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

Date:
1835
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Credit: Thaumaturgia, or elucidations of the marvellous / By an Oxonian. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Page Application of astrology to the prolongation of life, Advertisement. Spring, Summer. Autumn, Of the winter quarter. influences of, etc. 137 . 146 . 149 . 150 , 152 CHAPTER X. Oneirocritical presentiment, illustrating the cause,effects, principal phenomena, and definition of dreams, etc. . 154 Cause of Dreams . Poetical illustrations of the effects of the imagination 1 C Q in dreams. Principal phenomena in dreaming. . . . • 162 Definition of dreams. . . • • • ■ .170 CHAPTER XI. On Incubation, or the art of healing by visionary divi- nation. . 178 CHAPTER XII. On amulets, charms, talismans—Philters, their origin and imaginary efficacy, etc 197 Amulets used by the common people 200 Eccentricities, caprices, and effects, of the imagination. 203 Doctrine of Effluvia—Miraculous cures by means of charms, amulets, etc. . 207 CHAPTER XIII. On talismans—some curious natural ones, etc. . 214