Harry E. Wedeck

Dictionary of the Occult

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An A-to-Z of mysticism, black magic, and the occult! Entries range from AARON'S ROD (a magic wand, adorned with an entwined serpent. When cast by Aaron before Pharaoh, it became a serpent. It is the symbox of the magician's efficacy.) to ZOMBIE (a human being whose soul has been extracted by a magician. The body is dug up after burial and given a semblance of life...). Included are stops at everything from CATS to FETISHISM to SPUDOMANCY (which, though the title may lead the unwary reader to suspect divination through potatoes, actually concerns sacrificial fires!) A fascinating tome for any occult library.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Brownstone Books
• Seitenzahl: 114
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 178g
• ISBN-13: 9781434404480
• ISBN-10: 143440448X
• Artikelnr.: 27846166

Autorenporträt

Harry E. Wedeck was a linguistic scholar of the classics, an observer of spheres beyond the norm, and a practicing witch. A native of Sheffield, England, Wedeck was chairman of the department of classical languages at Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn from 1935 to 1950 and then taught the classics at Brooklyn College until 1968. Afterward, he lectured on medieval studies at the New School for Social Research until 1974. Some of his excursions into the unusual remain available in reprint editions. They include Dictionary of Astrology, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, A Treasury of Witchcraft, and The Triumph of Satan.