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Lives of the necromancers: or, An account of the most eminent persons in successive ages, who have claimed for themselves, or to whom has been imputed by others, the exercise of magical power by Godwin, William, 1756-1836. Publication date 1834 Topics Magic, Witchcraft, Magicians Publisher
man and the inferior animals. The latter live only for the day, and see for the most part only what is immediately before them. But man lives in the past and the future. He reasons upon and improves by the past; he records the acts of a long series of generations: and he looks into future time, lays down plans which he shall be months and years
Lives of the Necromancers By William Godwin The main purpose of this book is to exhibit a fair delineation of the credulity of the human mind. Such an exhibition cannot fail to be productive of the most salutary lessons. One view of the subject will teach us a useful pride in the abundance of our faculties. Without pride man is in reality of little value.
Lives Of the Necromancers: Or, An Account of the Most Eminent Persons in ... by William Godwin. Publication date 1834 Publisher F. J. Mason Collection americana Book from the collections of University of Michigan Language English. Book digitized by Google from the library of University of Michigan and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
An account of the most eminent persons in successive ages, who have claimed for themselves, or to whom has been imputed by others, the exercise of magical power. Necromancy is the art of revealing future events by a pretended communication with the dead. There is a theory that this impious superstition and imposture had its origin at a very early period in the land of Egypt, and had been ...
Godwin, however, was no lightweight, and was famous in his time for his anarchist views, and his theory of the perfectability of mankind, without the intervention of religion. Godwin takes the reader on a historical tour of the lives, supposed exploits, and often tragic ends of those accused of, or claiming, any magical ability.
