THE HIDDEN LIBRARY (occult.guru): picture credits, in order of appearance, with each picture's caption and licence as given on the site it comes from. Pictures under CC BY-SA mean this film is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Music: Beethoven, 'Moonlight' Sonata op. 27 no. 2, i (Musopen, public domain). Mussorgsky, Night on Bald Mountain (public domain). Saint-Saëns, Danse macabre: the Philadelphia Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski, 1925, Victor 6505 (public domain). Grieg, The Death of Aase: Musopen Symphony (Czech National Symphony Orchestra), 2012 (public domain). Chopin, Nocturne op. 55 no. 1: Luke Faulkner (Musopen, CC0). All via Wikimedia Commons.

0:56.0  Francis Barrett, The Magus, 1801
    The instruments: wand, sword, lamen, crystal. Public domain, Francis Barrett.
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1:09.0  The Picatrix, the master text of astral magic
    A page of the Ghayat al-Hakim. The Picatrix in an eighteenth-century Arabic manuscript. Translated into Castilian for Alfonso X in 1256 and soon after into Latin, it became the master text of astral magic in Europe. Via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
    (occult.guru/plates/picatrix.jpg)

1:21.5  The Heptameron, a manual of angelic magic
    The circle of the Heptameron. Public domain, Peter de Abano.
    (talismans.guru/plates/heptameron.jpg)

2:11.5  Marsilio Ficino
    Marsilio Ficino. The Florentine who stopped translating Plato in 1463 on Cosimo de' Medici's order to render the Corpus Hermeticum first. Via Wikimedia Commons, CC0.
    (occult.guru/plates/ficino.jpg)

2:31.0  John Dee, Monas Hieroglyphica, 1564
    Dee's Hieroglyphic Monad. From the Monas Hieroglyphica of 1564: a single glyph compounded of moon, sun, the elements and fire, offered as the key to all of nature. Via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
    (occult.guru/plates/dee-hieroglyphic-monad.jpg)

3:14.5  emerald.jpg
    Emerald. Photo Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 3.0.
    (crystals.guru/plates/emerald.jpg)

4:12.5  The zodiac man: Aries at the head, Pisces at the feet
    The zodiac man. The body parcelled out among the twelve signs, Aries at the head and Pisces at the feet. Medieval physicians consulted him before letting blood. Via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
    (occult.guru/plates/zodiac-man.jpg)

4:51.5  The R101, lost in October 1930
    R101 at the mast.. Public domain, no author credted.
    (channeling.guru/plates/r101.jpg)

5:51.0  The alchemists' signs
    The alchemical characters. Antonsusi, CC BY 3.0 de.
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6:22.0  Paracelsus
    Paracelsus, 1493–1541. CC BY 4.0.
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7:31.0  Francis Barrett, The Magus, 1801
    The Cabala: the ten sephiroth. Public domain, Francis Barrett, R. Griffith.
    (talismans.guru/plates/the-cabala-francis-barrett-the-magus.jpg)

7:50.5  The Tree of Life: ten sefirot, twenty-two paths
    The Tree of Life, on which the divine names are arranged. Aboluay, CC BY-SA 3.0.
    (talismans.guru/plates/seal-72.png)

8:17.5  tetragrammaton.jpg
    From a Cyprianus, eighteenth century. CC BY 4.0.
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8:54.0  A page of Athanasius Kircher
    A page of Athanasius Kircher. The Jesuit polymath who in the seventeenth century tried to reduce Kabbalah, hieroglyphs and number to a single system of the world. Via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
    (occult.guru/plates/atbash.jpg)

9:22.0  the-magic-circle-barrett-the-magus.jpg
    Barrett's magic circle, 1801. Public domain, Francis Barrett.
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9:28.0  J. W. Waterhouse, The Magic Circle, 1886
    The Magic Circle, John William Waterhouse, 1886. Public domain, John William Waterhouse.
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9:54.0  A lead curse tablet
    The curse of Rhodine, Rome, first century BC. CC BY 2.5.
    (talismans.guru/plates/binding-tablet.jpg)

10:07.0  The Pentacles of Saturn, the Key of Solomon
    The Pentacles of Saturn. Plate II of the Key of Solomon, from Mathers's edition of 1888. Each figure is a drawn prayer with its own purpose, its own psalm verse, and its own hour. Via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
    (occult.guru/plates/key-solomon-pentacle.jpg)

