Author’s Preface 9Editor’s Preface 11Part oneCHAPTER IThe Magic and Sorcery of the Chaldeans 17CHAPTER II Chaldean Demonology 37CHAPTER IIIChaldean Amulets and their Uses 51CHAPTER IVChaldean Sorcery, and its Dual Nature 69CHAPTER V Comparison of the Egyptian with the Chaldean Magic 81CHAPTER VIContrasts between Indian and Chaldean Magical Systems 89CHAPTER VII The Magic of the Ritual of the Dead 99CHAPTER VIII Contrasts between the Accadian and Egyptian Magic 115CHAPTER IX The Chaldiao-Babylonian Religion and its Doctrines 119 APPENDIX I.Tablet I. of the Creation Series. 129 APPENDIX II.Extract from a letter to The Academy 131CHAPTER X Development of the Chaldean Mythology 135CHAPTER XI The Religious System of the Accadian Magic Books 145CHAPTER XII The Origin of the Myth of the Zi 151CHAPTER XIIIThe Astrology of the Underworld 181 APPENDIX I.The Relationship between Hea and Oannes 203 APPENDIX II.The War of the Seven Wicked Spirits against thee Moon 207CHAPTER XIVThe Religions and the Magic of the Turanian Nations 211CHAPTER XVThe Early Median Mythology compared with that of the Chaldeans 217Part twoCHAPTER XVIFinno-Tartarian Magical Mythology 239CHAPTER XVIIFurther Analysis of Finnish Demonology 249CHAPTER XVIIIThe Accadian People and their Language 259CHAPTER XIXThe Accadian Language 263CHAPTER XXDifferentiation of the Accadian and its allied Languages 277CHAPTER XXIAltaic affinities of the Accadian Language 285CHAPTER XXIIAccadian and Altaic affinities 293CHAPTER XXIIIPhonology of the Accadian Language 305CHAPTER XXIVThe origin of the Kushito-Semitic religion 315CHAPTER XXVThe two Ethnic elements in the Babylonian nation 327CHAPTER XXVIThe Origin of the Chaldaio-Babylonian Cosmogonies 331CHAPTER XXVIIThe Priority of the Accadian Population of Chaldea 343CHAPTER XXVIIIThe Sumirian influence in Chaldean and Babylonian civilization 349CHAPTER XXIXThe Influence of the Kushite Mythology in Chaldean Faith 359CHAPTER XXXThe Turanians in Chaldea and ancient Asia 363CHAPTER XXXIThe Archaic Legislation of the Accadians 369 APPENDIXSumir and Accad 377Notes 401Post ScriptumThe essentials of magic in Chaldea are presented inside a context of comparison or contrast to Egyptian, Median, Turanian, Finno-Tartarian and Akkadian magic, mythologies, religion and speech. Interesting is the Chaldean demonology, with its incubus, succubus, vampire, nightmare and many Elemental spirits, most of them coalesced with the primal powers of nature.The essentials of magic in Chaldea La Magie chez Les Chaldeens, of which this present volume is an enlarged English edition, was issued in the autumn of 1874. It was preceded by Les Premieres Civilisations and closely followed in 1875 by La Divination et la Science des Présages. All these works possess the same characteristic feature: the exposition of Assyrian thought, as evidenced by the language of the cuneiform inscriptions themselves. Lenormant had revised his book to such an extend, he regarded Chaldean Magic not as a translation, but as a publication on its own. The essentials of magic in Chaldea are presented within the context of comparison or contrast to Egyptian, Median, Turanian, Finno-Tartarian and Akkadian magic, mythologies, religion and speech. Interesting is the Chaldean demonology, with its incubus, succubus, vampire, nightmare and many Elemental spirits, most of them coalesced with the primal powers of nature. Chaldean Magic dwells on the threshold of predating sjamanistic lore and the later systemization of the occult. This makes the work of Lenormant an invaluable and fascinating source for both the academic and the modern occultist.