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Magic, mystery, and science : the occult in Western civilization

text Magic, mystery, and science : the occult in Western civilization

Summary
Magic, Mystery, and Science presents the occult as a "third stream" of belief, as important to the shaping of Western civilization as Greek rationalism or Judeo-Christianity. The occult seeks explanations in a world that is living and intelligent-... Read more
Contents
Egyptians and the occult -- Magic and miracles -- Numerology, the Cabala, and alchemy -- Astrology : the starry heavens above -- Ancient evil -- Satan, demons, and jinn -- Witches and witch-hunts in the West -- Spirits, science, and pseudo-science... Read more
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xii, 390 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Publisher
Indiana University Press 2004

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 133 BUR in Adult Non-fiction Available

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