Occult Sciences

The Philosophy of Magic, Prodigies and Apparent Miracles

By: EusÃ¨be Salverte, Anthony Todd Thomson (Editor)

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This examination of the connection between the belief in miracles and religious practices in ancient times was originally written by French politician and polymath Anne-Joseph-Eus¨be Baconni¨re de Salverte (1771â"1839) and published in 1829. In 1846, it was translated into English by a Scottish physician and writer, Anthony Todd Thomson (1778â"1849), and published in two volumes. Thomson explains that Salverte's work was an important study of miracles and the power of priests, and he had 'performed a beneficial service in throwing open the gates of ancient sanctuaries'. However, Thomson also states that he differed from Salverte over the idea of the miraculous, and that he had expunged or heavily edited any passages relating to Christianity, even changing 'miracles' in the original subtitle to 'apparent miracles'. Volume 1 begins with a consideration of human credulity before discussing magic in the ancient world, and offering explanations for supernatural phenomena.

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Non-Fiction Politics & Government Religion & Beliefs Alternative Belief Systems Occult Studies Philosophy Mind, Body, Spirit Mysticism, Magic & Occult Interests Psychic Powers & Psychic Phenomena History Society & Culture Cultural Studies

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Preface
A biographical sketch of M. Salverte Francois Arago
Preface by the editor
Introduction
Man is credulous because he is naturally sincere
Difference between miracles and prodigies
Enumeration and discussion of causes
Real but rare phenomena successfully held up as prodigies proceeding from the intervention of a divine power, and believed because men were ignorant that a phenomenon could be local and periodical
Magic
Trial of skill between the thaumaturgists
Errors mingled with the positive truths of science
Safeguards of the mystery that surrounded the occult sciences
Notwithstanding the rivalry of religious sects, the spirit of a fixed form of civilization existed
Enumeration of the wonders that the thaumaturgists acquired the power of working, by the practice of the occult science
Apparent miracles performed by mechanism
Acoustics
Optics
Hydrostatics
Secrets employed in working apparent miracles, in initiations, and in religious rites
Secrets to work upon the senses of the animals
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