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Libra Esoterica

Encyclopedia of the unexplained;: Magic, occultism and parapsychology

by Richard Cavendish & J.B Rhine

  • First published:
  • 20th century
  • Language: English

Description

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A reference guide to the unexplained covering well known terms such as parapsychology, magic, the occult, the paranormal, alchemy, druids, hallucinations, Jung, levitation, Tarot, UFO, witchcraft, and the zodiac. editor also wrote The Magical Arts.

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Alchemy and Hermeticism, Astrology, Divination and oracles, Occultism and esotericism, Parapsychology and psychical research, Ritual magic and grimoires, UFOs, extraterrestrials, and contact, and Witchcraft and folk magic.

  • Occultism and esotericism

    Retained metadata contains “Occultism” in the title, “occult” in the description, “occult” in the subject metadata, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Occultism”· in title
    • “occult”· in description
    • “occult”· in subject
    • “Occultism”· in edition title
  • Ritual magic and grimoires

    Retained metadata contains “Magic” in the title, “Magic” in the description, “Magic” in the subject metadata, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Magic”· in title
    • “Magic”· in description
    • “Magic”· in subject
    • “Magic”· in edition title
  • Witchcraft and folk magic

    Retained metadata contains “Witchcraft” in the description.

    • “Witchcraft”· in description
  • Alchemy and Hermeticism

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

    • “Alchemy”· in description
    • “Alchemy”· in subject
  • Astrology

    Retained metadata contains “zodiac” in the description and “Astrology” in the subject metadata.

    • “zodiac”· in description
    • “Astrology”· in subject
  • Divination and oracles

    Retained metadata contains “Tarot” in the description.

    • “Tarot”· in description
  • Parapsychology and psychical research

    Controlled discovery queries from openalex matched “parapsychology”. Retained metadata contains “Parapsychology” in the title, “Parapsychology” in the description, “Parapsychology” in the subject metadata, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

    • “parapsychology”· via OpenAlex
    • “Parapsychology”· in title
    • “Parapsychology”· in description
    • “Parapsychology”· in subject
    • “Parapsychology”· in edition title
  • UFOs, extraterrestrials, and contact

    Retained metadata contains “ufo” in the description.

    • “ufo”· 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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Editions

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OpenAlex scholarly book record

1974-01-01Japan Society of Medical Entomology and Zoology; Medical Entomology and ZoologyEnglish—Unknown

Subjects

23 subject headings

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