Evil Eye The Origins and Practices of Superstition

Author:Frederick Thomas Elworthy
Publisher:Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Category:Book

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Languages:English (Unknown), English (Original Language), English (Published)
Media:Paperback
Number Of Items:1
Pages:488
Shipping Weight (lbs):2.5
Dimensions (in):11.2 x 8.2 x 1
Publication Date:February 1, 2003

ISBN:0766132420
EAN:9780766132429
ASIN:0766132420

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Synopsis

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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