Man, Myth and Magic: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Mythology, Religion and the Unknown

152 Pages·1995·53.383 MB·English

by  Richard Cavendish (editor), Amanda Harman (editor), Brian Innes (editor)

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MAN,
MYTH&
MAGIC
The Illustrated Encyclopedia
of Mythology, Religion
and the Unknown
Editor-in-Chief
Richard Cavendish
Editorial Board
C. A. Burland; Professor Glyn Daniel;
Professor E. R. Dodds; Professor Mircea Eliade;
William Sargant; John Symonds;
Professor R. Zwi Werblowsky;
J.
Professor R. C. Zaehner.
New Edition edited and compiled by
Richard Cavendish and Brian Innes
MARSHALL CAVENDISH
NEW YORK, LONDON, TORONTO, SYDNEY
Sausaffto Public Library
Sausalito, California 94965
EDITORIAL STAFF
Editor-in-Chief Richard Cavendish
Editorial Board C. A Burland
.
Glyn Daniel
E. R. Dodds
Mircea Eliade
William Sargant
John Symonds
R. J. Zwi Werblowsky
R. C. Zaehner
Special Consultants Rev. S. G. F. Brandon
Katherine M. Briggs
William Gaunt
Francis Huxley
John Lehmann
Deputy Editor Isabel Sutherland
AssistantEditors Frank Smyth
Malcolm Saunders
Tessa Clark
Julie Thompson
Polly Patullo
Art Director Brian Innes
Art Editor Valerie Kirkpatrick
DesignAssistant Andrzej Bielecki
Picture Editors John McKenzie
Ann Horton
REVISED 1985
Executive Editor Yvonne Deutch
Editorial Consultant Paul G. Davis
Editors Emma Fisher
Mary Lambert
Sarah Litvinoff
REVISED 1995
Editors Richard Cavendish
Brian Innes
Assistant Editor Amanda Harman
Frontispiece:Theantipathybetweengoodandevilwas
a popularRenaissancetheme: detailfrom anallegorical
paintingbyAndreaMantegna, showingthewarlike
Minerva,virgingoddessofarts and learning, drivingthe
spawnofvicefromtheGardenofVirtue. (Scala)
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Man, mythandmagic: theillustratedencyclopediaof NorthBellmore, NewYork 11710
mythology, religionandtheunknown/editorinchief,
RichardCavendish
©MarshallCavendishCorporation 1995
Rev. ed. ofMan, myth& magic. ©MarshallCavendishLtd 1983, 1985
Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex ©B. P. C. PublishingLimited 1970
ISBN 1-85435-731-X(set)
1. Occultism-Encyclopedias. 2. Mythology-
Encyclopedias. 3. Religion-Encyclopedias. Allrightsreserved. No partofthisbookmaybereproducedorutilized
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CONTENTS
Volume
6
Egypt 727 Evil 789
Eisteddfod 737 Evil Spirits 793
El 737 Evocation 797
Elder 737 Excalibur 797
Election 738 Exclusive Brethren 797
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Elements Elementals 742 Exorcism 799
Elephant 745 Extra-Sensory Perception 802
Eleusis 745 Eye 813
Elixir ofLife 749 Ezekiel 823
End ofthe World 753 Faceless Goddesses 824
Enochian 760 Fairies 825
Enthusiasm 761 Faith Healing 833
Eros 765 Fakir 836
Esalen 767 Familiars 838
Eschatology 767 Fan 841
Esoteric Christianity 768 Fasting 841
Essenes 769 Fate 842
Eternal Return 770 Faust 844
Ethiopia 772 Feng Shui 852
Etruscans 780 Fertility 854
Eucharist 782 Fetish 862
Euhemerism 782 Ficino Marsilio 863
European Witch Persecutions 783 Fifteen 863
Eve 788 Fig 863