Stories
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A medieval guide to practical magic
With few sources of effective help available when treating an injured patient, the medieval physician could instead stage a healing ceremony using a practical how-to guide he carried with him.
- Book extract
The history of brainwashing
Is it possible to control what other people think? In this abridged extract from his book ‘Brainwashed’, psychoanalyst and historian Daniel Pick offers us a new history of thought control.
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Sun salutations and yoga synthesis in India
Surya namaskars, or sun salutations, have a long history in South Asia, but their place at the heart of modern yoga is more recent.
Catalogue
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M0003378: Incantation bowl with Mandaic inscription, Mesopotamia.
Date: 01 March 1933Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/27/68Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Books
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Incantations médico-magiques en Savoie / A. van Gennep.
Gennep, Arnold van, 1873-1957.Date: 1928- Books
Mandaic incantation texts / by Edwin M. Yamauchi.
Yamauchi, Edwin M.Date: 2005- Books
Mandaic incantation texts / by Edwin M. Yamauchi.
Yamauchi, Edwin M.Date: 2005- Archives and manuscripts
An incantation (tabas) for protectice magic (pagar).