Demonologia
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Demonologia;
OR,
NATURAL KNOWLEDGE REVEALED.
W. WILSON, PRINTER, 57, SKINNER-STREET, LONDON.
BEING
AN EXPOSÉ
Ancient and Modern Superstitions,
CREDULITY, FANATICISM, ENTHUSIASM, & IMPOSTURE,
AS CONNECTED WITH THE
DOCTRINE, CABALLA, AND JARGON,
J. S. Forsyth
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CONTENTS.
PREFACE.
OBSERVATIONS ON ANCIENT AND
PROOFS AND TRIALS OF GUILT IN SUPERSTITIOUS AGES.
NATURAL ASTROLOGY
JUDICIAL OR JUDICIARY ASTROLOGY
HISTORY OF POPULAR MEDICINES, ETC.—HOW INFLUENCED BY SUPERSTITION.
ALKAHEST, OR ALCAHEST,
MAGICIAN.
MAGI, OR MAGEANS,
MAGIC, MAGIA, MATEIA,
PREDICTION.
FATALISM, OR PREDESTINATION.
DIVINATION,
Artificial Divination,
ORACLE.
OURAN, OR URAN, SOANGUS,
FATE.
APPARITIONS.
DEUTEROSCOPIA, OR SECOND-SIGHT.
SORCERY.
SORTES.—SORTILEGIUM.
SIBYLS.
TALISMANS.
HELL,
INQUISITION.
DEMON,
DEMONOLOGY.
THE DEMON OF JEDBURGH.
THE GHOST OF JULIUS CÆSAR.
GIPSIES—EGYPTIANS.
MONKS AND FRIARS.—SAINTS AND HERMITS.
HOLY RELIQUE-MANIA.