M. Letronne.

t In whatever manner the sounds were produced it is probable that, as the priests were aware of the sounds still heard at Carnac, from the rocks on the east bank of the Nile, they would take advantage of that phenomenon to produce similar sounds from the colossal statue. — Ed.
ILLUSTRATIONS. 353
being neither able to deny the existence of the assumed miracle, to fix its duration, nor to give such an explanation of it as would defy all objections.
The numerous examples of apparent miracles produced by means of the science of acoustics, authorize us to ascribe this one to the skill of the priests, who never allowed a singular fact to escape them, without seizing on it, and turning it to advantage. But of what nature was their intervention here ? How shall we explain a fraud, varied in certain cases, to render the miracle more imposing, but generally performed in one way, in the light of the sun, in the open air, and in the midst of witnesses, who presented themselves in crowds to observe its effect, and which, nevertheless, was never discovered ? This, the real question, remains yet to be solved.
VOL. II.
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GENERAL INDEX.
GENERAL INDEX.
Abaris, the son of Seuthes, n. 119.
Abbagumba, or Erkoom, 68.
Abracadabra, a word employed to cure Agues, 198.
Abraxas, 195.
Abunde, who was also called Hèra, 233.
Academy, St. Petersburg, Aerolites sent to, 14.
of Sciences at Paris, phenomenon vouched for by the, 14.
Achilles, the blows of, 20.
Tatius, 37.
inconsistency of the Spirit of, 274.
Achro, Sacrifices made to the God, 85. Aclepiodotus, 298.
Acosta, Joseph, miracle mentioned by, 289.
Acqua de Toffana, n. 132.
Adam, Peak of, at Ceylon, 24.
Adonis, the liver of, and blood of, 20.
Aelian, supposed a casual phenomenon to be constant, 32.
Aerolites, sent to St. Petersburgh, 14.
falling of, frequent occurrence, 82.
— nature of, 12.
— sought for by Kicahan, u. 113.
Metes, her reputation preserved as an invincible Magician, 129. iEsculapius, invoked in his Temple, 134. Africa, a parasol imported into, 44. Agamede, Theocritus's account of, 210.
358 GENERAL INDEX.
Aganiede, what it signifies in the language of Homer, 129.
accused of having exaggerated, 30.
plants named after him, 31.
Agamemnon, dedicated a vessel of Stone, 22. Agaric, of the Olive Tree, 32,
Agnus Dei, sent to the Emperor of Constantinople, 196.
Agrigentum, a rock near, 25.
Ainos of the Kourila Islands, 65.
Air, rendered pestilential, n. 151.
Albania, men described in, 64.
Albertus Magnus, account of, 258.
Alchemy arose from ignorance of true Science, 188.
Alexander the Great employed the Greek Fire, n. 221.
death of, attributed to Poison, n. 128.
cause of the destruction of his Soldiers at Thebes, u. 240.
Alexander, the flowing of a Spring in the Tent of, considered as a
miracle, 80.
excited to deadly anger by songs, n, 80.
Ali, a miracle ascribed to him, 105.
Alladas, Sylvius, imitated the noise of Thunder, n. 179.
Almanacs, used to instruct the ignorant to read, 56.
Almond, the bitter, described, 39.
Alamoot, account of, n. 24.
Alphourians or Haraforas of Borneo and the Malay Islands, 6C.
Althaea Cannabina of Linnaeus, 31.
Amalekites inured to Magic, 100.
Amanita Muscaria, is the Muchamore, n. 15, 16.
Ambbopia, or double images, n. 38.
Amethyst, a precious stone, 50.
figurative description of, 50.
Amis, the oil of, 325.
Amulet, definition of the term, 194.
Ammianus Marcellinus flourished in the .reign of Constantine, Julian and
Valens, n. 186. his account of the failure to rebuild the Temple of Jerusalem,
ii. 229. Ammon Jupiter, account of the Temple of, 236. Anamarana, n. 27. Anaxilaus of Larissa, 290. Anaximander, what he foretold, n. 158. Anchurus, Son of Midas, fable relating to, 60. Andronius, Emperor, threatened with an earthquake, H. 154. Androi'des, 257. art of constructing, known to the Ancients, 261.
GENERAL INDEX. 359
Andros, miraculous Fountain in, 295.
Animals, History of, filled with details apparently chimerical, 67.
Annius Manlius Torquatus, &c, account of, 246.
Anthropophagi, 45.
Ants, described by Herodotus as larger than foxes, 36.
Aomos, where stood the sanctuary of, 273.
Apollo, Endemic diseases, termed the arrows of, 23.
water from the Grotto of, 164.
the Priests of, 24.
Apollonius, of Tyana, denied that he was ono of the Magicians, 98.
his Miracles admitted by Justin, 130.
account of, as an assumed Magician, 119.
Note on, 249.
he called a Girl to life, n. 125.
Apuleius Lucius, account of, 172. Apparitions of the Dead, 269.
of the Goddess Mother, 269.
of Cleonice, 275.
produced in smoke and air, 290.
Apple of Sodom, described by Josephus, 35.
Arabs, gave themselves up to the study of Magic, 226.
Arcadia, Tradition that Minerva was born in, 86.
Arcadian Colony, carried the Worship of Hercules to Rome, 87.
Arcadians of Herea, joined in the Worship of Myagrus, 86.
Archelaus, the tower raised by, 322.
Archimedes, 266.
Archytas, 250.
Argippeans are recognized as Mongols, 66.
Argos, in Achaia, 41.
Arieni, traditions concerning the Prophet of the, 99.
Aristeus of Proconesus describes pigmies, 64.
Arius, Death of, n. 135.
Arouates, some Account of, n. 82.
Arsacides, a Rock in the land of, 21.
Asbestos, the art of spinning and weaving the, 322.
Asclepiades, u. 123.
Asclepiodotus, 185.
Ashes, that spontaneously inflamed, n. 211.
Asp, may be tamed, account of, 343.
Assassins, what Tribe so named, n. 23.
Assisi, St. Francis of, 46.
Atalanta, table of, 51.
Atesch-gah of Baku, n. 199
Athar'vaDa, character of, II. 195.
360 GENERAL INDEX.
Atmospheric Phenomena, ancient use of, n. 162.
Auhletia, Verhena, 31.
Aulus GeUus, treats some narrations as fables, 64, 265.
Aurora, Son of, 20.
Avernus, the Lake of, described by ancient writers, 33.
formerly exhaled pestilential vapours, 34.
B.
Baal-zebud or Belzebuth, origin of the name, 85.
Baaras, or Cynospastos, 180.
Babylonish Numbers, 192.
Bacchus, Note on, 50.
Bactria, founded by Nimrod, 99.
Baden, hot Mineral Springs of, 29.
Bailla, a figure of a Dragon, n. 299.
Bakhou, in Georgia, the perpetual fires near, 74.
