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The mind of man is simple in its character , like the spirit of God and of nature , but manifold powers and action . And thus the spirit of prophecy pervades all history , and springs from the lawful power of humanity itself , in which ...
The mind of man is simple in its character , like the spirit of God and of nature , but manifold powers and action . And thus the spirit of prophecy pervades all history , and springs from the lawful power of humanity itself , in which ...
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The conjuring of spirits can either take place inwardly , or the spirit may be made to appear visibly ( as in magnetic ... In the inward method of exorcism , the magician produces unconsciousness by outward means , and the spirit enters ...
The conjuring of spirits can either take place inwardly , or the spirit may be made to appear visibly ( as in magnetic ... In the inward method of exorcism , the magician produces unconsciousness by outward means , and the spirit enters ...
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but a faint ray of that originally pure spirit , -a small and confused consolation to fallen man ; here a few rare blossoms of prophecy appeared occasionally on the barren stem . Are we to believe that there was no health before disease ...
but a faint ray of that originally pure spirit , -a small and confused consolation to fallen man ; here a few rare blossoms of prophecy appeared occasionally on the barren stem . Are we to believe that there was no health before disease ...
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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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