Occult history and alchemy
Bygone Beliefs: Being a Series of Excursions in the Byways of Thought
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A collection of scholarly essays that examine historical systems of thought that have since been discarded by modern science. Redgrove treats subjects like alchemy and medieval superstition with intellectual respect, showing how they were once logically consistent and how they paved the way for modern chemistry and philosophy.
Also known asExcursions in the Byways of Thought
This edition1920
EditionWilliam Rider & Son, London
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Contents18 chapters
- 01BYGONE BELIEFS BEING A SERIES OF EXCURSIONS IN THE BYWAYS OF THOUGHT
- 02TO MY WIFE
- 03PREFACE
- 04BYGONE BELIEFS
- 05I. SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF MEDAEVAL THOUGHT
- 06II. PYTHAGORAS AND HIS PHILOSOPHY
- 07III. MEDICINE AND MAGIC
- 08IV. SUPERSTITIONS CONCERNING BIRDS
- 09V. THE POWDER OF SYMPATHY: A CURIOUS MEDICAL SUPERSTITION
- 10VI. THE BELIEF IN TALISMANS
- 11VII. CEREMONIAL MAGIC IN THEORY AND PRACTICE
- 12VIII. ARCHITECTURAL SYMBOLISM
- 13IX. THE QUEST OF THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE
- 14X. THE PHALLIC ELEMENT IN ALCHEMICAL DOCTRINE
- 15XI. ROGER BACON: AN APPRECIATION
- 16XII. THE CAMBRIDGE PLATONISTS
- 17THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE
- 18"Cover"
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