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The Occult Laboratory: Magic, Science and Second Sight in Late 17th-Century Scotland (2001)

Hunter, Michael Cyril William (Editor)

Boydell Press
Publication date: 2001
Language: English

Publication Date: 2001
Physical Details: viii + 247 pp., illus., app., bibl., index

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Philosophy Parapsychology; psychic phenomena Magic Primary literature (historical sources) 17th century Scotland Boyle, Robert Pepys, Samuel Kirk, Robert

Description Includes fifty pages of introductory material, by Michael Hunter, selected primary sources including Robert Boyle's notes on his interview with Lord Tarbat; Robert Kirk's “The Secret Commonwealth”, and “A Short Treatise of the Scottish-Irish Charms and Spells”; Samuel Pepys' collection of letters on second sight, etc., with textual notes and biblical texts.

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Review McCallum, R. I. (2001) Review of "The Occult Laboratory: Magic, Science and Second Sight in Late 17th-Century Scotland". Ambix: Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry (p. 197). unapi

Review Molland, George (2003) Review of "The Occult Laboratory: Magic, Science and Second Sight in Late 17th-Century Scotland". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 150). unapi

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