The History of Magic, Volume 2H.G. Bohn, 1854 |
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... Knowledge the Opponent of Witchcraft Witch Trials 173 177 The Cooking - witches 193 Witch Mountains of Europe 195 Magic Herbs , Trees , & c . Superstitions The Healing Art . Sympathetic Superstitions 201 202 205 207 Sympathetic Cures ...
... Knowledge the Opponent of Witchcraft Witch Trials 173 177 The Cooking - witches 193 Witch Mountains of Europe 195 Magic Herbs , Trees , & c . Superstitions The Healing Art . Sympathetic Superstitions 201 202 205 207 Sympathetic Cures ...
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... knowledge , when any one pronounces in a light gossiping tone on matters which ought to be calmly weighed , that they are empty and impracticable speculations . " - J . S. C. Schweigger , In- troduction to Mythology through Natural ...
... knowledge , when any one pronounces in a light gossiping tone on matters which ought to be calmly weighed , that they are empty and impracticable speculations . " - J . S. C. Schweigger , In- troduction to Mythology through Natural ...
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... knowledge of nature and of spiritual power , which is derived from experience , find no place ? How if we should ascribe to mythology a scientific foundation and substance ? How , of what kind , and whence ought the theory and the ...
... knowledge of nature and of spiritual power , which is derived from experience , find no place ? How if we should ascribe to mythology a scientific foundation and substance ? How , of what kind , and whence ought the theory and the ...
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... knowledge at once for the present and the future . In the language of Homer all the pe- culiarities of the age of man and the innocence of the child are expressed , as the fire of youth , the vigour of man , and the calm reflection of ...
... knowledge at once for the present and the future . In the language of Homer all the pe- culiarities of the age of man and the innocence of the child are expressed , as the fire of youth , the vigour of man , and the calm reflection of ...
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... knowledge of the secret doctrine , which contains the signification — the symbol in the external of an embodied enigma , atveypa . Therein especially consists the temple symbolism of Greece and Rome . When the clearness of the scene is ...
... knowledge of the secret doctrine , which contains the signification — the symbol in the external of an embodied enigma , atveypa . Therein especially consists the temple symbolism of Greece and Rome . When the clearness of the scene is ...
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Page 129 - 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.
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Page 130 - 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.