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Image: W Read. Engraved Portrait of Sir Theodore Turquet de Mayerne, (1573–1655). JSTOR.

Image: Tophet. 700-146 BCE. Punic, Carthage. JSTOR.

Image: Anon. Engraved Portrait of Richard Dugdale, [Called the Surey Demoniack] (b. c.1670). J. Caulfield, Dec 10, 1793. JSTOR.

Image: Trinity. Paint, cloth, Circa 2000. Fowler Museum at UCLA. JSTOR.

Image: Vessel (Left View). Ceramic, 1430-1530 C.E. Chimu Inca, Peru. Fowler Museum at UCLA.

Image: Mask. Wood, polychrome pigment, fiber, Early 20th century. Yaka People. Democratic Republic of Congo. Fowler Museum at UCLA. JSTOR.

Image: Schedel, Hartmann. Folio Cxcviii(r). Nuremberg Chronicle [Registrum Huius Operis Libri Cronicarum Cu[m] Figuris et Ymagibus Ab Inicio Mu[n]Di]. Latin edition, Anton Koberger, July 12 1493. JSTOR

Image: Tophet. 700-146 BCE. Tunisia. JSTOR

From the ARAS Library: Writing: The Story of Alphabets and Scripts by Georges Jean, Discoveries.

From the ARAS Library: Secret Societies, edited by Norman Mackenzie. Aldus, 1967.

Image: Young woman at her dressing-table. A Second Empire décor of the kind every courtesan must have known. From: The Courtesans: The Demi-Monde in 19th century France by Joanna Richardson, Castle Books.

From the ARAS Library: Eranos: Chroniclers and Shamans, Yearbook 1998 by James G. Donat (Editor), J.F. Livernois (Editor), Spring Journal.

Image: Large perforated bead with knob-like excrescences • Vitreous substance • La Têne • Vicenice, near Klatovy National Museum, Prague From: Prehistoric Art by Josef Poulik, Photographs by W. and B. Forman. Spring Hill Books.

From the ARAS Library: Dictionary of Demons A Guide to Demons and Demonologists in Occult Lore by Fred Gettings, Trafalgar Square.

Image: Roman astrological globe. From: Astrology: History, Symbols and Signs by Solange de Mailly Neste, Leon Amiel Publisher.

Devil's Cheesewring The Devil's Cheesewring on Bodmin Moor, which is the subject of many legends relating to demons. From: Dictionary of Demons A Guide to Demons and Demonologists in Occult Lore by Fred Gettings, Trafalgar Square.

Image: How God sees the universe: divine will controls the orbit of each planet (16th century manuscript). From: Astrology: History, Symbols and Signs by Solange de Mailly Neste, Leon Amiel Publisher.

From the ARAS Library: The Visions Seminars Book Two by C.G. Jung, Spring Publications.

Image: Vessel of the Maya ceramic codex. From: Books of the Dead Manuals for Living and Dying (Art and Imagination Series) by Stanislav Grof, Thames and Hudson.

From the ARAS Library: Pots and Pans of Classical Athens, American School of Classical Studies at Athens by Brian A. Sparkes and Lucy Talcott.