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The old and the new magic (1906)

Evans, Henry Ridgely, b. 1861 · Chicago : The Open court Pub. Co.; [etc., etc.] · leaf 17

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to-daymagician means wizard, sorcerer, or miracle-worker. Digitized by Microsoft® X THE OLD AND THE NEW MAGIC While the behef in, and practice of, magic are not entirelyabsent in the civihzation of Israel, we find that the leaders oforthodox thought had set their faces against it, at least as… … Saul and the Witch of Endor. (After Schnorr von Carolsfeld.) their rods into serpents, that the Egyptian magicians vied withthem in the performance, but that Aarons rod swallowed uptheir rods, demonstrating thus Aarons superiority. It is aninteresting fact that the snake charmers of Egypt perform…

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