The History of Magic, Volume 2H.G. Bohn, 1854 - Magic |
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Page 106
... apparitions , and could only utter the word " Prosperity . " But Lachlain , though the younger , was stronger of spirit , and perfectly self - possessed . He demanded posterity and wealth . And each of them received that which he had ...
... apparitions , and could only utter the word " Prosperity . " But Lachlain , though the younger , was stronger of spirit , and perfectly self - possessed . He demanded posterity and wealth . And each of them received that which he had ...
Page 144
... apparitions of the devil to other hermits , and their temptations , particularly those of St. Anthony and Macarius , are well known . In the eighth century , when people already began to work out the dogmatic system , superstition kept ...
... apparitions of the devil to other hermits , and their temptations , particularly those of St. Anthony and Macarius , are well known . In the eighth century , when people already began to work out the dogmatic system , superstition kept ...
Page 149
... apparition of spirits , became universal . As the cere- monies of religion were abused by their almost entire appli- cation to controlling of spirits , so did the discharge of justice consist chiefly in the Inquisition . In the growing ...
... apparition of spirits , became universal . As the cere- monies of religion were abused by their almost entire appli- cation to controlling of spirits , so did the discharge of justice consist chiefly in the Inquisition . In the growing ...
Page 185
... apparitions of nightmare , insensibility to all exterior excitement , and long abstinence from any nourishment , as well ... apparition , in order to suck the blood of the living , by which he maintains his body in the earth unemaciated ...
... apparitions of nightmare , insensibility to all exterior excitement , and long abstinence from any nourishment , as well ... apparition , in order to suck the blood of the living , by which he maintains his body in the earth unemaciated ...
Page 186
... apparition world from its own soil , spite of all the arms and opposition that it could bring against it , and this it has done pre - eminently through the cultivation of natural philosophy . The Germans , even in the worst times of ...
... apparition world from its own soil , spite of all the arms and opposition that it could bring against it , and this it has done pre - eminently through the cultivation of natural philosophy . The Germans , even in the worst times of ...
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Page 129 - Now there was a day when the sons of GOD came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou ? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
Page 130 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face ; the hair of my flesh stood up...
Page 130 - Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought ? Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side ? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.