Demonologia

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Author

Forsyth, J. S.

Title

Demonologia : or, natural knowledge revealed; being an exposé of ancient and modern superstitions, credulity, fanaticism, enthusiasm, & imposture, as connected with the doctrine, caballa, and jargon, of amulets, apparitions, astrology, charms, demonology, devils, divination, dreams, deuteroscopia, effluvia, fatalism, fate, friars, ghosts, gipsies, hell, hypocrites, incantations, inquisition, jugglers, legends, magic, magicians, miracles, monks, nymphs, oracles, physiognomy, purgatory, predestination, predictions, quackery, relics, saints, second sight, signs before death, sorcery, spirits, salamanders, spells, talismans, traditions, trials, &c. witches, witchcraft, &c. &c. the whole unfolding many singular phenomena in the page of nature

Original Publication

London: John Bumpus, 1827.

Credits

Richard Tonsing, Tim Lindell, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

BF: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Psychology, Philosophy, Psychoanalysis

Subject

Witchcraft

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 72476

Release Date

December 22, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.DEMONOLOGIA; OR, NATURAL KNOWLEDGE REVEALED;
2. 2.CONTENTS.
3. 3.PREFACE. — OBSERVATIONS ON ANCIENT AND
4. 4.PROOFS AND TRIALS OF GUILT IN SUPERSTITIOUS AGES.
5. 5.ASTROLOGY, &c.
6. 6.PRACTICAL ASTROLOGY, &c.
7. 7.NATURAL ASTROLOGY
8. 8.JUDICIAL OR JUDICIARY ASTROLOGY — Origin of Astrology. — Astrological Schemes, &c. — Table of the Twelve Houses. — Signs to the Houses of the Planets. — Angles or Aspects of the Planets. — The Application of Planets. — Prohibition , — Separation , — Translation of Light and Virtue , — Refrenation , — Combustion. — Reception , — Retrogradation , — Frustration , — The Dragon’s Head and Tail. — Climacteric. — Lucky and Unlucky Days. — Genethliaci. — Barclay’s Refutation of Astrology.
9. 9.ON THE ORIGIN AND IMAGINARY EFFICACY OF AMULETS & CHARMS, — Definition of Amulets, &c. — Effect of the Imagination on the Mind, &c.
10. 10.HISTORY OF POPULAR MEDICINES, ETC.—HOW INFLUENCED BY SUPERSTITION.
11. 11.ALCHYMY [22] . — Origin, Objects, and Practice of Alchymy, &c.
12. 12.ALKAHEST, OR ALCAHEST,
13. 13.MAGICIAN.
14. 14.MAGI, OR MAGEANS,
15. 15.MAGIC, MAGIA, MATEIA, — Magic of the Eastern nations,—a brief view of the origin and progress of Magic, &c.
16. 16.PREDICTION.
17. 17.FATALISM, OR PREDESTINATION.
18. 18.DIVINATION, — Artificial Divination , — Natural Divination , — Axinomancy , — Alectoromantia , — Arithmomancy , — Belomancy , — Cleromancy , — Cledonism. — Coscinomancy. — Capnomancy , — Catoptromancy , — Chiromancy , — Dactyliomancy. — Extispicium , — Gastromancy. — Geomancy , — Hydromancy, ὑδροματεια , — Necromancy , — Oneirocritica , — Onomancy , or Onomamancy [35] , — Onycomancy , or Onymancy . — Ornithomancy , — Pyromancy , — Pyscomancy , or Sciomancy , — Rhabdomancy ,
19. 19.ORACLE.
20. 20.OURAN, OR URAN, SOANGUS,
21. 21.DREAMS, &c. — Brizomancy. — Origin of Interpreting Dreams. — Opinions on the cause of dreams.
22. 22.FATE.
23. 23.PHYSIOGNOMY [37] , ΦΥΣΙΟΓΝΩΜΙΑ .
24. 24.APPARITIONS.
25. 25.DEUTEROSCOPIA, OR SECOND-SIGHT.
26. 26.WITCHES, WITCHCRAFT, WIZARDS, &c. — Witchcraft proved by the following texts of Scripture. — Dr. More’s Postscript. — The Confessions of certain Scotch Witches , taken out of an authentic copy of their trial at the Assizes held at Paisley, in Scotland, Feb. 15, 1678, touching the bewitching of Sir George Maxwel . — Then follows the depositions of certain persons, agreeing with confessions of the above-said witches. — The Confession of Agnes Sympson to King James. — The White Pater-noster runs thus:— — The Black Pater-noster.
27. 27.SORCERY.
28. 28.SORTES.—SORTILEGIUM.
29. 29.SIBYLS.
30. 30.TALISMANS.
31. 31.PHILTERS, CHARMS, &c.
32. 32.HELL,
33. 33.INQUISITION. — Inquisition, or the Holy Office ,
34. 34.DEMON,
35. 35.DEMONOLOGY. — Derivation of the strange and hideous forms of Devils, &c. — “ The Narrative of the Demon of Tedworth , or the disturbances at Mr. Monpesson’s house, caused by Witchcraft and Villainy of the Drummer .”
36. 36.THE DEMON OF JEDBURGH.
37. 37.THE GHOST OF JULIUS CÆSAR. — The ghosts of the slain at the battle of Marathon. — Familiar spirit or ancient Brownie.
38. 38.GIPSIES—EGYPTIANS.
39. 39.JUGGLERS, THEIR ORIGIN, EXPLOITS, &c.
40. 40.LEGENDS, &c. MIRACLES, &c.
41. 41.MONKS AND FRIARS.—SAINTS AND HERMITS. — The Hermit of the Pillar. ( St. Simeon Stylites, St. Telesephorus, St. Syncletia. )
42. 42.HOLY RELIQUE-MANIA.

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