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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Page 104
... treatises are more explicit than usual , they justifiably arouse suspicion . In Cremer's Testament , a short treatise of the fourteenth century , a series of very strange procedures are explained : ' Take the water of an unpolluted ...
... treatises are more explicit than usual , they justifiably arouse suspicion . In Cremer's Testament , a short treatise of the fourteenth century , a series of very strange procedures are explained : ' Take the water of an unpolluted ...
Page 144
... treatise is perhaps the best . In the book on minerals he finds much to criticize in alchemical theories , and sometimes he seems opposed to the art of Hermes ; but in his treatise On Alchemy , which probably is authentic , he champions ...
... treatise is perhaps the best . In the book on minerals he finds much to criticize in alchemical theories , and sometimes he seems opposed to the art of Hermes ; but in his treatise On Alchemy , which probably is authentic , he champions ...
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... treatise on metals , he prognosticates that ' God will permit a discovery of the highest importance to be made ; it must be hidden until the advent of the artist Elias ' . The learned world , and especially the Paracelsians ...
... treatise on metals , he prognosticates that ' God will permit a discovery of the highest importance to be made ; it must be hidden until the advent of the artist Elias ' . The learned world , and especially the Paracelsians ...
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 9 |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 15 |
INTRODUCTORY NOTE | 15 |
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