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Magic plants

Naturlig Magic

Egyptian magic

Magic and healing

Viola tricolor L. Violaceae 'Black Magic'. Heartsease. Distribution: Europe. Gerard (1633) writes that it is good for fevers especially for children and infants whose convulsions and fits of the falling sickness it is thought to cure' These are presumably the febrile convulsions of childhood which stop when the fever subsides, whatever one does. He also says it is good for chest conditions, itching all over, and ulcers and 'to cure the pains of the French disease [syphilis]'. It is approved for topical use in mild seborrhoeic dermatitis because of traditional use, in Europe, but a trial of a cream containing V.tricolor was no more effective than the base cream without ingredients. A child with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency developed haemolysis ('favism') following oral administration. It also contains salicylates so should be used with caution (European Medicines Agency, Assessment report on Viola tricolor, November 2010). Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.

Viola tricolor 'Black Magic'

Malayan black magic (Ilmu Sihir) charm intended to curse its recipient with a fatal illness. The Arabic letters surrounding the human figure are incantations and spells written in the language of Djinns and Syaitan (demonic spirits)

Malayan black magic charm

Malayan black magic (Ilmu Sihir) charm intended to curse its recipient with a fatal illness. The Arabic letters surrounding the human figure are incantations and spells written in the language of Djinns and Syaitan

The history of magic

A treatise of magic incantations

Oral magic, folklore and tradition

Rite of war-magic, Kanukubusim the last war wizard of Kiriwina.

Rite of war-magic, Western Pacific

Four sages and magic circles. Gouache.

Semitic magic, its origins and development

xvii, 320 pages :
frontispiece, illustrations, plates ;
23 cm

The mysteries and secrets of magic

Chaldean magic : its origin and development

xxiv, 406 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates :
illustrations ;
23 cm

Transcendental magic : its doctrine and ritual

Magic, pretended miracles, and remarkable natural phenomena.

Magic in names and in other things

Australian medicine man with magic healing crystal.

1 print :
etching ;
platemark 19.4 x 13.7 cm

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

xvi, 130 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates ;
20 cm

Magic, divination, and demonology among the Hebrews and their neighbours : including an examination of biblical references and of the biblical terms

Witchcraft: a bewitched woman vomiting. Woodcut, 1720.

xv, 1 unnumbered page, 175 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 198, 2 pages, 23 unnumbered leaves of plates (1 folded) :
illustrations (some color), portrait, frontispiece, plates ;
(4to)

The magus, or celestial intelligencer; being a complete system of occult philosophy. In three books: containing the antient and modern practice of the cabalistic art, natural and celestial magic, &c. ... : Exhibiting the sciences of natural magic; alchymy, or hermetic philosophy ... the constellatory practice, or talismanic magic ... Magnetism, and cabalistical or ceremonial magic ... and conjuration of spirits. To which is added biographia antiqua, or the lives of the most eminent philosophers, magi, &c. The whole illustrated with a great variety of curious engravings ...

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Magic plants

Naturlig Magic

Egyptian magic

Magic and healing

Viola tricolor 'Black Magic'

Malayan black magic charm

Malayan black magic charm

Malayan black magic charm

The history of magic

A treatise of magic incantations

Oral magic, folklore and tradition

Rite of war-magic, Western Pacific

Four sages and magic circles. Gouache.

Semitic magic, its origins and development

The mysteries and secrets of magic

Chaldean magic : its origin and development

The mysteries and secrets of magic

Transcendental magic : its doctrine and ritual

Magic, pretended miracles, and remarkable natural phenomena.

Magic in names and in other things

Australian medicine man with magic healing crystal.

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

Magic, divination, and demonology among the Hebrews and their neighbours : including an examination of biblical references and of the biblical terms

Witchcraft: a bewitched woman vomiting. Woodcut, 1720.

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Naturlig Magic

Egyptian magic

Magic and healing

Viola tricolor 'Black Magic'

Malayan black magic charm

Malayan black magic charm

Malayan black magic charm

The history of magic

A treatise of magic incantations

Oral magic, folklore and tradition

Rite of war-magic, Western Pacific

Four sages and magic circles. Gouache.

Semitic magic, its origins and development

The mysteries and secrets of magic

Chaldean magic : its origin and development

The mysteries and secrets of magic

Transcendental magic : its doctrine and ritual

Magic, pretended miracles, and remarkable natural phenomena.

Magic in names and in other things

Australian medicine man with magic healing crystal.

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

Magic, divination, and demonology among the Hebrews and their neighbours : including an examination of biblical references and of the biblical terms

Witchcraft: a bewitched woman vomiting. Woodcut, 1720.

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