Baku, naphtha, spring of, at, n. 199.
Baldwin's Phosphorus, n. 203.
Bambouk, the Gold there collected by washing, 38.
Barnacle goose, account of, 49.
Barochebus, Son of the Star, 212.
Barvas, or Prophets of the Billhs, 163.
Baschkirs, their faith in the Black Book, 118.
Basil, Emperor, 278.
Basle, a wine cultivated near, 41.
Baths, employed in initiation, 309.
Batz, Dragon of, u. 278.
Bayle, a philosopher who has rendered the greatest service to the human
intellect, 74. Bedley, burning spring near, n. 208. Belladonna, its soporific power, n. 6.
its juice gained Macbeth's victory, n. 6.
Belus, Monument of, 295.
Belzebuth, a God worshipped in Phenicia, 85.
Bendjé, a preparation of Hyosciamus, n. 20.
Berkout, wonderful stories related of the, 30.
Bethlehem otfered a striking example of Natural Objects converted into
prodigies, 28. Beverages, preparation of, n. 1. Beyruss, Professor, anecdote of, 299. Bezoar, miraculous powers of, n. 114.
GENERAL INDEX. 361
Bishop of St. George, act of his insane Son, n. 91. Black Books, generally descended by inheritance, 118. Blood of Nessus, n. 214.
marks of, preserved for centuries, 135.
of Magdalene, 300.
of the Swiss, 42.
of Bulls, caused the death of Midas, 300.
what it indicated on the Altars of Temples, 300.
of the Bones of St. Nicholas, 302.
of the Bones of St. Thomas, 302.
■ of St. Januarius, 301.
■ — of St. Lawrence, 300.
of St. Pantaleon, 301.
of the Relics of St. John the Baptist, 302.
Blue Sea, a favour attributed to the Spirit of the, 80. Boa Constrictor, once common in Italy, n. 276.
Bites of it, non venomous, 45.
Bohemians, Gipsies so named, n. 212. Bochart's assertions, 41. Bohemians, the Chief of the, 139. Bones, composition of, 184.
of St. Nicholas, 302.
of St. Thomas Aquinas, 302.
Boutan, 65.
Bedley, unextinguishable fire of, n. 207.
Bramah, the adoration of, 202.
Brahman's, Magical Ceremonies permitted among them, 202.
Branchides, the oracle of, 164.
Brazil, the Goldwashers of, 38.
Brocken, Spectre of the, n. 72.
Brownies, description of the, 126.
Brichtains, the Russians in Kamschatka are called, 43.
Buflfon, quotation from, 182.
allows the possibility of the existence of steel mirrors, for the
purpose of seeing vessels at a distance, 284.
Bukaw, the natives of, 65.
Bulimia, well known among the Ancients, account of, 92.
Bull's blood, those who died in consequence of drinking it, 41.
Bull's blood in the East, a poisonous beverage called by this name, 42.
eye, a small Cloud, so called, n. 161.
Bushmen, of South Africa, may be regarded as a race of Pygmies, 65. Byblos, an inhabitant of, explains the phenomenon of the blood of Adonis, 20.
362 GENERAL INDEX.
Cabbala, n. 203.
Cadet, M. de Metz, prediction of, n. 157.
Calaber, Q., 22.
Calcbas, a Prophet, Note on, 153.
Caligula, power of against the Elements, n. 178.
shot Lightning against the Gods, n. 178.
Callinicus, knew the composition of the Greek Fire, ii. 222.
of Heliopolis invented the Greek Fire, n. 221.
Cambyses, his Brother was supposed to have died from drinking Bull's Blood. 41.
Camera Obscura, 281.
Canaan, Inhabitants of, incurred Divine "Wrath by their Use of Enchant- ments, 100.
Candolle, M. de, Note regarding him, 75.
Cantharides, used in Love Philtres, n. 41.
Canton, the Province of, 48.
Cape of Good Hope, storms at, 176, n. 161.
Caracalla, death of, predicted, 326.
Carbuncle, legend respecting, n. 288.
Cardan, indicated the mode of making Fireworks, n, 224.
Note on, 203.
Caribbees, legend of respecting Dragons, n. 287.
Carolina, the marshes of that place described, 34.
Casciorolus, Vincentius, discovered the Bologna Stone, n. 203.
Caspian, Well of Naphtha near, u. 200.
Cassia, 327.
Cassiodorus, Note on, 245, 246.
Catharine, St., body of laid on a stone, 25.
Cat-mint, Note on, 325.
influence of, 325.
Cato, what he prescribed for dislocations, n. 113.
Catopleba, what it was, 68.
Cave of Trophonius, 248.
Cedron, Brook, a rock rising from the middle of, 25
Ceres, remains of the Temple of, 249.
Ceylon, Peak of Adam at, 24.
Chaerémon, taught the art of invoking the Gods, 119.
his instructions how to command gain, 173.
Chaldaic Oracles, n. 192.
GENERAL INDEX. 363
Chaldea, the Cradle of Astronomy, 205.
Chaldeans, the Magic of the, 134.
Charlemagne, proscribed the Tempestarii, n, 165.
Chartomi, derivation of the word, 130.
Charybdis, whirlpool of, 31.
Chederles, an account of him, n. 286.
Chevreuse, Duke of, confirmed Mme. de Guyon's fraud, n. 77.
Child, Birth of an Acephalus not impossible, 67.
China, Gunpowder long known in, n. 235.
Guns used in, n. 236.
Thunder Chariots used iu, n. 236.
Chiapa, Bishop of, 289.
Chong or Rice Wine, account of, 303.
Christ, the impression of the hand of, 26.
Cicero, Remarks attributed to, 211.
Circe, her Mysterious Arts represented as purely natural, 129,
Agamede described as the rival of, 129.
account of her, n. 9.
Citron, how efficacious, 328.
Clapperton, anecdote by, 199.
Clare, St., miracle attributed to her, 47-
account of her, 47.
Claros, the Oracles of the Colophonians at, 164.
Cleonice, apparition of, 275.
Clerks, professors of Medicine formerly, n. 107.
Chtheroe, anecdotes of some girls at, n. 85.
Coals, walking on burning, 313.
Cloud, a picturesque designation given by the Africans to a Parasol, 44.
Ccelus Rhodigenus, Quotation from, 47.
Coeculus, imagined himself the son of Vulcan, n. 205.
explanation of a magical trick of, n. 205.
Colophoniaus, the Oracle of the, 164.
Comnenus, Manuel, knew the Composition of the Greek Fire, n. 219.
Anna, speaks of fire-arms, n. 223.
Alexis, employed the Greek Fire, n. 220.
Anna, her account of the Greek Fire, n. 220.
Alexis, how he ascertained whether he should attack the Comanes,
147.
■ Manuel died as a monk, n, 219.
Compass, Mariner's, n. 343.
long known to the Ancients, n. 252.
