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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION
- Contents
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- BOOK I THE DERIVATIONS OF MAGIC
- BOOK II FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF DOGMAS
- CHAPTER I PRIMITIVE SYMBOLISM OF HISTORY
- CHAPTER II MYSTICISM
- CHAPTER III INITIATIONS AND ORDEALS
- CHAPTER IV THE MAGIC OF PUBLIC WORSHIP
- CHAPTER V MYSTERIES OF VIRGINITY
- CHAPTER VI SUPERSTITIONS
- CHAPTER VII MAGICAL MONUMENTS
- BOOK III DIVINE SYNTHESIS AND REALISATION OF MAGIA BY THE CHRISTIAN REVELATION
- BOOK IV MAGIC AND CIVILISATION
- BOOK V THE ADEPTS AND THE PRIESTHOOD
- BOOK VI MAGIC AND THE REVOLUTION
- BOOK VII MAGIC IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
- APPENDIX
- INDEX
CHAPTER III - INITIATIONS AND ORDEALS
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2014
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION
- Contents
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- BOOK I THE DERIVATIONS OF MAGIC
- BOOK II FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF DOGMAS
- CHAPTER I PRIMITIVE SYMBOLISM OF HISTORY
- CHAPTER II MYSTICISM
- CHAPTER III INITIATIONS AND ORDEALS
- CHAPTER IV THE MAGIC OF PUBLIC WORSHIP
- CHAPTER V MYSTERIES OF VIRGINITY
- CHAPTER VI SUPERSTITIONS
- CHAPTER VII MAGICAL MONUMENTS
- BOOK III DIVINE SYNTHESIS AND REALISATION OF MAGIA BY THE CHRISTIAN REVELATION
- BOOK IV MAGIC AND CIVILISATION
- BOOK V THE ADEPTS AND THE PRIESTHOOD
- BOOK VI MAGIC AND THE REVOLUTION
- BOOK VII MAGIC IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
- APPENDIX
- INDEX
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- The History of MagicIncluding a Clear and Precise Exposition of its Procedure, its Rites and its Mysteries, pp. 133 - 144Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013First published in: 1913