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CONTENTS

 

PAGE

CHAPTER I

 

INTRODUCTION

1

CHAPTER II

 

SYMPATHETIC MAGIC

44

CHAPTER III

 

TOTEMS, PORTENTS, TREE-WORSHIP

87

CHAPTER IV

 

SYMBOLS AND AMULETS

115

CHAPTER V

 

THE GORGONEION

158

CHAPTER VI

 

CRESCENTS, HORNS, HORSESHOES

181

CHAPTER VII

 

TOUCH, HANDS, GESTURES

233

CHAPTER VIII

 

THE CROSS

277

CHAPTER IX

 

THE MANO PANTEA

293

CHAPTER X

 

THE CIMARUTA, SIRENE, TABLETS

343

CHAPTER XI

 

CABALISTIC WRITING--MAGICAL FORMULÆ

389

CHAPTER XII

 

SPITTING, INCANTATION, AND OTHER PROTECTIVE ACTS--PIXIES

410

APPENDIX 1. THE CELESTIAL MOTHER

226

APPENDIX 2. GURGOYLES

229

APPENDIX 3. DIVINATION, INCANTATION, ETC.

438

 


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