. Thackerayana;. MAGIC AND ASTROLOGY. 213 frequent mention of demons that have been expelled, and havebeen seen to proceed, with terrible cries, from the mouths of thoseso possessed. The two priestly figures, which are found at the commence-ment of this curt resume of Alfred Maurys work, might be readilyassumed to embody the characteristics of magic and They are drawn on a fly-leaf in the original, and on the cor-responding leaf at the end is pencilled the richly quaint concep-tion, which appropriately concludes the summary of contents. 214 THACKERAYANA. MAGIC, WITCHCRAFT, ANIMAL M
. Thackerayana;. MAGIC AND ASTROLOGY. 213 frequent mention of demons that have been expelled, and havebeen seen to proceed, with terrible cries, from the mouths of thoseso possessed. The two priestly figures, which are found at the commence-ment of this curt resume of Alfred Maurys work, might be readilyassumed to embody the characteristics of magic and They are drawn on a fly-leaf in the original, and on the cor-responding leaf at the end is pencilled the richly quaint concep-tion, which appropriately concludes the summary of contents. 214 THACKERAYANA. MAGIC, WITCHCRAFT, ANIMAL MAGNETISM,HYPNOTISM, AND ELECTRO BIOLOGY. By James Braid. 1852. Amicus Plato, amicus Socrates, sed magis arnica Veritas. Mr. Braid has selected aneat motto for his treatise,for the matter containedin it will hardly warrantthe assumption of a moreambitious title. Mr. Braid, of Burling-ton House, Manchester,a doctor by profession, isa believer in and expo-nent of hypnotism. Agreat portion of his littlework reviews the criti-cisms onearlier editions,or deals with statementsregarding Colquhouns• History of Magic. Itsauthor, while rejecting thedoctrines known as ani-mal mesmerism and mag-netism, admits the effectsthey are declared to produce; but he refers such results to hyp-notism—a state of induced sleep—into which a patient may bethrown by artificial co
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