The History of Magic, Volume 2H.G. Bohn, 1854 |
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... believe what they did not see . They were also to be on their guard against conversing with ignorant priests and youths upon them . On future occasions the tragedians were the only persons who spoke to the people of the high and solemn ...
... believe what they did not see . They were also to be on their guard against conversing with ignorant priests and youths upon them . On future occasions the tragedians were the only persons who spoke to the people of the high and solemn ...
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... believe others , men , who , on account of their discoveries and proficiency in art , deserved well of the community : being said to be the first who made images of the gods . There was in Greece originally no district of sorcery , in ...
... believe others , men , who , on account of their discoveries and proficiency in art , deserved well of the community : being said to be the first who made images of the gods . There was in Greece originally no district of sorcery , in ...
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... believe that we have adduced sufficient evidence that magic was contained in the ancient mytho- logies ; that mythology in many respects only receives its true interpretation from the point of view afforded by the THE SYMBOLIC HORNS AND ...
... believe that we have adduced sufficient evidence that magic was contained in the ancient mytho- logies ; that mythology in many respects only receives its true interpretation from the point of view afforded by the THE SYMBOLIC HORNS AND ...
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... believe them , when , at least , in the beginning , the accused denied their existence , and suffered no tortures to extort a confession from them . There were , however , all sorts of books and writings which taught how people might be ...
... believe them , when , at least , in the beginning , the accused denied their existence , and suffered no tortures to extort a confession from them . There were , however , all sorts of books and writings which taught how people might be ...
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... believe in the miracles performed by the devil as in those performed by God the Father and Son . Thence it came that people rather consented to enter , as it were , silently into the alliance of the devil than to expose themselves to ...
... believe in the miracles performed by the devil as in those performed by God the Father and Son . Thence it came that people rather consented to enter , as it were , silently into the alliance of the devil than to expose themselves to ...
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