The Mirror of Magic by Seligmann, Kurt -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Image Title Page Note from the Publisher on the Collector’s Edition Dedication & Acknowledgments Table of Contents Foreword. The Artist behind the Mirror of Magic By Celia Rabinovitch Preface. The Emancipatory Power of Magic By Gražina Subelyt THE ORIGINAL TEXT - THE MIRROR OF MAGIC: A History of Magic in the Western World List of Illustrations Introductory Note MESOPOTAMIA

The Forgetful Gods Divinatory Arts The Mystery of Stars and Numbers The Tower of Babel

PERSIA

Zoroaster Magic About Hail and Nails Casting out the Fly Demon

THE HEBREWS

Jehovah's Warriors Magic in Holy Writ

EGYPT

The Sphinx Mortuary Magic Journey to the Underworld The Word Isis

GREECE

Magic in Philosophical Garb Dreams, Ghosts and Heroes Omens, Oracles and Astrology The Mysteries of Eleusis

GNOSTICISM

The Way to Blessedness The Gnostic Sects

THE ROMAN EMPIRE

Magic Under the Roman Emperors Neo-Platonism Julian the Apostate The Ruin of Pagan Magic

ALCHEMY

Origins of Alchemy Hermes Trismegistus Hermetica The Principles of Alchemy and the Philosophers' Stone Vas Insigne Electionis Hermetic Enigmas The Alkahest Early Attacks on Alchemy Famous Transmutations The Inheritance of the Accursed

THE MIDDLE AGES

Magical Miscellany in Pre-Arabic Times The Arabs Magicians of the Middle Ages Albertus Magnus Roger Bacon

THE DEVIL

The Principle of Evil Infernal Helpers Unholy Images

WITCHCRAFT

Possessions The Sabbath The Devil's Share The Witch The Pursuit of an Ideal The Witch Controversy in English Literature

DIABOLIC RITES

Black Magic

PORTRAITS

The Magus Pico della Mirandola Trithemius Agrippa von Nettesheim Paracelsus Nostradamus Guillaume Postel Giambattista della Porta

CABALA

Christian Cabalists and the Jews Secrets of the Bible Magic of Letters The Book Yetzirah

MAGICAL ARTS

The Wonder Cave Astrology Divination by Moles Metoposcopy Physiognomy Chiromancy The Tarot Tarot Pips and Trumps The Juggler

REFORMERS

The Rosicrucians Valentine Andreae Secret Societies The Classical Ideal

THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

Revolt Against Reason Vampires Magic Unveiled Masonic Lodges The Count of Saint-Germain

Epilogue Conclusion Footnote Endnotes Bibliographic Résumé About the Author About Inner Traditions • Bear & Company Books of Related Interest Copyright & Permissions INDEX