An Encyclopaedia of Occultism

From Abracadabra to the Zohar: the classic 1920 reference to every occult science, seance trick, demon, alchemist and secret society — 2,000+ entries, all here.

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Gargates

A black species of electrum or amber, now called jet. To electrum are attributed many occult virtues of a tell-tale character, and…

Garlic

A species of onion, cultivated throughout Europe, to which is attributed certain occult properties. It is believed by the Greeks and the…

Garnet

Preserves the health and promotes joy, but in the case of lovers, discord. Garnier, Gilles : A werwolf, condemned at Dôle, under Louis…

Gassner

(See Hypnotism). Gastromancy, or Divination from the Belly, is now generally explained by ventriloquism, the voice in both cases sounding…

Gauher-Abad

Meaning the Abode of Jewels. This was the name given to one of the capitals of the peris of Persian romance. These were beings of an…

Gauthier of Bruges

It is related that a Franciscan monk, made a bishop by Pope Nicholas III., and deposed by Clement V., appealed to God against his…

Gbalo

An order of priests among the Ga people of the Gold Coast, west of Togoland. Geber, otherwise Abou Moussah Djafar al Sofi, was a native of…

Gematria

along with temurah, was the science of the dual and is practically synonymous with the Greek "Hades." interpretation of the Kabalistic…

Genius

Is generally used as the name of a superior class of ærial beings, holding an intermediate rank between mortals and immortals. That, at…

Germany

For early German magic, see Teutons. Magic as formulated and believed in by the Germans in the Middle Ages, bears, along with traces of its…

Gervais

Archbishop of Rheims, died in 1067. His death was revealed to a Norman knight, returning from a pilgrimage to Rome, by a hermit whom he met…

Ghost Seers

Sir William Hamiliton has observed, "however astonishing, it is now proved, beyond all rational doubt, that in certain abnormal states of…

Gilles de Laval

Lord of Raiz, and Marshal of France, the "Blue Beard" of our nursery legends, and a famous sorcerer, was born about the year 1420, of one…

Glamourie

The state of mind in which witches beheld apparitions and visions of many kinds. Of the same nature as phantasy. Glanyil, Joseph…

Glas Ghairm

A rhyme or spell of Scottish origin, by the use of which one could keep a dog from barking, and open a lock, and supposed to be of special…

Gloriana

(See Dee.) Glosopetra, or Gulosus: This stone is said to fall from Heaven in the wane of the moon. It is shaped like the human tongue, and…

Gnosticism

Under the designation "Gnostics," several widely-differing sects were included, the term, derived from the Greek, meaning, "to know" in…

Goat

The devil is frequently represented under the shape of a goat, and as such presided over the witches' Sabbath. The goat is also the "…

Goblin

A spirit formerly supposed to lurk in houses. They were generally of a mischievous and grotesque type…

God

According to the ancient magical conception of God in the scheme of the universe, evil is the inevitable contrast and complement of good…

Godfrey

A priest of Provence, who had seduced several women. One of them, a nun, to save herself, asserted that Godfrey had bewitched her. Arrested…

Golden Key

Under this title have been published many volumes purporting to reveal an infallible method of attaining success in a lottery. La Clef…

Gormogons

A Jacobite Masonic Society, perhaps related to the Lodges of Harodim (q.v.) They employed pseudonyms like the latter, and had an ambassador…

Grail Sword

Associated with the Holy Grail in Arthurian Legend. Its history begins with King David who bequeathed it to Solomon who was bidden to…

Gram

A magic sword thrust into a tree by Odin and pulled out by Sigmund. It bestowed upon its possessor exceptional powers and performed many…

Grand Copt

(See Cagliostro.) Grand Grimoire, The: A work pretended to be edited by a suppositious person, Antonia del Rabina, who, it is alleged…

Grand Lodge

Foundation of. (See Freemasonry.) Grandier, Urbain: Urbain Grandier, a canon of the French church, and a popular preacher of the town of…

Greece

That magic in its widest sense was native to the imagination and genius of the Greeks is apparent in their theogony and mythology…

Greece Modern

Although superstition is rife in the Hellenic archipelago it partakes more of the nature of Slavonic tradition than that of the ancient…

Gregory the Seventh

A pope of the eleventh century, against whom a charge of necromancy was brought. He is chiefly notable for his bitter and prolonged…

Grihestha

(See India.) Grimoire A text-book of Black. Magic. The three best known grimoires are the Grimorium Verum, the Grand Grimoire, and the…

Gruagach

That is "long-haired one," from the Gaelic gruag, a wig: a fairy being with protective duties, to be met with in Scottish legends, and…

Gualdi

Dr. Campbel, in his well-known work Hermippus Redivivus or the Sage's Triumph over old age and the grave relates that this person was…

Guecubu

Among the Araucanians, a people of Chili, the Guecubu are evil spirits, who do all in their power to thawrt and annoy the Great spirit…

Guillaume de Carpentras

An astrologer who made for King René of Sicily, and for the Duke of Milan, astrological spheres, from which horoscopes were drawn. He made…

Guillaume de Paris

He is said by the demonologists to have made speaking statues, like those made by Roger Bacon- Gurney a thing which could only be done by…

Guinefort

A strange story has been left on record by Father Etienne Bourbon, a Dominican, who died in 1262. He relates that while he was preaching in…

Gustenhover

A goldsmith who resided at Strasburg in 1603. In a period of much danger he gave shelter to one M. Hirschborgen who is described as good…

Gwion Bach

In Welsh romance and myth, son of Gwreang. Set by Ceridwin to stir the magic cauldron of science and inspiration intended to be drunk by…

Gypsies

The name Gypsy, an abbreviation of "Egyptian," has been used for centuries by English-speaking people to denote a member of a certain caste…

Gyromancy

Was performed by going round continually in a circle, the circumference of which was marked by letters. The presage was drawn from the…

Garatronicus – Green Lion

A red-coloured stone, which Achilles is believed to have carried with him in battle. It renders its possessor invincible. A tract…

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