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... trans- mitted to the initiated . Thus we see that the miraculous fire so carefully concealed from the uninitiated was most assiduously maintained in the Vestal and Cabiric myste- ries ; and they who did not know how to manage it ac ...
... trans- mitted to the initiated . Thus we see that the miraculous fire so carefully concealed from the uninitiated was most assiduously maintained in the Vestal and Cabiric myste- ries ; and they who did not know how to manage it ac ...
Page 249
... trans- fers itself to the being with which the woman stands in the most immediate relation , and impresses upon it that image which the most agitated herself . " Van Helmont asserts further , that many herbs acquire from the imagination ...
... trans- fers itself to the being with which the woman stands in the most immediate relation , and impresses upon it that image which the most agitated herself . " Van Helmont asserts further , that many herbs acquire from the imagination ...
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... trans- lated into all languages . Pechlin caused a number of letters and testimonies to be printed , which place the veracity and the character of Graterakes in the clearest light . In the first place , Joh . Glanville , the author of ...
... trans- lated into all languages . Pechlin caused a number of letters and testimonies to be printed , which place the veracity and the character of Graterakes in the clearest light . In the first place , Joh . Glanville , the author of ...
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... Trans- actions of the Physico - Medical Society of New York , Vol . i . p . 395 . Rachel Baker was born at Pelham , Massachusetts , May 29 , 1794. Her parents were religious persons , and early taught her the importance of religion ...
... Trans- actions of the Physico - Medical Society of New York , Vol . i . p . 395 . Rachel Baker was born at Pelham , Massachusetts , May 29 , 1794. Her parents were religious persons , and early taught her the importance of religion ...
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... trans- portation where only the charm has been used . But num- bers have , and may be swept off by its infatuation before the crime is detected ; for , strange as it may appear , so much do the negroes stand in awe of these Obeah ...
... trans- portation where only the charm has been used . But num- bers have , and may be swept off by its infatuation before the crime is detected ; for , strange as it may appear , so much do the negroes stand in awe of these Obeah ...
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