CHAPTER II.

Effect of perfumes on the moral nature of man — Action of lini- ments ; the Magic Ointment frequently operated, by occasioning dreams, whieh the predisposition to credulity converted into realities — Such dreams may explain the whole history of Sorcery — The principal causes which multiplied the number
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of Sorcerers, were the employment of mysterious secrets — The crimes which these pretended mysteries served to conceal, and the rigorous laws absurdly directed against the crime of sorcery
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