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UD,derllyiliag the Structure of Civilization. Wil~nft.

If\'PNOTISM. CL,AIRVOY

Baoterie Phi1oeo:pby.

TELEPATHY. SPIRITUAUS.,

mllllltrated with NUIDeIOIU ADdeDt and Modern Delllgllll

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The Titans Piled Mountains Upon Mountains that They Might get into the Heavens and Battle with the Gods. Jupiter Mounted on His Eagle Came Down and Overthrew Them with His Thunderbolts.

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VOL. III. JUPITD AIm TJDl: TlTAN8. THE GENIUS OF SUPERSTITION,

TAI.I.I)(AJ'I AOAINST ENEKIlII:8,

GYPSY Dl:KON OJ!' SoReDT, •

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CHAPTER XIX. WITCHCRAFT AND

GOOD AND EVIL

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COLLECTED FIlOM EVEIlY HI:STOIlY,

OF THE FOIlTUNE TELLING OF ALL DEMONOLOGY AND DEVIL EVIL AND ITS REMEDIES, • EVIL EYE LURNING OF ALL STORIES OF MYSTERIOUS WHITE AND BLACIt MAGIC 01' ALL CHARMS FOil LUCK, HlSTOIllCAL AND LEGENDARY MONSTEB.S AND Fllults OF NATUU. ALPHABETICAL LIST OF GIANTS IN FABLE AND PsVCHIl::AL WONDEB.S RECORDED THIlOUH THE V AIlIOUS AGES. SPlllITS AND FAillES BOTH GoOD AND ALPHABETICAL LIST OF FARIES, MISCELLANEOUS SUPERSTITIONS OF GOBLINS AND DEMONS, • WORSHIP Oil THE VOODOO AS THE LOWEST FoJUII 01' THE SUPBB.SnTIOUS RELIGIONS, STOI1ES AND SlTPEasnnoNs 01' WITCBCEAJIT, •

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CHAPTER XXI. TIMES AND SEASONS.

GENfEEA~ H'OLIliiAYS. wtTB

DAYS

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XXII.

MISCELLANEOUS ADDENDA OF USEFUL AND REMARKABLE INFORMATION CONCERNING OCCULT SU:BJE:crS. HISTOI1CAL AND LEGENDA.Y LOIlE OF UNSCIENTIFIC BELIEF, • SnIANGB THINGS CONC'!tRNJNG NAPOLEON AND OTHED 01' THE WORLD'S DICTIONARY OF FORTUNE TELLING AIIiIo NG THE ANCIENTS WITH TlOJlS OF METHODS THE PLAJICHETTE AND DIVINING .; CRYSTAL GAZING AND ITS EpPECTS, WORED OF SYMPATHETIC AND OCCULT SrBCJAL CDARMS AND SPELLS IN LoVI: AND MAIUJAGB, NUMaRovs RECIPES POR WISDOM AND POWEll,

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1100. DAYS,AKD

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CONTENTS. SECRET VIRTUES TO BE FOUND IN THE ENMITY BETWEEN ANIMALS, OCCULT VIRTUES INHERENT IN ANIMALS IN LIFE AND DEATH, CHAPTER XXIII. THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE OCCULT. THE MOEAL CONSTITUTION OF MAN,

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ELEMENTS OF THE DIVINE PARACLETE AND THE FOUR CHARACTERS OF THE ABSOLUTE, ATIUBUTES OF GoD AND THE MEANING OF STAIRWAY OF THE SCIENCE OF BEING, •

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FAITH HEALING AND FORMULAS FOR TREATMENT OF THE SICK, HEALING ADMONITIONS ApPLICABLE TO ALL DISEASES, How A

MAN

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MAY THINK HIMSELF TO DEATH OR INTO STRENGTH,

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CHAPTER XXIV. GRAPHOLOGY. CHARACTER IN HANDWRITING, DICTIONARY OF FACULTIES READABLE IN NATURAL PENMANSHIP, STUDY OF FAMOUS POETS, NI1'VEI.H:TS. IU'MIRALS.!

