Adam’s sin, brings countless woes on man, [12].
Agnus Dei, [63];
its power, [64].
Ahriman, affirmed to have been Judaized in “Satan,” [35];
repelled at Marathon, [36];
his power over man limited, [47];
author of black magic, [54].
Alexander, conquers Asia, but helps the triumph of dualism, [37].
Ammonius Sacca, tries to restore Neoplatonism, [40].
Amulets employed in Church-magic, [62], [63].
Angels, belong to the lowest hierarchy, [5];
have the care of mortals, [6].
Appolonius of Tyana, deemed the peer of Christ in gift of miracles, [40], [163].
Archangels, part of the lowest hierarchy, [5];
protect religion, [6].
Archetypes, world of, i. e., the Empyrean, [1];
all celestial things are in the Empyrean; are immaterial, [6].
Aristotle’s method revives science, [44].
Astrology, introduction to (Table II. of correspondences), [127].
Atmosphere of earth situate next below space of the moon, [2].
Augustine, a Manicheian, [43];
last of the fathers educated in philosophy, [44];
quoted on baptism, [57];
quoted on the existence of fauns, satyrs, etc., [162];
believes in the existence of were-wolves, [206].
Baptism, copied, in anticipation, in the Mithras mysteries, [57].
Baptismal water, its various efficacy, [58].
Bartholomeus Chassaneus, instructs how to proceed in the courts against common pests, [78].
Benoit de Montferrand, bishop of Lausanne, excommunicates may-bugs, [75], [76].
Bereshit, its mystic meaning, [144].
Bethesda, the efficacy of the water in its pool inferior to that of baptism, [57].
Bishop Gerhard, converts the heretics of Arras, [60].
Boethius, on the basis of creation, [124].
Borrichius (Olaf Borch) cited, [115].
Bunsen’s Gott in der Geschichte, quoted, [93], [94], [175].
Cabalists’ method of searching out the inner meaning of the Bible, [144];
discover the seventy-two mystical names of God, [146].
Christian fathers, one of, doubts if his way of attaining perfection is the only one, [32];
one of, declares every thing in heathen thought to be of the devil, [42].
Church the, prepared for by election of the Jews, and founded by Christ, [14];
is one body; accumulates a wealth of supererogatory works, and grants remission of guilt also to dead, [15];
a mole against the tide of sin, [16];
the kingdom of God on earth; her destiny universal extension, [18];
can not check the growth of sin; her emblem an ark, [22];
the only legitimate bodily physician, [68];
forbids at several councils the secular practice of medicine, [72].
Church bells, their power against the demons, [74].
Clemens of Alexandria, fights for the union of belief and thought, [41];
quoted on the mission of philosophy, [42];
rejects the doctrine of eternal punishment, [43].
Colquhoun quoted, [200].
Conception-billets described, [64-66].
“Conjurer of Hell,” [148].
Contrast between state of Society in Middle Ages and Hellenic and later European civilizations due to different theories of the universe, [29].
Cosmic Philosophy of Middle Ages, [1-28].
Cyprianus and others enter into league with Satan, [165].
Delrio, ascribes the origin of witchcraft to Zoroaster, [45].
Demonianism, cured by the Church, [70].
Demons, fallen intelligences of the middle hierarchy, [11];
war against the good angels; cause storms and drouth; pervade the elements, [12];
entice man, [13];
able to take full possession of men, [25].
Deutsche Theologie, quoted on the nature of evil, [26].
Differences between the dualism of Zoroaster and the Christian, [46-48].
Dissection prohibited, [71].
Dominion, order of angels, receives the commands of God, [5].
Dualism, of the Middle Ages affirmed to have been derived from Persia, [34];
its conflict with the unitarian notions of Greece the sum of history between Cyrus and Constantine; wins a flank-position on the Mediterranean upon the return of the Jews from captivity; its demon-belief testified to by the many demoniacs in the time of Christ, [35];
magic and belief upon authority its necessary consequences, [36];
derived from Zoroaster, [38];
spreads over the Roman provinces, [39];
advances against Europe, as Manicheism, [43];
is finally absolute and brings on the Dark Ages, [44];
is intensified after entering Christianity, [46],
and undergoes changes, [47], [48];
attacks the inner authority, [92].
Earth, encompassed by ten heavens, [1];
made a paradise for man; explains symbolically man’s destiny, [8].
Egidius, opposes fire-worship, [171].
Electrum magicum, [138].
Elements, four prime in the constitution of all things, [3].
Eleusinian mysteries, fragments of, preserved in magic of the learned, [117].
Empire, third order of angels, ward off all hindrances, [5].
Empyrean, the heaven of fire; world of archetypes, [1];
remains after the final conflagration, [26].
Europe, belief, of in Middle Ages, [1];
defeats dualism, [36];
goes into the enemy’s country, [37].
