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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Kurt Seligmann. THE MIDDLE AGES Magical Miscellany in Pre - Arabic Times Leaving the art of Hermes and its remarkable adepts , we shall return to the early Middle Ages . For about seven hundred years , magic seems to have been repressed ...
Kurt Seligmann. THE MIDDLE AGES Magical Miscellany in Pre - Arabic Times Leaving the art of Hermes and its remarkable adepts , we shall return to the early Middle Ages . For about seven hundred years , magic seems to have been repressed ...
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... Middle Ages Hebrew had been utterly neglected . The great Christian scholars , with the possible exception of Raymond Lully , ignored it . A few magicians pretended to Hebrew knowledge , inserting in their incantations generally known ...
... Middle Ages Hebrew had been utterly neglected . The great Christian scholars , with the possible exception of Raymond Lully , ignored it . A few magicians pretended to Hebrew knowledge , inserting in their incantations generally known ...
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... middle finger contains prudence , the tendency to experiment and concentration . The ring finger informs us of the individual's artistic gifts , his critical sense and his successes . The little finger belongs to sociability ; it is ...
... middle finger contains prudence , the tendency to experiment and concentration . The ring finger informs us of the individual's artistic gifts , his critical sense and his successes . The little finger belongs to sociability ; it is ...
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 9 |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 15 |
INTRODUCTORY NOTE | 15 |
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