CHAPTER XXV. DICTIONARY OF BEAUTY AND CHARACTER. DEFINITIONS OF BEAUTY, . DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DIFFERENT FEATtiRES OF BEAUTY IN THE FACE, SPECIAL

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GIVING COMPLETE IN-

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CHAPTER XXVI. DICTIONARY OF MYTHOLOGY. THE

HEROES PANTHEON OF THE

CONAND 1710

CHAPTER HYPNOTISM, CLAIRVOYANCE AND TELEPATHY. METHODS AND EXPESIMENTS, STAGES OF HYPNOTIO COl'nnTIo;-;r, DEHYFNOTIZATION. WHO CAN BE HYPNOTIZED, EXTEN!lION OF SENSE PEBCEPTIONS, CRYSTAL GAZI::'flG, HYP:SOTIC TBAN!lFEREXCE SENSATIO::'fl A::'flD THOUGHT, TUE "WILLING GAME" A!l AN ExpL!lNATION OF Tl!:LEPATHY, KI:SDS OF THOUGHT TRANSFERENCE, DIRECTION8 PRACTICE BY WHICH BESKILLED IN CI.AIRVOYANCE ."'ND TELEPATHY, VAST P08SlRILITIES OF MENTAL Scn:NCE,

(For Complete Alphabetical Index See End of Volume III.)

1721

sees the year is out. the Russian mu,rDllurilng a prayer shc~phera

the some to gnuslli. app;aril:ion of the man announces death to of in Venice. It is that Nalpoheon ited in that wamC::d him events.

appearance.

is mutterlng

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Whn.f>vl!"r sees out a head on the eve of a year. vester, will naoleless and voil:eless s{:.ectier stalks about the St(lCk.ho;lm, and was once seen priJnces. on the occasion of

the ance of two owls immense size on the battlements of Wardour warns the the apl)fo:ilCh of

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the boat that haunts This boat is a wa.milng appr()ClChirlJ! disease to the to whom it appears. unusual w3.lrnil1lg of danger.

a person where a Snl'l'tl'r him under The natives of lieved in visionary SUlrnrrlon.S, took them as an intitlion and seldom encountered n01W811ay's, live in a concontest

out after mClthc~r

saw his

of one the form of the utlal1nelltalble cries.

see a raw heart or liver bn::JOJlltlt you when you cat)ti'V'ate:d state

mUl'der or

A

often met in is a in white a He appears at a mere but as you look at him he waxes in stature every moment, he becomes of ntic and

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stition is that a certain is doomed to wander at a cera a year,"

to

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of trans-

mean,

weilltled in the balan(:e and found

"

Lo(:hbtug, the

ancestor was seen gallO'PIIllg the sea beach and utt!eriIJlg Q!OleIUI

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and says that he had a majgnil[islJIeated three Cal:'SethoIn, in u J:(~irl(bc~an "

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or women children believe those who are born on Christmas at the time that our was continue until their death to be transformed into a

some transformed creatures return home towards ex:hallstled, and awake in the mornunconscious what had attributed it to of one of Miss was said that the was of the latter and that she went to J:.niglllD, vitiate our healtJl1s, our souls with fearful dre~iS. shake our minds with furies. go in and out of our evil bodies as bees do in a so prc)vclke and us as see our humors to to be delluded.

in OUlrclCl. If a man in Denmark wishes to have with the walk around the and 00 the whistle or thr'()UJ;rh the

child.

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who sou.gnt ways to fit them for residence in his master's dominions.

him and mock him. after his and the exmainder of his life to ercises. upon a is never encumbered dates--there lived at Mathafam a person who went to law about some nrlllnf'rt'>1. heard any pal:ticula:rs as to the result of case, which was tried in one of the sUI?reme he so anxious servant to to make The servant left for the mc::trclpo,lis. and in four he was back towards the IUilI:>U;I:. belie~viDill it to

servant then prc)(luced the lawsuit master had won the case. ter now became more please~d he was angry and prlesented his servant with a CClcslhel:1, now rented at annum. This has been naln(le:(J down an instance of the fric~ndly which was to have existed between and some favore:d