10:26.5  A seal from the Lesser Key of Solomon
    The seal of Botis, from the Goetia. Public domain, Unknown authorUnknown author.
    (talismans.guru/plates/lesser-key.jpg)

10:32.0  Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa
    Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, 1486–1535. CC BY 4.0.
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10:49.0  John Dee's Sigillum Dei Aemeth, British Museum
    John Dee's Sigillum Dei Aemeth. The wax seal that stood under Dee's shewstone, now in the British Museum. Its names came through Edward Kelley's scrying between 1582 and 1589. Via Wikimedia Commons, CC0.
    (occult.guru/plates/dee-sigillum.jpg)

12:14.5  An oracle bone, Shang dynasty
    Inscribed oracle bone, Shang dynasty, Anyang. CC0.
    (talktothedead.org/plates/oracle-bone.jpg)

12:58.0  Consulting the oracle at Delphi, about 440 BC
    Consulting the oracle at Delphi. Aigeus before Themis on her tripod, on an Attic red-figure cup of about 440 BC. The Pythia spoke; the priests versified. Via Wikimedia Commons, CC0.
    (occult.guru/plates/pythia-kylix.jpg)

13:18.0  Delphi
    Michelangelo's Delphic Sibyl. Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
    (channeling.guru/plates/delphi-temple.jpg)

13:23.0  John Collier, Priestess of Delphi, 1891
    Priestess of Delphi. John Collier, 1891: the Victorian imagination of the tripod, the laurel and the vapour. Via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
    (occult.guru/plates/priestess-delphi-collier.jpg)

13:46.5  agricola.jpg
    Georgius Agricola, De re metallica, Basel, 1556. The forked twig at work in the mine country. The man marked A walks the hillside with the rod held in both fists; below, another cuts a fresh twig from a shrub; at B the ore is being dug where the rod dipped. Agricola engraved it, and then advised his readers not to trust it.
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13:57.0  An uncut Italian tarot sheet, about 1500
    An uncut Italian tarot sheet, about 1500. The trumps as they were printed for play in the Italian card game, three centuries before anyone called them Egyptian. Via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
    (occult.guru/plates/tarot-magician.jpg)

15:12.0  W. B. Yeats, a member of the Golden Dawn
    Yeats, c. 1920.. Public domain, Bain News Service, publisher.
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15:57.5  Saul and the Witch of Endor
    Saul and the Witch of Endor. The necromancy of 1 Samuel 28, where a king who had banned the mediums goes to one in disguise and receives the prophet's shade. Via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
    (occult.guru/plates/endor.jpg)

16:29.0  Asking the planchette
    Asking the planchette. Miaoyu consults the fuji, the Chinese spirit-writing stylus, in an illustrated Dream of the Red Chamber. Via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
    (occult.guru/plates/fuji-writing.jpg)

16:41.0  Franz Anton Mesmer
    Mesmer and the sleep. Public domain, Joseph Anton Mesmer.
    (channeling.guru/plates/mesmer.jpg)

16:58.0  The Fox sisters
    Margaretta, Catharine and Leah Fox, 1852..
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17:16.0  Table-turning, 1853
    Table-turning, 1853. The year the tables turned in every drawing room in Europe, and Faraday brought cardboard.
    (channeling.guru/plates/tables-1853.jpg)

17:27.5  Faraday's indicator
    Faraday's apparatus.. Public domain, Michael Faraday.
    (channeling.guru/plates/faraday-table.png)

17:53.5  A Kennard Novelty Company board, about 1890
    The first Ouija board, Kennard Novelty Company, Baltimore, c. 1890. Patented 1891. The alphabet in two arcs; GOOD BYE at the bottom, which is the most important word on it.
    (channeling.guru/plates/kennard-ouija.jpg)

18:11.0  Daniel Dunglas Home
    Daniel Dunglas Home. Photographed by Nadar. The medium no one ever caught, who levitated before witnesses in 1868 and was tested by William Crookes. Via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
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18:37.0  William Crookes and 'Katie King', 1874
    William Crookes and 'Katie King'. The physicist photographed arm in arm with the materialised spirit of Florence Cook's séances in 1874. The photograph has not aged well. Via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
    (occult.guru/plates/crookes-katie.jpg)

18:55.0  A séance with Eusapia Palladino
    A séance with Eusapia Palladino. The Neapolitan medium whom half the scientists of Europe sat with, and who was caught cheating and produced phenomena anyway. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Via Wikimedia Commons, CC0.
    (occult.guru/plates/palladino.jpg)

