Adventures of the mind
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Arturo Castiglioni
- ناشر : New York, Knopf,
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 1946
- شابک / ISBN : 9780836929843
Description
pt. 1. The magic world: The human mind is adventurous -- The spell of life and death -- Evocation and dreams -- Divination -- The personality of the magician -- Magic tools -amulets, talismans, fetishes -- Practices, formulas, rites, and symbols -- The secret societies and their laws -- The magic circle -- pt. 2. Aspects of magic in antiquity and the Middle Ages: Chinese magic of numbers and letters -- Magic systems of the American Indians -- Fantastic magic of the Hindus -- State magic of Egypt -- Assyro-Babylonian speculative magic -- Hebrew magic and the dawn of monotheism -- Magic and mysteries of ancient Greece -- Trends of official magic in ancient Italy -- Magic and mysticism -- pt. 3. Decadence and revival of magic: Enter the devil and the witch -- The occult sciences -- Natural magic -- The Renaissance of science -- Romantic magic ideology in the eighteenth century -- Aspects of modern magic -divination -- The metaphysic of spiritism -- The suggestion that heals -magic therapy -- The suggestion that heals -the political myths -- Conclusion: Adventures of the mind.
