. 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. 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 astrology.
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