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Tables of Contents for The History of Magic
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface to the English Translation
5
24
Introduction
29
26
BOOK I THE DERIVATIONS OF MAGIC
Fabulous Sources
55
10
Magic of the Magi
65
7
Magic in India
72
7
Hermetic Magic
79
7
Magic in Greece
86
6
Mathematical Magic of Pythagoras
92
6
The Holy Kabalah
98
9
BOOK II FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF DOGMAS
Primitive Symbolism of History
107
8
Mysticism
115
6
Initiations and Ordeals
121
8
The Magic of Public Worship
129
5
Mysteries of Virginity
134
4
Superstitions
138
6
Magical Monuments
144
3
BOOK III DIVINE SYNTHESIS AND REALISATION OF MAGIA BY THE CHRISTIAN REVELATION
Christ Accused of Magic by the Jews
147
3
The Witness of Magic to Christianity
150
8
The Devil
158
4
The Last Pagans
162
4
Legends
166
5
Some Kabalistic Paintings and Sacred Emblems
171
5
Philosophers of the Alexandrian School
176
4
BOOK IV MAGIC AND CIVILISATION
Magic Among Barbarians
180
6
Influence of Women
186
4
The Salic Laws Against sorcerers
190
5
Legends of the Reign of Charlemagne
195
7
Magicians
202
5
Some Famous Prosecutions
207
12
Superstitions relating to the Devil
219
4
BOOK V THE ADEPTS AND THE PRIESTHOOD
Priests and Popes Accused of Magic
223
11
Appearance of the Bohemian Nomads
234
8
Legend and History of Raymund Lully
242
8
On Certain Alchemists
250
10
Some Famous Sorcerers and Magicians
260
9
Some Magical Prosecutions
269
14
The Magical Origin of Freemasonry
283
5
BOOK VI MAGIC AND THE REVOLUTION
Remarkable Authors of the Eighteenth Century
288
7
Thaumaturgic Personalities of the Eighteenth Century
295
10
Prophecies of Cazotte
305
4
The French Revolution
309
3
Phenomena of Mediomania
312
5
The German Illuminati
317
5
Empire and Restoration
322
5
BOOK VII MAGIC INTEH NINETEENTH CENTURY
Magnetic Mystics and Materialists
327
5
Hallucinations
332
7
Mesmerists and Somnambulists
339
4
The Fantastic Side of Magical Literature
343
12
Some Private Recollections of the Writer
355
3
The Occult Sciences
358
3
Summary and Conclusion
361
14
Appendix
375
2
Index
377