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one hand on the and the other soles your feet and that is bevween vwo belonl~ to the devil. sat on the and said: vwo hands this um~xp,ect(~d "''''''VICI, the old man gave a hideous and valllsl1led. are vwo Rhine where the retains devil's seen at

not Adam not he Adam? MClhalmllled:a.ns say that at the Dn)Dl1let. the throne to the of the W(~bslter.

we find the man once

came, the

semvwelve

01'

"dc~sp;;tir." and he was exiled infc~fll rc~e:iI)nS because he

at

order to execute the cOInmancls of master. sense seriousness the devil once delivered a course of on at habited in a nrtllTil'''~ gown and and

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-ed to

"the a

del~tr()yer."

is

known mv1thical c11ar.lcte:r,

the demon of is the

the devil had cotllntries. burnt

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moreover delivered themselves as as of the meaner sort such as we servants. knew and we can no more appn~he:nd their nature and than a horse can ours. among us and the most generous natures were not commeanest did instruct men and commnnicate their reward and someto times

centreatise the toII01l'as an the cleverness of the the mn,acJle to his power: Anlon.g the Grlostic:s. an ancient r",,,:;.,ti:::on sect, cel'ebr:aticlD of euchathree finest and clearest vases among the with white was

handed vases to a woman in the COllllT'eWil!i()n and her to bless did so, and the offered up the folloviI1ng Dra\reT. at the same time a very much the one that the all

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ascendlen(:y that the Chanlcellor Gerson in the

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the

WlIIOlllr.

you tie knots in you can a distant en-

enemy his foot-

would pour

you prove that d.lll!1Vf~r you While it will say:

wOI~kin:g

a no efficac:y unless you do thou

the

uato thee the fint

larnalrack trees, and ago as when hidden wands. wands of nations branches.

in his chilrnnl~Y stuck with un" . .,,,, belilevin2' his enemy will be piercc:d manner.

Old Hillrhlanders the

a must be rod must be y. therefore a uctor. the person nears the or

Irecluelltly cut a their enemy

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ed where wanted,

A sheaf of com is buried with a certain dedication to in the belief that as the com rots in the so person wither away is your curse when you the com. AnoUler fonn of malediction is to a I1Kjnu:~u candle in a chllrcl~ya.rd, with "'\;1 U11U ceremonies. black with a tabJlespiOOllful fill the

the

InIIUUIC.

negroes think that in order to make an evil charm efflectlUll, must sacrifil::e s()mlethiing. the Triinitv, me chl:Lsti:se name in two

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of horsehair is and under your ",",,'m,," .. he cannet harm you. If you wear a prc~ci()us heiirloom when to it will act as a charm and in

a hOlisell8.ir SUllposed to

enemy

dwin and Marqtlise lost almost every

nelt1nl'~

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sage, delc)aJres

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are or fasc:inaltion from the fact that the and ridicuJlouisness of their which fix the mis~

eye

upon

them-

selves.

n01l:hililg) have the same attributed to the fabll110l1S turnintg the beholder

silver crescents, and the whole list of charms. As late as carthorses in :::lOlrnelrset, had a bunch of ma.ny-ecllol·ed ribbons on its moon on have a row of that can halt-ollie away, to drive

ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF SUPERSTITIONS.

pr()pE~rties.

is one believed to have the power of the evil eye. and at same time a PO\1rerful plrote:cti()D

aJi~inst

carbuncle.

s would rather of the fat meat

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it under the eye.

In in the

somecounPohrcrat:es of into the

pel·5011.

ulUlettle

can

intellect. it is the fear that the man use them to draw his friends and relatives after him. Dil.eal.e may be on glamciing at a or eyes

due to envy; philol.Olllhy of overcomcorlveirtilllg it exhibition of ter often of some most indecent also were the oseilla or little masks of upon fruit trees to avert and them borue about in pr(~el;sic,n sia. is the fact that stated numbers are na:rtic:ul;arliable to the and hence disinclinaor the

ENCYCLOPAEDlA. OF SUPERSTITIONS.

