The History of Magic, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1854 |
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... earth ; of Jupiter reigning in the thunder - cloud ; of Poseidon , the earth- shaker , in the vaulted rocks of the subterranean , and of the social alternations of the Dioscuri , have the same foundation as the opposing principle of the ...
... earth ; of Jupiter reigning in the thunder - cloud ; of Poseidon , the earth- shaker , in the vaulted rocks of the subterranean , and of the social alternations of the Dioscuri , have the same foundation as the opposing principle of the ...
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... earth are to the natural man . This the most ancient historians knew and have declared . Strabo says , that the ancients concealed their views of nature in enigmas , and wrapped their scientific observations in con- certed myths ...
... earth are to the natural man . This the most ancient historians knew and have declared . Strabo says , that the ancients concealed their views of nature in enigmas , and wrapped their scientific observations in con- certed myths ...
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... earth and the heavenly bodies , etc. ; -whose images are recognised by all authors in mythologic personification . The eternal foundation - matter of all things was Chaos , which Night produced from herself , and through herself ...
... earth and the heavenly bodies , etc. ; -whose images are recognised by all authors in mythologic personification . The eternal foundation - matter of all things was Chaos , which Night produced from herself , and through herself ...
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... earth ; that is , the vapour ascending from the sea and the waters mix themselves in the lower atmosphere . According to Ovid . ( Fast . vi . 285 ) , Hera was swallowed up by her father with the rest of his children , and again vomited ...
... earth ; that is , the vapour ascending from the sea and the waters mix themselves in the lower atmosphere . According to Ovid . ( Fast . vi . 285 ) , Hera was swallowed up by her father with the rest of his children , and again vomited ...
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... earth , the air , and fire , water is an original element : according to Hesiod , Oceanos , the eldest of the Titans , the husband of Thetis , by whom he was the father of 3000 streams and as many small seas . According to Homer ...
... earth , the air , and fire , water is an original element : according to Hesiod , Oceanos , the eldest of the Titans , the husband of Thetis , by whom he was the father of 3000 streams and as many small seas . According to Homer ...
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Page 130 - Now there was a day when the sons of GOD came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou ? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
Page 134 - BEHOLD, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me : and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple; even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in; behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.
Page 131 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face ; the hair of my flesh stood up...
Page 131 - Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought ? Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side ? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
Page 131 - For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit : the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
Page 138 - Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.
Page 360 - ... in the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning ! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
Page 138 - And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? "For the living to the dead? To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
Page 131 - And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only ' upon himself put not forth thine hand.
Page 357 - ... body ; notwithstanding the lady would needs have her let blood, which was done accordingly. And when the young woman had patiently let them do what they would with her, she desired that the chaplain might be called to read prayers ; and when prayers were ended, she took her guitar and psalm-book, and...