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PREFACE
CHAPTER I. - THE UNIVERSAL USE OF AMULETS DUE TO MAN’S BELIEF IN THE EXISTENCE OF DEMONS AND EVIL SPIRITS.
THE EVIL SPIRITS OF BABYLONIA.
THE EVIL SPIRITS OF EGYPT.
EVIL SPIRITS IN CHRISTIAN LANDS.
“ AMULET” AND “ TALISMAN.”
BULLA, FASCINUM AND FETISH.
FETISH.
THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE AMULET.
AMULET CASES.
FAKED AMULETS.
CHAPTER II. - ARAB AND PERSIAN AMULETS AND TALISMANS.
I. SURAH CXIII. THE CHAPTER OF THE DAYBREAK.
II. SURAH CXIV. THE CHAPTER OF MAN.
CHAPTER III. - BABYLONIAN AND ASSYRIAN AMULETS.
LABARTU OR LAMASHTU.
CYLINDER-SEALS AS VOTIVE OFFERINGS.
THE CYLINDER-SEAL IN ASSYRIA, PERSIA AND PHOENICIA.
SASSANIAN AMULETS AND SEALS.
CHAPTER IV. - COPTIC AMULETS.
CHAPTER V. - EGYPTIAN AMULETS.
EGYPTIAN AMULETS.
EGYPTIAN AMULETS.
CHAPTER VI. - ETHIOPIAN (ABYSSINIAN) AMULETS.
CHAPTER VII. - GNOSTIC AMULETS.
CHAPTER VIII. - HEBREW AMULETS.
CHAPTER IX. - MANDAEAN (MANDAÎTIC) AMULETS.
THE AMULET OF EPHRÂ BAR SABÔRDÛCH. - (MONTGOMERY, No. 1, p. 117.)
AMULET OF ADAK BAR HÂTHÔI AND AATH BATH HÂTHÔI. - (MONTGOMERY, No. 6, p. 141.)
CHAPTER X. - PHOENICIAN AMULETS.
CHAPTER XI. - SAMARITAN AMULETS.
CHAPTER XII. - SYRIAC AMULETS.
CHAPTER XIII. - BABYLONIAN TERRA-COTTA DEVIL-TRAPS.
CHAPTER XIV. - THE RING AMULET.
CHAPTER XV. - STONES AND THEIR PROPHYLACTIC AND THERAPEUTIC QUALITIES.
CHAPTER XVI. - THE IMPORTANCE OF COLOUR, SHAPE, AND FORM IN AMULETS.
CHAPTER XVII. - THE SWSTIKA OR SVASTIKA.
CHAPTER XVIII. - THE CROSS.
CHAPTER XIX. - THE CRUCIFIX.
THE SIGN OF THE CROSS.
TALISMANS OF THE VIRGIN MARY.
CHAPTER XX. - THE EVIL EYE.
CHAPTER XXI. - ABBÂLÂH.
CHAPTER XXII. - ASTROLOGY.
CHAPTER XXIII. - THE KABBALISTIC NAMES AND SIGNS, AND MAGICAL FIGURES, AND SQUARES OF THE SEVEN ASTROLOGICAL STARS OR PLANETS.
1. THE ÂMÊ‘A of LEAD (SATURN, 3 columns).
2. THE ÂMÊ‘A of SILVER or TIN (JUPITER, 4 columns) .
3. THE K’AMÊ‘A of IRON MARS, 5 columns).
4. THE ÂMÊ‘A of GOLD (the SUN, 6 columns).
5. THE ÂMÊ‘A of COPPER (VENUS, 7 columns).
6. THE ÂMÊ‘A of QUICKSILVER (MERCURY, 8 columns).
7. THE ÂMÊ‘A OF SILVER (the MOON, 9 columns).
THE KABBALISTS AND THE HUMAN HAND.
ABBALISTIC SYSTEMS OF WRITING.
CHAPTER XXIV. - THE STARS OR SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC AND THEIR INFLUENCES, THE HOUSES OF HEAVEN AND THE DEKANS.
THE TWELVE HOUSES OF THE SKY.
THE DEKANS.
CHAPTER XXV. - THE STONES OF THE PLANETS AND THEIR INFLUENCES.
THE SYMBOLISM OF GEMS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES.
CHAPTER XXVI. - THEORIES ABOUT NUMBERS AND THEIR MYSTIC AND SACRED CHARACTER.
CHAPTER XXVII. - DIVINATION.
CHAPTER XXVIII. - DIVINATION BY WATER.
DIVINING CUPS AND BOWLS.
CHAPTER XXIX. - DIVINATION BY MEANS OF THE LIVER OF AN ANIMAL.
CHAPTER XXX. - THE INSCRIBED BRONZE DIVINING DISK OF PERGAMON.
CHAPTER XXXI. - DIVINATION BY EARTH OR SAND (GEOMANCY).
CHAPTER XXXII. - LUCKY AND UNLUCKY DAYS.
CHAPTER XXXIII. - THE HAND OF FÂIMAH.
CHAPTER XXXIV. - CONTRACTS WITH THE DEVIL.
CHAPTER XXXV. - ENVOÛTEMENT.
CHAPTER XXXVI. - MISCELLANEOUS.
INDEX.
A CATALOG OF SELECTED DOVER BOOKS IN ALL FIELDS OF INTEREST
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