The History of Magic, Volume 2H.G. Bohn, 1854 |
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... phenomena , which the most ancient mythology has wrapped in symbols , and which in the present times are corroborated by magnetic experiences . : VOL . II . B In the first place , the question will require answering ON MAGIC IN MYTHOLOGY.
... phenomena , which the most ancient mythology has wrapped in symbols , and which in the present times are corroborated by magnetic experiences . : VOL . II . B In the first place , the question will require answering ON MAGIC IN MYTHOLOGY.
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... phenomenon of nature appeared as the acting personage . Even language was a prolific mother of gods and myths : and still more sprung out of the clothing of symbols , and the locked - up facts of hieroglyphic signs , sagas , and legends ...
... phenomenon of nature appeared as the acting personage . Even language was a prolific mother of gods and myths : and still more sprung out of the clothing of symbols , and the locked - up facts of hieroglyphic signs , sagas , and legends ...
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... phenomena . That great difficulties are to be found here in arriving at truth is obvious , since we are so prone to seize upon what is new as identical with the old , where there is frequently an apparent similarity ; and since the ...
... phenomena . That great difficulties are to be found here in arriving at truth is obvious , since we are so prone to seize upon what is new as identical with the old , where there is frequently an apparent similarity ; and since the ...
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... poetic , higher and deeper than all which the imagination of men can reach : she is in her wonderful phenomena the plastic expression of the divine creation - a voice of ON MAGIC IN MYTHOLOGY . 15 . On Magic in Mythology-(continued)
... poetic , higher and deeper than all which the imagination of men can reach : she is in her wonderful phenomena the plastic expression of the divine creation - a voice of ON MAGIC IN MYTHOLOGY . 15 . On Magic in Mythology-(continued)
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... phenomena of magnetism ? No longer groping in the dark , but with a certain confidence , we follow that clue into the labyrinth . Yet I again repeatedly assert that I here follow exclusively the traces of the poeti- cal and ...
... phenomena of magnetism ? No longer groping in the dark , but with a certain confidence , we follow that clue into the labyrinth . Yet I again repeatedly assert that I here follow exclusively the traces of the poeti- cal and ...
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