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Joseph Ennemoser Mary Botham Howitt. THE HISTORY OF MAGIC . PART II . ON MAGIC IN MYTHOLOGY . As we now have made ourselves acquainted with a num- ber of the historical facts regarding magic amongst the Greeks and Romans , we may be ...
Joseph Ennemoser Mary Botham Howitt. THE HISTORY OF MAGIC . PART II . ON MAGIC IN MYTHOLOGY . As we now have made ourselves acquainted with a num- ber of the historical facts regarding magic amongst the Greeks and Romans , we may be ...
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... history shows us , by splendid examples , that the question is not an impossible thing ; and it shows , to say the least , little penetration and historical knowledge , when any one pronounces in a light gossiping tone on matters which ...
... history shows us , by splendid examples , that the question is not an impossible thing ; and it shows , to say the least , little penetration and historical knowledge , when any one pronounces in a light gossiping tone on matters which ...
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... by these inquiries and other sources , endeavour to show that magic in the primeval ages - that is , before the so - called historical period - was contained in the mysteries , and that the greater portion 4 HISTORY OF MAGIC .
... by these inquiries and other sources , endeavour to show that magic in the primeval ages - that is , before the so - called historical period - was contained in the mysteries , and that the greater portion 4 HISTORY OF MAGIC .
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... historical myth , which ordained festivals , & c . to distinguished benefactors , as sons of the gods , in gratitude for their services , and then proceeds : - " Physical occasions for the origination of a myth were ... HISTORY OF MAGIC .
... historical myth , which ordained festivals , & c . to distinguished benefactors , as sons of the gods , in gratitude for their services , and then proceeds : - " Physical occasions for the origination of a myth were ... HISTORY OF MAGIC .
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... history , and the mysteries belong to a previous world , from which there have descended to us no evidences to prove whether they were the product of a lost world of civilization , or of the primeval poetical spirit of young humanity ...
... history , and the mysteries belong to a previous world , from which there have descended to us no evidences to prove whether they were the product of a lost world of civilization , or of the primeval poetical spirit of young humanity ...
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