. Art magic; or, Mundane, sub-mundane and super-mundane spiritism. A treatise in three parts and twenty-three sections: descriptive of art magic, spiritism, the different orders of spirits in the universe known to be related to, or in communication with man; together with directions for invoking, controlling, and discharging spirits, and the uses and abuses, dangers and possibilities of magical art . demned and executed at Charde Assizes, March26th, 1658. This is the sum of M. Hunts narrative, which concludes with boththe justices attestation, thus;—The aforesaid passages were some ofthem seen
. Art magic; or, Mundane, sub-mundane and super-mundane spiritism. A treatise in three parts and twenty-three sections: descriptive of art magic, spiritism, the different orders of spirits in the universe known to be related to, or in communication with man; together with directions for invoking, controlling, and discharging spirits, and the uses and abuses, dangers and possibilities of magical art . demned and executed at Charde Assizes, March26th, 1658. This is the sum of M. Hunts narrative, which concludes with boththe justices attestation, thus;—The aforesaid passages were some ofthem seen by us, and the rest, and some other remarkable ones not hereset down, were, upon examination of several credible witnesses, takenupon Oath before us. (Signed) Robert Hunt. ToHN Gary. Thousands, and tens of thousands of narratives havebeen already published on the subject of Witchcraft, somecolored by the wildest exaggerations, others circumstantialin detail, and as matter-of-fact as the one quoted above—all tend to prove the existence of unknown and occultforces pervading human history, equally influential uponindividuals and communities, and perpetually challengingthe attention of the wise and philosophic for a classifica-tion of the facts, and the evolvement of some basic prin-ciples of spiritual science by which to explain, govern andcontrol them. MftttkewHonkms^Witcli- Tmclcr Genemll. Tryalle of a Witch before Matthew Hopkins,Portraits of My Imps. (From a Very Rare Print.) 393 SECTION XXI. Magical Elements— Yarions kinds of Dimnation—Ara-bian Belomancy—Elisha and the Arrows—Cleomancy,Geomancy—Crystal Seeing—Bath Kol, Chiromancy,<&c., &c.—Of Stones, Oems, Colors and Sounds—TheColor Doctor—Music—Rosicrucian Ideas of Light andMusic—Spells, Amulets, Talismans, Witchcraft. It has been intimated in various parts of this volumethat the ancients attached the idea of occult virtue toherbs, plants, flowers, earths, minerals, metals, certainbeasts, insect
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