The History of Magic, Volume 2H.G. Bohn, 1854 |
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... PHILOSOPHICAL ELUCIDATION OF THE MAGIC OF THE MIDDLE AGES . Theophrastus Paracelsus Paracelsus on the Magnet Baptista Van Hermont .. 209 215 217 219 229 233 242 Henry Cornelius Agrippa Robert Fludd M. Maxwell Valentine Greatrakes ...
... PHILOSOPHICAL ELUCIDATION OF THE MAGIC OF THE MIDDLE AGES . Theophrastus Paracelsus Paracelsus on the Magnet Baptista Van Hermont .. 209 215 217 219 229 233 242 Henry Cornelius Agrippa Robert Fludd M. Maxwell Valentine Greatrakes ...
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... philosophy . If the mysteries themselves have remained unsolved riddles , so that we only in a fragmentary and indirect manner can determine the inner proceedings and real nature of them from facts , indications , and signs that have ...
... philosophy . If the mysteries themselves have remained unsolved riddles , so that we only in a fragmentary and indirect manner can determine the inner proceedings and real nature of them from facts , indications , and signs that have ...
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... philosophy . If this were the case , then magic and the heal- ing art under it would be things also to be understood . What evidences are discoverable of magical cures , or the magnetic healing art in mythology ? That would be the ...
... philosophy . If this were the case , then magic and the heal- ing art under it would be things also to be understood . What evidences are discoverable of magical cures , or the magnetic healing art in mythology ? That would be the ...
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... philosophy of antiquity was connected with the most important religious opinions , and that it had , through that means , the greatest influence on art and poetry . According to our fundamental ideas on the essential characteristics ...
... philosophy of antiquity was connected with the most important religious opinions , and that it had , through that means , the greatest influence on art and poetry . According to our fundamental ideas on the essential characteristics ...
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... philosophical , aesthetic , and artistic views , with the physical comprehension of the myths , to which I must refer the reader . I shall here , supported by these inquiries and other sources , endeavour to show that magic in the ...
... philosophical , aesthetic , and artistic views , with the physical comprehension of the myths , to which I must refer the reader . I shall here , supported by these inquiries and other sources , endeavour to show that magic in the ...
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