[Transcriber's note: The spelling peculiarities of the original have been retained in this etext.] THAUMATURGIA, OR ELUCIDATIONS OF THE MARVELLOUS. BY AN OXONIAN. 1835 "Bombastes kept the devil's bird, Shut in the pommel of his sword, And taught him all the cunning pranks, Of past and future mountebanks." _Hudibras_. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. Demonology--The Devil, a most unaccountable personage--Who is he?--His predilection for old women--Traditions concerning evil spirits &c. CHAPTER II. Magic and Magical rites. Jewish magi. CHAPTER III. On the several kinds of magic. Augury, or divinations drawn from the flight and feeding of birds. Aruspices, or divinations drawn from brute or human sacrifice…
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