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Bible. Apocrypha. Tobit 6. The angel informs Tobias that the liver and heart of the fish will cure demoniac possession, while the gall will cure blindness. The fish had threatened to swallow Tobias (Tobit 6.2), but the writer tells us only that it was "a large fish"

1 print : etching ; platemark 33.1 x 21 cm

At the advice of the angel, Tobias carves up the fish to retrieve its medicinal properties. Etching.

The devils of Loudun / [Aldous Huxley].

Christ heals a dumb, mentally ill child. Woodcut.

1 print : etching with line engraving ; image 17.6 x 29.1 cm

Christ heals two possessed men; in the background swine leap off a cliff. Engraving.

Eighteenth Century collections online

Letters to the Rev. Dr. Worthington, In Answer to his late Publication, intitled, An impartial enquiry into the Case of the gospel demoniacks. By Hugh Farmer.

A true and most dreadfull discourse of a woman [Margaret Cooper] possessed with deuill; who in the likenesse of a headlesse beare fetcher her out of her bedd ... on the fower and twentie of May last. 1584, at Dichet in Sommersetshire.

Culture, trance and mental illness : divided consciousness in South Asia / Richard Joseph Castillo.

Bible N.T. Matthew 17, verses 14-21: "And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying, Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water. And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him. Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me. And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour. Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out? And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting."
Bible N.T. Mark 9, verses 16-27: "And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit; And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not. He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me. And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming. And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child. And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us. Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief. When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him. And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead. But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose. And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out? And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting."

18 prints : stipple engravings ; various sizes

Heads of figures in Raphael's painting of the Transfiguration of Christ. Stipple engravings by J. Godby after I.L. Goubaud after Raphael.

Possession, demoniacal and other : among primitive races in antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times / by T.K. Oesterreich ; [trans. D. Ibberson].

Bible, N.T. Matthew 15.21-28; Mark 7.24-30: "Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs. And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table. Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour" (Matthew 15.21-28)

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At the advice of the angel, Tobias carves up the fish to retrieve its medicinal properties. Etching.

The devils of Loudun / [Aldous Huxley].

Christ heals a dumb, mentally ill child. Woodcut.

Christ heals two possessed men; in the background swine leap off a cliff. Engraving.

Letters to the Rev. Dr. Worthington, In Answer to his late Publication, intitled, An impartial enquiry into the Case of the gospel demoniacks. By Hugh Farmer.

A true and most dreadfull discourse of a woman [Margaret Cooper] possessed with deuill; who in the likenesse of a headlesse beare fetcher her out of her bedd ... on the fower and twentie of May last. 1584, at Dichet in Sommersetshire.

Culture, trance and mental illness : divided consciousness in South Asia / Richard Joseph Castillo.

Heads of figures in Raphael's painting of the Transfiguration of Christ. Stipple engravings by J. Godby after I.L. Goubaud after Raphael.

Possession, demoniacal and other : among primitive races in antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times / by T.K. Oesterreich ; [trans. D. Ibberson].

The Canaanite (or Syrophoenician) woman asks Christ to cure her possessed daughter. Etching after Francisque (J.F. Millet).

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At the advice of the angel, Tobias carves up the fish to retrieve its medicinal properties. Etching.

The devils of Loudun / [Aldous Huxley].

Christ heals a dumb, mentally ill child. Woodcut.

Christ heals two possessed men; in the background swine leap off a cliff. Engraving.

Letters to the Rev. Dr. Worthington, In Answer to his late Publication, intitled, An impartial enquiry into the Case of the gospel demoniacks. By Hugh Farmer.

A true and most dreadfull discourse of a woman [Margaret Cooper] possessed with deuill; who in the likenesse of a headlesse beare fetcher her out of her bedd ... on the fower and twentie of May last. 1584, at Dichet in Sommersetshire.

Culture, trance and mental illness : divided consciousness in South Asia / Richard Joseph Castillo.

Heads of figures in Raphael's painting of the Transfiguration of Christ. Stipple engravings by J. Godby after I.L. Goubaud after Raphael.

Possession, demoniacal and other : among primitive races in antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times / by T.K. Oesterreich ; [trans. D. Ibberson].

The Canaanite (or Syrophoenician) woman asks Christ to cure her possessed daughter. Etching after Francisque (J.F. Millet).

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