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... , taken from the Jewish Letters ( Phantom World ) 479 AMULETS AND CHARMS 482 NARCOTICS 488 FAIRIES 489 SPIRITUAL MANIFESTATIONS . Preaching Epidemic and Salem Witchcraft 492 THE HISTORY OF MAGIC . PART II . ON MAGIC viii CONTENTS .
... , taken from the Jewish Letters ( Phantom World ) 479 AMULETS AND CHARMS 482 NARCOTICS 488 FAIRIES 489 SPIRITUAL MANIFESTATIONS . Preaching Epidemic and Salem Witchcraft 492 THE HISTORY OF MAGIC . PART II . ON MAGIC viii CONTENTS .
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... letter of the past , such as we find it in certain periods of history , and especially in the middle ages , -a spirit which is continually reappearing , as at present in the East , and particularly in India , and which regards every ...
... letter of the past , such as we find it in certain periods of history , and especially in the middle ages , -a spirit which is continually reappearing , as at present in the East , and particularly in India , and which regards every ...
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... letter in the influence of the sun on magnetic experiments : in that antithesis , probably , more is contained than is meant in mythologic language by the beneficent influence of the spring sun , and the pestilence - bringing summer ...
... letter in the influence of the sun on magnetic experiments : in that antithesis , probably , more is contained than is meant in mythologic language by the beneficent influence of the spring sun , and the pestilence - bringing summer ...
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... letters , numbers , astronomy , the sacrifice , measures and weights , gymnastics , etc. He imparts a portion of endow- ments to men , as he taught Ulysses to resist the sorceries of Circe ; and all such are under his protection . To ...
... letters , numbers , astronomy , the sacrifice , measures and weights , gymnastics , etc. He imparts a portion of endow- ments to men , as he taught Ulysses to resist the sorceries of Circe ; and all such are under his protection . To ...
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... letters . The discovery of the minerals was also ascribed to them , as well as the notes of music and the musical scale . They first brought musical instruments into Greece . In Crete they discovered fire ; they were rapid runners and ...
... letters . The discovery of the minerals was also ascribed to them , as well as the notes of music and the musical scale . They first brought musical instruments into Greece . In Crete they discovered fire ; they were rapid runners and ...
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