Evil Eye the Origins and Practices of Superstition (1895)
Author:   Frederick Thomas Elworthy
Publisher:   Kessinger Publishing Co
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9780766132429


Pages:   488
Publication Date:   01 February 2003
Format:   Paperback
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Evil Eye the Origins and Practices of Superstition (1895)


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A review of the forms and uses of sympathetic magic throughout the world. The story of superstition or everyday magic. Contents: Introduction; Sympathetic magic; Totems, portents, tree-worship; Symbols and Amulets; Gorgoneion; Crescents, horns, horseshoes; Touch, hands, gestures; The Cross; Mano Pantea; Cimaruta, Sirene, tablets; Cabalistic writing - magical formulae; Spitting, incantation, and other protective acts - pixies; Appendices (Celestial Mother, Gargoyles, divination, incantation, etc.) Copiously illustrated.

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Author:   Frederick Thomas Elworthy
Publisher:   Kessinger Publishing Co
Imprint:   Kessinger Publishing Co
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 28.00cm
Weight:   1.089kg
ISBN:  

9780766132429


ISBN 10:   0766132420
Pages:   488
Publication Date:   01 February 2003
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of print, replaced by POD   Availability explained
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