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  • The certainty of the world of spirits. Fully evinced by unquestionable histories of apparitions and witchcrafts, operations, voices, etc. Proving the immortality of souls, the malice and miseries of the devils and the damned, and the blessedness of the justified / Written for the conviction of sadduces & infidels. By Richard Baxter.
  • The certainty of the world of spirits. Fully evinced by unquestionable histories of apparitions and witchcrafts, operations, voices, etc. Proving the immortality of souls, the malice and miseries of the devils and the damned, and the blessedness of the justified / Written for the conviction of sadduces & infidels. By Richard Baxter.
  • The certainty of the world of spirits. Fully evinced by unquestionable histories of apparitions and witchcrafts, operations, voices, etc. Proving the immortality of souls, the malice and miseries of the devils and the damned, and the blessedness of the justified / Written for the conviction of sadduces & infidels. By Richard Baxter.
  • The certainty of the world of spirits. Fully evinced by unquestionable histories of apparitions and witchcrafts, operations, voices, etc. Proving the immortality of souls, the malice and miseries of the devils and the damned, and the blessedness of the justified / Written for the conviction of sadduces & infidels. By Richard Baxter.
  • The certainty of the world of spirits. Fully evinced by unquestionable histories of apparitions and witchcrafts, operations, voices, etc. Proving the immortality of souls, the malice and miseries of the devils and the damned, and the blessedness of the justified / Written for the conviction of sadduces & infidels. By Richard Baxter.
  • A stone containing spirit-children.
  • Chinese woodcut: Spirit of the lung
  • Suppenbrunnzer, dove of the Holy Spirit.
  • Chinese woodcut: The spirit of the liver
  • Spirit-scaring effigy (Kareau), Nicobar Islands. Male
  • Russel, His elixirated spirit of scurvy ...
  • The Eight Techniques of the Spirit Tortoise, woodcut
  • Daoyin technique for cultivating Original Spirit, C19 Chinese
  • Sweet spirit of nitre for cattle / Hine and Son, chemists.
  • Spirit canoe, Alaska. Among the Kwakiutle people of British Columbia it was customary to release a spirit canoe in the water, when a body was buried near a shore, in order to send the soul or spirit of the dead person on its journey.
  • Nepal; street of dentists, Kathmandu 1986. In 1982, there were 17 government-trained dental surgeons in Nepal, some of whom practised in this street. For those too fearful or who could not afford to visit one of these surgeries, a nearby shrine was dedicated to Vaisha Dev, the god of toothache. Surrounding the god was a plank of wood into which thousands of nails had been driven. Planting a nail was believed to get rid of toothache by pinning down all evil spirits and influences.
  • The displaying of supposed witchcraft. Wherein is affirmed that there are many sorts of deceivers and impostors. And divers persons under a passive delusion of melancholy and fancy. But that there is a corporeal league made betwixt the devil and the witch, or that he sucks on the witches body...or the like, is utterly denied and disproved. Wherein also is handled, the existence of angels and spirits, the truth of apparitions...the force of charms, and philters; with other abstruse matters / By John Webster.
  • John baptises Christ; the holy spirit descends. Etching by J. Mynde, c. 1737.
  • The Holy Spirit initiates the Pentecost. Engraving by A. Mochetti after N. Poussin (?).
  • The decapitation of a saint; the spirit being received by two angels (?). Woodcut.
  • Customers drink and smoke in a spirit shop in South Africa. Wood engraving, c. 1877.
  • Pneumatics: an air-rifle and a kind of spirit lamp [?]. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1802.
  • A cascade of three Sacred Hearts inspired by the Holy Spirit, with filigree border. Coloured cut paper work.
  • Memoirs for the natural history of humane blood, especially the spirit of that liquor / By the honourable Robert Boyle.
  • The Virgin reads her Bible as the angel appears with the Holy Spirit. Engraving by J. Collaert after J. Straet.
  • Doll, spirit figure, in Ivory, Eskimo. Finely carved facial features. Head perforated through ears, and cotton threaded to represent hair.
  • The discouerie of witchcraft, wherein the lewde dealing of witches and witchmongers is notablie detected, the knauerie of coniurors, the impietie of inchantors, the follie of soothsaiers, the impudent falshood of cousenors, the infidelitie of atheists, the pestilent practices of Pythonists, the curiositie of figurecasters, the vanitie of dreamers, the beggerlie art of Alcumystrie, the abhomination of idolatrie, the horrible art of poisoning, the vertue and power of naturall magike, and all the conueiances of legierdemaine and iuggling are deciphered. And many other things opened, which have long lien hidden, howbeit verie necessarie to be knowne. : Heerevnto is added a treatise vpon the nature and substance of spirits and diuels, &c: / all latelie written by Reginald Scot. Esquire.
  • Play safe always & all ways : samedi 1er décembre 2012 : Journée mondiale de lutte contre le Sida / Spirit of Star & Silence Events.
  • Play safe always & all ways : samedi 1er décembre 2012 : Journée mondiale de lutte contre le Sida / Spirit of Star & Silence Events.
  • A Men Sheu (warrior spirit) brandishing two swords, with a small figure carrying a flower at his side. Colour woodcut, China 18--.