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Occult Sciences

The Philosophy of Magic, Prodigies and Apparent Miracles

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A two-volume 1846 translation of an examination of miracles in ancient times by a French polymath, first published in 1829.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 402
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Januar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 565g
• ISBN-13: 9781108044318
• ISBN-10: 110804431X
• Artikelnr.: 35064039

Inhaltsangabe

1. Preparations of drugs and beverages, some soporific, others for producing temporary imbecility
2. Effect of perfumes on the moral nature of man
3. Influence of the imagination, seconded by physical accessories
4. Medicine formed a part of the occult science
5. Poisonous substances
6. Sterility of the soil
7. Meteorology
8. The art of drawing lightning from the clouds
9. Phosphorescent substances
10. Compositions similar to gunpowder
11. The thaumaturgists might have worked pretended miracles with the air-gun, the power of steam, and the magnet
12. Conclusion
Illustrations
Index.