Evil Eye The Origins and Practices of Superstition

A review of the forms and uses of sympathetic magic throughout the world. The story of superstition or everyday magic. Contents: Introduction; Sympathetic magic; Totems, portents, tree-worship; Symbols and Amulets; Gorgoneion; Crescents, horns, horseshoes; Touch, hands, gestures; The Cross; Mano Pantea; Cimaruta, Sirene, tablets; Cabalistic writing - magical formulae; Spitting, incantation, and other protective acts - pixies; Appendices (Celestial Mother, Gargoyles, divination, incantation, etc.) Copiously illustrated.

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• Autori: Frederick Thomas Elworthy
• Editore: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.02.2003
• EAN: 9780766132429
• ISBN: 978-0-7661-3242-9
• Pagine: 488
• Dimensioni: 210 mm x 280 mm x 26 mm
• Peso: 1182 g
• Categoria: Saggistica > Psicologia, esoterismo, spiritualità, antroposofia > Esoterismo: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione