All Books
Five Works, chronologically beginning in 1900. Every entry has a verified historical publication event and a verified current Amazon listing for the same underlying Work.
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The History of the Devil and the Idea of Evil
The History of the Devil and the Idea of Evil (1900) is a comparative historical study examining how the personified figure of the Devil and the broader concept of evil developed across a range of religious and cultural traditions, including ancient Egyptian, Mesopotamian and Semitic, Persian, Israelite, Brahmanic, Buddhist, early Christian, and later European traditions.
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The Ascension of Isaiah
The Ascension of Isaiah is an ancient Jewish/Christian apocryphal and pseudepigraphal text describing the martyrdom of the prophet Isaiah and his ascent through the seven heavens.
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Horns of Honour, and Other Studies in the By-ways of Archaeology
Horns of Honour, and Other Studies in the By-ways of Archaeology (John Murray, London, 1900) is Frederick Thomas Elworthy's cross-cultural study of horns as a religious and symbolic motif across history, archaeology, and folklore, including a dedicated chapter, "Horns of the Devil," on the traditional horned iconography of the Devil, alongside separate studies on the symbolic Hand and sacred discs..
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The Wisdom of the Chaldeans: An Old Hebrew Astrological Text
The Wisdom of the Chaldeans: An Old Hebrew Astrological Text (reprinted from the Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology, December 1900) is Moses Gaster's scholarly edition of an old Hebrew astrological manuscript, covering Jewish magic, Jewish angelology — the magical names and roles of archangels associated with the seven planets and days of the week — and Hellenistic-Jewish astrology..
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Satan; His Kingdom and Its Overthrow
Satan; His Kingdom and Its Overthrow (1900) is a short popular religious treatise by American evangelist William E.
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Zion's Holy War Against the Hosts of Hell in Chicago
Zion's Holy War Against the Hosts of Hell in Chicago collects a series of addresses delivered by the evangelist John Alexander Dowie across Chicago's Zion tabernacles in the closing months of 1899, framing his healing ministry as an active, ongoing war against the forces of hell..
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Theosophy, Buddhism, and the Signs of the End
Theosophy, Buddhism, and the Signs of the End is G.
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The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage
The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage is a classic grimoire, traditionally attributed to a legendary figure known as Abraham of Worms, containing extensive lists of named demons and spirits alongside a system of guardian-angel invocation, presented here in S.