. Thackerayana;. .gr*^ they strove to appease his wrath by sacri-fices ; or they sought to avert the effectsof evil by ceremonies, by purifications,and exorcisms. 1 Their legends record that the deitiesof evil have been seen riding through theair, scattering death and desolation farand wide. ... A passage in Minutius Felix(Octav, c. 29, which confirms Saint Cyprienad Demetnan, p. 501, et Lactance, II. xv. : cf. Kopp, Palaeographia Critica, t. iii. p. 75) in-forms us that in order to constrain the demon to declare, throughthe mouth of the personsupposed to be thus pos-sessed, that he
. Thackerayana;. .gr*^ they strove to appease his wrath by sacri-fices ; or they sought to avert the effectsof evil by ceremonies, by purifications,and exorcisms. 1 Their legends record that the deitiesof evil have been seen riding through theair, scattering death and desolation farand wide. ... A passage in Minutius Felix(Octav, c. 29, which confirms Saint Cyprienad Demetnan, p. 501, et Lactance, II. xv. : cf. Kopp, Palaeographia Critica, t. iii. p. 75) in-forms us that in order to constrain the demon to declare, throughthe mouth of the personsupposed to be thus pos-sessed, that he was drivenout, recourse was had toblows, and to the employ-ment of barbarous will at once explainthe apparent successes ofcertain exorcists, and theready compliance with which the devils responded to their con-jurations. The signs by which the departure of the evil spiritwere recognised were naturally very varied. Pious legends make
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