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About this book
First published in 2008. Anyone interested in magic and its history will find this a fascinating book. In it, the author discusses Chaldean magic and sorcery, demonology, amulets, the ritual of the dead, the development of Chaldean mythology and the relationship of Chaldean magic to other traditions. A number of spells and incarnations are included, permitting the reader a first-hand look at Chaldean magical practices.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Halftitle
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- The Author’s Preface
- Editor’s Preface
- Chap. I.—The Magic and Sorcery of the Chaldeans
- Chap. II.—The Chaldean Demonology
- Chap. III.—Chaldean Amulets and their Uses
- Chap. IV.—Chaldean Sorcery and its Dual Nature
- Chap. V.—Comparison of the Egyptian with the Chaldean Magic
- Chap. VI.—Contrasts between Egyptian and Chaldean Magical Systems
- Chap. VII.—The Magic of the Ritual of the Dead
- Chap. VIII.—Contrasts between Accadian and Egyptian Magic
- Chap. IX.—The Chaldaio-Babylonian religion and its doctrines
- Chap. X.—Development of the Chaldean Mythology
- Chap. XI.—The religious System of the Accadian Magic Books
- Chap. XII.—The Origin of the Myth of the Zi
- Chap. XIII.—The Mythology of the Underworld
- Chap. XIV.—The Religions and the Magic of the Turanian Nations
- Chap. XV.—The Early Median Mythology compared with that of the Chaldeans
- Chap. XVI.—Finno-Tartarian Magical Mythology
- Chap. XVII.—Further Analysis of Finnish Demonology
- Chap. XVIII.—The Accadian People and their Language
- Chap. XIX.—The Accadian Language
- Chap. XX.—Differentiation of the Accadian and its allied Languages
- Chap. XXI.—Altaic affinities of the Accadian Language
- Chap. XXII.—Accadian and Altaic affinities
- Chap. XXIII.—Phonology of the Accadian Language
- Chap. XXIV.—The origin of the Kushito-Semitic religion
- Chap. XXV.—The two Ethnic elements in the Babylonian nation
- Chap. XXVI.—The Origin of the Chaldaio-Babylonian Cosmogonies
- Chap. XXVII.—The Priority of the Accadian Population of Chaldea
- Chap. XXVIII.—The Sumirian Influence in Chaldean and Babylonian Civilization
- Chap. XXIX.—The Influence of the Kushite Mythology in Chaldean Faith
- Chap. XXX.—The Turanians in Chaldea and Ancient Asia
- Chap. XXXI.—The Archaic Legislation of the Accadians
- Appendix.—Sumir and Accad
- Index