Juice of Life. The Symbolic and Magic Significance of Blood by Piero Camporesi

Juice of Life. The Symbolic and Magic Significance of Blood

Piero Camporesi

139 pages first pub 1984 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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From the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment, bodily fluids or "humors" - whether blood, semen, or phlegm - obsessed the educated and ignorant alike. These "elixirs" were believed to possess magical powers guaranteeing long life, sexual potency, inte...

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