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Title: Demonologia
or, natural knowledge revealed; being an exposé of
ancient and modern superstitions, credulity, fanaticism,
enthusiasm, & imposture, as connected with the
doctrine, caballa, and jargon, of amulets, apparitions,
astrology, charms, demonology, devils, divination,
dreams, deuteroscopia, effluvia, fatalism, fate, friars,
ghosts, gipsies, hell, hypocrites, incantations,
inquisition, jugglers, legends, magic, magicians,
miracles, monks, nymphs, oracles, physiognomy,
purgatory, predestination, predictions, quackery, relics,
saints, second sight, signs before death, sorcery,
spirits, salamanders, spells, talismans, traditions, trials,
&c. witches, witchcraft, &c. &c. the whole unfolding
many singular phenomena in the page of nature
Author: J. S. Forsyth
Language: English
OR,
OR,
BEING
AN EXPOSÉ
OF
OF
AMULETS,
APPARITIONS,
ASTROLOGY,
CHARMS,
DEMONOLOGY,
DEVILS,
DIVINATION,
DREAMS,
DEUTEROSCOPIA,
EFFLUVIA,
FATALISM,
FATE,
FRIARS,
GHOSTS,
GIPSIES,
HELL,
HYPOCRITES,
INCANTATIONS,
INQUISITION,
JUGGLERS,
LEGENDS,
MAGIC,
MAGICIANS,
MIRACLES,
MONKS,
NYMPHS,
ORACLES,
PHYSIOGNOMY,
PURGATORY,
PREDESTINATION,
PREDICTIONS,
QUACKERY,
RELICS,
SAINTS,
SECOND SIGHT,
SIGNS BEFORE DEATH,
SORCERY,
SPIRITS,
SALAMANDERS,
SPELLS,
TALISMANS,
TRADITIONS,
TRIALS, &c.
WITCHES,
WITCHCRAFT, &c. &c.
London:
JOHN BUMPUS, 23, SKINNER-STREET.
1827.
CONTENTS.
Page
Observations on Ancient and Modern Superstitions, &c. 1
Proofs and Trials of Guilt in Superstitious Ages 9
Astrology, &c. 18
Practical Astrology, &c. 25
Natural Astrology 26
Judicial or Judiciary Astrology 27
Origin of Astrology 28
Astrological Schemes, &c. 29
Table of the Twelve Houses 30
Signs to the Houses of the Planets 32
Angles or Aspects of the Planets 33
The Application of Planets 34
Prohibition 35
Separation 35
Translation of Light and Virtue 35
Refrenation 35
Combustion 35
Reception 36
Retrogradation 36
Frustration 36
The Dragon’s Head and Tail 36
Climacteric 37
Lucky and Unlucky Days 39
Genethliaci 41
Genethliacum 42
Barclay’s Refutation of Astrology 43
On the Origin and Imaginary Efficacy of Amulets and Charms, in the
Cure of Diseases, Protection from Evil Spirits, &c. 51
Definition of Amulets, &c. 56
Effect of the Imagination on the Mind, &c. 59
History of Popular Medicines, &c.—How influenced by Superstition 67
Alchemy 73
Origin, Objects, and Practice of Alchemy, &c. 81
Alkahest, or Alcahest 85
Magician 91
Magi, or Mageans 96
Magic, Magia, Mateia 99
Magic of the Eastern nations,—a brief View of the Origin and Progress of
Magic, &c.—
Chaldeans and Persians 101
Indians 109
Egyptians 110
Jews 115
Prediction 123
Fatalism, or Predestination 136
Divination 142
Artificial Divination 142
Natural Divination 142
Axinomancy 143
Alectoromantia 143
Arithmomancy 144
Belomancy 144
Cleromancy 145
Cledonism 145
Coscinomancy 146
Capnomancy 146
Catoptromancy 147
Chiromancy 147
Dactyliomancy 148
Extispicium 148
Gastromancy 149
Geomancy 149
Hydromancy 150
Necromancy 150
Oneirocritica 150
Onomancy, or Onomamancy 152
Onycomancy, or Onymancy 154
Ornithomancy 155
Pyromancy 155
Pyscomancy, or Sciomancy 155
Rhabdomancy 156
Oracle 157
Ouran, or Uran, Soangus 163
Dreams, &c. 164
Brizomancy 164
Origin of interpreting Dreams 164
Opinions on the cause of Dreams 166
Fate 168
Physiognomy 171
Apparitions 178
Deuteroscopia, or Second-sight 194
Witches, Witchcraft, Wizards, &c. 204
Witchcraft proved by Texts of Scripture 225
Dr. More’s Postscript 226
The Confessions of certain Scotch Witches, taken out of an
authentic copy of their Trial at the Assizes held at Paisley, in
Scotland, Feb. 15, 1678, touching the bewitching of Sir George
Maxwell 259
Depositions of certain persons, agreeing with confessions of the
above-said witches 264
The Confession of Agnes Sympson to King James 267
The White Pater-noster 270
The Black Pater-noster 270
Sorcery 272
Sortes—Sortilegium 273
Sibyls 282
Talismans 283
Philters, Charms, &c. 285
Hell 286
Inquisition 297
Inquisition, or the Holy Office 297
Demon 307
Demonology 308
Derivation of the strange and hideous forms of Devils, &c. 315
The Narrative of the Demon of Tedworth, or the disturbances at
Mr. Monpesson’s house, caused by Witchcraft and Villainy of a
Drummer 338
The Demon of Jedburgh 355
The Ghost of Julius Cæsar 360
The Ghosts of the slain at the Battle of Marathon 360
Familiar Spirit, or ancient Brownie 361
Gipsies—Egyptians 362
Jugglers, their Origin, Exploits, &c. 378
Legends, &c.—Miracles, &c. 393
Monks and Friars.—Saints and Hermits 405
Of the Hermit of the Pillar—(St. Simeon Stylites, St. Telesephorus,
St. Syncletia) 427
Holy Relique-Mania, &c. &c. &c. 431
PREFACE.