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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Page 104
... treatises are more explicit than usual , they justifiably arouse suspicion . In Cremer's Testament , a short treatise of the fourteenth century , a series of very strange procedures are explained : ' Take the water of an unpolluted ...
... treatises are more explicit than usual , they justifiably arouse suspicion . In Cremer's Testament , a short treatise of the fourteenth century , a series of very strange procedures are explained : ' Take the water of an unpolluted ...
Page 144
... treatise is perhaps the best . In the book on minerals he finds much to criticize in alchemical theories , and sometimes he seems opposed to the art of Hermes ; but in his treatise On Alchemy , which probably is authentic , he champions ...
... treatise is perhaps the best . In the book on minerals he finds much to criticize in alchemical theories , and sometimes he seems opposed to the art of Hermes ; but in his treatise On Alchemy , which probably is authentic , he champions ...
Page 298
... treatise is factual and interesting . In his Pagan Theology Benjamin Binet passionately defends the existence of demons and attacks the Dutch parson , Balthasar Bekker , who in 1691 had published his Enchanted World ( De Betoverde ...
... treatise is factual and interesting . In his Pagan Theology Benjamin Binet passionately defends the existence of demons and attacks the Dutch parson , Balthasar Bekker , who in 1691 had published his Enchanted World ( De Betoverde ...
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 7 |
FOREWORD | xvii |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | xxi |
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