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Bygone Beliefs
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[epigraph]
[dedication]
PREFACE
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
1.
I SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF MEDÆVAL THOUGHT
2.
II PYTHAGORAS AND HIS PHILOSOPHY
3.
III MEDICINE AND MAGIC
4.
IV SUPERSTITIONS CONCERNING BIRDS
5.
V THE POWDER OF SYMPATHY: A CURIOUS MEDICAL SUPERSTITION
6.
VI THE BELIEF IN TALISMANS
7.
VII CEREMONIAL MAGIC IN THEORY AND PRACTICE
8.
VIII ARCHITECTURAL SYMBOLISM
9.
IX THE QUEST OF THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE
10.
X THE PHALLIC ELEMENT IN ALCHEMICAL DOCTRINE
11.
XI ROGER BACON: AN APPRECIATION
12.
XII THE CAMBRIDGE PLATONISTS
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Bygone Beliefs
PLATE 1, FIG. 1. Symbolic Alchemical Design from
Mutus Liber
(1677).
Bygone Beliefs