MIRROR OF MAGIC – Seligmann, 1st 1948 – PAGAN MAGICK DIVINATION HERMETIC ALCHEMY
THE MIRROR OF MAGIC: A HISTORY OF MAGIC IN THE WESTERN WORLD
Book Details + Condition: Pantheon Books (New York). First Edition, 1948. Hardcover with dust jacket. 483 pages with Bibliographic Resume and Index. Includes 250 wonderful occult Illustrations. MIRROR OF MAGIC has become a classic of the occult studies. Renowned Surrealist Kurt Seligmann (1900-1962) offers an expansive and comprehensive illustrated history of magic and the occult, drawing from ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt, all the way through to the 18th century. Chapters include:
– The Forgetful Gods
– Divinatory Arts
– The Mystery of Stars and Numbers
– Magic in Holy Writ
– The Sphinx
– Mortuary Magic
– Journey to the Underworld
– Isis
– Zoroaster
– Omens, Oracles and Astrology
– The Gnostic Sects
– The Ruin of Pagan Magic
– Origins of Alchemy
– Hermetica
– Magicians of the Middle Ages
– The Principle of Evil
– Possessions
– The Witch
– Black Magic
– Christian Cabbalists and the Jews
– The Book Yetzirah
– Magical Arts
– And so much more.
Firm binding; light shelf wear to boards; owner name to inside front board; interior is clean and free of markings. Original dust jacket shows wear, mainly at edges and corners, with chipping and rubbing; it still retains its original price.
