The Witchcraft Collection Volume Two
Description
Dictionary of Mysticism offers concise definitions for more than 2,200 terms used in a number of mystical traditions and fields of study, including esoteric philosophy, occultism, psychical research, spiritualism, alchemy, astrology, and demonology. It also covers the studies of Buddhism, Brahmanism, Sufism, Lamaism, Zoroastrianism, Theosophy, and Cabbalism.
Encyclopedia of Superstitions is a wide-ranging and authoritative reference book that explores the origins and influences of various superstitions from a number of cultural traditions. It contains enlightening information about charms, spells, fairy lore and legend, folk remedies, and customs of birth, marriage, and death.
In Dictionary of Magic, occult expert Harry E. Wedeck offers a broad understanding of witchcraft, necromancy, paganism, the occult, and many of magic's other manifestations. This A-to-Z reference book provides in-depth information on essential concepts, practices, and vocabulary, and covers many notable wizards and demonographers.
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Frank Gaynor is an editor, author and translator of over twenty books which cover a very broad range of subjects, including many books on science. He was specifically a gifted translator from German.
Edwin and Mona A.Radford were a British husband and wife writing team who published prolifically from the 1940s through 1970. They were known for their murder-mystery series about the fictional Inspector Manson.
Edwin and Mona A.Radford were a British husband and wife writing team who published prolifically from the 1940s through 1970. They were known for their murder-mystery series about the fictional Inspector Manson.
Harry E. Wedeck was a linguistic scholar of the classics, an observer of spheres beyond the norm, and a practicing witch. A native of Sheffield, England, Wedeck was chairman of the department of classical languages at Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn from 1935 to 1950 and then taught the classics at Brooklyn College until 1968. Afterward, he lectured on medieval studies at the New School for Social Research until 1974. Some of his excursions into the unusual remain available in reprint editions. They include Dictionary of Astrology, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, A Treasury of Witchcraft, and The Triumph of Satan.
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Encyclopedia of Superstitions
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PREFACE
ACCIDENTS
BABY
CAESARIAN OPERATION
DADDY-LONGLEGS
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FAIRING PARTIES
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RABBIT
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UMBRELLA
VALERIAN
WALKING UNDER LADDER
YARROW
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Dictionary of Magic
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