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t e s ti m oni a l s O f r e s p e ct h e a p e d upon m e by t h e s ov e r e ign s O f

E urop e a r e O f s m a l l a ccount in m y e s ti m a tion w h e n w e i gh e d
, ,

a g a in s t t h e confid e nc e with which I h a v e b e e n honor e d by t h e

S ove r e i g n s
f
o flm er i ca .

Th e work to w hich th e s e p a g e s m a y s e rv e a s a pr e fa c e h a s ,

b e e n p r e p a r e d with gr e a t c a r e a n d l a bo r a n d I O ffe r i t a s a
“

tribute of s inc e r e r e g a r d to t h e l a n d of m y a doption ; b e li e ving

th a t a s a p opul a r tr e a ti s e on A s t rology G e o m a ncy P a l m i s try
, , , ,

a n d a ll t h e d e p a rt m e nt s of o ccult s ci e nc e i t w ill be found b oth,

int e r e s ting a n d in s tructiv e H e r e tofor e t h e t e chnic a liti e s w ith

.

which a ll book s of thi s cl as s h a v e b e e n ob s cur e d h a v e r e nd e r e d ,

th e m s e a l e d volu m e s to t h e m illion I fl a tt e r m y s e lf th a t I h a v e
.

s i m p lifi e d t h e s ubli m e th e ory of A s trology a n d i t s conco m it a nt s ,

I n t h e book n o w p r e s e nt e d a s t h e n ud e m e cum of t h e s tud e nt a n d

,

b e li e v e r a n d fe e l a s s ur e d th a t i t w ill fill a v a cuu m in t h e hi s tory

,

a n d philo s oph y of m a gic a l ph e no m e n a .

 T HE

t i t t ie s s f s i t t ings .

HI ST ORY OF A S TROLOG Y .

T HE S ci e nc e A s trology or do ctrin e of t h e s t a r s (fro m a s t r on

of , , ,

a s t a r a n d log os a w or d or d e s cription ) m a y be ju s tly s a i d to be

, , ,

co e v a l w ith t h e ful fi llm e nt of t h e fi a t w hich in t h e s ubli m e l a n

,

”
gu a g e of Milton out of d a rkn e s s c a ll e d up light a n d a ppoint e d
, ,

t h e pl a n e t a ry orb s in th e ir r e volution s a n d ph a s e s to be for s ign s

,

a n d s e a s on s for d a y s a n d y e a r s
,
.

T h e fr e qu e ntly r e p e a t e d a n d highly figur a tiv e a llu s io n s m a d e

by t h e e a rly H e br e w s to t h e influ e nc e of t h e s un m oon a n d s ta r s
, ,

fro m t h e co m m e nc e m e nt of G e n e s i s to t h e s ublim e proph e s ie s

of A m o s fur ni s h a m pl e e vid e nc e th a t th e y w e r e no t un a cqu a int e d
,

with tho s e pl a n e t a ry influ e n ce s w hich for m t h e s ci e nc e O f

A s trology .

T h e birth pl a c e of J e s u s O f N a z e r e th w a s p oint e d out by t h e

‘
-

s t a r w hich l e d t h e s h e ph e rd s of Jud e a t o t h e city of B e thl e h e m ,

a n d r e s t e d in i t s orbit ov e r t h e s p ot w h e r e t h e child w a s .

In Ad a m t h e kno w l e dg e of A s trology a pp e a r s to h a v e e xi s t e d
by in s pir a tion a n d to h i m h i s po s t e rity w e r e ind e b t e d for t h e
,
(

for e s h a do w ing of tho s e e v e nts by i t s a i d w hich would o th e r w i s e

, ,

h a v e b e e n lo ck e d up Until th e ir con s um m a tion in t h e wo m b of

t i m e +n or c a n w e doubt th a t th e y w e r e in s truct e d by h i m in i t s
m y s t e ri e s thu s S e th o n e of t h e p a tri a rch s po s t e rity fo re s e e ing
,
”
, ,

fro m t h e s t e ll a r a s p e ct s t h e a ppro a ch of t h e g e n e r a l d e lug e

, ,
18 THE MYS TE R IE S OF A S TRO L O G Y .

r ud e ly e ngr a v e d 1n a s trologi c a l hi e roglyphic ch a r a ct e r s on pill a r s

of s ton e a n d brick t h e e l e m e nts of t h e s ci e nc e to pr e s e rv e i t fo r
,

t h e b e n e fit of futur e a g e s .
.

