Thaumaturgia; Or, Elucidations of the Marvellous

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Oxonian

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E-text prepared by Carlo Traverso, Eric Casteleijn, and Project Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliotheque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at gallica.bnf.fr

Language

English

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

Subject

Occultism

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10088

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Release Date

November 1, 2003

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THAUMATURGIA,
2. 2.CONTENTS. — CHAPTER I. — CHAPTER II. — CHAPTER III. — CHAPTER IV. — CHAPTER V. — CHAPTER VI. — CHAPTER VII. — CHAPTER VIII. — CHAPTER IX — CHAPTER X. — CHAPTER XI. — CHAPTER XII. — CHAPTER XIII. — CHAPTER XIV. — CHAPTER XV. — CHAPTER XVI. — CHAPTER XVII. — CHAPTER XVIII. — CHAPTER XIX. — CHAPTER XX. — CHAPTER XXI. — CHAPTER XXII.
3. 3.CHAPTER I. — FOOTNOTES:
4. 4.CHAPTER II. — JEWISH MAGI. — FOOTNOTES:
5. 5.CHAPTER III. — ON THE SEVERAL KINDS OF MAGIC. — AUGURY, OR DIVINATIONS DRAWN FROM THE FLIGHT AND FEEDING OP BIRDS. — ARUSPICES, OR DIVINATIONS DRAWN FROM BRUTE, OR HUMAN SACRIFICES. — DIVISIONS OP DIVINATION BY THE ANCIENTS—PRODIGIES, ETC. — FOOTNOTES:
6. 6.CHAPTER IV. — HISTORY OF ORACLES—THE PRINCIPAL ORACLES OF ANTIQUITY. — THE ORACLE OP JUPITER HAMMON. — THE ORACLE OF DELPHOS, OR PYTHIAN APOLLO. — CEREMONIES PRACTISED ON CONSULTING ORACLES. — ORACLES OFTEN EQUIVOCAL AND OBSCURE. — URIM AND THUMMIM. — REPUTATION OF ORACLES, HOW LOST. — CESSATION OF ORACLES. — HAD DEMONS ANY SHARE IN THE ORACLES? — OF ORACLES, THE ARTIFICES OP PRIESTS OP FALSE DIVINITIES. — FOOTNOTES:
7. 7.CHAPTER V. — THE BRITISH MAGI. — FOOTNOTES:
8. 8.CHAPTER VI. — FOOTNOTES:
9. 9.CHAPTER VII. — INFERIOR DEITIES ATTENDING MANKIND PROM THEIR BIRTH TO THEIR DECEASE. — FOOTNOTES:
10. 10.CHAPTER VIII. — JUDICIAL ASTROLOGY—ITS CHEMICAL APPLICATION TO THE PROLONGATION OF LIFE AND HEALTH—ALCHYMICAL DELUSIONS. — FOOTNOTES:
11. 11.CHAPTER IX. — ALCHYMICAL AND ASTROLOGICAL CHIMERA. — THE HOROSCOPE, A TALE OF THE STARS. — THE FATED PARRICIDE; AN ORIENTAL TALE OF THE STARS. — ADVERTISEMENT. — SPRING, — SUMMER, — AUTUMN — OF THE WINTER QUARTER. — FOOTNOTES:
12. 12.CHAPTER X. — ONEIROCRITICAL PRESENTIMENT, ILLUSTRATING THE CAUSE, EFFECTS, PRINCIPAL PHENOMENA, AND DEFINITION OF DREAMS, ETC. — CAUSE OF DREAMS. — POETICAL ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE EFFECTS OF THE IMAGINATION IN DREAMS. — PRINCIPAL PHENOMENA IN DREAMING. — DEFINITION OF DREAMS.
13. 13.CHAPTER XI. — ON INCUBATION; OR THE ART OF HEALING BY VISIONARY DIVINATION. — FOOTNOTES:
14. 14.CHAPTER XII. — ON AMULETS, CHARMS, TALISMANS—PHILTERS, THEIR ORIGIN AND IMAGINARY EFFICACY, ETC. — AMULETS USED BY THE COMMON PEOPLE. — ECCENTRICITIES, CAPRICES, AND EFFECTS, OF THE IMAGINATION. — DOCTRINE OF EFFLUVIA—MIRACULOUS CURES BY MEANS OF CHARMS, AMULETS, ETC.
15. 15.CHAPTER XIII. — ON TALISMANS—SOME CURIOUS, NATURAL ONES, ETC. — FOOTNOTES:
16. 16.CHAPTER XIV. — ON THE MEDICINAL POWERS ATTRIBUTED TO MUSIC BY THE ANCIENTS. — FOOTNOTES:
17. 17.CHAPTER XV. — PRESAGES, PRODIGES, PRESENTIMENTS, ETC. — FOOTNOTES:
18. 18.CHAPTER XVI. — PHENOMENA OF METEORS, OPTIC DELUSIONS, SPECTRA, ETC.
19. 19.CHAPTER XVII. — ELUCIDATION OF SOME ANCIENT PRODIGIES. — MAGICAL PRETENSIONS OF CERTAIN HERBS, ETC. — FOOTNOTES:
20. 20.CHAPTER XVIII. — THE PRACTICE OF OBEAH, OR NEGRO WITCHCRAFT—CHARMS—THEIR KNOWLEDGE OP VEGETABLE POISONS—SECRET POISONING. — FOOTNOTES:
21. 21.CHAPTER XIX. — ON THE ORIGIN AND SUPERSTITIOUS INFLUENCE OP RINGS.
22. 22.CHAPTER XX. — ABSURDITIES OF PARACELSUS, AND VAN HELMONT. — FOOTNOTES:
23. 23.CHAPTER XXI. — MODERN EMPIRICISM. — ON THE TRANSFUSION OP BLOOD FROM ONE ANIMAL TO ANOTHER. — FOOTNOTES:
24. 24.CHAPTER XXII. — THE ROSICRUCIANS OR THEOSOPHISTS.

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