The History of Magic and the OccultA profusely illustrated survey of the magical and occult ideas and operations in the civilized Western world. Includes astrology, divination, physiognomy, fortune cards, the Sphinx, the philosophers' stone, witchcraft and black magic, the Cabala, the Tarot, transmutations, alchemy, omens, oracles and vampires. Highlights the secret teachings of philosophers and many ohter prophetic mystics. |
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... Greek people the dark , the eerie and the undisciplined . The Dionysiac con- jured up the dead and induced a belief in witches , ghosts and other apparitions . The nightmares of the Greeks shared the repulsive qualities that later ...
... Greek people the dark , the eerie and the undisciplined . The Dionysiac con- jured up the dead and induced a belief in witches , ghosts and other apparitions . The nightmares of the Greeks shared the repulsive qualities that later ...
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... Greek thought . Originally , the Greeks may well have thought otherwise about astrology , for the course of the stars suggested rather the math- ematical precision and relentlessness of fate . Although astrology was no creation of the ...
... Greek thought . Originally , the Greeks may well have thought otherwise about astrology , for the course of the stars suggested rather the math- ematical precision and relentlessness of fate . Although astrology was no creation of the ...
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... Greek god but a divinity of the Greek colonists in Egypt . These Greco- Egyptians admired the ancient religious doctrines of the Nile land , which did not appear to have changed since the remote times of the pharaohs , but which in ...
... Greek god but a divinity of the Greek colonists in Egypt . These Greco- Egyptians admired the ancient religious doctrines of the Nile land , which did not appear to have changed since the remote times of the pharaohs , but which in ...
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 9 |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 15 |
INTRODUCTORY NOTE | 15 |
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