Nelilpolitan jewLtore is trac:llitionalman, eager blil~hting inflluel1ce over corn-

is a melln-Iook:ing- perl'ODllge, unlike the por1ellitollS ized in the the mel:lie'll'al pllilo!,opllers

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featll1ers pluc:ked on

If the feather from bird falls to it evil

are worn tied to tlI1e women in to bear children. a knife or a

stocking, you

If out

at·

espc~ially

a wornan,'s

"hc!Odc)O" you.

a cannon ball is a very

a

omen.

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is

sornetbing very pen to you. a mOlllle-·nelll. fc.retells

can If you find a you will unlock the bosom secret of some accluaintwce. up the buttons your as everyone you a new friend. If you a anyone is sick in your it augurs a If you accidelntaJ.ly room, it is a Fil'llilil'llU a bird's nest is a be au~tmc:nte:d. pac~cage of neeldles

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is extra

and poc:ketbclOk to carry, be allll'aVSi money.

If

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ter on mind you will soon hear plelfllS8.l:at news.

signifies findling a

IlISl

considl~r

it unllllcky in the been and the may foUow worry the possessor. Chilrtese

A Chinese corlsidlers to

fruit be unno matter how value. you your luck will pass to the person it up.

a numbers are two or even number are may taken up

to

aux-

an "ol£ariav.'" a as a charm in the

,

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to a very

meet an diatnond,

sil~fies

signifies a

a bou:quc~t. si.gnifies success iu any nn,der1:aldnv_

a will bake a

If you are not thinkiing ney find a your trunk.

a

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on M()nd'ay, have money

money_

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fire as

To

as it re-

a spoon, sia;nifies

ness. an:YOl1le who an1i1thiinaz

"

prOltects the in-

bums

black

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dice.

fortune

will

qU1entlly make the

""'n . . his or

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with

su1::ljects of

inn,,,irv

of years a person times

brc)thers and

to one m«:tbod. question was Dot SUI)posed known to the ........,11. inClluir!er is eX1pected

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somein the-

m,,.n,,.vor follows: Double 6: sum of money. 6-5: to a amusement.

a haIldsc>me

6-4: : La"llV'suiits

can 6-3: 6-2: 6-1:

a your inatten-

"""\,,uun;

0:

to your

a

5-3: 5-2: water. 5-1:

Dot

4: 4:-3: house. 4:-2:

a at a

A false alarm at your

of take it means more than it says. 4:-1: tors.

three omens as 3: A 4: A 5:

6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: 13:

prove a

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if reversed. duration.

aff'ection,ate woman, and re'lrer'sel:l, j.eal'Jus and malicious. A clever and enltefJpn:sman; a and flatterer. f'octo,ne, success, or success in some small matter. Nine:

to one.

It is

future Good attends pel'SOllS from of to 25.

when your

money. Five: A prtlldellt IIlan'iage. Change of

that a be more than once maImed. A disa,ppointrrlcnt. HEARTS.

an; re'lI'el'sec1,

amiable womcrossed in

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trilumiph; reSPADES.

satisf;actiorl, success; affecon

bad

Ace: news.

Pleasant thOll1ghlts, tran-

a

Six: person. 00Five: caused founded jealouisy. Four: Three: own imllru'derlce. success, but care and attention needed to secure it.

malici,ous woman. ill-bred young pl()tting some

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annoyances; re-

Ace: Five:

A bad

t",m,n",r

reqluiring

scandalto be Knave: A talc~-bl~anlng or unfaithful cause mi:sch.ief. ch;mJil:e of resinot prove £orthem are lessened. Three aces:

re-

unsuccessful. mo.ck1ery; reversmarri;lge and W1GOWhood. Five: Ur1lexpected news. from unf'aitllful frielrlds, a h",t ..,n,..tf secret. Three: Qu.arrels, lawsuit:s. and

re"erse(l. it sooner

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well DIAMONDS.

int~eDtlioD:s;

ree

HEARTS.

man,

CLUBS.

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hor'sesll1oe win SPADES.

UneXllected annoyance.