19:13.0  Mrs Piper receiving a spirit communication
    Leonora Piper. The Boston trance medium William James called his white crow: the one case he thought enough to overturn the rule. Via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
    (occult.guru/plates/piper.jpg)

19:45.0  Margery and her investigators
    Walter Franklin Prince, Mina Crandon, and Houdini.. Public domain, Harry Houdini.
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19:56.0  'Phantoms' photographed at a séance with Helen Duncan
    Duncan with 'ectoplasm', photographed by Harry Price, 1931.. Public domain, Harvey Metcalfe.
    (channeling.guru/plates/helen-duncan.jpg)

20:20.0  A page from Patience Worth
    A transcript of a session with the Curran family.. Public domain, Curran, Pearl Lenore Pollard, 1883-1937.
    (channeling.guru/plates/patience-worth.jpg)

20:41.5  Primeval, Chinese, Indian and Theban talismans
    'Primeval, Chinese, Indian and Thibetan talismans'. Public domain, William Thomas, Kate Pavitt.
    (talismans.guru/plates/primeval-talismans.jpg)

20:59.0  10-amulets-against-the-evil-eye.jpg
    Amulets against the evil eye. A working collection. Museomed, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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21:02.0  An Attic eye-cup
    An Attic eye-cup. When the drinker raised the kylix, two great eyes stared out over the rim: the gaze turned back upon the envious. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Via Wikimedia Commons, CC0.
    (occult.guru/plates/apotropaic-eye-cup.jpg)

21:08.0  A Roman fascinum
    Boar's tusk in a bronze mount. The tooth of a dangerous animal, mounted and hung: the oldest amulet formula there is. Wolfgang Sauber, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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21:20.0  Nazars
    The nazar boncuğu. Wound glass, Turkey. It is supposed to crack when it has taken a hit for you. Eylulkizil, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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21:26.0  A hamsa
    A silver hamsa with chai. The hand of five, worn against the eye across the entire Mediterranean, Jewish and Muslim alike. Chenspec, CC BY-SA 4.0.
    (amulets.guru/plates/hamsa-jewish.jpg)

21:32.0  A faience wedjat eye
    A faience wedjat eye. The restored eye of Horus, the most-made amulet of the ancient world. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Via Wikimedia Commons, CC0.
    (occult.guru/plates/wedjat.jpg)

21:37.5  A heart scarab, Museo Egizio, Turin
    A heart scarab. Laid over the heart of the dead with Spell 30B of the Book of the Dead, to keep the heart from testifying against its owner. Museo Egizio, Turin. Via Wikimedia Commons, CC0.
    (occult.guru/plates/heart-scarab.jpg)

22:12.5  The magic squares of the planets, Barrett, 1801
    The magic squares of the planets. Francis Barrett, The Magus, 1801, copying Agrippa. Every row, column and diagonal sums to the planet's constant; sigils are traced across them. Via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
    (occult.guru/plates/kamea.jpg)

22:23.0  agrippa-square.jpg
    A copper-alloy medallion with a magic square. The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Alex Whitlock, 2016-01-07 14:33:06, CC BY 2.0.
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22:37.0  talisman-ring-medieval.jpg
    A medieval silver finger-ring with inscription. The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Julie Shoemark, 2018-01-12 11:56:47, CC BY 2.0.
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23:03.0  ruby.jpg
    Ruby. Photo James St. John, CC BY 2.0.
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23:07.5  amethyst.jpg
    Amethyst. Photo Vicpeters, CC BY 4.0.
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23:32.0  Pliny's Natural History, in a medieval copy
    A manuscript of Pliny’s Natural History. Leiden University Library. Book XXXVII, on gems, was the West’s textbook of stones for fifteen centuries. Photo Leiden University Library Digital Collections: Codicies Vossiani Latini Folio 00, CC0.
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23:38.0  Pierre Curie
    Pierre Curie, 1859–1906. He measured the charge from a squeezed crystal at twenty-one and died under a cart in the rue Dauphine at forty-six, between two Nobel Prizes. Photo CC BY 4.0.
    (crystals.guru/plates/pierre-curie.jpg)

