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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... letters and words of the Hebraic Bible , forming new words , anagrams and numbers for magical use . Gematria was the name given to a process of discovering relations between words through calculation of their numerical values . Words ...
... letters and words of the Hebraic Bible , forming new words , anagrams and numbers for magical use . Gematria was the name given to a process of discovering relations between words through calculation of their numerical values . Words ...
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... letters , God has created the soul of every form , in mingling them and combining them in infinite ways . Upon letters , He has established His ineffable and sublime Name . Through word and writ , man can penetrate the most hidden ...
... letters , God has created the soul of every form , in mingling them and combining them in infinite ways . Upon letters , He has established His ineffable and sublime Name . Through word and writ , man can penetrate the most hidden ...
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... letters of the alphabet , is also the form of all that exists ; for , outside man , time and the universe , only the infinite is conceivable . Therefore , the three realms are called the faithful witnesses of truth . The world of letters ...
... letters of the alphabet , is also the form of all that exists ; for , outside man , time and the universe , only the infinite is conceivable . Therefore , the three realms are called the faithful witnesses of truth . The world of letters ...
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 9 |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 15 |
INTRODUCTORY NOTE | 15 |
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