The History of Magic, Volume 1The term 'magic' is very widely defined in this monumental study (it included the visions of Joan of Arc, for example) but the result is a fascinating compendium of abiding interest to followers of the unusual and bizarre. |
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... Priesthood 243 Pictures and Statues relating to Magnetism 267 Heads of the Egyptian Belief 269 Magic among the Israelites 272 Mosaic Account of Creation 275 Magnetic Power recorded in the Bible 281 The Magician's Power 297 Prophets of ...
... Priesthood 243 Pictures and Statues relating to Magnetism 267 Heads of the Egyptian Belief 269 Magic among the Israelites 272 Mosaic Account of Creation 275 Magnetic Power recorded in the Bible 281 The Magician's Power 297 Prophets of ...
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... Priest , who was called Mag , Magius , Magiusi , and afterwards , Magi and Magician . Brucker maintains ( His- toria ... priest . In the modern Persian , the word is Mog , and Mogbed signifies High Priest . The high priest of the Parsees ...
... Priest , who was called Mag , Magius , Magiusi , and afterwards , Magi and Magician . Brucker maintains ( His- toria ... priest . In the modern Persian , the word is Mog , and Mogbed signifies High Priest . The high priest of the Parsees ...
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... priests , were the primitive possessors of its secrets . The priestly and sacrificial functions , healing of the sick , and the preser- vation of secret wisdom , were the objects of their life . They were either princes themselves , or ...
... priests , were the primitive possessors of its secrets . The priestly and sacrificial functions , healing of the sick , and the preser- vation of secret wisdom , were the objects of their life . They were either princes themselves , or ...
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... priests in the kingdom of Tumah ( that is , of the pure or impure . ) When , therefore , man directs his strivings towards the divine , he is , in the degree to which he does not act egotistically , but looks unswervingly towards the ...
... priests in the kingdom of Tumah ( that is , of the pure or impure . ) When , therefore , man directs his strivings towards the divine , he is , in the degree to which he does not act egotistically , but looks unswervingly towards the ...
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... priests . With external things it is also the same . The more closely man assimi- lates himself to them , the more susceptible he becomes for the Tumah . Those organic things which come most into contact with his physical frame , are ...
... priests . With external things it is also the same . The more closely man assimi- lates himself to them , the more susceptible he becomes for the Tumah . Those organic things which come most into contact with his physical frame , are ...
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