23:43.0  A quartz crystal oscillator
    A quartz crystal unit. The metal can holds a plate of quartz cut to ring at one frequency; the ancestor of the sliver in every phone. Photo Mister rf, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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23:47.5  quartz-watch.jpg
    Seiko Astron, 1969. The first quartz wristwatch. Its tuning fork of quartz vibrates 32,768 times a second, a power of two, so that fifteen halvings make one second. Photo Deutsches-uhrenmuseum, CC BY-SA 4.0.
    (crystals.guru/plates/quartz-watch.jpg)

23:52.0  quartz-cluster.jpg
    Quartz, Arkansas. Three terminated points. The commonest crystal on earth and the only one on this page with a job in your telephone. Photo Robert M. Lavinsky, CC BY-SA 3.0.
    (crystals.guru/plates/quartz-cluster.jpg)

24:06.0  lens.jpg
    The pointer planchette on a board. Brass lens ring, three brass feet under felt, the brass plate with the eye. On one of my boards, the pentagram cut into the field.
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24:17.0  Frederic Myers, who coined 'telepathy'
    Frederic W. H. Myers, who coined 'telepathy' and 'the subliminal self'.. Public domain, William Clarke Wontner.
    (channeling.guru/plates/myers.jpg)

24:29.0  Eva C. and her 'ectoplasm'
    Eva C., 1913. Ectoplasm under the eye of the Munich physician Schrenck-Notzing, who searched her before every sitting and believed.
    (channeling.guru/plates/eva-c.jpg)

26:29.0  A witch bottle
    A witch bottle. A bellarmine jar filled with urine, pins and hair, buried under the hearth to send a curse home. London Guildhall. Ethan Doyle White, CC BY-SA 4.0.
    (amulets.guru/plates/witch-bottle.jpg)

27:58.0  Helena Petrovna Blavatsky
    Helena Petrovna Blavatsky. Co-founder of the Theosophical Society in New York in 1875, and the woman who carried the idea of hidden masters into the twentieth century. Via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
    (occult.guru/plates/blavatsky.jpg)

29:16.0  paranormalproducts.com
    The banner. The words I have carried for twenty years: the most powerful psychic tools ever crafted. Please use their powers wisely.
    (paranormalproducts.com/plates/banner.jpg)

29:21.0  The Osiris Board
    Rendering · three-quarter. An inch and a quarter thick. Forty-two lapis cartouches run round its edges, carrying three Book of the Dead spells for speaking with the dead; the Ankh planchette with its quartz lens rests on the board.
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29:32.5  case.jpg
    The case. Black-lacquered, hinged, velvet-lined, cut to the instrument. My planchettes travel and are kept, and both deserve a box.
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29:37.0  triquetra.jpg
    The triquetra board. White oak cut to a phi rectangle, a Celtic plait border, the alphabet in two arcs, WELCOME and FAREWELL, MDCLXVI, and the triquetra gilded in 24 carat with the characters inlaid in mahogany.
    (paranormalproducts.com/plates/triquetra.jpg)

29:54.0  skeletalplanchettes.com
    The skeletal planchette on an original 1890 Ouija board, made before the trademark was issued. My hand of bone china at rest on one of the first Ouija boards ever made: the stencilled maple of the Kennard Novelty Company of Baltimore, from the months before the OUIJA trademark was granted in February 1891. Only a handful of these pre-trademark boards exist. The hand is life size; the fingertips are free to strike the board.
    (skeletalplanchettes.com/plates/u-hand-on-ouija.jpg)

30:06.0  talismans.guru
    The Pentacles of Mars and the Sun. Plate VII. The solar pentacles are for the favour of the great, and one for making the invisible visible. Public domain, Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers (translator of original work by anonymous occul.
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30:15.5  amulets.guru
    A pectoral with scarab. Walters Art Museum. The scarab set in a winged pectoral, laid on the chest of the mummy. Public domain, Anonymous (Egypt)Unknown author.
    (amulets.guru/plates/amulet-mummy.jpg)

30:25.5  crystals.guru
    Labradorite, spectrolite. Photo James St. John, CC BY 2.0.
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30:44.0  spiritoscopes.com
    Plate I. The Disk Apparatus, and the Spiritoscope. Fig. 1: a lettered disk turning on an iron axle, its index fixed, the cord passing round a central pulley to two unequal weights, so that the tilting of the table alone turns the letters past the pointer, while a screen hides the disk from the medium. Fig. 2: Pease's dial, set in a small sloping-roofed box, joined to Hare's vibrating lever and stand. “The whole, thus modified, has been named the Spiritoscope.”
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