I n a ddition to o th e r e vid e n c e corr ob or a tiv e of thi s fa ct t h e ,

J e w i s h hi s tori a n Jo s e p h u s a s s e rts th a t h e s a w thi s a s trologic a l

,
.

a nt e diluvi a n r e lic in S yri a Abr a h a m t h e fa th e r O f t h e J e w i s h

.
,
-

n a tion h a ving a cquir e d t h e s ci e nc e a m ong t h e C h a l d e a n s w h e n

, ,

s e nt by t h e co m m a nd of O m nipote nc e into C a n a a n a n d s ub , ,

s e q ue ntly into E gypt

,
in s truct e d t h e Egypti a n s in i t s e l e m e nt s
, ,

a m on
g w ho m i t w a s r e g a rd e d w ith p e culi a r v e n e r a tion a n d
;

ch e r i s h e d w ith c a r e for m a ny c e nturi e s .

S i r I s a a c N e w ton infor m s us t h a t w h e n A s trono m y h a d b e e n

a ppli e d to t h e purpo s e s o f Na vi g a t i o n a n d t h e Eg ypti a n s h a d
.
,

b e e n e n a bl e d by t h e s un lik e ri s ing s a n d s itting s of t h e pl a n e ts

-

a s s i s t e d by o th e r O b s e rv a tion s to d e t e r m in e t h e l e ngth of t h e
,

s ol a r y e a r , which th e y a cco m pli s h e d t w o thou s a n d b e for e th e

birth of C hris t a n A fri ca n princ e a s s i s t e d by a pri e s t of E gypt
, , ,

l a i d t h e fo und a tio n of A s trologic a l s ci e nc e , b a s ing it no t only o n

t h e p os i t i on but a l s o on t h e p e culi a r a p p e a r a n ce s O f t h e pl a n e t s ;
,

w h e n s ub s e qu e ntly t h e E thiopi a n s inv a d e d Eg yp t a n d t h e ho s t s

, , ,

Of E gypt in gr e a t nu m b e r s fle d to B a bylon th e y c a rri e d w ith ,

th e m t h e s ci e nc e a n d a r t of A s tr ology in w hich th e y in s tructe d ,

t h e B a byloni a n s .

A m ong t h e m or e a b s tru s e s ci e nc e s for a kn o wl e dg e of w hich

.
,

t h e ori e nt a l n a tion s w e r e r e m a rk a bl e n o s ci e nc e w a s cultiv a t e d

,
'

w ith gr e a t e r c a r e w e m ight a d d int e n s e s olicitud e t h a n t h a t

, , ,

w hich for m s t h e s ubj e ct of t h e pr e s e nt ch a pt e r .

T h e d e s tini e s of m e n a n d O f n a t i o n s h a v e a lik e b e e n d e t e r
f :

m in e d in tho s e countri e s by t h e pl a n e t a r y a s p e ct s a n d
, ,
po s ition s . .

If und e r t h e iron h a n d of d e s poti s m t h e s ci e nc e of A s trolo g y

,
-

,
'

h a s in t h e s e n a tio n s b e e n div e rt e d fro m i t s ju s t a n d l e giti m a t e

O bj e ct t h e e rror furni s h e s no a rgu m e nt a g a in s t i t s truth , nor
,

inv a lid a t e s t h e inductiv e e vid e nc e on w hich it r e s ts .

In t h e e a rly r e cord s of a nci e nt E gypt w e find th a t t h e Son ,

of M i s r a i m or M e n e s o n e O f t h e fir s t of t h e Egypti a n prin ce s
'

, , ,

e xc e ll e d in A s trologic a l s cI e n c e .

