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Concept

Occultism

Images

  • A wizard and his accomplice performing incantations in a forest during a full moon. Etching by S. Palmer and A.H. Palmer.
  • Three books of occult philosophy / Written by Henry Cornelius Agrippa of Nettesheim. Translated out of the Latin into the English by J.F[reake].
  • Circe sits with books and wand; to right, men transformed into animals. Etching by G.B. Castiglione, 165-.
  • Two naked witches riding on a broomstick accompanied by an owl. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.
  • Indian fortune-teller with client. Gouache drawing.
All images (51)

Catalogue

    • Archives and manuscripts

    Perrier à S. Picard, Sieur Dubois

    Perrier à S. Picard, Sieur Dubois | Date: Middle 17th century | Reference: MS.609
    • Books

    Dictionarium Theophrasti Paracelsi / Gerardus Dorneus. Onomasticon Theophrasti Paracelsi / Adam von Bodenstein.

    Dorn, Gerhard, active 16th century. | Date: 1981
    • Books

    Ritual healing : magic, ritual and medical therapy from antiquity until the early modern period / edited by Ildikó Csepregi, Charles Burnett.

    | Date: 2012
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A witch at her table being helped by her attendant: they are surrounded by various bottles, mortars and jars. Etching by W. Unger.

    Unger, William, 1837-1932. | Reference: 37987i
    • Books

    Licht und Finsternis : gnostisch-theosophische und freimaurerisch-okkulte Geheimgesellschaften bis an die Wende zum 20. Jahrhundert / Karl R.H. Frick.

    Frick, Karl R. H. | Date: 1975-
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