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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... produces like : striped boughs produce stripes upon the animals ' hides . He did not gain his wealth through divine intervention ; it was not a miracle which produced the spots upon the patriarch's cattle , but rather Jacob's knowledge ...
... produces like : striped boughs produce stripes upon the animals ' hides . He did not gain his wealth through divine intervention ; it was not a miracle which produced the spots upon the patriarch's cattle , but rather Jacob's knowledge ...
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... produced a rich harvest . We may even call the lonely Vermont Hermetic a forerunner of modern psychology . Silberer , in his Problems of Mysticism ( Vienna , 1914 ) , refers frequently to him . Hitchcock's early suggestions of the ...
... produced a rich harvest . We may even call the lonely Vermont Hermetic a forerunner of modern psychology . Silberer , in his Problems of Mysticism ( Vienna , 1914 ) , refers frequently to him . Hitchcock's early suggestions of the ...
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... produced spontaneously from putrefaction . He describes the dangerous art of making bread heavier by increasing the weight of wheat and gives instruction for the counterfeiting of precious stones and for similar arts which his honest ...
... produced spontaneously from putrefaction . He describes the dangerous art of making bread heavier by increasing the weight of wheat and gives instruction for the counterfeiting of precious stones and for similar arts which his honest ...
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 9 |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 15 |
INTRODUCTORY NOTE | 15 |
Copyright | |
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