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 412
made a stroke of chalkalong its bill, whereupon the hen lay quiet as if para-lysed, remaining in this awkward position until she was THE ABOLITION OF WITCH-PROSECUTION. 391 released by some motion of the hands of the experi-menter. We ought to add here that although Kircher is gen-erally credited… … Schwenters Hen Experiment, Reproduced by Father Athanasius Kircher. covery ten years before the appearance of Kirchers ArsMagna Liicis et Uvibrfs. The attitude of the hen, which Kircher ascribes toher imagination, was later, in the eighteenth century,called a phenomenon of magnetism or mesmerism,…
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