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Compendium of the Occult by Liz Williams is a rich and appealing history

Compendium of the Occult by Liz Williams is a rich and appealing history

Compendium of the Occult is handsomely bound, pleasingly laid out and beautifully illustrated.

27.01.2025 6

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Martha Mcgill

A short history of palm reading in the UK – and a guide to how it’s supposed to work

In August 1676, a court in Hertford heard a case of fraud against Joseph Haynes, James Domingo and Domingo’s “pretended wife” Sarah. The three had...

20.12.2024 5

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Divination in early modern Britain sought signs in swine, the stars and scripture

In the late 1740s, Samuel Meadwell arrived in London. A “raw country fellow” from Northamptonshire, he had come to work as a distiller’s apprentice...

04.11.2024 4

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