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According to Democritus , visions and dreams are passing shapes-- ideal forms which proceed from other beings ; so that even in sleep the soul has an equal activity as in the waking state , but with this difference that in the latter ...
According to Democritus , visions and dreams are passing shapes-- ideal forms which proceed from other beings ; so that even in sleep the soul has an equal activity as in the waking state , but with this difference that in the latter ...
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... continues its spiritual activity , and often more freely in sleep than when it is occupied with outward and material objects ; so is it physically an instrument of the senses receiving impressions , whether received upon it by the ...
... continues its spiritual activity , and often more freely in sleep than when it is occupied with outward and material objects ; so is it physically an instrument of the senses receiving impressions , whether received upon it by the ...
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The Gręco - roman period soon past like a moment of the present , but an unlimited future still lies before the Germanic genius , for which the world's history has as yet but furnished the materials for an endless mental activity .
The Gręco - roman period soon past like a moment of the present , but an unlimited future still lies before the Germanic genius , for which the world's history has as yet but furnished the materials for an endless mental activity .
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Contents
OF MAGIC AND ITS BRANCHES IN GENERAL | 1 |
THEORETICAL VIEWS ON MAGIC AMONG THE ANCIENTS | 124 |
MAGNETISM AMONG THE ANCIENT NATIONS ESPECIALLY | 152 |
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| Title | The History of Magic, Volume 1 Bohn's scientific library The History of Magic, Mary Botham Howitt |
| Author | Joseph Ennemoser |
| Editor | Mary Botham Howitt |
| Translated by | William Howitt |
| Compiled by | Mary Botham Howitt |
| Publisher | H.G. Bohn, 1854 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 21 Feb 2008 |
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