Eucharist, perennial source of power and sanctification, [59].
Faust, quoted, [98], [109].
Faust-legend, at first proposed to employ H. C. Agrippa as its chief character, [221].
Field-rats prosecuted, [78-80].
Formula against bloody-flux, [215];
against epilepsy, [215].
Formulary of malediction used by priests, [81], [82].
Gnosticism springs up, [38].
God, enthroned in the Empyrean, [1];
associates with man, [8-9].
Gregory IX. exhorts to a crusade against the Stedinghs, [174].
Gregory the Great, mentioned, [44], [60];
forbade the abrogation of pagan festivities, [160].
Heaven of crystal, next beneath Empyrean,—primum mobile; of fixed stars, devoid of weight, [2].
Hell, becomes a place of punishment, [11];
remains after final conflagration, [26].
Henricus Cornelius Agrippa ab Nettesheim, on God as the source of all power, [3], [4];
is not chosen to represent the magician in the Faust-legend, [221].
Heretics of Arras, their belief, [60].
Hermes Trismegistus, transmuted whatever he chose to gold, [115].
Hincmar, archb. of Rheims, propounds a remedy against witch-knots, [216].
Hippocrates, mentioned, [71], [72].
Historical development of Middle-age Cosmic Philosophy, [28-51].
History, a spiritual comedy, [23].
Homunculus philosophicus, how produced, [132], [133].
Horst’s Demonomagie quoted, [199].
Houses of the planets, [134].
“Hubertus-bands” and “Hubertus-keys,” [69].
Images, their miraculous properties, [67], [68].
Incense appropriate for Mars, [139].
“Incubi” and “succubi,” [167].
Inevitable causation, not admitted in the Middle Age Cosmic philosophy, [4].
Isis, secrets of entrusted to the sons of Ham, [114].
Jacob’s ladder, structure of the universe likened to, [6].
Jamblichus, practices secret arts, to outrival Christian magi, [40].
Jean Bodin, ascribes witchcraft to Zoroaster, [45].
John of Salisbury upon witch-festivals, [173].
Judaico-Alexandrian philosophy blooms, [38].
Jupiter belonging to the second of the planetary spaces, [2].
Knowledge of highest truths revealed to man, [20].
Lucifer, prince of Seraphim, [9];
revolts, and wars with Michael, [10];
is conquered, is permitted to tempt man, [10];
transformed into an angel of light, [12];
triumphs, [14].
Luther, on Satanic malice as the cause of accidents, [24], [25];
esteems highly “Deutsche Theologie,” [26];
Tischreden quoted, [168];
referred to, [199].
Lycanthropy of the Middle Ages, [205-207].
“Magia Divina,” quoted [130-133].
Magic, of the Church, [51-94];
what enters into all employment of it, [53], [54];
white and black magic, celestial and diabolical, [54];
of the Church defined, [92].
—Magic of the Learned, [95-158];
is derived from various sources, [116];
first principle of, [128].
—Magic of the People, [158-224];
black magic and devil worship, [164].
Magician, the learned of the 15th century, [100];
his apartments described, [105], [108], [110];
explains his science, [112-129];
performs an incantation, [129-155].
Malice of the devil, causes unforeseen accidents, [24], [25].
Man, a microcosm; must dwell on earth, [7];
at first happy, [8].
Mandrake, superstitions concerning, [201].
Manicheism, new form of dualism; advances against Europe; finds a follower in Augustine, [43].
Marathon, Salamis and Platæa really battle-fields of a religious war, [35].
Mars, situate in the third of the planetary spaces, [2].
Matter, devoid of force and all quality, [3].
May-bugs excommunicated, [75].
Men are often terrified into an alliance with the devil, [25].
Mercury, path of in planetary world, [2].
Middle Ages, Cosmic Philosophy of, [1-28];
historical origin of, [28-55], [94].
Miracles, defined, [4].
Mithras mysteries, contain a copy, by anticipation, of the sacrament of baptism, [57];
imitate other mysteries of the Church, [58], [60].
Moon, path of, [2].
“Mus exenteratus,” etc., quoted, [60].
Native spirits popularly believed to inhabit land, air and water, [202].
Nature, knowledge of, same as a knowledge of the angels, [5].
Neoplatonism arises, [40].
Nine revolving heavens, [1].
Nork’s “Sitten und Gebräuche der Deutschen,” etc., quoted, [202].
Number 72, its significance, [143], [144];
number 488, [147].
Origen, attempts to unite belief and thought, [41];
rejects the doctrine of eternal punishment, [43].
Origin of the names of the days of the week, [135], [136].
Ormuzd and Ahriman, are the real adversaries repelled at Marathon, [36];
author of white magic, [54].
Pentecost, its gifts transmitted, [91].
Peter de Abano, author of an important question, [97].
Perpetuum mobile naturæ, method of producing, [130], [131].
