Allier, Raoul. - L’incantation et l’unité des principes de la magie. - 1927

Raoul Allier. The Incantation and the Unity of the Principles of Magic. Paris, Marcel Giard, 1927. Stapled pamphlet in 8°, 15 pages, original grey-green printed cover. Offprint from the International Review of Sociology. Study devoted to magical beliefs, the role of emotion, and the supposed effectiveness of the incantation. The text is borrowed from La Psychologie de la conversion, Part I, chapters IX and X, as indicated by the final note. Interesting document for the history of religious psychology and the sociological study of magic. Cover preserved, browned at the edges, with small tears and peripheral wear; spine fragile. Paper uniformly yellowed, with some creases and small marginal tears, notably on the leaf bearing page 10.

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