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Amulets and magic

Sir E.A. Wallis Budge

(The Kegan Paul library of arcana)

Kegan Paul : Distributed by John Wiley & Sons, 2001

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The original texts with translations and descriptions of a long series of Egyptian, Sumerian, Assyrian, Hebrew, Christian, Gnostic and Muslim amulets and Talismans and magical figures, with chapters on the evil eye, the origin of the amulet, the pentagon, the swăstika, the cross (pagan and Christian), the properties of stones, rings, divination, numbers, the Ḳabbâlâh, ancient astrology, etc.

With twenty-two plates and three hundred illustrations in the text

Includes index

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  • NCID
    BA54440204
  • ISBN
    • 0710307136
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London ; New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxxix, 543 p., 22 p. of plates
  • Size
    24 cm
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