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Semitic Magic. Its origins and development by R. Campbell Thompson, M.A. (Cantab) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Semitic Magic. Its origins and development about?
The theories put forward or maintained in this book are based on a study of that intricate demonology which has gradually developed throughout the lands of Western Asia. The earliest written records of this magic are found in the cuneiform incantation tablets from Assyria ; and, aided by the various steppingstones afforded by Rabbinic tradition, Syriac monkish writings, and Arabic tales, we can trace its growth and decadence through three thousand years down to its survival in modern Oriental superstition.
Who reads Semitic Magic. Its origins and development?
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- R. Campbell Thompson, M.A. (Cantab)
- Publisher
- Luzac & CO.
- Published
- 1908
- Language
- EN
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Religion, Religious Studies
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