Why We Oppose the OccultUniversity of Pennsylvania Press, 1931 - 200 pages An analysis of resistance to the occult in all ages and civilizations and a warning of its dangers for the modern mind. |
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Page 59
... souls , as they also prevent them from wandering . In the Fiji Islands , the soul of a rascal is torn out by means of a scarf waved above the patient's head . The sorcerers of the Island of Danger lay traps for souls ; for example ...
... souls , as they also prevent them from wandering . In the Fiji Islands , the soul of a rascal is torn out by means of a scarf waved above the patient's head . The sorcerers of the Island of Danger lay traps for souls ; for example ...
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... soul of the stricken hero escaping through the mouth , like a smoke ; in the twenty - second book of the Iliad , it is through the wound that the soul departs ; then , groan- ing and wailing , takes its flight to the lower world , vigor ...
... soul of the stricken hero escaping through the mouth , like a smoke ; in the twenty - second book of the Iliad , it is through the wound that the soul departs ; then , groan- ing and wailing , takes its flight to the lower world , vigor ...
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... soul may not without danger be de- prived of burial . “ The soul that had no tomb had no dwelling , " explains Fustel de Coulanges . “ It kept wan- dering . In vain it sighed for repose , which must be dear to it after the agitations ...
... soul may not without danger be de- prived of burial . “ The soul that had no tomb had no dwelling , " explains Fustel de Coulanges . “ It kept wan- dering . In vain it sighed for repose , which must be dear to it after the agitations ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
An Age of Magic? | 9 |
The Training of the Magician | 23 |
Copyright | |
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