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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... cause ; and second , that things which have once been in contact with each other continue to act on each other at a distance after physical contact has been severed . ' Using the first of these principles , called by Frazer the law of ...
... cause ; and second , that things which have once been in contact with each other continue to act on each other at a distance after physical contact has been severed . ' Using the first of these principles , called by Frazer the law of ...
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... cause transformation . ' Agrippa , the magus and Neo - Platonist ( 1486-1534 ) , author of Three Books on Occult Philosophy , surprised the learned of his time when he published a work on the Vanity of Sciences and Art . Having believed ...
... cause transformation . ' Agrippa , the magus and Neo - Platonist ( 1486-1534 ) , author of Three Books on Occult Philosophy , surprised the learned of his time when he published a work on the Vanity of Sciences and Art . Having believed ...
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... cause disturbances in the air , incantations that cause death . The future may be known through divinatory arts , etc. In his censure of magic , he derives his arguments from the Church fathers . The English historian and monk , Bede ...
... cause disturbances in the air , incantations that cause death . The future may be known through divinatory arts , etc. In his censure of magic , he derives his arguments from the Church fathers . The English historian and monk , Bede ...
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 9 |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 15 |
INTRODUCTORY NOTE | 15 |
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