Lafcadio Hearns einfühlsame Auseinandersetzung mit Religion und Kultur

literature and politics

Es ist ein Garten

Weniger bekannt ist sein literarisches Werk

Barbara the Gray Witch

The Book of Magic - From Antiquity to the Enlightenment Eleusis Lafcadio Hearns einfühlsame Auseinandersetzung mit'. . . as when iron is drawn to a magnet, camphor is sucked into hot air, crystal lights up in the Sun, sulfur and a volatile liquid are kindled by flame, an empty eggshell filled with dew is raised towards the Sun . . .' This rich, fascinating anthology of the western magical tradition stretches from its roots in the wizardry of the Old Testament and the rituals of the ancient world, through writers such as Thomas Aquinas, John Milton, John Dee and