Bygone Beliefs: Being a Series of Excursions in the Byways of Thought
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BYGONE BELIEFS BEING A SERIES OF EXCURSIONS IN THE BYWAYS OF THOUGHT
TO MY WIFE
PREFACE
BYGONE BELIEFS
I. SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF MEDAEVAL THOUGHT
II. PYTHAGORAS AND HIS PHILOSOPHY
III. MEDICINE AND MAGIC
IV. SUPERSTITIONS CONCERNING BIRDS
V. THE POWDER OF SYMPATHY: A CURIOUS MEDICAL SUPERSTITION
VI. THE BELIEF IN TALISMANS
VII. CEREMONIAL MAGIC IN THEORY AND PRACTICE
VIII. ARCHITECTURAL SYMBOLISM
IX. THE QUEST OF THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE
X. THE PHALLIC ELEMENT IN ALCHEMICAL DOCTRINE
XI. ROGER BACON: AN APPRECIATION
XII. THE CAMBRIDGE PLATONISTS
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