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Memoirs of extraordinary popular delusions

by Charles Mackay

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English

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Traditions: Occultism and esotericism

Subjects: Occultism, Social Psychology, Early works to 1900, Delusions, Swindlers and swindling, Impostors and imposture

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  • Occultism and esotericism

    Controlled discovery queries from national-library-of-scotland matched “occultism”. Retained metadata contains “Occultism” in the subject metadata.

    • occultism· via National Library of Scotland
    • Occultism· in subject

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National Bibliography of Scotland record

20 cm; 3 v; ill; Sabin 43356; v. 1. The Mississippi scheme -- The South-Sea bubble -- The tulipomania -- Relics -- Modern prophecies -- Popular admiration for great thieves -- Influence of politics and religion on the hair and beard -- Duels and ordeals -- The love of the marvellous and the disbelief of the true -- Popular follies in great cities -- The O.P. mania -- The thugs, or phansigars -- v. 2. The Crusades -- The witch mania -- The slow poisoners -- Haunted houses -- v. 3. book 1. The alchymists; or, searchers for the philosopher's stone and the water of life -- book 2. Fortune telling -- book 3. The magnetisers

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National Library of Scotland
  • 9932166423804341

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