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 181
... charms have survived , preserved in contemporary note- books , or disclosed during the course of court proceedings against their users . Some were well known to everyone , like the so - called White Paternoster , of which a version ...
... charms have survived , preserved in contemporary note- books , or disclosed during the course of court proceedings against their users . Some were well known to everyone , like the so - called White Paternoster , of which a version ...
Page 182
... charms can , however , be detected . There was the idea that disease was a foreign presence in the body needing to be conjured or exorcised out . There was also the belief that religious language possessed a mystical power which could ...
... charms can , however , be detected . There was the idea that disease was a foreign presence in the body needing to be conjured or exorcised out . There was also the belief that religious language possessed a mystical power which could ...
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... charms to heal men and animals , the prediction of men's destinies , and the use of unlawful prayers or invocations . A full list was given by Edwin Sandys , Bishop of Worcester , in 1569 : ' charms to cure men or beast ; invocations of ...
... charms to heal men and animals , the prediction of men's destinies , and the use of unlawful prayers or invocations . A full list was given by Edwin Sandys , Bishop of Worcester , in 1569 : ' charms to cure men or beast ; invocations of ...
Contents
The Environment | 3 |
RELIGION | 4 |
The Magic of the Medieval Church | 25 |
Copyright | |
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