THE OCCULT WORLD - A.P. Sinnett, 1969 - OCCULT, SPIRITUAL PHENOMENA, EXPERIENCES LITERATURE the humanoid-shaped mandrake root or

the humanoid-shaped mandrake root or Mandragora officinarum was widely believed to be produced by the semen of hanged men under the gallows

Year: 1919 (Third Edition)

and was portrayed as lovable but somewhat ridiculous ('rather beloved than esteemed')

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THE OCCULT WORLD - A.P. Sinnett, 1969 - OCCULT, SPIRITUAL PHENOMENA, EXPERIENCES LITERATURE the humanoid-shaped mandrake root orTHE OCCULT WORLD Book Details + Condition: Theosophical Publishing House (London). Ninth Edition, 1969. Hardcover measuring 7. 5" x 5. 25"; includes original dust jacket. 181 pages. Compiled by A. P. Sinnett, a member of the Theosophical Society. It was the first Theosophical work by the author, giving "sensational publicity to Blavatsky's phenomena" and the letters from the mahatmas, and drew the attention of the London Society for Psychical