The History of Magic, Volume 2H.G. Bohn, 1854 |
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... person . What we call plastic is thus the impression of the form of thought to which antiquity was addicted , and which the more timid spirit of an educated age cannot altogether withdraw itself from . The old religions lie before us as ...
... person . What we call plastic is thus the impression of the form of thought to which antiquity was addicted , and which the more timid spirit of an educated age cannot altogether withdraw itself from . The old religions lie before us as ...
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... persons who spoke to the people of the high and solemn truths , at a time when religious culture consisted merely of offerings and ceremonies . " In the mysteries , the truths of nature only were discussed , " says Schweigger ; and ...
... persons who spoke to the people of the high and solemn truths , at a time when religious culture consisted merely of offerings and ceremonies . " In the mysteries , the truths of nature only were discussed , " says Schweigger ; and ...
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... persons still designate the magnetic stone by the alias of the Herculean stone . " Thus the name of the magnet is not derived from a city dedicated to Hercules , but because magnetic and Herculean mean the same thing . " Had Pliny known ...
... persons still designate the magnetic stone by the alias of the Herculean stone . " Thus the name of the magnet is not derived from a city dedicated to Hercules , but because magnetic and Herculean mean the same thing . " Had Pliny known ...
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... persons in producing clairvoyance and the like I have already quoted the case of the seeress , widow Peter- sen von Bende Bendsen , who asserted the decided effects of brilliants and other substances , the diamond being the most ...
... persons in producing clairvoyance and the like I have already quoted the case of the seeress , widow Peter- sen von Bende Bendsen , who asserted the decided effects of brilliants and other substances , the diamond being the most ...
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... persons by no means inconsiderable , espe- cially women , suffering from attacks of cramp , who were directly believed to be possessed by or influenced by the devil , with whom they were said to have made a pact , were very early made ...
... persons by no means inconsiderable , espe- cially women , suffering from attacks of cramp , who were directly believed to be possessed by or influenced by the devil , with whom they were said to have made a pact , were very early made ...
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