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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... lived beneath the earth ; vampires escaped from the dead to attack the living ; Namtar ( pestilence ) and Idpa ( fever ) plagued the cities . Night was ruled by the demons of evil , of the desert , of the abyss , of the sea , of the ...
... lived beneath the earth ; vampires escaped from the dead to attack the living ; Namtar ( pestilence ) and Idpa ( fever ) plagued the cities . Night was ruled by the demons of evil , of the desert , of the abyss , of the sea , of the ...
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... lived on in the Hebrew ' adonai ' ( lord ) . Aton would suffer no images , and the disc of the sun was his only symbol . Amenhotep , who with the new cult changed his name to Ikhnaton , also abolished the cult of the dead with all its ...
... lived on in the Hebrew ' adonai ' ( lord ) . Aton would suffer no images , and the disc of the sun was his only symbol . Amenhotep , who with the new cult changed his name to Ikhnaton , also abolished the cult of the dead with all its ...
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... lived three hundred years , and had slept thirty of them . Melisangus , the divine soothsayer , practised his art in Athens . Bakis was possessed by nymphs , and the daughters of springs and sources spoke through his lips . Last of this ...
... lived three hundred years , and had slept thirty of them . Melisangus , the divine soothsayer , practised his art in Athens . Bakis was possessed by nymphs , and the daughters of springs and sources spoke through his lips . Last of this ...
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 9 |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 15 |
INTRODUCTORY NOTE | 15 |
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