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He considered his first necessary task to be the making experiments for the discovery of a fixed law for these phenomena . As it soon appeared that such regularity really existed , the next thing required was to search in history for ...
He considered his first necessary task to be the making experiments for the discovery of a fixed law for these phenomena . As it soon appeared that such regularity really existed , the next thing required was to search in history for ...
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Mysticisin is according to Gorres a contemplation assisted by higher light , and action through higher freedom ; the singular phenomena of contemplation and action which occur among pious Christians are miracles of a higher unseen power ...
Mysticisin is according to Gorres a contemplation assisted by higher light , and action through higher freedom ; the singular phenomena of contemplation and action which occur among pious Christians are miracles of a higher unseen power ...
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In short , it is in this that the common cause of all these various phenomena must be sought for . As it is extremely difficult for the unformed infant mind , either of individuals or of nations , to separate the subjective images of ...
In short , it is in this that the common cause of all these various phenomena must be sought for . As it is extremely difficult for the unformed infant mind , either of individuals or of nations , to separate the subjective images of ...
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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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Bibliographic information
| 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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