CHAPTER VI.

Trial of Skill between the Thaumaturgists — It was admitted that the victor derived his Science from the Deity; but it was founded on Natural Philosophy — The proofs of which are derived; 1st. From the conduct of the Thaumaturgists — 2nd. From their own assertions regarding Magic, that the Genii invoked by the Magicians sometimes signified the Physical or Chemical agents accessory to the Occult Science ; sometimes the men who cultivated that Science — 3rd. The Magic of the Chaldeans embraced all the Occult Sciences 109 — 131