Bygone Beliefs
1920
Twelve essays by Redgrove on the beliefs that preceded modern science: medieval thought, Pythagorean number mysticism, the powder of sympathy, talismans, ceremonial magic, architectural symbolism and the search for the philosopher's stone. He treats each as an idea worth understanding rather than a superstition to laugh at.
- Preface
- Some Characteristics of Medaeval Thought
- Pythagoras and His Philosophy
- Medicine and Magic
- Superstitions Concerning Birds
- The Powder of Sympathy: a Curious Medical Superstition
- The Belief in Talismans
- Ceremonial Magic in Theory and Practice
- Architectural Symbolism
- The Quest of the Philosopher's Stone
- The Phallic Element in Alchemical Doctrine
- Roger Bacon: an Appreciation
- The Cambridge Platonists