T h e whol e lin e of d e s c e nd a nt s fro m t h e princ e for m ing t h e ,

 THE M YS TE R IE S OF A S T R OL O GY . 19

fir s t dyn a s ty Of M i s r a i m i a n princ e s w e r e d e e ply v e r s e d in

'

A s trology a n d t h e s i s t e r s ci e n c e s T o o n e of th e m w e a r e.

ind e bt e d for t h e s ign s O f t h e Zo di a c ; a s e cond n a m e d F i r a w un , ,

s ought fro m a n i m pul s e of fe a r t h e d e s truction O f t h e proph e t

, ,

No a h b e li e ving th a t in a cco m pli s hing t h e d e a th of t h e cho s e n

, ,

H e br e w h e s hould a v e r t t h e thr e a t e n e d d e lug e a n d t h e d e s t r uc

,

tion of t h e a nt e d iluvi a n s .

T h e a tt e m pt w a s v a in — t h e proph e t s urviv e d — t h e w hol e O f

t h e ra ce s a ve
,
Efili m o un t h e chi e f fl s t r olog e r in t h e dyn a s ty
, ,

p e ri s h e d a m id t h e d e s troying w a t e r s ; h e a lon e w a s p e r m itt e d to

e nt e r t h e a r k O f t h e cov e n a nt to unit e hi m s e lf to t h e p os t e rity
,

of No a h a n d s ub s e qu e ntly to t h e s e c e s s io n of t h e w a t e r s to
, , ,

foun d a s e con d dyn a s ty of tw e nty s i x princ e s O f w hich h e w a s -

t h e prog e nitor .

T hi s i m m e di a t e d e s c e nd a nt of M i s r a i m e xc e ll e d a l l h i s c o m

p e t i t o r s in t h e c a b a li s tic a r t ; thorou g hly a cqu a int e d w ith e v e ry

s ci e nc e conn e ct e d w ith A s trology h e w a s t h e a ckno w l e dg e d ,

d e p o s itory of a ll t h e A s trologic a l a n d M a gic a l s ci e nc e kno w n to

t h e r e m n a nt of t h e hu m a n fa m ily w h o d e s c e n d e d on t h e pl a in s
of Shin a r .

T h e d e s c e nd a nt s of Efil i m o un e x a lt e d t h e s ci e nc e of A s trology
to a d e gr e e w hich in t h e h i g h ly w r o ug h t figur a ti ve l a n g u a g e of
,
’

t h e ori e nt a l s h a d n o p a r a ll e l
,
.

H a r o ut h a n d M a r o ut h t w o m a gici a n s (s o c a ll e d) w h o liv e d I n
,

r e ig n of A din e t h e s o n a n d s ucc e s s or of Efili m o un in t h e ful

, ,

fi ll m e n t of th e ir A s trologic a l pr e dictio n s fill e d t h e w orld w ith ,

th e ir fa m e ; a n d t h e c e l e br a t e d fe m a l e m a gici a n Ne d o ur e to ,

w ho m 1 s a s crib e d s till gr e a t e r c a b a li s tic po w e r e s t a bli s h e d t h e ,

w or s hip of t h e i dol of t h e s un a n d for m e d t h e p e culi a r v a s e s o

,

richly a n d b e a utifully d e s crib e d by t h e ori e nta l po e ts a n d s aid ,

to be in e xh a u s tibl e .

T h e m o s t e m in e ntly di s tingui s h e d a m o n g t h e s ucc e s s or s of ,

A d i n e fo r a p e rfe ct kno w l e dg e O f t h e m y s t e ri e s of A s trolo g y

'

w e r e S ch e d a d w h o for m e d t h e Sign s of t h e Zo di a c (ori e nt a ll y

,

t e r m e d t h e hou s e s of H e a v e n) fro m O b s e rv a ti on s m a d e by h i m ,

on t h e pl a n e ts a n d con s te ll a tion s a n d M e n n ca w o us ch w h o , ,

bro ught p uibli cly into notic e thi s inv e ntion t o di s pl a y t h e e l e ,

20 THE M YS TE R IE S
'
OF A S T RO L O G Y .

m e nt s of a s ci e nc e h e l d s a cr e d by t h e m a ny but und e r s too d ,

only by t h e cho s e n fe w .