FRIEr;JD~;H]:P-·P1a~ce two nels of com in a skillet and let two if the kelmels over pop dec:of()us:lv in two are to remain lrilenrcl;s were erate. Dowelrs of these knots were recclgnized. espC~ClaJly in strengtib-

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or defeating women in labor in the torments with worried men, was the which a man was withheld so that could not work his will a woman. It was in the Latin of the Oblligamelltnro, and app,ears

In around the neck of a paltiellt is while evil is out of him. sore that a man should tie as many in flax as there were letters in his name, prC)0()UI1Ceach letter as he this he was to around his neck. are even now to wear of scarlet silk thread around the tied with nine knots down the if the is a man, the silk must be on and the knots tied a and if the is l':prv1('.i!"l': are peliOllDe:d

whom a "L-'A~"" preserve his firl,,,]iI'v sence. the purpose. A knot tied in a cord antong the ancient seems to have been the sy[o])()1 dissoluble tie The ancient Runic inscri:pticlns in form of a knoL AOlonS! the ancient was the a mutual pre:sellt between the lover and his mil.trc~ss, considered as emblem of therefore name words would suppose, ish

A with nine knots in it is esteemed a smrer,eilll:n rc~mc~y

the are observed to with bracelets women's knotted and twistwhether in reference to the cestus Venus I know not." idea of the resemblance between the of and maiden's may be worth consideration. same Brande \lUIJ'l~:>. H~lumlont

and

fre,qul~ntly

of the woman was worn the lover.

are worn in Lancashire for the cure is worn

to

}1,,"'" been and that some men the corning from a as to this pV"rvlhlnfilv not believles current or tradiand omens of some but very fre,que~ntkind or construes certain occurrences to some partic\llar signiti:caJlce in his inclivilduaI case. intc~lIil;en.ce ;

them bad run after a fowl or a wildca,t. bad luck would result. clan its and every It is an evil omen, if a its

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At the

of the

Pytha,go,re~ln omens

were: the whilsper-

in~:;~~t the

aside from an Pass not a balance. :::iet:ting out on a

turn has crooke:d

Receive not a also assured the into a silver basin every the jlaJrde:n this convent grew a spc~cic~s

the alle,ged and sold at a quartillo cakes were an for all disonlers. and over those the devil had no who caJne:d er. sold also blue ribof the exact of Crtlcilfix, and were so"erei,,'O cure

SWalllJW

Look not in a of a candle. not in a stream not your

your

moonyou

not that from the table. Break not cut iL An about with her a in risoned an insect of the sort "n:lulltip1ed," a wood-worm never withA lJ'"el!lUl~man has little round charm on watchhe never talks chain. He about money but his hand to the chum and fumbles If he to have it on or does not he makes no n:lllr'til"'l1hlr bar~raill1S; if it is is imrariabJly

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The appearance on armorial is asto the that some ancestor of person on whose it had committed some dr4:alie~d even to the conknown countries. Reliable travelers came, in their tum to in the same reg~orls where the ancients 10their Trgl()dytes, lD1J)()J1ant

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Ten-

owe with the gell1esis of man, or wl1letllef broiuglrtt these str,onltrly markfrom or other races, does not the qUlestiion of their

ho scar'cely ce was unrecord never lied!

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those districts the tion our Souttlern under the ban of in the veris vaudouxed "bcJOClooed," gre~nal::l.ieJrs in

New

the

is its name. It is there bellle\red cOIlsumIltioln is not a Db\rsical

nine sisters with fever. caverns, and when let men withol]t late Monsieur counselor of the chamber of courts was Monrovia that en()ug~inthatcoun­

had died some "plreslent themselves sit down to in a with persons of their aCliJu:untarlce without a word to one of the one mD ea~~erly examined but cloud older man rolled on the gf()unid

That is maikillg; readers who are jnt,erested may cOlnp,ue with mall:nifi,cent thuflder and lightfling between two Zulu in Rider " In which VOIUlJlle, will be found a Zulu rain-mak-

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The and incantations is to all the ele~mlent.s. as well as water. The wind is acted on in this one: the begil1Ding of this woman of in the .ll>1il.nU5. known to a ..... 'rn;j'v to a crew that had the fi"hina took a wooden basin on the surface to avoid suswent on with her usual domestic as if to lightl;;~n the burden sang an old Norse song. After a verse or two had been sent a child to the him her if the basin was The little messengc~r soon returned with the news there was a swell in the the basin to be tossed about. witch then sang still more for the second time sent to the to the state the basin. back the information that the water friJ'l~htfll1lly trO\lbled, and that hea1~ing

and

their never could induce to them words he had muttered. The of this scene were Fathers

of with an air of malJignalrlt slltisfactiolil, ceased her tum is donel' news came that been lost on the and the whole of crew had been drowned." As to these Norse songs: Norse says, in one of the a song such that were I in a storm, I hush the and render the air calm with

.

