Lives of the Necromancers: Or, An Account of the Most Eminent Persons in Successive Ages, who Have Claimed for Themselves, Or to Whom Has Been Imputed by Others, the Exercise of Magical PowerF. J. Mason, 1834 - 465 pagini |
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Pagina 7
... recorded , not only as beacons to warn us from the shelves where our ancestors have made shipwreck , but even as something honourable to our nature , to shew how high a generous ambition could soar , though in forbidden paths , and in ...
... recorded , not only as beacons to warn us from the shelves where our ancestors have made shipwreck , but even as something honourable to our nature , to shew how high a generous ambition could soar , though in forbidden paths , and in ...
Pagina 15
... greatest vogue in times of antiquity , relative to the predic- tion of future events , is what is recorded of oracles . Finding the insatiable curiosity of mankind as to what was LIVES OF THE NECROMANCERS . 15 ASTROLOGY ORACLES '
... greatest vogue in times of antiquity , relative to the predic- tion of future events , is what is recorded of oracles . Finding the insatiable curiosity of mankind as to what was LIVES OF THE NECROMANCERS . 15 ASTROLOGY ORACLES '
Pagina 30
... recorded Solomon , Pythagoras and Hermes among its distinguished votaries . From this period the study seems to have slept , till it was revived among the Arabians after a lapse of five or six hundred years . It is well known however ...
... recorded Solomon , Pythagoras and Hermes among its distinguished votaries . From this period the study seems to have slept , till it was revived among the Arabians after a lapse of five or six hundred years . It is well known however ...
Pagina 39
... recorded in Scripture , is on occasion of Pharoah's dream of the seven years of plenty , and seven years of famine . At that period the king " sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt and all the wise men ; but they could not ...
... recorded in Scripture , is on occasion of Pharoah's dream of the seven years of plenty , and seven years of famine . At that period the king " sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt and all the wise men ; but they could not ...
Pagina 58
... recorded respecting them . Jupiter was born in Crete , and being secreted by his mother in a cave , was suckled by a goat . Being come to man's estate , he warred with the giants , one of whom had an hundred hands , and two others ...
... recorded respecting them . Jupiter was born in Crete , and being secreted by his mother in a cave , was suckled by a goat . Being come to man's estate , he warred with the giants , one of whom had an hundred hands , and two others ...
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Pagina 152 - Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money. Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter : for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.
Pagina 151 - Now, when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John.
Pagina 40 - There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
Pagina 152 - Then answered Simon, and said ; Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.
Pagina 152 - But Peter said unto him ; Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.
Pagina 154 - Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men : and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.
Pagina 151 - But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
Pagina 151 - But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one...
Pagina 154 - O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
Pagina 42 - And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said, I will persuade him. And the Lord said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also : go forth, and do so.