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This book is about other worlds and the supernatural beings, from angels to fairies, that inhabited them. It is about divination, prophecy, visions and trances.
The Decline of Magic
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Authors: Michael Hunter
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Enlightenment's Frontier
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The Celtic Unconscious
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