1855. Additional authors include Reverend Henry Thompson and Elihu Rich. The following pages contain a brief but comprehensive account of the Occult Sciences, and other matters of superstitious or religious belief associated with them. The Contents are divided into the following Parts: The Belief in Supernatural Beings; Localities; The Exercise of Occult Power; Psychological Experiences; Wonders of Divination; and Natural and Artificial Charms.
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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 - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sir Launcelot, Sir Galahad, Sir Robert, Cornelius Agrippa, New Testament, Holy Ghost, Robin Goodfellow, Sir Walter Scott, Jesu Christ, Van Helmont, Albertus Magnus, Baptista Porta, King Pelles, Old Testament, Philosophy of Mystery, Alexander the Great, Del Rio, Greek Church, Holy Spirit, Jupiter Hammon, Lord Jesus Christ, Reginald Scot, Roger Bacon, Simon Magus, United States 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 - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sir Launcelot, Sir Galahad, Sir Robert, Cornelius Agrippa, New Testament, Holy Ghost, Robin Goodfellow, Sir Walter Scott, Jesu Christ, Van Helmont, Albertus Magnus, Baptista Porta, King Pelles, Old Testament, Philosophy of Mystery, Alexander the Great, Del Rio, Greek Church, Holy Spirit, Jupiter Hammon, Lord Jesus Christ, Reginald Scot, Roger Bacon, Simon Magus, United States New!
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- The Phantom World (Myth Legend & Folklore) by Augustine Calmet on 4 pages
- Discovery of Witchcraft (English Experience) by Reginald Scot on 4 pages
- Philosophy of Mystery by Walter Cooper Dendy on 4 pages
- The Spiritual Guide (Library of Spiritual Classics) by Michael Molinos on page 267, and page 283
- Occult Sciences by Edward Smedley in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
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