tians, i. 141.

Matikon, theories of a mystical work
entitled, i. 276.

Matter, Agrippa on the nature of, ii. 254.
Maxwell's views on magnetism, ii.
257-260.

Melampus, celebrated cures of, i. 360.
Mesmer, Dr., on animal magnetism,
ii. 330.

Mesmeric influence of magnetism, ii.
335.

Mesmerism, so called after the dis-
coverer of animal magnetism, ii. 30.
Middle Ages, amulets and charms of
the, ii. 95.

-, magic of the, ii. 117.

Mind, the spiritual in the, ii. 137.
Mineral and animal magnetism, ana-
logy between, ii. 331.
Minerva, mythological parentage of,
ii. 49.

Miracles and magnetism, i. 335.
of the Apostles, i. 317.

- performed by Esculapius, i. 360.
recorded in the Gospels, i. 310.
Mirror, divination by means of a,
455.

ii.

Miss Rachel Baker, the sleeping
preacher, ii. 442.

Molitor's researches into the Cabbalah,
i. 8.

story of a Jewess, i. 21.

Mystic symbols in Nature, ii. 29.
Myth, great antiquity of the, ii. 9.
of Hercules, ii. 25; explained, ïi.
67.

Montanism, elements of, ii. 82.
Montanists and Paulists, ii. 83.
Montezuma's sister, supposed death
of, i. 78.

Moral writings of Plutarch, i. 408-
418.

Mora, witch-trial at, ii. 179.

fasting of, i. 107.

Northern mythology the work of the
Scalds, ii. 108.

Numa, destruction of the books of, ii.
11.

Numeral 4, the, sacred to the Pytha-
goreans, i. 395.

Murder discovered by an apparition,

ii. 343-345.

prevented by an apparition, ii. 370.
Musæus and Orpheus, i. 353.
Mysteries, ancient Egyptian, i. 237.
Mysterious monuments of the Egyp-
tians, i. 254.

Magicon, i. 394, 396.
Numerals, Plato's views regarding, i.
399.

OAK of Dodona, in Epirus, i. 378.
Obeah, or African witchcraft, ii. 475.
"Obi," etymology of the word, ii. 478.

the, i. 273.

Old Testament meaning of the word
'angel," ii. 132.

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Oracle mentioned by Strabo, i. 374.
of Amphiaraus, i. 373.

of Apollo described by Iamblichus,
i. 374.

of Jupiter described by Herodotus,
i. 375.

the Pythian, i. 371.
Oracles, Plutarch regarding, i. 409-
418.

Oriental, Greek, and Germanic magic,
the three periods of, i. 155.

nations, various forms of magic
among the, i. 191.
Orientals, magic among the, i. 172.
philosophy of the, i. 175.
Original man, Plato's, i. 401.
Origin of mythology, Schweigger on
the, ii. 3.

Druids, ii. 86.

in antiquity, i. 58.
Priests of Isis, the, i. 245.
Principal features of Egyptian belief,
i. 269.

Principles of the Parsee faith, i. 218.
Prophecies of Elijah and Elisha, i.
292.

-

of Dryden regarding his son ful-
filled, ii. 450.

of the Dodonian priestesses, i. 382.
— of Veleda, ii. 90.
Prophetic delirium in inflammatory
diseases of the brain, i. 71.

visions of Saul and Samuel, i. 291.
women of ancient Germany, ii. 89.
women of the Cimbrians, ii. 91.
Prophets of Israel, the, i. 299.
Psychological oracular sentence related
by Pausanias, i. 382.
Pythagoras in Egypt, i. 241.
Pythagoras's theory of magic, i.. 126.
- mode of instruction, i. 398..
Pythagorean numeral theory, signifi-
cation of the, i. 394, 396.
Pythagoreans, opinions of the, i. 147.
Pythian oracle, the, consulted by
Croesus of Lydia, i. 371.

QUINTUS on dreams and divination,
i. 135.

RAPPINGS, account of the, in America,
ii. 491-518.

Records of singular cures by the
magnet, ii. 334.

Religious sentiment of the Shemites,.
i. 173.

Remarkable apparitions, accounts of,
ii. 341-388.

dreams, accounts of, ii. 410-422.
dreams mentioned by Cicero, i. 53.
trial concerning an apparition, ii.
374.

Resumé, ii. 329-340.

Revelations in the Witch-hammer, ii.
163.

Rev. W. Tennant, trance of the, ii.
429.

SAINTS, visions and inspirations of
the, i. 93-99.

Salem witchcraft, account of the, ii.
510-518.

Salic laws against witchcraft, ii. 93.
Sammonicus's Abracadabra, i. 12'.
Samothrace, great antiquity of the
secrets of, i. 353.

Saracens, Arabic learning brought to
Spain by the, ii. 93.

Satan of the Bible, ii. 131.
Saul and Samuel, prophetic visions of
i. 291.

Scandinavia, magie of, ii. 97.
-, the Gomes, Pigmies, &c. of, ii.

dream, ii. 414.

Sibyllinic books, history of the, i. 427.
Sibyls, abodes of the, i. 429.
history of the, i. 423.
enumerated by Varro, i. 424.
Siderit, another name for the magnet,
ii. 332.

Sieve, divination by means of a,. ii.
455.

Significance of the god Hermes, ii. 43.

of the mythic Bacchus, ii. 61.
Singular cures related by Aristides, i.
387.

prediction narrated by M. de la
Harpe, ii. 445.

Sleeping preacher, the, ii. 442.
Smoke, divination by means of, ii. 455.
Somnambulism of Agostine Fosari,
ii. 440.

Society of Flagellants, ii. 216.
Socrates on madness, i. 402.
Socratic warnings as attested by his
scholar Xenophon, i. 404.
Somnambulism a subject of early in-
vestigation, i. 64.
nature of, i. 64.
variously defined, i. 65.
of Agostine Fosari, ii. 440.
Sons of Heaven, or the Dioscuri, ii. 23.
Soothsaying, Cicero on, i. 58.
Soothing effects of the Kyphi, i. 419.
Sophisms mingled with Christianity,
i. 309..
Sorcery-bull of Innocent VIII. ii. 155.
Sorcery of the Thessalonians, i. 352..
Southern France the nursery of the
black art, ii. 151.

Soul, Plato's views regarding the, i.
400.

views of the Stoics regarding the,
i. 144..
Spasms at the witch trials, ii. 211.
Spirit-rappings, Judge Edmonds' in-
quiry into the, ii. 495.
Spirits and angels, ii. 133.
Spirits, good and evil, ii. 129.

influence, ii. 247.

Various definitions of somnambulism,
i. 65.

Varro, sibyls enumerated by, i. 424.
Veleda, prophecies of, ii. 90.
Ventriloquism, divination by means
of, ii. 457.

Verulam (Lord) on the powers of
amulets, ii. 484.

Vespasian's power of healing, i. 247.
Vestal fires, ii. 31.

Views of Paracelsus, ii. 239.
Vision of Benvenuto Cellini, i. 77.
· of Daniel, i. 303.

Visions and inspirations of the Brah-
mins, i. 193.