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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... four mysteries contained in twenty - four aeons.2 There are also five marks , seven vowels , five trees and seven amens , which the voyager to paradise must know . Scattered through the Pistis Sophia are allusions to seals , numbers and ...
... four mysteries contained in twenty - four aeons.2 There are also five marks , seven vowels , five trees and seven amens , which the voyager to paradise must know . Scattered through the Pistis Sophia are allusions to seals , numbers and ...
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... four . Timothy recalls the old proverb , ' Eight is all ' , because there are eight spheres encircling the earth . Eratosthenes ( 276-196 B.C. ) declares that eight is the ' double polarity of each of the four elements , producing a ...
... four . Timothy recalls the old proverb , ' Eight is all ' , because there are eight spheres encircling the earth . Eratosthenes ( 276-196 B.C. ) declares that eight is the ' double polarity of each of the four elements , producing a ...
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... four witches ready for departure . Leonardo drew a witch who operated with the help of a magic mirror . Hans Baldung chose the witch as a preferred theme . One of his drawings , dated 1514 , describes the sabbath ceremony as a frenzied ...
... four witches ready for departure . Leonardo drew a witch who operated with the help of a magic mirror . Hans Baldung chose the witch as a preferred theme . One of his drawings , dated 1514 , describes the sabbath ceremony as a frenzied ...
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 9 |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 15 |
INTRODUCTORY NOTE | 15 |
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