Magic and healing /

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Hlavní autor: Thompson, C. J. S. (Charles John Samuel), 1862-1943
Médium: Kniha
Jazyk:English
Vydáno: New York. : Rider & Company, [1946].
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Obsah:
  • 1. Magic and healing - early beliefs in the origin of disease
  • 2. Healing by incantation
  • 3. Healing and astrology
  • 4. Transplantation of disease
  • 5. Healing by sympathy
  • 6. Healing by touch
  • 7. Healing in Ancient Britain
  • 8. Anglo-Saxon herb-lore and wort-cunning
  • 9. The healing art in Ancient Wales
  • 10. The healing art in Ancient Eire
  • 11. Folk-medicine in Britain
  • 12. The doctrine of signatures and its influence on healing
  • 13. Traditional herbs of healing
  • 14. Plants of the devil
  • 15. Herbs and plants dedicated to saints
  • 16. Plants and drugs used by sorcerers
  • 17. Remedies of animal origin employed by the Anglo-Saxons
  • 18. Precious and rare stones employed in healing
  • 19. Man's body and its use in healing
  • 20. Magical girdles used in healing
  • 21. Magical and medicinal rings of healing
  • 22. Magical stones of healing
  • 23. Horns of healing
  • 24. Miraculous beds of healing
  • 25. Colours and numbers and their influence on healing
  • 26. Toothache and its cure in antiquity
  • 27. The psychological effect of magic in healing.