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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... true name and the good name , or the greater and the lesser . Only the lesser name was made public ; the greater belonged to the Ka , and embodied all the individual's magical power . The evil spirits and the gods would vent their anger ...
... true name and the good name , or the greater and the lesser . Only the lesser name was made public ; the greater belonged to the Ka , and embodied all the individual's magical power . The evil spirits and the gods would vent their anger ...
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... true as I never tried it . But I take this for truth . Thus ends Porta's book , and its conclusion contradicts somewhat its beginning , where he states : ' I shall observe what our ancestors have said . Then I shall show by my own ...
... true as I never tried it . But I take this for truth . Thus ends Porta's book , and its conclusion contradicts somewhat its beginning , where he states : ' I shall observe what our ancestors have said . Then I shall show by my own ...
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... true story of a young man in whose hand a lady had read an evil future . ' What a pity , ' she exclaimed , ' that you have only one more month to live . ' Some time after the youth went hunting , caught a fever , and died at the ...
... true story of a young man in whose hand a lady had read an evil future . ' What a pity , ' she exclaimed , ' that you have only one more month to live . ' Some time after the youth went hunting , caught a fever , and died at the ...
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 9 |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 15 |
INTRODUCTORY NOTE | 15 |
Copyright | |
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