Amulets and talismans.
Publisher: University Books
Published: 1961
Place of publication: New Hyde Park, N.Y
Language: eng; egy; heb; sux
Number of pages: 543
Subjects: Amulets.; Superstition.
Description: "The original texts with translations and descriptions of a long series of Egyptian, Sumerian, Assyrian, Hebrew, Christian, Gnostic and Muslim amulets and talismans and magical figures, with chapters on the evil eye, the origin of the amulet, the pentagon, the swastika, the cross (pagan and Christian), the properties of stones, rings, divination, numbers, the Kabbalah, ancient astrology, etc."First published under title: Amulets and superstitions.
Notes: "The original texts with translations and descriptions of a long series of Egyptian, Sumerian, Assyrian, Hebrew, Christian, Gnostic and Muslim amulets and talismans and magical figures, with chapters on the evil eye, the origin of the amulet, the pentagon, the swastika, the cross (pagan and Christian), the properties of stones, rings, divination, numbers, the Kabbalah, ancient astrology, etc."
First published in 1930 under title: Amulets and superstitions.