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Bygone Beliefs: Being a Series of Excursions in the Byways of Thought

H. Stanley Redgrove1920
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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
AlchemyAlchemical Transformationhidden wisdomPowder of SympathyTalismans & Charmssympathetic magicAlchemical meditationPythagoras PhilosophyHermeticismFolkloreMedical SuperstitionsAlchemy & Phallic SymbolismEsoteric Philosophyfolk belief documentationAlchemical symbolism

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Contents18 chapters

  1. 01BYGONE BELIEFS BEING A SERIES OF EXCURSIONS IN THE BYWAYS OF THOUGHT
  2. 02TO MY WIFE
  3. 03PREFACE
  4. 04BYGONE BELIEFS
  5. 05I. SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF MEDAEVAL THOUGHT
  6. 06II. PYTHAGORAS AND HIS PHILOSOPHY
  7. 07III. MEDICINE AND MAGIC
  8. 08IV. SUPERSTITIONS CONCERNING BIRDS
  9. 09V. THE POWDER OF SYMPATHY: A CURIOUS MEDICAL SUPERSTITION
  10. 10VI. THE BELIEF IN TALISMANS
  11. 11VII. CEREMONIAL MAGIC IN THEORY AND PRACTICE
  12. 12VIII. ARCHITECTURAL SYMBOLISM
  13. 13IX. THE QUEST OF THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE
  14. 14X. THE PHALLIC ELEMENT IN ALCHEMICAL DOCTRINE
  15. 15XI. ROGER BACON: AN APPRECIATION
  16. 16XII. THE CAMBRIDGE PLATONISTS
  17. 17THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE
  18. 18"Cover"

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