![]() ![]() ![]() Let us not, therefore, underrate this branch of popular literature the authors wrote in accordance with a system which was, or at least, seemed clear to them, and illustrious persons, in all ages and climes haveĢ not considered the labor requisite to fathom the mysteries of magic as labor expended in vain, and although they condemned the form, they could not deny the possibility or even the fact that gifted men, of inherent worth, could accomplish such wonderful things. What other practical value the above named edition may possess is not the question. In our enlightened age, the unprejudiced will observe in the publication of such a work, only what the author claims, namely, a contribution in reference to the aforesaid literature and culture of no trifling merit but in regard to the believer also, the issue of a cheap edition will be more serviceable than the formerly expensive propductions on sorcery, which were only circulated in abstract forms and sold at extortionate rates. It was admitted to be a valuable compendium of the curiosities of literature generally, and especially of that pertaining to magic, but that it was at the same time calculated to foster superstition, and thereby promote evil - a repitition of the charge made against the honorable HORST, the publisher of a magical library. Preface The first edition of this volume has been commended and criticized by the public. 609 STAR BUILDING 356 DEARBORN ST CHICAGO, ILL. WITH NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS EGYPTIAN PUBLISHING CO. Translated from the German, Word for Word, according to Old Writings. 1 THE SIXTH AND SEVENTH BOOKS OF MOSES OR, MOSES' MAGICAL SPIRIT-ART KNOWN AS THE WONDERFUL ARTS OF THE WISE OLD HEBREWS, TAKEN FROM THE MOSAIC BOOKS OF THE CABALA AND THE TALMUD, FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND. ![]()
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