BLETCHLEY, BUCKS, December 1919.


CONTENTS


[ PREFACE ]


[ BYGONE BELIEFS ]


[ I. SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF MEDAEVAL THOUGHT ]

[ II. PYTHAGORAS AND HIS PHILOSOPHY ]

[ III. MEDICINE AND MAGIC ]

[ IV. SUPERSTITIONS CONCERNING BIRDS ]

[ V. THE POWDER OF SYMPATHY: A CURIOUS MEDICAL SUPERSTITION ]

[ VI. THE BELIEF IN TALISMANS ]

[ VII. CEREMONIAL MAGIC IN THEORY AND PRACTICE ]

[ VIII. ARCHITECTURAL SYMBOLISM ]

[ IX. THE QUEST OF THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE ]

[ X. THE PHALLIC ELEMENT IN ALCHEMICAL DOCTRINE ]

[ XI. ROGER BACON: AN APPRECIATION ]

[ XII. THE CAMBRIDGE PLATONISTS ]


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BYGONE BELIEFS

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