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Libra Esoterica

Compendium of the occult

arcane artefacts, magic rituals and sacred symbolism

by Liz Williams

  • First published:
  • 21st century
  • Language: English

Description

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Immerse yourself in the history of the occult, esoteric, and arcane with this illustrated cabinet of curiosities. In "Compendium of the Occult", readers will delve into the full history of this fascinating, often secretive belief system from its ancient origins to contemporary practices, gaining insight into the beliefs that underlie the occult throughout history. Explore alchemy and hermeticism, demonology, and medieval grimoires using symbols, maps, archive photography, and ancient texts. In seven themed chapters, the book examines the use of talismans and charms, the practice of casting curses, secret societies and sacred sites, divination, rites, and rituals across the world, starting with an introduction to occult practices.

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Alchemy and Hermeticism, Demonology, angelology, and possession, Divination and oracles, Initiatory orders and secret societies, Occultism and esotericism, and Ritual magic and grimoires.

  • Occultism and esotericism

    Controlled discovery queries from k10plus matched “Okkultismus”. Retained metadata contains “occult” in the title, “esoteric” in the description, “occult” in the description, and 3 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Okkultismus”· via K10plus Union Catalog
    • “occult”· in title
    • “esoteric”· in description
    • “occult”· in description
    • “Occultism”· in subject
    • “Okkultismus”· in subject
  • Ritual magic and grimoires

    Retained metadata contains “Magic” in the subtitle, “Grimoires” in the description, “Talismans” in the description, and 3 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Magic”· in subtitle
    • “Grimoires”· in description
    • “Talismans”· in description
    • “talisman”· in subject
    • “Talismans”· in subject
    • “Magic”· in edition subtitle
  • Alchemy and Hermeticism

    Retained metadata contains “Alchemy” in the description and “Hermeticism” in the description.

    • “Alchemy”· in description
    • “Hermeticism”· in description
  • Divination and oracles

    Retained metadata contains “Divination” in the description and “Divination” in the subject metadata.

    • “Divination”· in description
    • “Divination”· in subject
  • Initiatory orders and secret societies

    Retained metadata contains “Secret societies” in the description and “Secret societies” in the subject metadata.

    • “Secret societies”· in description
    • “Secret societies”· in subject
  • Demonology, angelology, and possession

    Retained metadata contains “Demonology” in the description.

    • “Demonology”· in description

Membership records how this book met the catalog’s discovery criteria — relevance to a tradition, not a judgment of the book’s claims.

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arcane artefacts, magic rituals and sacred symbolism

K10plus union-catalog record

256 Seiten; Illustrationen

2025Thames & HudsonEnglish
  • 9780500028148
Catalog record

Subjects

16 subject headings

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