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in

whirled in a mad dance on tails round the making all the while a continAt the word of com",nf'J:lna into the fire man

the ance. The skin ,-_...•_the skinJe:ss ibJe and mlllJ-stOt1les. not me:nticln k1eybloles, and all sorts of other the sounds echo of some oldbel:le,rilnrterlt. It means, in af>.. np,rtn,rn"uu'"

in assert that when wishes to hurt she

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1439

her own ma,nufacture. th()Ugrh she admits the above facts could be the of there many ey,e-\lIlltrlesiseS). she has become deand swears that she never wickedness after know and that none of her control is said to be over a seizing his or her or much as it is rpl::Itl"l1 have occurred to the and men" of in like

about the as it

aPI?ea~ec:l,

SWlllJOW

it. In a

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that sudden aWllke:ninlg'. next moment there thrilled Ulro1ulii::h my soul the known voice my • That voice utBut couch

a h0I:leleilS to

prc)mpte~d me to i:l,1;1;ClJ'L. rec.eivc:d the pO\/lTde:r,

appearance a miKture of

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on

Mons. who was pre:setilt, ecution for a the negro could which was aUowed. cane to the negro, planted it in the ground several ceremonies Mons. Vanbel what it was sired to know. The latter rel>He:d that would to know to a vessel which whether it had would and what them on the vo~rage. recommenced Cel"enlollie:s,

it distance it tortv·-eu!ht hours. to run tTIr,rb.litv among the neincreased to such an extent had to throw a them overboard. cornplained, while tain the cause since she their to de!;oair

s a bladder and as ment. It is believed that men and WOOlen can

the

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inviisiblly eatto

to become the moment his foot touches the mouth of the even die as a

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A

is a as well-and on an

is to be met with on the island. Howis of as their

death with the poiisOlrlOtIS the tarantula common in the trO'PICS. "T'akurrla" is Anansi's sort of creature she seems without wit Of' any oositJlve Her character has COI]ce:iv~~d and esthl'ough the worthlesspurposes of any use of

inl:.mllfn,·nt

en. without true of an old-time fear and a character of or vooIt is told that a sometimes met in all the tOUc-stonles those most characteristic and most collected and understood are rllllillUIU Stonies," or

terrible Ut)ea.b-Irnan. ish would make a pean child this with its narrator and inquir,e: Anansi the man or Anansi she would this

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dis two, down him Dis choak Wilson Tr4Dwt)ridlge,

a

cornm,and

"golclen

anyone can find " he can Even

a gTClve:yard, hand into a vessel and any you make then come true. to the nearest cross at make a return to do not you start until next momi:ng, and you will your

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If

make a when about new or come true.

spe~aki.ng,

in center a cred and pour bUl:termilk over you will whatever you desire. If a woman a COlupliallt hUliba:nd, let her a made ur of old iron nails the mass on ... ",u..y. Afterward if she wears

Witch-elm of a

gathel'in,~s

a swaUo\'lr's to;ngtle your own and then kiss the

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In spe:akirlg one must name water the name of the church to which one then no can

on the neck to wish to see WltCl1e~. to on

is shut at in the mCllrnlng. be.lle1i1'eCl that the witches and that trouble some befall the owner. can one person to an-

It was beillevc:a

sornetimc:s assume and if and horsesh()es will be found im-

W,;l:rl,pl'l

nUln.Cl>,

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1447

moon and shut it up in a so that he would not have to pay mo:nthJly taxes. It is said that our ancestors used the broad-brimmed hats of their husbands to blow the instead of a UHJVl.Jll, of

sus-

"

chance.

