Edition |
First Carol Pub. Group edition. |
Description |
xxxix, 543 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
Series |
Library of the mystic arts |
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Library of the mystic arts.
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Note |
"The original texts with translations and descriptions of a long series of Egyptian, Sumerian, Assyrian, Hebrew, Christian, Gnostic and Muslim amulets and talismans and magical figures, with chapters on the evil eye, the origin of the amulet, the pentagon, the swastika, the cross (pagan and Christian), the properties of stones, rings, divination, numbers, the Kabbalah, ancient astrology, etc. ...." |
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"A Citadel Press book." |
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First published in 1930 under title: Amulets and superstitions. |
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Includes index. |
Subject |
Amulets.
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Superstition.
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Talismans.
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Added Title |
Amulets and superstitions
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ISBN |
0806513233 paperback $14.95 |
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