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=Demonologia;=

OR,

NATURAL KNOWLEDGE REVEALED.

W. WILSON, PRINTER, 57, SKINNER-STREET, LONDON.

DEMONOLOGIA; OR, NATURAL KNOWLEDGE REVEALED;

BEING

AN EXPOSÉ

=Ancient and Modern Superstitions,=

CREDULITY, FANATICISM, ENTHUSIASM, & IMPOSTURE,

AS CONNECTED WITH THE

DOCTRINE, CABALLA, AND JARGON,

AMULETS, APPARITIONS, ASTROLOGY, CHARMS, DEMONOLOGY, DEVILS, DIVINATION, DREAMS, DEUTEROSCOPIA, EFFLUVIA, FATALISM, FATE, FRIARS, GHOSTS, GIPSIES, HELL, HYPOCRITES, INCANTATIONS, INQUISITION, JUGGLERS, LEGENDS, MAGIC, MAGICIANS, MIRACLES, MONKS, NYMPHS, ORACLES, PHYSIOGNOMY, PURGATORY, PREDESTINATION, PREDICTIONS, QUACKERY, RELICS, SAINTS, SECOND SIGHT, SIGNS BEFORE DEATH, SORCERY, SPIRITS, SALAMANDERS, SPELLS, TALISMANS, TRADITIONS, TRIALS, &c. WITCHES, WITCHCRAFT, &c. &c.

THE WHOLE UNFOLDING

MANY SINGULAR PHENOMENA IN THE PAGE OF NATURE.

=By J. S. F.=

“The earth hath bubbles, as the water has, “And these are of them.”

“All which, by long discourse, I’ll prove anon.”

=London:= JOHN BUMPUS, 23, SKINNER-STREET.

1827.

CONTENTS.

Page

Observations on Ancient and Modern Superstitions, &c. 1

Proofs and Trials of Guilt in Superstitious Ages 9

Astrology, &c. 18

Practical Astrology, &c. 25

Natural Astrology 26

Judicial or Judiciary Astrology 27

Origin of Astrology 28

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