Thaumaturgia, or elucidations of the marvellous / By an Oxonian.

Date:
1835
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    The oracle of Delphos, or Pythian Apollo. Ceremonies practised on consulting oracles. Oracles often equivocal and obscure. . Urim and Thummim. ....•• Reputation of oracles, how lost Cessation of oracles Had demons any share in the oracles ? Of oracles, the artifices of jiriests of false divinities Pate .17 58 61 63 64 66 68 70 CHAPTER Y. The British Druids, or magi—Origin of fairies—Ancient superstitions—Their skill in medicine, etc. The British magi. . CHAPTER VI. A^sculapian mysteries, etc. ...*•• CHAPTER VII. Inferior deities attending mankind from their birth to their decease CHAPTER VIII. Judicial astrology—lu chemical application to the prolongation of life and health—Alchymical delu- . * . . . 102 sions. CHAPTER IX* Alchymical and astrological chimera. . . • • The Horoscope, a tale of the stars 124 The Fated Parricide ; an oriental talc of the stars. . 132