Sketches of the traditions and superstitions of the past times and the marvels of the present day. This work contains a brief but comprehensive account of the occult sciences, and other matters of superstition or religious belief associated with them. It was the aim to combine as much historical and descriptive information as possible, with the great variety of subjects treated in this compendium. As a manual of general information, it professes to be circumstantial and exact as far as it treats any subject, but is not exhaustive in detail.
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A BELIEF in the existence of fairies, or imaginary beings of diminutive stature, exquisite beauty, and unvarying benevolence, and, according to the poetical mythology of Southern Europe, constant frequenters of the haunts of men, appears to have been established in Europe in the dark ages, and may possibly have been borrowed either, through the Jews, from the Arabs in Spain, or, through the crusaders, from Syria and the Holy Land. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
holy vessell, cloth lettered, good amulet, peculiar matter, siege perilous, magnetic sleep, sub voce Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sir Launcelot, Sir Galahad, Sir Robert, Cornelius Agrippa, New Testament, Robin Goodfellow, Holy Ghost, Sir Walter Scott, Van Helmont, Albertus Magnus, Baptista Porta, Jupiter Hammon, King Pelles, Old Testament, Alexander the Great, Del Rio, Greek Church, Holy Spirit, Lord Jesus Christ, Phantom World, Reginald Scot, Roger Bacon, Simon Magus, United States, Aulus Gellius New!
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A BELIEF in the existence of fairies, or imaginary beings of diminutive stature, exquisite beauty, and unvarying benevolence, and, according to the poetical mythology of Southern Europe, constant frequenters of the haunts of men, appears to have been established in Europe in the dark ages, and may possibly have been borrowed either, through the Jews, from the Arabs in Spain, or, through the crusaders, from Syria and the Holy Land. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
holy vessell, cloth lettered, good amulet, peculiar matter, siege perilous, magnetic sleep, sub voce Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sir Launcelot, Sir Galahad, Sir Robert, Cornelius Agrippa, New Testament, Robin Goodfellow, Holy Ghost, Sir Walter Scott, Van Helmont, Albertus Magnus, Baptista Porta, Jupiter Hammon, King Pelles, Old Testament, Alexander the Great, Del Rio, Greek Church, Holy Spirit, Lord Jesus Christ, Phantom World, Reginald Scot, Roger Bacon, Simon Magus, United States, Aulus Gellius New!
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- The Phantom World (Myth Legend & Folklore) by Augustine Calmet on 4 pages
- Philosophy of Mystery by Walter Cooper Dendy on 4 pages
- Discovery of Witchcraft (English Experience) by Reginald Scot on 4 pages
- The Spiritual Guide (Library of Spiritual Classics) by Michael Molinos on page 267, and page 283
- Displaying of Supposed Witchcraft by John Webster on page 29, and page 191
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- A treatise on trigonometry. By George Biddell Airy. by Michigan Historical Reprint Series on 4 pages
- The Occult Sciences: Sketches of the traditions and superstitions of past times, and the marvels of the present day by Edward Smedley; William Cooke Taylor; Henry Thompson; Elihu Rich in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Wilkie Collins's Library: A Reconstruction (Bibliographies and Indexes in World Literature) by William Baker in Front Matter, and page 151
- The History of Gothic Fiction by Markman Ellis on page 187, and page 202
- Crystal Gazing: A Study in the History, Distribution, Theory and Practice of Scrying by Theodore Besterman on page 2, and page 89
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