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Libra Esoterica

The secret book of the black arts

containing all that is known upon the occult sciences of daemonology, spirit rappings, witchcraft, sorcery, astrology, palmistry, mind reading, spiritualism, table turning, ghosts and apparitions, omens, lucky and unlucky signs and days, dreams, charms, divination, second sight, mesmerism, clairvoyance, psychological fascination, etc. ... : together with a mass of other matter, giving inner views of the arts and sciences, whether recondite and obscure, or plain and practical

by Henry T. Williams & Harold Jantz Collection NcD

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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Description

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Anonymous; attributed to Henry T. Williams *jsh - 20100506

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Astrology, Divination and oracles, Mesmerism, animal magnetism, and hypnosis, Occultism and esotericism, Ritual magic and grimoires, Spiritualism, mediumship, and channeling, Telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition, and Witchcraft and folk magic.

  • Occultism and esotericism

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Occultism”. Retained metadata contains “occult” in the subtitle, “Occult sciences” in the subtitle, “Occultism” in the subject metadata, and 2 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Occultism”· via Internet Archive
    • “Occultism”· via Open Library
    • “occult”· in subtitle
    • “Occult sciences”· in subtitle
    • “Occultism”· in subject
    • “occult”· in edition subtitle
  • Ritual magic and grimoires

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

    • “Magic”· via Internet Archive
    • “Magic”· via Open Library
    • “Charms”· in subtitle
    • “Magic”· in subject
    • “Charms”· in edition subtitle
  • Witchcraft and folk magic

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

    • “Witchcraft”· in subtitle
    • “Witchcraft”· in edition subtitle
  • Astrology

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

    • “Astrology”· in subtitle
    • “Astrology”· in edition subtitle
  • Divination and oracles

    Retained metadata contains “Divination” in the subtitle, “Palmistry” in the subtitle, “Divination” in the edition subtitle, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Divination”· in subtitle
    • “Palmistry”· in subtitle
    • “Divination”· in edition subtitle
    • “Palmistry”· in edition subtitle
  • Spiritualism, mediumship, and channeling

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

    • “Spiritualism”· in subtitle
    • “Spiritualism”· in edition subtitle
  • Telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive, openlibrary, and openlibrary-historical matched “Clairvoyance”. Retained metadata contains “Clairvoyance” in the subtitle, “Second sight” in the subtitle, “Clairvoyance” in the subject metadata, and 2 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Clairvoyance”· via Internet Archive
    • “Clairvoyance”· via Open Library
    • “Clairvoyance”· in subtitle
    • “Second sight”· in subtitle
    • “Clairvoyance”· in subject
    • “Clairvoyance”· in edition subtitle
  • Mesmerism, animal magnetism, and hypnosis

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

    • “Mesmerism”· in subtitle
    • “Mesmerism”· in edition subtitle

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Editions

Open Library reports 2 editions; 1 cataloged here.

containing all that is known upon the occult sciences of daemonology, spirit rappings, witchcraft, sorcery, astrology, palmistry, mind reading, spiritualism, table turning, ghosts and apparitions, omens, lucky and unlucky signs and days, dreams, charms, divination, second sight, mesmerism, clairvoyance, psychological fascination, etc. ... : together with a mass of other matter, giving inner views of the arts and sciences, whether recondite and obscure, or plain and practical

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

1878Hurst & Co.; New York : Hurst & Co.English—Public

Subjects

4 subject headings

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: Duke University Libraries
  • Digitization sponsor: Duke University Libraries
  • 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: americana
  • Open Library reports 2 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Scanner: scribe1.durham.archive.org
Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL5442287W
Edition coverage
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