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Ka
The Egyptian conception of one of the seven parts of man; a spiritual double or astral body. Not only did mankind possess a Ka, but animals…
Kaf
According to the Musulmans, a great mountain that stretches to the horizon on every side. The earth is in the middle of this mountain, they…
Kai
The seneschal of King Arthur, known in the French romances as Messire Queux, or Maitre Queux or Kuex. He is prominent in the Morte…
Kapila
believed by the Hindus to be the god Vishnu, son of Brahman, in the fifth of his twenty-four incarnations. He wrote a series of…
Katean Secret Society
A secret society of the Moluccas. Anyone who wished to become a member was introduced into the Katean house through an aperture in the form…
Keingala
The weatherwise mare of Asmund in the saga of Grettir the Strong. Her master believed in her weather prophecies, and, in setting his second…
Kephalonomancy
A method of divination which is practised by making divers signs on the baked head of an ass. was familiar to the Germans and the Lombards…
Kephu
a Karen Vampire. (See Vampire.) Kepler, John-1571-1630: A great mathematician and astrologer. He was born at Weil in Würtemburg and…
Kether
The Kabbalistic name for the number one, and meaning "Reason"-the Crown, the equilibrating power. Also a Hebrew occult name for one of the…
Key of Solomon the King
A magical treatise of mediæval origin, of which a number of manuscripts are extant. It is supposed to be the work of King Solomon (q.v.)…
Khaib
The Egyptian name for the shadow, which at death was supposed to quit the body to continue a separate existence of its own. It was…
Khu
The Egyptian name for one of the immortal parts of man, probably the spirit. The word means clear" or "luminous" and is symbolised by a…
Kian
In Irish legend, Father of Lugh. His magical cow with her wonderful supply of milk having been stolen by Balor, he revenged himself by…
King Robert of Sicily
(English romance of the fourteenth century, author unknown). It has never been printed. It tells how King Robert of Sicily was beguiled by…
Kischuph
In the Kabala, the higher magical influence. It is divided into two branches, an elementary and a spiritual, and includes exorcism…
Knigge
(See Illuminati.) Knox, John: (See Scotland.) Koilon is the name applied to the ether by Mrs. Besant and Mr. C. W. Leadbeater in their book…
Kabotermannekens – Kommasso
According to the Flemish peasants, little spirits which play tricks on the women of the country, particularly on those who work in the…
Koons' Spirit Room
A log séance-room erected in Dover, Athens County, Ohio, by a farmer, Jonathan Koons, in 1852. Koons, an early convert to spiritualism, had…
Kosh
The wicked forest fiend of the Bangala of the Southern Congo. Lady of Lawers on. The witch also caused the death of one David Jones…
Kramat
(See Magic.) Krata Repoa, or Initiation into the ancient Mysteries of the Priests of Egypt, written by C. F. Koppen and J. W. B. Von…
Krstaca, Kund & Kyphi
Dalmatian name for a witch. (See Slavs.) (See Scandinavia.)