Comus, the Juggler called, 143. Condor, the American, 29. Corfu, rock near the Island of, 21.
364 GENERAL INDEX.
Corfu, rock near the vessel which brought Ulysses back, 22.
Cos, Temple of, 102.
Cotugno, discovered Galvanism, n. 257.
Cratisthenes, how spoken of by Athenseus, 288.
described as merely being a skilful adept, 289.
Creusa, killed by a poisoned robe, n. 217.
Crickets, in Esthonia not allowed to be destroyed, 167.
Crocodile, large one killed near Calcutta, n. 274.
how one should be tamed, 336.
tamed, 337.
sacred, 338.
Croesus, indication of the Oracle of Delphi concerning, 149.
Crusaders, described by the Greeks as Men of Brass whose eyes flashed fire,
43. Cumin, how employed, 325.
Cyclops, made lightning and thunder for Jupiter, n. 238. Cynocephali of Ktesias, 66.
Cyprus, the art of working Iron carried into the Islands of, 113. Cyrus, the younger, 208.
D.
Daedalus and Icarus, story of, 251. Damascius, the expressions of, 185.
account of, 216.
who, 281.
Danaides, punishment of, 294.
Dance, St. Vitus, n. 87.
Darius, son of Hystaspes, 255.
Datura, its poison, n. 6.
David, King, explosion at his monument, n. 227.
Deacon Poppon, 319.
Dead, apparitions of the, 269.
art of questioning the, 273.
invocations of the, 277.
power of recalling the, n, 124.
sea, the valleys of the, 32.
Death, the Valley of, account of the, in Java, 34. Dejanira, nature of her poisoned Tunic, n. 214.
Note on, u. 214.
Delphi, explosion at, n. 281.
Oracles of, 149.
Democrites, devoted his life to observing Nature, 45. Demons of the Mine, account of, 90.
GENERAL INDEX» 365
Demosthenes, the first Author who noticed the existence of Sorcerers, 206. Devil, appeared to Zoroaster, 11. 184. Devinière, La, 27. Dews, power of the, 108. Diana, divers names for, 233.
Goddess, 22.
Endemic Diseases termed the Arrows of, 234.
Priestesses of, 313.
Dion Cassius, account of, 10, 11.
Dionysius of Halicamassus, imitated lightning, n. 179.
Diorama, effect produced hy a, 268.
Dioscuras, the apparition of, 25.
Distillation, art of, introduced into Asia Minor, &c, 306.
Distilling, art of, known to the Thaumaturgists, 302.
practised in Hindustan, Nepaul, &c, 303.
how received hy the Nagals, 303.
Divining Rod, Note on, 193.
Divination, the gift bestowed by Apollo, 151.
Dodona, Oracles proceeded from the Oaks of, 160.
Dogs, influence of harsh sounds on, 333.
Douarnanez, marine ruins in the Bay of, 83.
Drac, its meaning, n. 294.
Dragons, winged, 275.
Notes upon, n. 273.
one destroyed by St. Julian, ii. 279.
are mere emblems of Inundations, n. 280.
■ of St. George, Legend concerning the, n. 285.
legend of the Caribbees regarding, n. 285.
Stones taken from their heads, n. 288.
legend of, crept into Christianity, n. 289.
every Parish had one, n. 298.
that of Poitiers canonized, u. 298.
often overcome by condemned men, n. 301.
~ of Thespia, annual sacrifices to, n. 303.
Drugs, Preparation of, n. 2.
Druidesses of Sena, pretended to allay Storms, n. 164.
— act attributed to the, 287-
Druidical Fire, n. 234.
Druids, Magic known to the, 102.
Duergar, traditions concerning the, 127.
Dyer, Bishop, preached against Witchcraft, n. 59.
266 GENERAL INDEX.
E.
Earthquake, a rare phenomenon in Egypt, n. 343.
Ecstasy, account of, n. 79.
Eddystone, Rock of, in the land of Arsacides, 21.
Egyptian Priests sole possessors of the complete Knowledge of Hierogly- phics, 177.
Egyptians, little affected at the sight of Balloons, 2.
Elijah, Coelius Rhodiginus attempts to explain his translation into Heaven, 48.
Elis, miracle performed in, 194.
Elysius of Therina, 276.
Emblems, figure of the Serpent in, n. 294.
Empidocles, what happened to, 104.
Endor, the Witch of, 158.
Engastrimythes, why this name was given to the Pythiae, 159.
Euthymus, combat of, with Lybas, 137.
Epimenides, stories related of, n. 119.
Eresicthon, story of, 92.
Erick-le-bon, who, n. 80.
Esculapius, Note on, worshipped as a Deity, II. 100.
Eternal City, advice given to travellers in the vicinity of, 48.
Etna, substances thrown up by it inflame spontaneously, n. 213.
Etruscans instructed by the Lydians, 171.
Eunus, account of, 311.
Euralye, one of the Gorgons, n. 187.
Eustathius, Note on, 287.
Evander, raised an altar to the God of Meroe, 87.
account of, 171.
Exhalations, deleterious, from a sacred Grotto, 298.
Experience thas proved that the Blood of Bulls contains no deleterious property, 42.
Eymeric, his Work, n. 29.
F.
Fancourt, Miss, cured of a spine disease by Prayer, u. 89. Fairies, derivation of the word, description of, 124.
Falsehoods and Prodigies joined to impropriety of expression more striking when proceeding from Ancient Authors, 35.
GENERAL INDEX. 367
Fates would not permit Troy to be taken, 51.
consulted at Venice, 51.
consulted by Tarquin, 150.
Fez.a little hill in the Kingdom of, 48.
Fifes or Fairies, famed as excelling in the art of working Metals, 123.
Figurative Style, clothes facts in supernatural colouring, 44.
Fins, acquainted with the treatment of Metals, 114.
Fire Worshippers at Baku, n. 199.
of Pietramala, 74.
Fire, Greek, Langles's account of, n. 234.
perpetual at Atisch-gah, 74.
■ Trials by endured by Zoroaster, 309.
eating, burning, 311.
Darts and Balls, n. 233.
Firmus, how, escaped Crocodiles, 328.
Flamen, the Gods to whom it appealed, 123.
Flies, the presence of, in Phoenicia amounts almost to a plague, 85.
Myagrus, God of, Jupiter Apomyios, God of, 84.
Forbes, anecdote related by, 344.
Forespoken Water, .54.
Fountain, Water of which coagulates, u. 14.
Miraculous, in Andros, 293.
Miraculous at Rome, 293.
of Heron, 294.
ofWieres, it. 141.
Francis, St. of Assisi, account of him, 46.
G.
Gaffarel, the Collection of, 200.
Galvani, account of, n. 257.
Ganges, Crocodile of the, account of, 329.
Gargouille, the Dragon of Rouen, II. 301.
Gassendi, sagacity of, 107.
