Volume 1
The history of magic / [J. Ennemoser] ; translated from the German by William Howitt. To which is added an appendix of the most remarkable and best authenticated stories of apparitions, dreams, second sight, somnambulism, predictions, divination, witchcraft, vampires, fairies, table-turning, and spirit-rapping selected by Mary Howitt.
- Joseph Ennemoser
- Date:
- 1854
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The history of magic / [J. Ennemoser] ; translated from the German by William Howitt. To which is added an appendix of the most remarkable and best authenticated stories of apparitions, dreams, second sight, somnambulism, predictions, divination, witchcraft, vampires, fairies, table-turning, and spirit-rapping selected by Mary Howitt. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![CONTENTS. TOl. I. ] Editor’s Preface. . . . Author’s Preface .... t Of Magic AifD its Beajs’ches m geneeai Plato and Herocles The Mythos .... The Cabbalah Exorcism .... Visions .... Spiritual Magic .... T^mah .... Ecstasy .... Clairvoyance .... Dreams .... Symbolic Language Universal Language Primal Truth .... Varieties of Language The Prevalent Divine Idea Christ the Mediator Soothsaying . . Seers ..... Somnambulism Catalepsy .... Convulsionairs Benvenuto Cellini’s Vision Intoxicating Drugs Magical Ecstasy and True Inspiration . . True Inspiration and Magical Vision Inspirations and Visions of the Saints . Maid of Orleans Power of the Imagination Bleeding Woimds Long Fasting .... Healing by Touch Talismans .... Influence of Stones The Breath of the Young • Theoeetical Views oe Magic among the Ancients PAGE V i 1 3 5 9 11 13 17 19 27 29 34 37 39 41 43 45 47 57 G9 71 73 75 77 81 89 91 93 99 101 103 107 109 113 115 117 124](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24871667_0001_0017.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
