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Wizard of the upper Amazon : the story of Manuel Córdova-Rios / by F. Bruce Lamb ; with a new introduction by Andrew Weil.
Lamb, F. Bruce (Frank Bruce), 1913-Date: 1975- Books
The scientific experiments of Sir Walter Ralegh, the Wizard Earl, and the three Magi in the Tower 1603-1617 / by John William Shirley.
Shirley, John W., 1908-1988.Date: 1949- Pictures
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An old wizard sitting within a magic circle at his desk visited by a nobleman. Engraving by T. Engleheart after A. Fraser the elder.
Fraser, Alexander, 1786-1865.Reference: 37903i- Pictures
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A wizard casting spells from his magic circle by the light of his cauldron surrounded by creatures. Engraving by J. Wood, 1763, after J. Collins..
Collins, John, approximately 1725-1758 or 1759.Date: 1763Reference: 37879i- Books
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A famous prediction of Merlin, the British wizard; written above a thousand years ago, and relating to this present year. With explanatory notes. By T. N. Philomath.
Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.Date: Printed in the Year, MDCCIX. [1709]- Pictures
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Eleven scenes of witchcraft. Woodcut, 1720.
Date: 1720Reference: 33360i- Pictures
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Sir Francis Burdett conjuring up a ghost, expecting it to be that of Lord Edward Fitzgerald, but the ghost of William Pitt the younger appears. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1813.
Satirist, active 1812-1813.Date: 1 October 1813Reference: 38481i- Pictures
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A Binsa sorcerer or shaman, Congo. Halftone.
Reference: 21363i- Pictures
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A man of occult learning arrives at the house of a cobbler and his wife: the cobbler insults him, the wife defends him. Coloured engraving by L. Truchy after F. Hayman.
Hayman, Francis, 1708-1776.Date: [1743?]Reference: 22165i- Ephemera
Safety can be fun / Wellcome Library.
Date: [2012]- Pictures
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A magician stands in the middle of a circle holding a stick in one hand and a book in the other as he is watched by the devil in the form of a dragon. Woodcut, ca. 1700-1720.
Date: 1700-1720Reference: 603073i- Books
The compleat wizzard; being a collection of authentic and entertaining narratives of the real existence and appearance of ghosts, demons, and spectres: together with several wonderful instances of the effects of witchcraft, etc. To which is prefixed; an account of haunted houses.
Date: 1770- Books
Spellbound : magic, ritual and witchcraft / Sophie Page, Marina Wallace, Owen Davies, Malcolm Gaskill, Ceri Houlbrook.
Page, Sophie, 1972-Date: 2018- Books
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The compleat wizzard; being a collection of authentic and entertaining narratives of the real existence and appearance of ghosts, demons, and spectres: together with several wonderful instances of the effects of witchcraft. To which is prefixed, an account of haunted houses, and subjoined a Treatise on the Effects of Magic.
Date: MDCCLXX. [1770]- Books
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Against VVilliam Li-Lie (alias) Lillie : that most audacious atheisticall rayling Rabsheca, that impious witch or wizzard, and most abhominable sorcerer, or star-gazer of London, and all his odious almanacks, and others. / Written by John Viccars schoolemaster of Christ Hospitall, few dayes before his death, which he had prepared for the Black Munday, turned white since his dissolution.
Vicars, John, 1579 or 1580-1652Date: Printed in the yeare when the astrologers and mountebanks lost their judgments, 29 March, 1652- Books
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The black art detected and expos'd: or, a demonstration of the Hellish Impiety, of Being, or desiring to Be a Wizzard, Conjurer, or Witch. And Of the Horrid Wickedness of them that have Recourse to those who are such (or are suppos'd to be so) to seek Relief from them, in any Case whatever. Together with Remarks upon the Causes of this Impiety. In a Letter to a Country Gentleman.
Date: 1707- Pictures
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An episode in King Henry VI, part II: Margerie Jourdayne with others conjure up a diabolical spirit in the hope of revealing to Humphrey Duke of Gloucester the results of competing claims to the English crown. Etching by J. Goldar, 1791, after E. Dayes.
Dayes, Edward, 1763-1804.Date: 1791Reference: 11544i- Pictures
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An episode in King Henry VI, part II: Margerie Jourdayne with others conjure up a diabolical spirit in the hope of revealing to Humfrey Duke of Gloucester the results of competing claims to the English crown. Colour stipple print by C.G. Playter and R. Thew after J. Opie, 1796.
Opie, John, 1761-1807.Date: Decr. 1 1796Reference: 576048i- Books
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Every man entertained: or, select histories: giving an account of persons who have been most eminently distinguish'd by their virtues or vices, their Perfections or Defects, either of Body or Mind. The Whole collected from the best Authors, with the Addition of several curious Particulars never before published; and digested under the following Heads: Apparitions. Persons who have return'd to Life after they have been supposed to be dead. Great Sleepers, and Walkers in their Sleep. Great Eaters and Drinkers. Vast Strength of some Persons. Persons wonderfully preserv'd from Death. Extraordinary Longevity. Giants and Dwarfs. Monstrous and preternatural Births. Strange Discoveries of Murder. The Strength of Imagination. Great Memory. Singular Chastity. Pride and Ambition. Instance of Temperance and long Abstinence. Dreams, Presages, and Predictions. Magicians, Wizards, and Witches. Loving Husbands and Wives.
Date: MDCCLVI. [1756]- Archives and manuscripts
Over the Rainbow - the video
Date: c.2000Reference: ART/AFH/C/1/2/22Part of: Arts for Health: archive- Pictures
An episode in 'Gerusalemme liberata': the knights Carlo and Ubaldo meet Good Fortune who offers to take them in her boat to the Fortunate Islands, in order to retrieve Rinaldo from the palace of Armida. Etching by P.C. Canot, 1744, after Claude Lorraine.
Lorrain, Claude, 1600-1682.Date: May 1744Reference: 3055839i- Books
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A view of human nature: or, select histories; giving an account of persons who have been most eminently distinguish'd by their virtues or vices, their Perfections or Defects, either of Body or Mind; or who have been, in any Respect, remarkable Instances of Divine Providence. The Whole collected from the best Authors in various Languages, with the Addition of several curious Particulars never before publish'd; and digested under the following Heads, amongst many others, viz. Monstrous and preternatural Births. Giants and Dwarfs. Vast Strength of some Persons. Extraordinary Longevity. Persons who have return'd to Life after they have been supposed to be dead. Strange Discoveries of Murder. The Strength of Imagination. Great Memory. Loving Husbands and Wives. $$gent Parents, and dutiful children. Gratitude and Friendship. Singular Chastity. Uncommon Patience and Fortitude. Pride and Ambition. Great Eaters and Drinkers. Instance of Temperance and long Abstinence. Great Sleepers, and Walkers in their Sleep. Dreams, Presages, and Predictions. Magicians, Wizards, and Witches. Apparitions. Persons wonderfully preserv'd from Death. Horrid Imprecations, and Appeals to God, &c. &c. &c. With Miscellaneous Notes.
Date: MDCCL. [1750]- Archives and manuscripts
Transparencies: 'Lecture on Fantasy to Samaritans'
Date: c.1980sReference: PP/ROS/M/6/2Part of: The Archive of Ismond Rosen (1924-1996)- Pictures
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A shaman or medicine man with extensive body painting, Worgaia, Central Australia. Process print.
Reference: 21428i- Pictures
A physician or natural philosopher, inscribed (later?) with the identity of Thomas Gale, surgeon. Oil painting, ca. 1900 (?).
Date: [1900?]Reference: 577509i