Gelatophyllis, perhaps a Datura, il. 13.
Gengis Khan, Tartar hordes led on by, 146.
where he flourished, 285.
Genii, il. 69.
who were the evil, 104.
some conjured in the Egyptian, others in the Persian lan- guage, 122.
368 GENERAL INDEX.
Genii, their habitations, 175.
of the Earth, Air and Fire, 219.
— metamorphosed into Serpents, 344.
the care of the parts of the body divided among, 36, n. 100.
Genius of the Empire, appeared to Brutus, n. 69.
Gerbert, his construction of a brazen head, 259.
Germain, account of him, 46.
Ghelongs, heads closely shaved of, 66.
Giambatista Porta, account of, 257.
Gimbernat, Mr. remarks on the Zoogène, 79.
Gipsies, n. 212.
Gitanos, what people so called, n. 212.
Gléditsch, saw the ghost of Maupertuis, n. 92.
Glycas, speaks of a shower of Quicksilver in the reign of Aurelian, 10.
very little known of him, 10.
Gnomes, description of the, 125. Gnoo, described by iElian, 68.
brindled, inhabitant of Southern Africa, 69.
Gold legend, 37.
of Bambouk, tempered with iron and emery powder, 38.
Gorgons, who they are, n, 187.
————— supposed to be ships, n, 187.
Gothic Women, Account of, 102.
Gout, spring brings periodical returns of, 35.
Gralon, King, tradition how he was saved, 83.
Grangué, near sandy mountains containing Gold Dust, 37.
Greatracks, an Irish quack, n. 88.
■ Flamstead touched by him, n. 88.
■ Lady Conway, a believer in, n. 88.
Greece, attached itself to African traditions only, 86. Greek Fire, n. 218, 219.
invented by CaUineus, n. 221.
supposed to be Gunpowder, 233.
Grignoncourt, devastated by a violent hailstorm, 13.
Neufchâteau in the department of the Vosges, 13.
Gryphus, great Vulture of the Andes, 29.
Guinea Worm, account of it, 36. Gunpowder, compositions similar to, n. 227.
invention of, ascribed to Visvacarma, n. 235.
. known to Magi, n. 226.
long known in China, n. 234.
Guyon, Madame de, Confession of, 76.
Gypàetus Barbatus, Bearded Griffin of the Alps, 29.
GENERAL INDEX. 369
H.
Hagiographers, Miracle promulgated by them, 83. Hagno, fountain of, 11. 162, Hail Storms, securities against, n. 168. Halliatoris, used in Persia to enliven a feast, 39.
able to counteract the effect of wine, 39.
Halleh or Hhuleh, a town on the Euphrates, 19.
Harz Mountains, Spectre of the, u. 72.
Haschiché, a preparation of Hemp, u. 17.
Hay-ricks, how spontaneously consumed, n. 206.
Healing Springs, M, 103.
Heat, the agency of, to what it belongs, 298.
Heaven, Translation of Elijah into, 48.
Hebrew, in this language the word milk signified a somniferous drink, 40.
Hecate, the Statue of, 291.
Hellebore, its cure, n. 97.
Hemp, its intoxicating quality, n. 17.
'Herbatilicum, the causes of its being swallowed up, 83.
Hercules, passage of cattle conducted by, 25.
death of, n. 215.
composition of the Fire which killed him, n. 215.
the blood in which his Arrows were dipped, 42.
invoked the God Myagrus, 84.
the Serpent, 85.
surnamed Iatricos, or the able Physician, n. 103.
his death, n. 215.
Herod, opened the Tomb of David and Solomon, n. 227.
Herod, Ins descent into David's Tomb, n. 227.
Herodotus, quotation from, 36.
Hervorar Saga, 273.
Heydens, people so called, n. 212.
Hhuleh, or Halleh, a town on the Euphrates, 19.
Hinan-yuan, singular Chariot of, n. 255.
Hibbert, anecdote related by him, II. 86.
Highlanders, superstitions of, n. 70.
second sight of, n, 70.
Hindoo Mythology, 102.
Hindoos, acquainted with lightning conductors, II, 196.
custom of placing a perfumed Pastille in their mouths, 38.
Hirpi, 313.
Hindoostan, what diseases known on the coast of, 36.
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370 GENERAL INDEX.
Hindustan, belief, existing in, 102.
Hippolytus de Marseilles, n. 29.
Hippomanes, its power, 330.
Hohenlohe, Prince, impositions of, n. 89,
Homer, his many fables, merely natural facts, aggrandized by poetical
conception, 31. Horse of Tiberius of Rhodes, n, 171.
Hussites, the celebration of the excommunication of the, 140. Hydrostatics, 244. Hyphasis, unextinguishable oil, made at, u, 223.
Is, town of, 83.
Isaac Comnenus, Emperor, anecdote of, 81.
Idyl of Theocritus, the Second, 209.
Iamblicus, arranges the Genii into two divisions, 120.
Ice, account of it produced in a vessel at a great heat, 121.
Ida, River of, change of colour of, 21.
Imagination, influence of, n. 67.
definition of, ii. 67.
warmed to delirium, n. 82.
Imitation, force of, n. 85.
anecdote of its power, n. 85.
Imporcitor, 123.
India, Ktesias speaks of a fountain in, 37,
Innocents, Cimetière des, blossom of a hawthorn in, 80.
Insitor, 123.
Intoxication, Greek and Persian drank much without suffering, 39.
Invocation, decline of the Art of, in Greece, 275.
the Art of, in Italy, 276.
Iodhan-Moran, 141.
Iphigenia, sacrifice of, 153.
Iphis and Caenis, fable of them, 73.
Justinian, the Emperor, 52.
Jael, note on Sisera, 40.
Jakoutes, prone to Ecstacy, n. 78.
James, King, a believer in Witchcraft, if. 55.
GENERAL INDEX.
371
Janus, Nuraa consecrated a temple under the name of, 87.
a Symbolical Representation of the Year, 87.
Jerusalem, Temple of, could not be rebuilt, 229.
■ temple of, protected from Lightning, n. 184.
attempt by Julian to raze the, 213.
not struck by lightning during a thousand years, n. 184.
Jethro, mosque of, 19.
John of Salisbury, when he lived, 286.
Jouin, St., the Mare of, 26.
Julian, efforts of, to raze the Temple of Jerusalem, 213.
Juno, Temple of, protected from Ughtning, u. 174.
Milo, High Priest of, 55.
Jupiter Cataibates, origin of the Surname, n. 180.
miracle attributed by Marcus Aurelius to, 81.
fiction that stones were rained by, 82.
Elicius, ii. 181.
Apomyios, worshipped by the iElians, 84.
Ammon, temple of, 236.
transformations of, 285.
K.
Kaleidescope, Note on, 261.
Kamschatka, the name of Brichtains still given to the Russians in, 42.
