Author: Cora Linn Daniels
Publisher: The Minerva Group, Inc.
ISBN: 9781410209146
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 634
Book Description
Originally published in 1903, this is an excellent source for an historical perspective on superstitions and folklore. Hundreds of entries are arranged alphabetically within broad subject categories. The original subtitle reads: "A comprehensive library of human belief and practice in the mysteries of life through more than six thousand years of experience and progress including the fundamental intuitions and instincts underlying the structure of civilization, theology, mythology, demonology, magic, witchcraft, esoteric philosophy, signs, omens, oracles, sorceries, auguries, divinations, prophecies, methods and means employed in revealing fortune and fate, systems and formulas for the use of psychical forces, hypnotism, clairvoyance, telepathy, spiritualism, character reading and character building with all the known powers and wonders of mind and soul, illustrated with numerous ancient and modern designs and thoroughly indexed."
Encyclopædia of Superstitions, Folklore, and the Occult Sciences of the World
Author: Cora Linn Daniels
Publisher: The Minerva Group, Inc.
ISBN: 9781410209146
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 634
Book Description
Originally published in 1903, this is an excellent source for an historical perspective on superstitions and folklore. Hundreds of entries are arranged alphabetically within broad subject categories. The original subtitle reads: "A comprehensive library of human belief and practice in the mysteries of life through more than six thousand years of experience and progress including the fundamental intuitions and instincts underlying the structure of civilization, theology, mythology, demonology, magic, witchcraft, esoteric philosophy, signs, omens, oracles, sorceries, auguries, divinations, prophecies, methods and means employed in revealing fortune and fate, systems and formulas for the use of psychical forces, hypnotism, clairvoyance, telepathy, spiritualism, character reading and character building with all the known powers and wonders of mind and soul, illustrated with numerous ancient and modern designs and thoroughly indexed."
Publisher: The Minerva Group, Inc.
ISBN: 9781410209146
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 634
Book Description
Originally published in 1903, this is an excellent source for an historical perspective on superstitions and folklore. Hundreds of entries are arranged alphabetically within broad subject categories. The original subtitle reads: "A comprehensive library of human belief and practice in the mysteries of life through more than six thousand years of experience and progress including the fundamental intuitions and instincts underlying the structure of civilization, theology, mythology, demonology, magic, witchcraft, esoteric philosophy, signs, omens, oracles, sorceries, auguries, divinations, prophecies, methods and means employed in revealing fortune and fate, systems and formulas for the use of psychical forces, hypnotism, clairvoyance, telepathy, spiritualism, character reading and character building with all the known powers and wonders of mind and soul, illustrated with numerous ancient and modern designs and thoroughly indexed."
The Encyclopedia of Superstitions
Author: Edwin Radford
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Publishing
ISBN: 9780760702284
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Containing more that two thousand supersitions of Britain ranging over the past six hundred years, and extending down to the present day,this book demonstrates that superstitions are world-wide and inherent in all peoples of the world in exactly identical forms of fear and avoidance.
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Publishing
ISBN: 9780760702284
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Containing more that two thousand supersitions of Britain ranging over the past six hundred years, and extending down to the present day,this book demonstrates that superstitions are world-wide and inherent in all peoples of the world in exactly identical forms of fear and avoidance.
Encyclopaedia of Superstitions, Folklore, and the Occult Sciences of the World
Author: Cora Linn Morrison Daniels
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
The Encyclopedia of Superstitions
Author: Richard Webster
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN: 0738725617
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
Have you ever rubbed a frog on your freckles? Trivia fans and fun fact fanatics will adore this fascinating, flickable encyclopedia of superstitions! Richard Webster presents over five hundred of the most obscure, curious, and just-plain-freaky superstitions of the Western world. Discover batty beliefs about baldness, beans, and the Bermuda Triangle, and peculiar practices regarding hiccups, hearses, and hunchbacks. From modern myths to centuries-old lore, The Encyclopedia of Superstitions offers a wealth of wonderfully weird beliefs on just about every topic you can imagine: Holidays Birth Death Weddings Colors Gemstones Trees Flowers Fairies Weather Numbers Animals Birds Insects Household Items Zodiac Signs Gambling The Human Body Food Praise: "[T]his reference makes for compulsive browsing."—Publishers Weekly
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN: 0738725617
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
Have you ever rubbed a frog on your freckles? Trivia fans and fun fact fanatics will adore this fascinating, flickable encyclopedia of superstitions! Richard Webster presents over five hundred of the most obscure, curious, and just-plain-freaky superstitions of the Western world. Discover batty beliefs about baldness, beans, and the Bermuda Triangle, and peculiar practices regarding hiccups, hearses, and hunchbacks. From modern myths to centuries-old lore, The Encyclopedia of Superstitions offers a wealth of wonderfully weird beliefs on just about every topic you can imagine: Holidays Birth Death Weddings Colors Gemstones Trees Flowers Fairies Weather Numbers Animals Birds Insects Household Items Zodiac Signs Gambling The Human Body Food Praise: "[T]his reference makes for compulsive browsing."—Publishers Weekly
Encyclopaedia of Superstitions, Folklore, and the Occult Sciences of the World
Author: Cora Linn Daniels
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
Encyclopaedia of Superstitions
Author: Edwin Radford
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
Superstitions
Author: Diagram Group
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402755026
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Explains the meanings of thousands of signs, omens, spells, charms, cures, rituals, and taboos; arranged alphabetically by topic.
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402755026
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Explains the meanings of thousands of signs, omens, spells, charms, cures, rituals, and taboos; arranged alphabetically by topic.
The Encyclopedia of Superstitions
Author: Edwin Radford
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Encyclopædia of Superstitions, Folklore, and the Occult Sciences of the World
Author: Cora Linn Daniels
Publisher: The Minerva Group, Inc.
ISBN: 9781410209160
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
Originally published in 1903, this is an excellent source for an historical perspective on superstitions and folklore. Hundreds of entries are arranged alphabetically within broad subject categories. The original subtitle reads: "A comprehensive library of human belief and practice in the mysteries of life through more than six thousand years of experience and progress including the fundamental intuitions and instincts underlying the structure of civilization, theology, mythology, demonology, magic, witchcraft, esoteric philosophy, signs, omens, oracles, sorceries, auguries, divinations, prophecies, methods and means employed in revealing fortune and fate, systems and formulas for the use of psychical forces, hypnotism, clairvoyance, telepathy, spiritualism, character reading and character building with all the known powers and wonders of mind and soul, illustrated with numerous ancient and modern designs and thoroughly indexed."
Publisher: The Minerva Group, Inc.
ISBN: 9781410209160
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
Originally published in 1903, this is an excellent source for an historical perspective on superstitions and folklore. Hundreds of entries are arranged alphabetically within broad subject categories. The original subtitle reads: "A comprehensive library of human belief and practice in the mysteries of life through more than six thousand years of experience and progress including the fundamental intuitions and instincts underlying the structure of civilization, theology, mythology, demonology, magic, witchcraft, esoteric philosophy, signs, omens, oracles, sorceries, auguries, divinations, prophecies, methods and means employed in revealing fortune and fate, systems and formulas for the use of psychical forces, hypnotism, clairvoyance, telepathy, spiritualism, character reading and character building with all the known powers and wonders of mind and soul, illustrated with numerous ancient and modern designs and thoroughly indexed."
Encyclopedia of Superstitions, Folklore, and the Occult Sciences of the World
Author: Mrs. Cora Linn (Morrison) Daniels
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description