Pierre Delancre complains against witch-knots, [216].
Philosophy, system of possible within the Church, [20];
adherents of the scholastic may use Aristotle’s dialectics, [21].
Planetary world, next beneath that of fixed stars, [2];
consisting of seven heavens, [2].
Planets guided by angels, [3];
influence the elements and man, [134], [135].
Plotinus, tries to restore Neoplatonism, [40].
Pope, feudal lord of emperors, [18];
determines the true inductions of philosophy, [21];
Sergius III., [63];
Urban Vitus, [65].
Pope John XXII., complains that his life is endangered by sorcerers, [177].
Pope Innocent VIII., puts forth a bull against the spread of sorcery, [178].
Popular maxims of superstition, [208-211].
Power, from a spiritual source only, [3];
communicated to the heavens and the earth by angels, [3].
Power, order of angels, guide the stars and planets, [5].
Principalities, Archangels, and Angels, the third and lowest hierarchy, hold supremacy over terrestrial things, [5], [6].
Principalities, part of the lowest hierarchy of angels, guardian spirits of nations, [6].
Proclus, last Neoplatonician, [44].
Pythagoras, glorified as fit to rank with Christ in miraculous gifts, [40];
believed the universe founded on numbers, [124].
Rain-processions in the Middle Ages, [74].
Reason, darkened by apostacy, [13].
“Recognitiones divi Clementis ad Jacob.,” quoted, [165].
Reformation, retains somewhat of the Church-magic, [92].
Relics, their magical use, [66].
Remigius, ascribes witchcraft to Zoroaster, [45].
Renaissance, overthrew the darkness and superstition of the Middle Ages, [222-223].
Saints, intercession of, more effective than that of Seraphim, [17];
not disturbed by misery of the damned, [27];
have control over various diseases, [69].
Satan, the Judaized Ahriman, [35].
Saturn, belonging to the first of the planetary spaces, [2].
Scale of the Holy Tetrad (Table I.), [123].
Schemhamphoras, or God’s mystical names, [144], [146].
Scholastici errantes, [220].
Science the, of the Greeks is rational, originates logic and geometry; of the Middle Ages is magic, [30].
Scotus Erigena, mentioned, [44].
Seraphim, Cherubim and Thrones, the first hierarchy, and nearest God, [5].
Simon Magus, legend of his discomfiture by St. Peter, [165].
Sprenger, author of Malleus Malificarum, ascribes the origin of witchcraft to Zoroaster, [45].
Stedinghs persecuted, [174].
Summa Theologica, quoted on the delectation of the redeemed upon seeing the misery of the damned, [28].
Sun, belonging to the middle space of planetary world, [2].
Superstitious prognostics of disease and death, [212-216].
Synodal decree of Ancyra, [171].
Table of correspondences between microcosmos and things on earth, and the planets, [127].
Tekfael, name of the demon summoned, [147], [153].
Terrestrial things, images of the celestial, [6];
are composed of the coarsest matter, [6];
are all under the control of special angels, [7];
are also influenced by stars, planets and archetypes, [7].
Theologie der Thatsachen wider die Theologie der Rhetorik (A. F. C. H. Vilmar, 1857) quoted, [48-50].
Thomas Aquinas, on the acquiescence of the saints in the punishment of the lost, [28];
on the power of demons, [73].
Universe, a vast lyre, [7];
an unbroken harmony, [9];
divided between Good and Evil, [11].
University of 15th century described, [96-98].
Vampirism, [207].
Venus, path of in planetary world, [2].
Vilmar, Neo-Lutheran, would restore to the clergy their mediæval prerogatives, [48-50].
Virgil quoted, [205], [216].
Von Görres, attempts to restore the belief in vampirism, [207].
Witch-hammer, contains directions for the judge in witch-trials, [90], [178-195].
Witches’ Sabbath, supposed origin of, [170].
Witch-knots, [216].
Zoroaster, the reputed founder of magic science; and by some believed the author of witchcraft, [45];
his religion allows evil to disappear in course of time, and promises a final restoration of all things, [46].
Zoroaster and Plato’s systems blended, [37].
Footnotes:
[1] Henricus Cornelius Agrippa ab Nettesheim: “De occulta Philosophia.”—I., XIII.
[2] Henricus Cornelius Agrippa ab Nettesheim: “De occulta Philosophia.”—I., XIII.
[3] Ibidem.
[4] This passage, directed against the ruler of Assyria, was already interpreted by the early fathers as having reference to Satan. Thus Lucifer, the Latin translation for Morning Star, came to be a name for the prince of darkness.
[5] Luke x. 18.
[6] “De Contemptu Mundi sive de Miseria Humanæ Conditionis,” a little book written about 1200, by the afterwards Pope Innocent III.
[7] The words of Luther, who, in addition to his dualistic belief, was a genuine son of this same Middle Age, though the destroyer of its autocratic faith.