Kea-soum, what, 303.
of St. Hubert, n. 109.
Key, the cures of the, 235.
Khivans, complicated calculations made from pieces of wood by, 193.
Kicahans, subjects of the Burmese, n. 113.
Klaproth, M. Jules, describes the Nogais Tartars, 67.
Kongx, Om, Panx, 230.
Kraken, we may disbelieve all that has been related of the, 40.
Krishna, the God, definition of the Name, 172.
Ktesias, saw experiments on Lightning in Persia, n. 196.
speaks of a fountain in India filled annually with liquid gold, 37.
his accounts correct, but not his Expressions, 37.
Kurdes, or Ali-Oulahies, 105.
Labyrinth of Crete, 251.
of Egypt, 254.
La Charente, the Department of, 27. Lacryma Batavica, n. 261,
B B 2
372 GENERAL INDEX.
Lactantius, Note on, 278.
Laguna, André, physician to Pope Julius, n. 46. Lammer Geyer, the eagle of the Alps, 29. Lamp, miraculous account of the oil of one, 297.
perpetual, 297.
common invention concerning, 297.
Lapis Memphiticus, n. 26.
Laplanders, described as pigmies, 84.
Larcher, turns the account of Ktesias into ridicule, 37.
Larysium, the Mount, 113.
Latacé, explanation of, 40.
Laurels, protectors against lightning, n. 172.
Law, Hindoo, account of the, n. 138.
Lead, molten, poured on Zoroaster, 316.
substitute for, 320.
Lebanos, Mount, composed of red earth, 20.
Leibnitz, penetrated into a secret society at Nuremberg, 221.
Lenoir, his opinions on dragons as emblems, n. 273.
Lerna, the blood of the hydra of, 42.
Lethe, waters of, n. 2.
Letronne, M., his opinions of the statue of Memnon, u, 341.
Letters, governed by angels, 197.
Runic, 199.
Lightning, various means to guard against, n. 1 72.
custom of proving, n. 172.
conductors of, reprobated by St. Bernardin, n. 174.
Llorente, who, n. 46.
Lot, division of angels by, 145.
suggestion of Plato regarding the contraction of marriages by,
145. Lybas, sacrifice to the manes of, 137. Lydas, the Sacred Books of the Etruscan priests often quoted by, 93.
M.
Macrisius, his relation of an enormous Hail Shower, 14. Madelaine, St., the print of her right foot, 27. Magi, the star which guided them, 28.
wonders performed by, 208.
should be distinguished from Wizards, 234.
GENERAL INDEX. 373
Magic, name applied to the art of working Wonders, 8.
for some time the world was governed by, 97.
originated from researches into the Occult Science, 96.
Name given by the Greeks to the science which they learnt from
the Magi, 98.
established in Bactria by Nimrod, 99.
Cassien speaks of a treatise on, 100.
the highest consideration in Hindustan given to, 101.
acquired by Joseph in Egypt, 101.
the mysteries of, known to Pharoah's Wife, 101.
known to the Druids under the name of Occult Sciences, 102.
Voëleurs or Volveurs, priestesses well versed in, 103.
arts which come into common use may pass for, 113.
the works of, much circumscribed within the Limits of science,
114.
those ridiculed by Apollonius of Tyana who expected to gain by
the ends of, 114.
how the mystery is removed from, 131.
severe laws issued against by the Franks and Visigoths, 229.
Magical performances much more useful to the priest than prodigies, 95. Magician, fate of a female, 115.
power of those in the Isles of Sena, n. 101.
priest, li. 105.
Magnet, its attractive power known to the ancients, n. 248. Magnetic sleep, n. 90. Magnus, Albertus, Note on, 258.
his description of two processes, 319.
possessed a stone for attracting serpents, 352.
Mahomet, ascended to heaven, 27.
impression of the head of, 25.
why did he refuse to work miracles ?
what species of divination used in the time of, 146.
account of, 224.
Marcomans, war against the, 81.
Marcos, miracle by, 299.
Maricus passed himself off for a God, 326.
Marses, the gift they pretended to possess, 349.
Marsian priests made to collect serpents, 349.
Martineau, Miss, her cure, u. 89.
Marum, Note on, influence of, 325.
Mash allah, what, n. 12.
Maupertuis, appeared as a ghost to Gléditsch, n. 92,
Maximus, the Cynic, ir. 210,
374 GENERAL INDEX.
Maximus of Turin, 234.
the Theurgist, 291.
Miracles, apparent, have heen produced by the Science, or by the address of able men, 15.
at St. Petersburgh, 296.
Mecca, shower of stones at the foot of the walls of, 82. Medals, legends discovered on, n. 183. Medea, poison used by her, n. 217.
poisoned robe sent by her to Creusa, ii, 217.
oil of, ii. 217.
■ renewal of the youth of Eson by, 133.
how her mysterious arts were represented , 129.
Medina, a grotto near, 25.
Medusa, one of the Gorgons, n. 187.
Memnon, opinions respecting the sounding of the statue of, ii. 33.
■ statue of, ii. 252.
— fell beneath the blows of Achilles, 20.
— ancient inscriptions on, u. 33-1.
— oracle connected with, u. 333.
Memphis, situation of,. 216.
stone of, n. 26.
Menelaus, Greeks bound to him, 153.
Mendes, Note on, 233.
Meroe, locality of determined, 86.
Metal, fusible, 320.
Meteorology, limited information in, ii. 160.
Mexico, Traditions of the people who emigrated from, 43.
Midas, King of Phrygia, how he died, 41.
Michaelis, his explanation of several explosions, ii. 227.
account of, 170.
Mines, supposed to be inhabited by Genii, 127. Miners, supposed to be destroyed by Demons, 89.
what was said of the Genii, might hold good of the, 128.
Milo of Croton, 55.
Miracle, on the attempt to rebuild the Temple of Jerusalem, u. 229. Mirme, head of, 259. Misletoe, account of the, 232.
Missouri, the people who dwell in the burning mountains north of, 43. Mnemosyne, waters of, u. 2. Mochus, who were his descendants, 130. Mongolia, an army of rebels pursued in, 80. Morat, Lake of, extraordinary appearance of, 75. Moses, understood Electricity, n. 183.
GENERAL INDEX. 375
Moses, possessed some knowledge of electricity, n. 183. Mother of, the Water, description of, n. 320. Moudela, Crocodile, 328. Mountain of the Hand, 26. Muchamore, plant of, n. 15. Music, the influence of, 162.
the power of, on animals, 331.
Cats agreeahly affected by, 332.
Myagrus, the God, invoked by Hercules, 84. Myrope, the plant, occasions blindness, n. 142. Mystery, custom of, 216.
Mythology, Greek, did not admit one Deity to interfere in the schemes of another, 114.
N.
Nadoëssis, ignorant of ciphers, 199.
a religious society, n. 4.
