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The occult laboratory : magic, science, and second sight in late seventeenth-century Scotland /
"The uncanny ability of certain individuals to foresee future events had long been regarded as a characteristic of the Scottish Highlands, but in the late seventeenth century interest in the phenomenon came to a head, stimulated by English scientific and philosophical curiosity about magic, par...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
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Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY :
The Boydell Press,
[2001]
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Table des matières:
- 1. Robert Boyle's notes on his interview with Lord Tarbat, 3 October 1678
- 2. "A collection of highland rites and customs"
- 3. Robert Kirk's The secret commonwealth and his "A short treatise of the Scotish-Irish charms and spells"
- 4. James Garden's letters to John Aubrey
- 5. Samuel Pepys' collection of letters on second sight
- 6. John Frasers' Deuteroscopia
- 7. Edward Lhuyd's and Robert Wadrow's questionnaires and the responses of John Fraser and John MacLean.