in witche:s, a cotlvic:ted the tails of two tom

hazel the witches tie their nags. it that one can be b~witlch(!d or from calab'lsh or an When a man is him

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abroad The pro,tecllion vritches vvas insured a nails unfilled vrith the door of the entrance. In it is believed that if a nut is under a witch's she up. unable to In the there is a that if gf()ul1ld root are into one the bearer of the same is enabled to see witches. vritches used the arm of a woman who died in her first of weapchildbirth as the ons. In an extract from the UU'a_,"' Laws " it elared; do answer voice or else set before in stones, ima.lres of or you can

out of which made their secret and charms. An animal avvay the must be witch. vritches out a broom across the in the wUrldc)w, mustaJi'd seed on In ....."'..... ,.... filled vrith tobacco to off witches. inh~iJed until the sm'okc~r or sick. If a suspicious whom take to be a ters must the blood will strike her so or throw a at in to avert her evil influence. at Fam\Ve read of one ~ngland, who was sut:1posed to make cows wild and them from their of another at Hc:nl:y-cID-'Thamles, who vvas thrown into "fl,nI'pii like a cork,"

If

desltro:Y'ing the It was said per'SOflS vomit

her un,'u"" mouse. dimes with bored in them and around the are said to be an efficient charm to ward off witches. A asked how she the children of contrived to kill a certain Lord come mistress of Ancient wiltcbcra.ft ll.c:rt"'ihf,(I lizards ic power to blood of rev!tirlg creatures un-

If

talk of vritches on or matter how far it and avenge themselves. In connection vrith in there is a an old woman who had two holes one at each made in her so that she could out of one when the devil came after her at the other.

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it some and set it before the COIwie her so she not move. Witt'llf"!'i raise a storm a over the left shc:xUVI'TP"rf'l',ns. it is looked as a death will occur the y before the end a year. death in the at mastide is the of many deaths the year. laid at time beautiful chickens.

sown ) beer on white out of doors on mas eve. will luck for the year. In Sweden it is COll1S1lclet'ed uulud,y to leave webs of at Christnl1as for it renders the gr,I)Wld barren. are exC:hatlgl:d

on Clliristlrnas in some luck. In Ire:latJld the one announces the of the cock on Christmas the

III luck will blow the at Ch:riS:tmllS clean hands. For a household to be out or fish on is a

thr,ouii~h

"The wish that is Shall not be

In visitor must

or

n:u't::llarent from Uec:em:ber has almost every as the time This was .....,.......... festiv.ill of the Naitivilty lelma:n, von had a beautiful datlg11lter He was very and she feU in love a handsome One the nolblelma:n, Ctibor von WiUlout trOllbwlg hi:msc:~t to &J'I~"'~' asked

sUJ)pOsed were soon and at the the to the convent, he was chosen as his successor. In he his

her fate. Like a roarand asked what be hunger," said her howled her father. It was done. was buried in a cell and the door shut with The third a heard what he was someone cryhis head down to earth and beard "What can 1 do he asked. me to eat and water and for tell no one." The nonTf'll water down the hole from and threw down all his 'U.1JLU";;'. black bread. Ten but on the eleventh was simaddened father insisted the corpse of his

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a beautiful

of owner of the and as is and acquaillt3111ces brollght p~:senl:s, Anlonv the others came a verv dre!;st'd maide:n. and br'(J.ugillt

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success.ful. and to him some )~~~a~:~~iti~::l mornC( in armor H tllSsilte and admitted

Helrcules landed at Cellae1l.UU. pr()mC)ntl)ty of erected an {£'IEUl!iil. and sent his to in order to fetch him a white gal:lDcm. which he intended to use sacrifice. afraid whom he should aff4~CtiOns her

master his The multitude was about to disbalnd. his violin playin:~.

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AND THE. OCCULT SC/ENCBS.

