Magic and Mysticism. Studies in Bygone Beliefs; Originally Published as "Bygone Beliefs"
New York: University Books, 1971. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. xx + 206pp. Black cloth with red title, etc. to spine, frontis, b/w illustrations, red top edge. Originally published as "Bygone Beliefs", this is a nice hardcover edition with a new Foreword of this classic study of the magic and mysticism of bygone eras. Chapters include: Some Characteristics of Medieval Thought; Pythagoras and his Philosophy; Medicine and Magic; Superstitions Concerning Birds; The Powder of Sympathy: A Curious Medical Superstition; The Belief in Talismans; Ceremonial Magic in Theory and Practice; Architectural Symbolism; The Quest of the Philosopher's Stone; The Phallic Element in Alchemical Doctrine; Roger Bacon: an Appreciation; The Cambridge Platonists. By H. Stanley Redgrove (1887-1943), scientist, historian and scholar of alchemy and the occult, for a time acting President of the Alchemical Societry, a regular contributor to "The Occult Review," and author of "Alchemy: Ancient and Modern" and other alchemy related monographs, as well as a number of other titles on Magic, Mysticism and Folklore. Just a bit of very light shelf wear and signs of age & handling, else a bright, clean VG+ copy in VG dust jacket (Dust jacket lightly chafed & creased at edges, extremities, and folds, a few short closed tears, price-clipped. Now in removable mylar sleeve.). Item #68698
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