Lives of the Necromancers (Godwin W.)

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The main purpose of this book is to exhibit a fair delineation of the credulity of the human mind. Such an
exhibition cannot fail to be productive of the most salutary lessons.

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• PREFACE.
• LIVES OF THE NECROMANCERS
  • AMBITIOUS NATURE OF MAN
  • HIS DESIRE TO PENETRATE INTO FUTURITY.
  • DIVINATION.
  • AUGURY.
  • CHIROMANCY.
  • PHYSIOGNOMY.
  • INTERPRETATION OF DREAMS.
  • CASTING OF LOTS.
  • ASTROLOGY.
  • ORACLES.
  • DELPHI.
  • THE DESIRE TO COMMAND AND CONTROL FUTURE EVENTS.
  • COMMERCE WITH THE INVISIBLE WORLD.
  • SORCERY AND ENCHANTMENT.
  • WITCHCRAFT.
  • COMPACTS WITH THE DEVIL.
  • IMPS.
  • TALISMANS AND AMULETS.
  • NECROMANCY.
  • ALCHEMY.
  • FAIRIES.
  • ROSICRUCIANS.
  • SYLPHS AND GNOMES, SALAMANDERS AND UNDINES.
  • EXAMPLES OF NECROMANCY AND WITCHCRAFT FROM THE BIBLE.
  • THE MAGI, OR WISE MEN OF THE EAST.
  • EGYPT.
  • STATUE OF MEMNON.
  • TEMPLE OF JUPITER AMMON: ITS ORACLES.
  • CHALDEA AND BABYLON.
  • ZOROASTER.
• GREECE
  • DEITIES OF GREECE.
  • DEMIGODS.
  • DAEDALUS.
  • THE ARGONAUTS.
  • MEDEA.
  • CIRCE.
  • ORPHEUS.
  • AMPHION.
  • TIRESIAS.
  • ABARIS.
  • PYTHAGORAS.
  • EPIMENIDES.
  • EMPEDOCLES.
  • ARISTEAS.
  • HERMOTIMUS.
  • THE MOTHER OF DEMARATUS, KING OF SPARTA.
  • ORACLES.
  • INVASION OF XERXES INTO GREECE.
  • DEMOCRITUS.
  • SOCRATES.
• ROME.
  • VIRGIL.
  • POLYDORUS.
  • DIDO.
  • ROMULUS.
  • NUMA.
  • TULLUS HOSTILIUS.
  • ACCIUS NAVIUS.
  • SERVIUS TULLIUS.
  • THE SORCERESS OF VIRGIL.
  • CANIDIA.
  • ERICHTHO.
  • SERTORIUS.
  • CASTING OUT DEVILS.
  • SIMON MAGUS.
  • ELYMAS, THE SORCERER.
  • NERO.
  • VESPASIAN.
  • APOLLONIUS OF TYANA.
  • APULEIUS.
  • ALEXANDER THE PAPHLAGONIAN.
• REVOLUTION PRODUCED IN THE HISTORY OF NECROMANCY AND WITCHCRAFT UPON

THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CHRISTIANITY.

• • MAGICAL CONSULTATIONS RESPECTING THE LIFE OF THE EMPEROR.
• HISTORY OF NECROMANCY IN THE EAST.
  • GENERAL SILENCE OF THE EAST RESPECTING INDIVIDUAL NECROMANCERS.
  • ROCAIL.
  • HAKEM, OTHERWISE MOCANNA.
  • ARABIAN NIGHTS' ENTERTAINMENTS.
  • PERSIAN TALES.
  • STORY OF A GOULE.
  • ARABIAN NIGHTS.
  • RESEMBLANCE OF THE TALES OF THE EAST AND OF EUROPE.
  • CAUSES OF HUMAN CREDULITY.
  • DARK AGES OF EUROPE
  • MERLIN.
  • ST. DUNSTAN.
  • COMMUNICATION OF EUROPE AND THE SARACENS
  • GERBERT, POPE SILVESTER II.
  • BENEDICT THE NINTH.
  • GREGORY THE SEVENTH.
  • DUFF, KING OF SCOTLAND.
  • MACBETH.
  • VIRGIL.
  • ROBERT OF LINCOLN.
  • MICHAEL SCOT.
  • THE DEAN OF BADAJOZ.
  • MIRACLE OF THE TUB OF WATER.
  • INSTITUTION OF FRIARS.
  • ALBERTUS MAGNUS.
  • ROGER BACON.
  • THOMAS AQUINAS.
  • PETER OF APONO.
  • ENGLISH LAW OF HIGH TREASON.
  • ZIITO.
  • TRANSMUTATION OF METALS.
  • ARTEPHIUS.
  • RAYMOND LULLI.
  • ARNOLD OF VILLENEUVE.
  • ENGLISH LAWS RESPECTING TRANSMUTATION.
  • REVIVAL OF LETTERS.
  • JOAN OF ARC.
  • ELEANOR COBHAM, DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER.
  • RICHARD III.
  • SANGUINARY PROCEEDINGS AGAINST WITCHCRAFT.
  • SAVONAROLA.
  • TRITHEMIUS.
  • LUTHER.
  • CORNELIUS AGRIPPA.
  • FAUSTUS.
  • SABELLICUS.
  • PARACELSUS
  • CARDAN.
  • QUACKS, WHO IN COOL BLOOD UNDERTOOK TO OVERREACH MANKIND.
  • BENVENUTO CELLINI.
  • NOSTRADAMUS.
  • DOCTOR DEE.
  • EARL OF DERBY.
  • KING JAMES'S VOYAGE TO NORWAY.
  • JOHN FIAN.
  • KING JAMES'S DEMONOLOGY.
  • STATUTE, 1 JAMES I.
  • FORMAN AND OTHERS.
  • LATEST IDEAS OF JAMES ON THE SUBJECT.
  • LANCASHIRE WITCHES.
  • LADY DAVIES.
  • EDWARD FAIRFAX.
  • DOCTOR LAMB.
  • URBAIN GRANDIER.
  • ASTROLOGY.
  • WILLIAM LILLY.
  • MATTHEW HOPKINS.
  • CROMWEL.
  • DOROTHY MATELEY.
  • WITCHES HANGED BY SIR MATTHEW HALE.
  • WITCHCRAFT IN SWEDEN.
  • WITCHCRAFT IN NEW ENGLAND.
• CONCLUSION.
  • FOOTNOTES

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