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LONDON:
SCHULZE AND CO. 13 POLAND STREET.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
Demonology-The Devil, a most unaccountable person-
age-Who is he ?-His predilection for old women-
Traditions concerning evil spirits &c.
CHAPTER II.
Magic and Magical rites.
Jewish magi.
CHAPTER III.
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On the several kinds of magic.
Augury, or divinations drawn from the flight and feed-
ing of birds.
Aruspices, or divinations drawn from brute or human
sacrifices.
Divisions of divination by the ancients-prodigies, etc.
CHAPTER IV.
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46
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51
History of Oracles-The principal oracles of antiquity. 54
The oracle of Jupiter Hammon.
55
The oracle of Delphos, or Pythian Apollo.
Ceremonies practised on consulting oracles.
Oracles often equivocal and obscure.
Had demons any share in the oracles?
Of oracles, the artifices of priests of false divinities
CHAPTER V.
The British Druids, or magi-Origin of fairies-Ancient
superstitions-Their skill in medicine, etc.
The British magi.
75
Esculapian mysteries, etc.
. 91
CHAPTER VII.
Inferior deities attending mankind from their birth to
their decease.
CHAPTER VIII.
Judicial astrology-Its chemical application to the
prolongation of life and health-Alchymical delu-
sions.
CHAPTER IX
. 96
102
The Fated Parricide; an oriental tale of the stars.
Application of astrology to the prolongation of life, etc. 137
Oneirocritical presentiment, illustrating the cause, effects,
principal phenomena, and definition of dreams, etc.
Cause of Dreams.
Poetical illustrations of the effects of the imagination
. 154
157
On Incubation, or the art of healing by visionary divi-
nation.
CHAPTER XII.
On amulets, charms, talismans-Philters, their origin
and imaginary efficacy, etc.
. 178
. 197
Amulets used by the common people.
200
Eccentricities, caprices, and effects, of the imagination. 203
Doctrine of Effluvia-Miraculous cures by means of