Thaumaturgia; Or, Elucidations of the Marvellous

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Contents113 chapters

1. 01THAUMATURGIA,
2. 02CONTENTS.
3. 03CHAPTER I.
4. 04CHAPTER II.
5. 05CHAPTER III.
6. 06CHAPTER IV.
7. 07CHAPTER V.
8. 08CHAPTER VI.
9. 09CHAPTER VII.
10. 10CHAPTER VIII.
11. 11CHAPTER IX
12. 12CHAPTER X.
13. 13CHAPTER XI.
14. 14CHAPTER XII.
15. 15CHAPTER XIII.
16. 16CHAPTER XIV.
17. 17CHAPTER XV.
18. 18CHAPTER XVI.
19. 19CHAPTER XVII.
20. 20CHAPTER XVIII.
21. 21CHAPTER XIX.
22. 22CHAPTER XX.
23. 23CHAPTER XXI.
24. 24CHAPTER XXII.
25. 25CHAPTER I.
26. 26FOOTNOTES:
27. 27CHAPTER II.
28. 28JEWISH MAGI.
29. 29FOOTNOTES:
30. 30CHAPTER III.
31. 31ON THE SEVERAL KINDS OF MAGIC.
32. 32AUGURY, OR DIVINATIONS DRAWN FROM THE FLIGHT AND FEEDING OP BIRDS.
33. 33ARUSPICES, OR DIVINATIONS DRAWN FROM BRUTE, OR HUMAN SACRIFICES.
34. 34DIVISIONS OP DIVINATION BY THE ANCIENTS—PRODIGIES, ETC.
35. 35FOOTNOTES:
36. 36CHAPTER IV.
37. 37HISTORY OF ORACLES—THE PRINCIPAL ORACLES OF ANTIQUITY.
38. 38THE ORACLE OP JUPITER HAMMON.
39. 39THE ORACLE OF DELPHOS, OR PYTHIAN APOLLO.
40. 40CEREMONIES PRACTISED ON CONSULTING ORACLES.
41. 41ORACLES OFTEN EQUIVOCAL AND OBSCURE.
42. 42URIM AND THUMMIM.
43. 43REPUTATION OF ORACLES, HOW LOST.
44. 44CESSATION OF ORACLES.
45. 45HAD DEMONS ANY SHARE IN THE ORACLES?
46. 46OF ORACLES, THE ARTIFICES OP PRIESTS OP FALSE DIVINITIES.
47. 47FOOTNOTES:
48. 48CHAPTER V.
49. 49THE BRITISH MAGI.
50. 50FOOTNOTES:
51. 51CHAPTER VI.
52. 52FOOTNOTES:
53. 53CHAPTER VII.
54. 54INFERIOR DEITIES ATTENDING MANKIND PROM THEIR BIRTH TO THEIR DECEASE.
55. 55FOOTNOTES:
56. 56CHAPTER VIII.
57. 57JUDICIAL ASTROLOGY—ITS CHEMICAL APPLICATION TO THE PROLONGATION OF LIFE AND HEALTH—ALCHYMICAL DELUSIONS.
58. 58FOOTNOTES:
59. 59CHAPTER IX.
60. 60ALCHYMICAL AND ASTROLOGICAL CHIMERA.
61. 61THE HOROSCOPE, A TALE OF THE STARS.
62. 62THE FATED PARRICIDE; AN ORIENTAL TALE OF THE STARS.
63. 63ADVERTISEMENT.
64. 64SPRING,
65. 65SUMMER,
66. 66AUTUMN
67. 67OF THE WINTER QUARTER.
68. 68FOOTNOTES:
69. 69CHAPTER X.
70. 70ONEIROCRITICAL PRESENTIMENT, ILLUSTRATING THE CAUSE, EFFECTS, PRINCIPAL PHENOMENA, AND DEFINITION OF DREAMS, ETC.
71. 71CAUSE OF DREAMS.
72. 72POETICAL ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE EFFECTS OF THE IMAGINATION IN DREAMS.
73. 73PRINCIPAL PHENOMENA IN DREAMING.
74. 74DEFINITION OF DREAMS.
75. 75CHAPTER XI.
76. 76ON INCUBATION; OR THE ART OF HEALING BY VISIONARY DIVINATION.
77. 77FOOTNOTES:
78. 78CHAPTER XII.
79. 79ON AMULETS, CHARMS, TALISMANS—PHILTERS, THEIR ORIGIN AND IMAGINARY EFFICACY, ETC.
80. 80AMULETS USED BY THE COMMON PEOPLE.
81. 81ECCENTRICITIES, CAPRICES, AND EFFECTS, OF THE IMAGINATION.
82. 82DOCTRINE OF EFFLUVIA—MIRACULOUS CURES BY MEANS OF CHARMS, AMULETS, ETC.
83. 83CHAPTER XIII.
84. 84ON TALISMANS—SOME CURIOUS, NATURAL ONES, ETC.
85. 85FOOTNOTES:
86. 86CHAPTER XIV.
87. 87ON THE MEDICINAL POWERS ATTRIBUTED TO MUSIC BY THE ANCIENTS.
88. 88FOOTNOTES:
89. 89CHAPTER XV.
90. 90PRESAGES, PRODIGES, PRESENTIMENTS, ETC.
91. 91FOOTNOTES:
92. 92CHAPTER XVI.
93. 93PHENOMENA OF METEORS, OPTIC DELUSIONS, SPECTRA, ETC.
94. 94CHAPTER XVII.
95. 95ELUCIDATION OF SOME ANCIENT PRODIGIES.
96. 96MAGICAL PRETENSIONS OF CERTAIN HERBS, ETC.
97. 97FOOTNOTES:
98. 98CHAPTER XVIII.
99. 99THE PRACTICE OF OBEAH, OR NEGRO WITCHCRAFT—CHARMS—THEIR KNOWLEDGE OP VEGETABLE POISONS—SECRET POISONING.
100. 100FOOTNOTES:
101. 101CHAPTER XIX.
102. 102ON THE ORIGIN AND SUPERSTITIOUS INFLUENCE OP RINGS.
103. 103CHAPTER XX.
104. 104ABSURDITIES OF PARACELSUS, AND VAN HELMONT.
105. 105FOOTNOTES:
106. 106CHAPTER XXI.
107. 107MODERN EMPIRICISM.
108. 108ON THE TRANSFUSION OP BLOOD FROM ONE ANIMAL TO ANOTHER.
109. 109FOOTNOTES:
110. 110CHAPTER XXII.
111. 111THE ROSICRUCIANS OR THEOSOPHISTS.
112. 112THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE
113. 113"Cover"

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