موسوعة الخوارق.. استكشف عالما غامضا وآسرا

#### In this visual treasury of wonders in the 4th century BC, a Greek citizen of Antioch was commissioned to carve a tablet invoking a god who “sends thunder and lightning” to strike and bind Babylas the greengrocer. About 1,400 years later, a Saxon incantation was recited to protect a cursed land. In the 17th century, journalist Samuel Pepys was cured of a stomach ailment by purchasing a rabbit's foot. Then, in the 19th century, Marie Laveau became famous in New Orleans for her practices as a Voodoo priestess, and at the end of that century, Aleister Crowley created a magical system called Thelema, which, along with Wicca, the "religion" of witches, devised by Gerald Gardner in the mid-20th century, still exerts a major influence on current occult practices. These are some of the many examples that appear in this book, which provides a complete overview of Western occult practices - from divination, ritual and the use of charms and amulets to issues of magic, sorcery, Druidism and demonology, as well as the genesis of secret societies - and, together with excerpts from historical and magical texts, as well as a wide range of photographs, creates this fascinating introduction to understanding 'occultism' in context.