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The Life of Helier Fautrart, by John Quick, ed. E.P. Le Feuvre.
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Captain White's Logbook
Excerpts from the log-book of Captain William White of the Jerbourg Signal Station, as printed in the Guernsey newspaper The Star c. 1904.find out more
La Magie naturelle I: Grimoires
Grimoires are books of household magic. Two in particular, Le Grand Albert and Le Petit Albert, were enormously popular in France throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. A curious mixture of esoteric science and totally impractical superstition, they were for some time tolerated by the Church, with whose teachings they sat uneasily, but were prized by the ordinary people who tried valiantly to reconcile their belief in Christianity with their fear, or hope, that "natural" magic might just have the power to overcome nature itself.The illustration from Le Petit Albert shows various talismans, including one of a mandrake.
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