In temlpIes; in

his as the authorized version the Bible Da'lvelV expresses it of the AsSyrlaDiS. arose in the m()n1llnJir. were all dead cornSlf~S. Such least is how accounts for the fact that when the beventured out to the their throats cut of a mortal Iltt'n",,,,lf' As there were no llnrV1'110rll truth will never be IIUI''''''''", but Kuan Ti is credited in with

the pr()Verbl,al

II'''''''''''.

and P.,;!hi,,,, ified the name Kuan Chinese Mars and the tnt••I:u·v of the Dr(~Sellt dvn:uI\".

war called the Lalmp:aign," while the his for news, the his ecl1lO1nlg lCIOt5,tep,s, and on adtJlressed assure'd him that he would hear welcome news. So it turned out. the forlorn 2rr2'.''''/1 themselves in line the latter were struck with SU(l'' ', the be DalrtlC1U-

14.

to fix the mind gage attention upon ever is taken up.

powers.

dons--

bas the manifestations of which are as

is revealed bars or dasbes at en,dil1lgs of sentences, under the and

the

is

is indicated the the t's are stroke of the When these are set uplrigllt line which intt:ndc~d the trait "l1licn,ihr"

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to the I. etc.; when these in a and are blunt be relathin

col1l5eQluelltly his hand-

the chllfalcter the letters are that all tou1chitlg at bases. there is a movement with the str~aiR~htJ:o"lNalrd person is undOlublted are evident str••iJrI:lt. to

MAR-

CRE18.

FIRM

volition;

-

Willl'l)()wf'ir:

Trust: inclination ~lOtlcd" and believe

1688

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of the letfor the P1"leviou:slv made in-well ex· were the comof another over

to a uti"-s,hal:led less trustfulness than dite a pellm~lDslhip. 21. the incllinallion it religioli1S u;cuUK. Venelratiion has three manifesta-

of imagina,tiCl1n; the sense of Ide~alilty

to be indicative of a reli2ilous it must be .. as well as "trends uD'wards," albec:onles more eleva1ted

and

ions method adoJpted letters and tOI\l~etller; more c1e~ver1v better dejfinc:~d

is indicated ac,cOI'dirlg finc::ncsis, and delicacy

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29.

to

.1'11..1,',1."'' ' n

-

Lal)aclty

COJlllpalre,

30.

is

a

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percepltion of chalracter sa!rcac:it,,; intuitive

br()kelR, dashes up the spaces at the tences to fill up the trait be

cor'dirll~

to

32. ent. are

etc., this be,

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1711

pearance.

cal with a nose sunken at its root and a de.. oJ,........., . . . -

lines the

F 0 u r transverse the

above

the hairs of smooth and run in the the A mouth as the less DTlI!':;ull:h which rest

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that it will ultilmately f the many

mYi5te~ioull

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time that she cannot do it. now makes efforts to ann, but it in the same ith ann. her is unable to she cannot nounce her own name I have assured her that she is dumb. makes movements with any without I tell her can I

a

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HhlldnLDC4a. to "Y1I)Dollis.

172J

are numerous ries to account for clairvoY,lDce,

nation in extended sense perception and cases may be me!ltiOlled. A case of an

was

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tamed

are a

pn:Jlblem is to asclmam indtlced and how 5upemornlal--in other amount to as a means of acquhilllg information that is ... _.. ~-_.-' of the senses. can make eX)l>eriiments for himlself witllOUt

ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF SUPERSTITIONS.

ator and

hY1f)no,tizc~

to an UD1L1SUaJ u,""u= It bas been demonstrated

inferThat is., and mind COlII'* tlm:lUgb chanonllinary

and

an nru:enTer.

ther closed room at a distance of one or more with observer. This m W

use of

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less dU'ecll1leSS bidden article. N elrv01lt5 lljglblhon, e:ItCltem,ent, even SYlrlCClpe, are not accOtnpar1limlmts the

so at least unusual character tbe per'formance and also the nec'e5Silty caution in iL

COllltact whatever.

or

unexpected thotlgtat or to tbe same ideas been

ment to

thc:mg'hts were

or the same imiPreui41)fls

prt:1orent any de-

at tbe same motwo or more

COI1llC'i'OU5 or uncon-

written out scm

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here 11 11 •

ill 111 " .... III> . . . It ....

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