Naevius, the Augur, 149.
his talent as an Augur appeared from infancy, 167.
Nagals, how the art of distilling was received by, 303.
Naguals, power ascribed to the, 289.
Naptha, its abundance and use at Baku, n. 196.
native, brought from the Caspian, n. 200.
Navigators, French and English deceived, 22. Natural Physics employed by Magicians, n. 167. Nazareth, the mark of the Virgin Mother's knee near, 25. Nebuchadnezzar, method of decision, 146. Nekyomantion, introduction of Achilles into a, 274.
Virgil's description of, 275.
Pausanias driven to a, 275.
Nelson, Lord, monument to, on the Calton Hill, 23. Nepenthes of the Greeks, account of, n. 10. Nessus, blood of, n. 214.
— — misnamed, 42.
Newton, Sir Isaac, anecdote of, it. 162. Nicasius, St. Bishop of Rheims, 18.
Church of, 18
Niobe, 22.
Nipa, Palm Tree, 304. Nonacris, the water of, n. 131. account of, n. 132.
Nonnosus, regarded as a Narrator of Fables, 52.
376
GENERAL INDEX.
Numa, killed by lightning, u. 175. the books of, 177.
O.
Obarator, 123.
Obsequens, Julius, 70.
Occator, 123.
Occult Science, its use in removing the mystery of Magic, 131.
■ unknown to Mahomet, 112.
lustre added by Zoroaster to the, 109.
Odin, regarded as the inventor of magic in Scandinavia, Note on, 102
Odin possessed of a speaking head, 259.
Odours, influence of, n. 37.
Œnomaus, King of Pisa, killed by his son-in-law, n. 181.
Note on, n. 181.
Oil of Medea, a poison, u. 217.
of vitriol, 305.
fraudulent practices with, 296.
unextinguishable, whence obtained, n. 224.
Miraculous overflow of, 297.
produced from common salt, 305.
Old Man of the Mountain, account of, n. 18.
Ololuchqui, account of, n. 41.
Olympia, the statue of Milo in, 55.
Olympic games, 84.
ODocentaur, what is designated by, 6'7.
resembles the Chimpanzee, 68.
Ophiogenes in Cyprus, 348. Ophiusa, a plant of Ethiopia, n. 14. Opium, power of, n. 118. Oracle, belief in by Baro, 149.
of Delphi, indication of, concerning Croesus, 149,
history of, 151.
account of the ancient, 154.
Chaldaic, n. 192.
of Dodona, 160.
Ordeal of heat, 315.
by fire, early known in Greece, 316.
of boiling water, 318.
— of exposure to ferocious beasts, 326.
of swimming among crocodiles, 328
of poisons, ii. 138.
GENERAL INDEX, 377
Organs not unknown to the ancients, 255. Origen, account of, 144.
opinions advanced by, 145.
Orose, Paul, 293.
Orpheus represented as versed in Magic, 129.
Note on, 179.
historical explanation of the fable of, 273.
Orpheus, account of, n. 36.
Orphic mysteries, 179.
Osages, Magicians among the, 139.
Oscellatoria rubescens, what was caused by the development of, 76.
Ossian, a comparison of his, ii. 204.
Oupnek'-hat, passage of, n. 196.
Oxus, wells dug in the vicinity of the, 80.
Pachymerus, assertion of, 317.
Pactolus, wonderful stone found in the, 255.
Palo-Marco, 64.
Paracelsus, Note on, n. 108.
Paragrales, n. 168.
Paragrandines, security against hail, n. 168.
Pausanias, his initiation, n. 40.
Paw, ii. 153.
Pegna, Francis, who, n. 30.
Pelops, accessory to the death of Œnomaus, ii. 181.
Pentheus, Note on, 39.
Perfumes, use of, by the Ancients, ii. 36.
Perkinism, account of, n. 90.
Persian Greeks listened eagerly to the Magi, 209.
Persians, exulted in being able to drink much without suffering intoxication ,
39. Peter, the river of St., 43. Petersburgh, St., pretended miracle at, 297. Petronius Arbiter, his romance, n. 3. Phantasmagoria, now only restored not invented, 279.
account of that brought out in London, 280.
the instruments which formed, 281.
Phosphorus, how used by the ancients, ii. 209.
Bologna, n. 202.
Baldwin's, ii. 203.
378 GENERAL INDEX.
Phosphorus, ancients acquainted with it, n. 209.
Phrygia, where Diana rewards the love of Endymion, 4.
Rome borrowed the fable of Anchurus from, 61.
Physical science, for the most part can explain the sorcery of Thaumaturgy, 5.
Physicians, looked upon as Gods, n. 100.
Physics, natural employed by magicians, n. 167.
Pisa, church of, how set on fire, n. 206.
Pietramala, the fires of, in Tuscany, 74.
Pigeons, carrier, 335.
dung, burnt the church of Pisa, n. 206.
Pigmies described by Ktesias, 65.
supposition of the ancients concerning them, 66.
Pliny discusses proper methods for preventing a return of the plague, u. 156.
Pliny and Aelian accused of having exaggerated, 30.
names three magical plants endowed with magical properties, 31.
Poisons, Hindoo, named Powst, n. 133.
trial by, n. 138.
Pontiffs, the Roman in their rites made use of words known only to them- selves, 171.
Polycritus, the ghost of, 259.
Polyphemus, conquered by Ulysses, 22.
Polypi, dimensions of the, exaggerated, 30.
Polytheism, miracles of, exposed by the Christian religion, 161.
legends of, transformed into moral allegories, 215.
Porphyrogenetus, Constantine, advice to his son, n. 221.
used the Greek fire, n. 221.
Porphyry, account of, 119.
his refutation of Chaerémon, 120.
Porsenna, story of explained, n. 178.
Posthumus, Dictator, victory gained by him, 25.
Potamantis, a plant, n. 13.
Powder, offensive, n. 153
Prayers, miracle attributed by the christians to the efficacy of, 81.
Priest, title inseparable with physician and sorcerer among the Nadoëssis, &c, ii. 105.
Proclus, a physician, n. 36.
Priests of Phrygia and Lyria, threw open their sanctuaries, 209.
Prodigy, every thing so in the eyes of the ignorant, 7.
Protesilaus, the wife of 277.
Proteus, account of, 288.
Psammenites, King of Egypt, cause of the death of, 41.
Psendo-monarchia Daemonum, of what origin, 235.
genii of, 236.
Psychagogues, 275.
GENERAL INDEX. 379
Psychagogues, visited by Elysius, 276.
Ptolemies, introduced the worship of Saturn and Serapis, 11. 346. Pyrites, what composed of, n. 203.
Pythagoras, three plants according to him had the power of freezing water, 31.
who were the prophets consulted by him at Sidon, 130.
account of, 159.
what sagacity attributed to, n. 154.
Pythonesses known among the Gauls, 233. Purgatory of St. Patrick, n. 94.
