The History of Magic, Volume 2H.G. Bohn, 1854 |
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... Stones Mystic Symbols in Nature Vestal Fires . Samothracian Wings ; Iron Kings , etc. Ancient Use of of the Magnet Wonderful Clairvoyant Vision of Mysteries Symbolic Meaning of Mythologic Fable The Great Significance of Hermes Symbolic ...
... Stones Mystic Symbols in Nature Vestal Fires . Samothracian Wings ; Iron Kings , etc. Ancient Use of of the Magnet Wonderful Clairvoyant Vision of Mysteries Symbolic Meaning of Mythologic Fable The Great Significance of Hermes Symbolic ...
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... stone in a goat's - skin for her husband to swallow ; and her priests , the Curetes , the Corybantes , held , meantime , a weapon - dance , and made such a din with THE KEY TO MYTHICAL WISDOM . 19 The Key to Mythical Wisdom.
... stone in a goat's - skin for her husband to swallow ; and her priests , the Curetes , the Corybantes , held , meantime , a weapon - dance , and made such a din with THE KEY TO MYTHICAL WISDOM . 19 The Key to Mythical Wisdom.
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... clearly of magnetic attraction and repulsion . In the sixth book of Lucretius on the nature of things , the marvellous phenomena of the loadstone are thus described : - " Men see the stone with wonder as it forms 24 HISTORY OF MAGIC .
... clearly of magnetic attraction and repulsion . In the sixth book of Lucretius on the nature of things , the marvellous phenomena of the loadstone are thus described : - " Men see the stone with wonder as it forms 24 HISTORY OF MAGIC .
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... stone , Such power streams out from it , pervading all . But sometimes it doth happen that the iron Turns from the stone , flies it , and is pursued . I saw the Samothracian iron rings Leap , and steel - filings boil in a brass dish So ...
... stone , Such power streams out from it , pervading all . But sometimes it doth happen that the iron Turns from the stone , flies it , and is pursued . I saw the Samothracian iron rings Leap , and steel - filings boil in a brass dish So ...
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