The History of Magic, Volume 2H.G. Bohn, 1854 - 516 pages This volume is the second of a two-volume set in which the subjects of apparitions, dreams, second sight, somnambulism, predictions, divination, witchcraft, vampires and fairies are explored. |
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Page 141
... Bishop Marcellus in Syria , in the fourteenth century , with the help of the Prefect , attempted to burn a temple of Jupiter , but a black devil always extin- guished the flame . The Bishop , however , caused a cask of water to be ...
... Bishop Marcellus in Syria , in the fourteenth century , with the help of the Prefect , attempted to burn a temple of Jupiter , but a black devil always extin- guished the flame . The Bishop , however , caused a cask of water to be ...
Page 145
... Bishop of Cremona , and at that time imperial ambassador at Constantinople , and in the year 963 interpreter at Rome ( Descriptio legationis ad Niceph . Phocam , published by Baroni , Canisius , etc. ) Bewitching was common amongst the ...
... Bishop of Cremona , and at that time imperial ambassador at Constantinople , and in the year 963 interpreter at Rome ( Descriptio legationis ad Niceph . Phocam , published by Baroni , Canisius , etc. ) Bewitching was common amongst the ...
Page 146
... bishop of Lyons in 841 , " Contra Judicia Dei , " in Henke's Church History , Th . ii . , we find a description of this period , and of the most zealous endeavours to put a stop to the super- stition which died away like a voice in the ...
... bishop of Lyons in 841 , " Contra Judicia Dei , " in Henke's Church History , Th . ii . , we find a description of this period , and of the most zealous endeavours to put a stop to the super- stition which died away like a voice in the ...
Page 149
... bishop first , infecting the others ) post magister , deinde singuli per ordinem osculantur , qui tamen digni sunt et perfecti . Et tunc per loca sua positis , dic- tisque quibusdam carminibus , ac versus cattum capitibus inclinatis ...
... bishop first , infecting the others ) post magister , deinde singuli per ordinem osculantur , qui tamen digni sunt et perfecti . Et tunc per loca sua positis , dic- tisque quibusdam carminibus , ac versus cattum capitibus inclinatis ...
Page 156
... Bishop of Stras- burg , not by any means , either of himself or by others , to make known publicly to the accused the charge against him ; he was not allowed to weaken or restrict the power of the said apostolic letters by any means ...
... Bishop of Stras- burg , not by any means , either of himself or by others , to make known publicly to the accused the charge against him ; he was not allowed to weaken or restrict the power of the said apostolic letters by any means ...
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