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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... wanted to produce marvellous effects with minerals . Just as the Persian Zoroaster believed that the good god Ormazd shaped the world with ideas , similarly Plato attributed a divine character to ideas . Since they dominate the body ...
... wanted to produce marvellous effects with minerals . Just as the Persian Zoroaster believed that the good god Ormazd shaped the world with ideas , similarly Plato attributed a divine character to ideas . Since they dominate the body ...
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... wanted to know more about this mysterious brotherhood . Artistically minded people were fascinated by its attractive presentation . Scientists wished to grasp the superhuman wisdom of which the pamphlet spoke in such convincing terms ...
... wanted to know more about this mysterious brotherhood . Artistically minded people were fascinated by its attractive presentation . Scientists wished to grasp the superhuman wisdom of which the pamphlet spoke in such convincing terms ...
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... wanted to contemplate the work prepared by that demon Cagliostro . It is infernal ... I promise to meet you ; but do not demand any- thing . I can help neither the king nor the queen , nor the royal family .... ' Both letters were ...
... wanted to contemplate the work prepared by that demon Cagliostro . It is infernal ... I promise to meet you ; but do not demand any- thing . I can help neither the king nor the queen , nor the royal family .... ' Both letters were ...
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 7 |
FOREWORD | xvii |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | xxi |
Copyright | |
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