Religion and the Decline of MagicReligion & the Decline of Magic is Keith Thomas's classic history of the magical beliefs held by people on every level of English society in the 16th and 17th centuries and how these beliefs were a part of the religious and scientific assumptions of the time. It is not only a major historical and religious work, but a thoroughly enjoyable book filled with fascinating facts and original insights into an area of human nature that remains controversial today- the belief in the supernatural that still continues in the modern world. |
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Page 79
... declared John Knox , ' are the words of Paynims , the signification whereof ought in no wise to enter into the heart of the faithful . . . . That which ye scoffingly call Destiny and Stoical necessity ... we call God's eternal election ...
... declared John Knox , ' are the words of Paynims , the signification whereof ought in no wise to enter into the heart of the faithful . . . . That which ye scoffingly call Destiny and Stoical necessity ... we call God's eternal election ...
Page 123
... declaring that it was as certain that she was damned as that the glass would break ; miraculously it remained intact ... declared that if he got back safely he would believe there was a God . The Quaker James Nayler told of a young man ...
... declaring that it was as certain that she was damned as that the glass would break ; miraculously it remained intact ... declared that if he got back safely he would believe there was a God . The Quaker James Nayler told of a young man ...
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... declared that ' E. shall rise out of his sleep like a live man whom all men thought to be dead'.3 It was almost certainly a version of this prophecy which came into the hands of John Tusser , Edward Sawford and Gervase Smith . As late ...
... declared that ' E. shall rise out of his sleep like a live man whom all men thought to be dead'.3 It was almost certainly a version of this prophecy which came into the hands of John Tusser , Edward Sawford and Gervase Smith . As late ...
Contents
The Environment | 3 |
The Magic of the Medieval Church | 43 |
3 The Impact of the Reformation | 63 |
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