Bygone Beliefs (Cosimo Classics Mythology & Folklore)

The natural world contains amazing mysteries, some of which can be described or explained by science or philosophy. But many "bygone beliefs" are illuminating as well. H. Stanley Redgrove explores many ideas that are now almost forgotten. Ideas that Redgrove covers include the philosophy of Pythagoras, superstitions about birds, medicine and magic, the quest of the Philosopher?s Stone, architectural symbolism, and the phallic element in alchemical doctrine.