Magic and Mystery

Alfred Thompson''s Magic and Mystery is a fine work that at once compiles folklore and details a bit about the history of some pagan and other practices. As a sign of its era some of the rationalist arguments it employs (especially those of a scientific nature) are themselves arguably now classed more with folklore than the folklore it compiles.With sections as widely varied as folk medicine and homeopathy to antiquity and the then-modern late 19th century this is indeed a work of note for the occultist and skeptic alike.Magic and Popular History covers various aspects of the history of magic mystery superstition mythological creatures etc. Chapters Superstition; Magic; Mystery; Fairies And Devils; Faith-Healing And Medicine; Ancient And Modern; Death; Corpses And Funerals; Occult Animal Magnetism Ether And Mesmerism; Astrology And Alchemy; Spectral Illusions Ghosts And Second-Sight; Theology And The ''Isms''; and Religion And Religions.