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... stars , Eos and Helios , and he has his sunshine in the east ; and in the west , his departure . Neptune , the god of the sea , especially of the Mediterranean , and of the islands , bears the tridental sceptre , and in the war with the ...
... stars , Eos and Helios , and he has his sunshine in the east ; and in the west , his departure . Neptune , the god of the sea , especially of the Mediterranean , and of the islands , bears the tridental sceptre , and in the war with the ...
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... stars , planets , and animals . Of the seasons particularly - Flora , Ceres , Proserpina . The physical images of certain beasts ; as of agriculture , the ox ; of the soul , the butterfly ; of watchfulness , the cock ; of sagacity , the ...
... stars , planets , and animals . Of the seasons particularly - Flora , Ceres , Proserpina . The physical images of certain beasts ; as of agriculture , the ox ; of the soul , the butterfly ; of watchfulness , the cock ; of sagacity , the ...
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... star , the guide of the ancient mariners ; and that there- fore Hercules was justly named the Astrologer , the Sooth- sayer , and the Index - nay , that he was with justice looked upon as the teacher of navigation , which magnetism ...
... star , the guide of the ancient mariners ; and that there- fore Hercules was justly named the Astrologer , the Sooth- sayer , and the Index - nay , that he was with justice looked upon as the teacher of navigation , which magnetism ...
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... Teaches us next to turn magnetic globes , Till joyfully we view the course of stars , And the wild shapes of comets double - tailed . " The experiences of animal magnetism afford evidence that the cosmic 34 HISTORY OF MAGIC .
... Teaches us next to turn magnetic globes , Till joyfully we view the course of stars , And the wild shapes of comets double - tailed . " The experiences of animal magnetism afford evidence that the cosmic 34 HISTORY OF MAGIC .
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... stars may be so mightily concentrated , that healing and destruction may become dependent upon it . As the god of physi- cal light , Apollo was also pre - eminently the seer with the spiritual eye , the soothsayer and source of oracles ...
... stars may be so mightily concentrated , that healing and destruction may become dependent upon it . As the god of physi- cal light , Apollo was also pre - eminently the seer with the spiritual eye , the soothsayer and source of oracles ...
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