Lives of the Necromancers: Or, An Account of the Most Eminent Persons in Successive Ages, who Have Claimed for Themselves, Or to Whom Has Been Imputed by Others, the Exercise of Magical Power |
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... possessed all the powers of the air , and produced tempests and shipwrecks at their pleasure . " Castles toppled on their warder's heads , and palaces and pyramids sloped their summits to their foundations ; " forests and mountains were ...
... possessed all the powers of the air , and produced tempests and shipwrecks at their pleasure . " Castles toppled on their warder's heads , and palaces and pyramids sloped their summits to their foundations ; " forests and mountains were ...
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... possessed in an eminent degree the gift of foretelling future events . Hecate , which was one of the names of Diana , was distinguished as the Goddess of magic and enchantments . Venus was the Goddess of love , DEITIES OF GREECE . 59.
... possessed in an eminent degree the gift of foretelling future events . Hecate , which was one of the names of Diana , was distinguished as the Goddess of magic and enchantments . Venus was the Goddess of love , DEITIES OF GREECE . 59.
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... possessed the art of divining future events from the various indications that manifest themselves in fire , in smoke , and in other ways " , but to have set the highest value upon the communications of the dead , whom by spells and ...
... possessed the art of divining future events from the various indications that manifest themselves in fire , in smoke , and in other ways " , but to have set the highest value upon the communications of the dead , whom by spells and ...
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... possessed the faculty of foretelling earth- quakes , allaying storms , and driving away pesti- lence ; he gave out predictions wherever he went ; and is described as an enchanter , professing to cure diseases by virtue of certain words ...
... possessed the faculty of foretelling earth- quakes , allaying storms , and driving away pesti- lence ; he gave out predictions wherever he went ; and is described as an enchanter , professing to cure diseases by virtue of certain words ...
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... possessing supernatural gifts . Such persons , almost universally , and particularly in ages of ignorance and wonder , become themselves the dupes of their own pretensions . He gave out that he was secretly subsisted by food brought to ...
... possessing supernatural gifts . Such persons , almost universally , and particularly in ages of ignorance and wonder , become themselves the dupes of their own pretensions . He gave out that he was secretly subsisted by food brought to ...
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Page 152 - Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money. Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter : for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.
Page 151 - Now, when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John.
Page 40 - There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
Page 152 - Then answered Simon, and said ; Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.
Page 152 - But Peter said unto him ; Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.
Page 154 - Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men : and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.
Page 151 - But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
Page 151 - But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one...
Page 154 - O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
Page 42 - And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said, I will persuade him. And the Lord said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also : go forth, and do so.