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What people are saying - Write a reviewReview: Behind the Crystal Ball: Magic, Science, and the Occult from Antiquity Through the New AgeUser Review - Autumn - GoodreadsI could not finish this book. The topic is fascinating, but the writing is extremely dry, and the topics do not flow together well. I'd rather read other books on some of the subjects covered in the book. Read full review Review: Behind the Crystal Ball: Magic, Science, and the Occult from Antiquity Through the New AgeUser Review - Stephanie - GoodreadsThis book is a lovely balance between the rational and the intuitive for those who enjoy the places between the two. Mr. Aveni begins at the earliest point of Western magical tradition in Babylon and ... Read full review Related books
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Common terms and phrasesalchemist alchemy ancient animal astrology Azande believed Blavatsky body brain called centuries a.d. CHAPTER Christian claimed conjuring contemporary crystals cult culture cure dead demons Devil divine earth evil example experience explain extraterrestrial eyes f1gure f1nd f1ngers f1rst Feynman forces Fox sisters gematria geomancy Gnostic gods Greek hand happened Harry Houdini healing hepatoscopy Hermes Trismegistus Houdini human ibid idea influence Kabbalah Kabbalistic knowledge living look magic magician magnetic medicine Medieval medium mental Mesmer metoposcopy mind modern nature Nostradamus occult once Paracelsus paranormal percent phenomena philosophy phrenology physical physicist planets Pliny Plotinus Podmore popular practice psychic rapping rational religion religious Renaissance Richard Feynman Roman scientif1c scientists seance secret seems sense sephiroth skeptic social society soul spirit spiritualist stars theory things thought tion today's truth turn universe water witching witches words wrote References to this bookFrom other books
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