The History of Magic, Volume 2H.G. Bohn, 1854 |
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... became tangi- ble to him through joy and pain ; she expressed to him her sensations in speaking images . That mode of expression brings many characteristics into the focus of a single phrase , which she at once imprints upon the soul ...
... became tangi- ble to him through joy and pain ; she expressed to him her sensations in speaking images . That mode of expression brings many characteristics into the focus of a single phrase , which she at once imprints upon the soul ...
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... became more accessible ; and Plato complains of it , wishing that the initiation into them was made more difficult by greater sacrifices . With common people it was forbidden to talk of these things , since they could not com- prehend ...
... became more accessible ; and Plato complains of it , wishing that the initiation into them was made more difficult by greater sacrifices . With common people it was forbidden to talk of these things , since they could not com- prehend ...
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... became one being , the new representative of the equinoctial year , and expeller of the old . As the god of divination , he is the healing physician , ETIKOúpios , —the iarpóμavric , and therefore in times of pestilence they sent to ...
... became one being , the new representative of the equinoctial year , and expeller of the old . As the god of divination , he is the healing physician , ETIKOúpios , —the iarpóμavric , and therefore in times of pestilence they sent to ...
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... became the symbol of power - the σkýπтроv , sceptre of the ruler , and the magic staff of the necromancer ; and we yet find it amongst the Egyptian officers of the temple . Whence Hermes derived his staff is not stated ; nor is there ...
... became the symbol of power - the σkýπтроv , sceptre of the ruler , and the magic staff of the necromancer ; and we yet find it amongst the Egyptian officers of the temple . Whence Hermes derived his staff is not stated ; nor is there ...
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... became worse from age to age - fama crescit eundo ; and she is , for example , in the Argonautic expedition , the arch- sorceress , with all her mixing of poisons , her power of chang- ing men into beasts , and her magic ointments ...
... became worse from age to age - fama crescit eundo ; and she is , for example , in the Argonautic expedition , the arch- sorceress , with all her mixing of poisons , her power of chang- ing men into beasts , and her magic ointments ...
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