celestial year whose smallest fraction is the circle of twelve daily and nightly hours ... thought to have sprung from a doubting thought of the good god . In later versions of the sacred scriptures , those ...
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... thought that in this world the most perfect substance was imperishable gold . Nature , which always tends towards perfection , wants only to produce gold . Lead , copper , iron and other metals are miscarriages of nature . God has ...
... thought that in this world the most perfect substance was imperishable gold . Nature , which always tends towards perfection , wants only to produce gold . Lead , copper , iron and other metals are miscarriages of nature . God has ...
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... thought and sleep . Summing up : the material form of intelligence , represented by the twenty - two letters of the ... thought which repeat themselves in every sphere of existence , and by which all that exists can be reduced to one ...
... thought and sleep . Summing up : the material form of intelligence , represented by the twenty - two letters of the ... thought which repeat themselves in every sphere of existence , and by which all that exists can be reduced to one ...
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 7 |
FOREWORD | xvii |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | xxi |
Copyright | |
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