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 bi