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Libra Esoterica

A treatise of dreams & visions

wherein the causes, natures, and uses of nocturnal representations, and the communications both of good and evil angels, as also departed souls, to mankinde are theosophically unfolded, that is according to the word of God, and the harmony of created beeing : to which is added, a discourse of the causes, natures, and cure of phrensie, madness or distraction

by Thomas Tryon

  • First published:
  • 17th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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14 unnumbered pages, 297 pages, 4 unnumbered pages, 298-299 pages ; 15 cm (8vo) Pages 84, 112, 178, 290-1, 294-5 incorrectly numbered 83, 114, 177, 294-5, 290-1 respectively No imprint. Publishers' advertisements (4 unnumbered p. following p. 297 at end) are for books published by Andrew Sowle, who also printed a number of other Tryon's works

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Demonology, angelology, and possession and Out-of-body, astral, and dream studies.

  • Demonology, angelology, and possession

    Retained metadata contains “Angels” in the subtitle and “Angels” in the edition subtitle.

    • “Angels”· in subtitle
    • “Angels”· in edition subtitle
  • Out-of-body, astral, and dream studies

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Dreams”. Retained metadata contains “Dreams” in the title, “Dreams” in the subject metadata, and “Dreams” in the edition title.

    • “Dreams”· via Internet Archive
    • “Dreams”· via Open Library
    • “Dreams”· in title
    • “Dreams”· in subject
    • “Dreams”· in edition title

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Open Library reports 11 editions; 2 cataloged here.

wherein the causes natures and uses of nocturnal representations, and the communications both of good and evil angels, as also departed souls, to mankinde, are theosophically unfolded; that is, according to the word of God, and the harmony of created beeings [sic] ... To which is added, a discourse of the causes, natures and cure of phrensie, madness or distraction

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

1689-01-01T00:00:00Z[London] : [Andrew Sowle]English—Public digitized item

wherein the causes, natures, and uses of nocturnal representations, and the communications both of good and evil angels, as also departed souls, to mankinde are theosophically unfolded, that is according to the word of God, and the harmony of created beeing : to which is added, a discourse of the causes, natures, and cure of phrensie, madness or distraction

Open Library record

1689Sine nomineEnglish—No ebook

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  • Contributing institution: Wellcome Library
  • Digitization sponsor: Wellcome Library
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: europeanlibraries; medicalheritagelibrary; wellcomelibrary
  • Open Library reports 11 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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  • Source-reported rights: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" rel="ugc nofollow">This work is available under the Creative Commons, Public Domain Mark</a>
  • Source-reported rights: This work is available under the Creative Commons, Public Domain Mark
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openlibrary-work:OL5225535W
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