The History of Magic, Volume 2H.G. Bohn, 1854 - Magic |
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... sense to light up the dark corners of our planet , truly the matter is not so easy as lighting up a dark mine , that is , with a Davy - lamp ; and the experiment is not so readily accomplishable . In the meantime , history shows us , by ...
... sense to light up the dark corners of our planet , truly the matter is not so easy as lighting up a dark mine , that is , with a Davy - lamp ; and the experiment is not so readily accomplishable . In the meantime , history shows us , by ...
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... sense , which in subjective feeling and representation unfolds itself within , comprehends the external objective ... senses of objective things , and according to the individual constitution , more or less palpable , and the will brings ...
... sense , which in subjective feeling and representation unfolds itself within , comprehends the external objective ... senses of objective things , and according to the individual constitution , more or less palpable , and the will brings ...
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... sense ; for which reason the ancient poets cannot be fully understood " without a know- ledge of the mysteries , which are only accessible through a knowledge of natural history . " The Samothracian mysteries are also connected with ...
... sense ; for which reason the ancient poets cannot be fully understood " without a know- ledge of the mysteries , which are only accessible through a knowledge of natural history . " The Samothracian mysteries are also connected with ...
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... sense of the literati , by the aid of written records . For the restoration of the ancient text , we can now make use of the discovered remains of signs on the ancient pyramids , and of fallen temples ; as the scattered petrefactions ...
... sense of the literati , by the aid of written records . For the restoration of the ancient text , we can now make use of the discovered remains of signs on the ancient pyramids , and of fallen temples ; as the scattered petrefactions ...
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... sense , that they only sported with their myths , or that they directly worshipped the symbols of nature as gods , of which we have already spoken . Let us first , however , look round us at the symbols which have in general a physical ...
... sense , that they only sported with their myths , or that they directly worshipped the symbols of nature as gods , of which we have already spoken . Let us first , however , look round us at the symbols which have in general a physical ...
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