Q.
Queen Elizabeth, Statute against witchcraft, u. 59.
sermon against witchcraft preached before her, n. 59.
Quicksilver, a shower of, 10.
R.
Raymond of Sully, his exploit, n. 303.
Rabelais, the memory of, 27.
Radegonde, the Church of St., 27.
Rain, diverse opinions of that which succoured Marcus Aurelius, 81.
Raleigh, Sir W. Note on, 64.
Rats, Lybian, Note on, 68.
yellow, transformed into yellow quails, 49.
Rattle Snake, the young at the approach of danger take refuge in the
mouth of the mother, 33. Religion of Egypt, disturbed by Cambysis, 40. Regillus, Lake, 25. Reparator, 123. Rhabdomantic Art, 193. Rheims, ringing of Bells at, 18. Rhésus, horses of, 51. Rigveda, Character of, n. 193. Rosicrucians, account of the, 220. Roukh, or Roc, under this name narrators have described a monstrous
bird, 29. Royal Touch, Account of, it. 88. Rogations, n. 291.
Serpents carried in the processions, n. 295.
Rome, legend of its inundation, n. 292.
380 GENERAL INDEX.
Sabat, account of, 11. 42.
St. Augustus speaks of, Note on, 228.
what passed at the, 231.
inventions taught at, n. 149.
Sabarsen, Religious System, prevalent in Arabia, 202. Saint Arnel, his exploit with a Serpent, n. 296. Athanasius, Note on, n, 135.
— — — Balsemus, 57.
Bernardin, reprobated lightning conductors, n. 1 74.
Clara, in a church in Normandy, 56.
Clare, account of her, 47.
Cyr, well at the church of, n. 295.
His victory over a dragon, n. 295.
Denis, 57.
Epiphanius, account of, 99. Exuperantius, 56.
Felix, represented on the seal of the Canton, 56. sent St. Martin to Nantes, 83.
Florence, his exploit with a serpent, ii. 297.
Francis of Assisi, account of, 47.
Germain at Auxerre, account of, 46.
Hilaire, Geoffroy, 71.
Hilary, his triumph over a serpent, n. 298.
Hubert, Note on, n.
Januarius, Note on, 301.
John the Baptist, Relics of, 302.
Justin, Note on, n, 11.
Lawrence Scopali, Note on, 300.
Lucain, 57.
Lucian, 57.
Magdalene, the blood of, 300.
Martin, sent to convert, 83. his triumph over a Serpent, n. 297.
Maurice of Agen, 57.
Michael, legend of killing the dragon, n. 290. His sword and shield exhibited, u. 291.
Mitrius, at Aries, Note on, 56.
GENERAL INDEX. 381
Saint Nicasius, first Bishop of Rouen, 57.
Nicholas of Tolentius, bones of, 302.
Painted, holding his head, 56.
■ Patrick, lighted a kiln with snow, u. 207.
Pantaleon, Note on, 301.
Note on, 52.
Purgatory of, n. 94.
Par, one of three martyrs, 57.
Paul, Trance of, 48.
Phocas, curative power of his Tomb, it. 294.
Principius at Souvigny.
Régula, 56.
Sané, the iron collar of, 141.
Savinian, 57.
Thecla, miracle attributed to her, Account of, 81.
Thomas, the black slaves at, 161.
Aquinas, bones of, 302.
Vitus' Dance, n. 87.
Salmonius, the fable of, n. 179, 180. Samaria, a prey to the horrors of famine, 4L Sâmaveda, character of, n. 194.
Samoyedes, a people recognised in the narrations of Greek writers, 64.
very susceptible of fear, n. 83.
how cured, n. 97.
San Severo, occupied with chemical experiments, 183. Sannyasi, visions of, n. 93.
Description of the sect of, ii. 94.
Sarritor, 123.
Savoy, a block of granite at, 24. Saxo Grammaticus, first tales of, 103, 285. Scandinavians, the power they attach to verse, 196. Schools of Philosophy, opened to the Christians, 215.
of Toledo, Seville and Salamanca, 226.
Sciences, Occult, the domain of, reduced within true limits, 16. Scopelism, the emblem of, n. 148. Scrofula, royal touch and cure for,, n. 88. Scylla, what becomes of the tradition of, 30. Scythia, the liqueur of, 304.
impression of Hercules foot left in, 25.
Scythian asses, u. 129.
Scythians, Anthropophagi existing amongst the, 64.
sometimes have the appearance of old women, 64.
Seals, representation of saints on, 56.
Second sight, Note on, n. 71.
382 GENERAL INDEX.
Sementini, Doctor, 321.
Serapion, the Egyptian, 326.
Serapis, constellation of the nquinox represented by, 86.
Seres, described by Pliny and Virgil, 37.
Serpent, tamed of Ajax, 341.
in Timauni, 341.
Papa, or Ammodite, 342.
Naja, 347.
discovered in the Antilles by its odour, 350.
that opposed by Kegulus, not a Boa-Constrictor, n. 276.
winged, coidd only have been emblems, ii. 277.
monstrous, emblematic of inundations, n. 278.
legends of, adopted into History, n. 283.
of Sologne, Legend respecting, n. 293.
figure of, in emblems, n. 294.
ancient Mythology, connected with legends of, n. 316.
Shells of beans, m. 150.
Siam, mode of calculating Eclipses existing in, 191. Siberia, shut out from the age of inventions, 304. Simmias, a Philosopher of Thebes, u. 32. Simon, the Magician, 289. Simplicus, Pope, 316. Sipylus, Mount of, 22.
Mount of, endemic diseases peculiar to the neighbourhood
of, 23.
Sisera, Note on Jael, 40. Sita, wife of Kama, 314. Siva, colossal statue of, account of, 152.
adoration of, 202.
Smerdis, brother of Cambyses, 207.
Snakes, Hindoos allowed themselves to be bitten by, 347.
stones, account of, 347.
Snow, from what causes it becomes of a red hue, 76.
red, account of, Note, 77.
Synesius, account of, 216.
Soap, its incombustible influence, u. 33.
Solanum, poison of, n, 11.
Solinus, Note on, 52.
Solomon, explosion at his Tomb, n. 287.
Soolimas, the King of the, 334.
the tribe of the, 142.
Sorcery, Bishop of Spires, accused of, n. 63.
various accusations of, u. 64.
Soukh-oos, Note on, 338.
GENERAL INDEX. 3S3
Spikenard, Note on, 327. Spinon, nature of, n. 207. Spots, Red, appearance of, 78. Spring, fatal, in Thrace, u. 131.
■ of water near Tyana, u. 140.
Statues, sweating and weeping of, 279. Steinacker, M., death of, n, 217. Stheno, one of the Gorgons, n. 187.
Hercules, the Constellation of the Equinox represented by, 86.
Stone, Boat of, 22.
Stones, account of wonderful, 256.
