| PAGE |
PREFACE | ix |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | xiii |
1. SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF MEDIÆVAL THOUGHT | 1 |
2. PYTHAGORAS AND HIS PHILOSOPHY | 8 |
3. MEDICINE AND MAGIC | 25 |
4. SUPERSTITIONS CONCERNING BIRDS | 34 |
5. THE POWDER OF SYMPATHY: A CURIOUS MEDICAL SUPERSTITION | 47 |
6. THE BELIEF IN TALISMANS | 57 |
7. CEREMONIAL MAGIC IN THEORY AND PRACTICE | 87 |
8. ARCHITECTURAL SYMBOLISM | 111 |
9. THE QUEST OF THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE | 121 |
10. THE PHALLIC ELEMENT IN ALCHEMICAL DOCTRINE | 149 |
11. ROGER BACON: AN APPRECIATION | 183 |
12. THE CAMBRIDGE PLATONISTS | 193 |