The history of the devil and the idea of evil : from the earliest times to the present day (1900)
Carus, Paul, 1852-1919 · Chicago : Open Court Pub. Co. · leaf 294
prayer for rain.f Fre-quently the sun is invoked for rain. Dreams, visions,and ecstasies are regarded as the best means of divinerevelation, and the medicine-bag possesses magic pow-ers. The devotional spirit is not less intense among the *In 1521, a surgeon of Hamburg was executed for witchcraft… … 274 THE HISTORY OF THE DEVIL. pagans of the prairie than it was among- the ancient Is-raelites and the early Christians.* All attempt to practise magic, and a religion thatpromises success in life and proposes to accomplish thesalvation of man by miracles, be it the miracles of theirfounders or the…
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