Striae, 233.
Sun, effect of looking on the, i. 93.
Superstitions, Note on various, 88.
Superstitious observances, Note on, 123.
Sutee, ii. 27.
Sweet Kernels, what is meant by, n. 115.
Swedenborg, affirmed his revelations to be a sufficient Miracle, 112.
Szalina, salt mine of, 75.
T.
Taisch, Note on, n. 70.
Tanyoxartes, brother of Cambyses, how he died, 41.
Tarasque, account of, n. 274.
emblematical of the inundation of the Rhine, n. 280.
Tarchon, founder of the Etruscan Theurgists, n, 172.
the ancient, 172.
Tarquin, the elder, Note on, 149.
Tartars, some tribes eat the condemned to death, 65.
curious custom of the, n. 212.
Tchin, wine poisonous, in which are macerated the feathers of, 41. Tchu-Ki, a species of partridge, called the, 48. Telchines, derivation of the name, 113.
first regarded as magicians, 123.
Tell, William, story of the apple, n. 305. Temersa, sacrifice at, 137.
Temple of Jerusalem, attempt to rebuild, n. 229.
of Juno protected from lightning, n. 174.
384 GENERAL INDEX.
Temple at Delphi, Account of the, 104.
Tenda Maia, pigmies found there, 66.
Teraphim, account of, 250.
Teriakana, or opium shops, n. 11.
Terra, the Temple of, 42.
Tetractys of Pythagoras and Plato, 193.
Thaïes, enabled to predict an eclipse, 205.
Thaumaturgian subalterns held in like estimation, 211.
Thaumaturgist, his facility of inspiring a belief in the fulfilment of won- ders, 133.
Thaumaturgists, the sect mere labourers in natural philosophy, 119.
unknown to Mahomet and Swedenborg, 112.
in what consisted their power, 118.
Thaumaturgy, can for the most part be explained by physical science, 5.
Tiberius of Rhodes, his horse electrical, n. 171.
Tji-Kounir, waters of troubled, n. 155.
Thecles, how he escaped the wild beasts, 326.
Themistocles, the cause of his death, 41.
Theodoretus, Note on, 283.
Theophrastus, named a mineral stone spinon, n. 207.
Theurgists, spirits, described by a, 120.
Theurgy, defined, 112.
Thibault, General, anecdote of, n. 92.
Thompson, Agnes, a witch, n. 55.
Thousand and one Nights, Tales of the, of Hindoo origin, 115.
Thrasybulus, what appeared when he was at the head of the exiled Athe- nians, 81.
Toddy, made at Ava, Siam and Pegu, 304.
Toko, story of Tell's apple applied to him, 305.
Touch royal, in scrofula, n. 88.
Tours, Gregory of, quotation from, 28.
Miracle described by, 297.
Tower, raised by Archelaus, 322.
— _ of Larch wood, 323.
Travers, Mr. his opinion of Miss Fancourt's case, xxxiv.
Trance, sometimes beneficial, n. 78.
Trial of burning coals still practised among the Hindoos, 315.
— by poisons, n. 138.
. — by water, n. 139.
Tritonides, the formation of, 86.
Tritonis in Lybia, the lake or river of, 87.
Tripod, how placed, 165.
Trogus, Pompeius, Note on, 54.
Trophonius, mysteries of his cave, n. 5.
GENERAL INDEX. 385
Trophonius, cave of, 247.
Timarches, his account of his initiation, n. 5.
Trows, under what names are recognised the, 127,
Tsaltsalya, account of, 86»
Tschingis, 309.
Tullus Hostilius, drew lightning from the clouds, n. 183.
disco very from the books of Numa, Note on, 178.
Tullus, his death, n. 177.
u.
Ulysses, vessel of, 22.
his rowers, 31.
admission of into a Nekyomantion, 274.
Unctions, mysterious, belonging to ancient Magi, 230, the effect of, 231.
V.
Valmont de Bomasi, quotation from him, 31.
Vandale, Anthony, account of, 151.
Varro, Columella, Pliny and Solinus, extraordinary relations of, 54,
Vedas, scriptures of the Hindoos, 193.
the collection of the, 101.
Vegetation, various methods of destroying, n. 150. Ventriloquism, definition of, 157.
account of the art of, 158.
Venus, altar of, on Mount Erycus, 74. Vervator, 123.
Vishnû, the adoration of, 202. Vitus, Saint, his dance, n. 87. Voëleurs or Volveurs, priestesses, 102. Vulcan, arms fabricated by, 1 14.
art of treating metals deified under the name of, 123.
traditions of, 250.
W.
Wailand, by whom instructed in the art of forging, 1 14. Waldenses, account of, n. 50.
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386 GENERAL INDEX.
Water, forespoken, account of, m. 54.
ordeal of boiling, 118.
used in Hindustan, 115.
Water, expansive power of known to the ancients, n. 246. Waters becoming muddy previous to an earthquake, u. 155. Wierius, J., fragment published by, account of, 174. Wilkinson, Mr., discoveries of, in the statue of Memnon, n. 351. Wine, rice, made in China, 303.
of Salerno, 305.
Wire-gauze, used by the ancients on the principles of Sir H. Davy, 291. Witchcraft, numbers condemned at Geneva, n. 49. — — Reginald Scott's work on, u. 49.
■ — Shepherds supposed to practise, n. 52. — — Mrs. Dyer accused of, u. 59.
■ — belief in, leads to every vice, n. 62. Witches burnt at Wurzburg in 1750, n. 58.
burnt in England in 1751, u. 58.
seventeen burnt at Osus in Essex, n. 60.
■ — statute of James I. of England against, n. 60. Words, used in the operations of Magic only Greek and Latin, 229. Wraiths, account of, n. 70.
X.
Xanthus, the horses of Rhésus not permitted to taste of the waters of, 51. Xen-si, the province of, 75.
Y.
Yadjour-Veda, its character, ir. 194. Yogis, account of, n. 33.
z.
Zagh, description of, u. 130. Zealanders, the New, avowed cannibals, 65. Zigeuners, what people so called, n. 212. Zingari, origin of, n. 212.
'..■ what description of people, n. 212.
— — their perfection in tricks of every kind, 139.
. definition of the term, 139.
GENERAL INDEX. 387
Zoogène, description of the appearance of, 79. Zoroaster had an interview with the devil, 11. 184, — — — — perished by lightning, n. 186.
verses by, u. 188.
his doctrines, n. 190.
— — — what occurred to him, 48„
had no other aim than that of making additions to the art of
Magic, 99. often entered the lists with necromancers mimical to his doctrine,
108.
trials of fire endured by, 309.
— — ■ — allowed melted lead to be poured over him, 318.
— — that under the name of, the Persians worshipped a son of Shem, n.
185.
oracles attributed to the disciples of, n. 188.
— — prayed to the Gods to be struck by lightning, n. 186.
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