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English antiquarian folklore and occult

Miscellanies Upon Various Subjects

John Aubrey1696
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A foundational classic of 17th-century folklore. Aubrey, a pioneering antiquarian and Fellow of the Royal Society, recorded numerous reports of supernatural phenomena, omens, and mystical traditions in England, many of which were collected from oral history. It covers topics like day-fatality, second-sight, and apparitions.

Also known asAubrey's Miscellanies
This edition1696
EditionEdward Castle, London
folk divinationEuropean folkloreWestern / English Antiquarianastrologyfolk customsAmulets and charmsDescription of fairy beingsFolklore collectionFolkloreAntiquarianismFolklore & Superstition

Contents32 chapters

  1. 01MISCELLANIES
  2. 02CONTENTS
  3. 03THE LIFE OF JOHN AUBREY.
  4. 04TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE,
  5. 05DAY FATALITY
  6. 06OR, SOME OBSERVATIONS OF DAYS LUCKY AND UNLUCKY
  7. 07OF FATALITIES OF FAMILIES AND PLACES.
  8. 08OSTENTA; OR, PORTENTS.
  9. 09OMENS.
  10. 10DREAMS.
  11. 11APPARITIONS.
  12. 12VOICES.
  13. 13IMPULSES.
  14. 14KNOCKINGS.
  15. 15BLOWS INVISIBLE.
  16. 16PROPHESIES.
  17. 17MIRANDA.
  18. 18MAGICK.
  19. 19TRANSPORTATION BY AN INVISIBLE POWER.
  20. 20VISIONS IN A BERYL OR CRYSTAL.
  21. 21VISIONS WITHOUT A GLASS OR CRYSTAL.
  22. 22CONVERSE WITH ANGELS AND SPIRITS.
  23. 23CORPS-CANDLES IN WALES.
  24. 24ORACLES.
  25. 25ECSTACY.
  26. 26GLANCES OF LOVE AND MALICE.
  27. 27AN ACCURATE ACCOUNT OF SECOND- SIGHTED MEN IN SCOTLAND.
  28. 28ADDITAMENTS OF SECOND-SIGHT.
  29. 29FARTHER ADDITAMENTS.
  30. 30APPENDIX.
  31. 31THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE
  32. 32"Cover"

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