M e n n ca w o us ch i s s a id to h a v e b e e n t h e inv e ntor of t h e w a r m
b a th a n d t h e p roj e ctor of t h e t w e lv e fe a s t s corr e s ponding t o
, ,

a n d in honor of t h e tw e lv e Sign s of t h e Zo di a c to wh i ch w e
'

h a v e a b ov e a ll u de d .

In t h e a r dor of th e ir gr a titud e for th e s e co m bin e d be n e fits ,

t h e a nci e nts a s s ign e d to thi s princ e t h e honor of h a ving d i s -

cov e r e d t h e Philo s oph e r s tr e a s ur e by wh ich t h e b a s e r m e t a l s

’

could be conv e r te d into gol d a n d s ilv e r .

D uring t h e r e ign of M e n n ca w o us ch t h e Ar a bi a n s m a d e w a r ,

upo n a n d s a ck e d E gypt c a rrying ba ck to th e ir c a pit a l a know

, ,

l e d g e of t h e T h e urgic (fr o m T h e o s G o d a n d E rgon work )

'

, , ,
"

S ci e nc e s in t h e p e rfe ction of w hich th e y s too d unriv a l e d for

,

a ge s.

T h e O ppr e s s ion of t h e I s r a e lit e s during t h e l a tt e r p e rio d of

,

th e i r s oj ourn in E gypt a n d t h e con s e qu e nc e s w hich i m m e di a t e ly

,

follo w e d th e ir flight fro m c a ptivity a r e d e e ply int e r w ov e n w ith ,

t h e m y s t e riou s truth s of A s trology .

Mythologic a l w rit e r s a ttribut e t h e i n fli ct i o n s of Ph a ro a h

, ,

Kin g of E gypt on t h e H e br e w c a ptiv e s to t h e cunning pr e d ic

, ,

diction s of h i s a s trolog e r s w h o d e cl a r e d th a t h e w ould p e ri s h

by a s s a s s in a tion fro m t h e h a n d of a n I s r a e lite
, .

P a r a lyz e d wi t h f e a r a t thi s a l a r m ing pr e diction t h e E g yp

.
,

ti a n M on a rch co m m a nd e d th a t a ll t h e m a l e H e br e w chil dr e n
s hould be c a s t into t h e w a t e r s of t h e Nil e ( Ex odu s 1 Th e ,
‘

d e cr e e w a s fulfill e d —o f a ll t h e m a l e H e br e w childr e n born a t ;

th a t p e riod Mo s e s a lon e t h e futur e d e liv e r e r of h i s n a tion fro m

, ,

bond a g e w a s s a v e d through t h e b e n e vol e n t int e rv e ntion of t h e

,

’
tyr a nt s d a ught e r .

T h e s ub s e qu e nt e v e n t s conn e cte d with t h e e s c a p e of t h e I s r a e l

it e s a r e w e ll kno w n t h e w a t e r s O f t h e R e d S e a by s o m e pl a n e
, ,

t a ry a ttr a ction r e c e d e d on t h e right a n d l e ft h a nd of t h e H e

,

br e w ho s t w hich m a rch e d on dry l a nd w hil e Ph a r a oh a n d h i s

, ,

Z
p e opl e in pur s uing th e m w e r e e n g ul p h e d in t h e w a t e ry a by s s
,

for m e d by t h e liquid W a ll s w hich h a d s h e lte r e d t h e I s r a e lit e s ,

r e s um ing th e ir origin a l po s ition .

 .

THE MYS TE RIE S OF A S T R O L O GY . 1

So co m pl e t e s a y t h e o ri e nta l w rite r s w a s t h e d e s tr uction O f

, ,

t h e E gypti a n s th a t no m a le w a s l e ft to s i t upon t h e thron e a n d

, ,

a n a ge d fe m a l e n a m e d De luk e w a s c a ll e d to th a t dignifi e d
s t a tion .

T hi s qu e e n n o s oon e r a s s um e d t h e i m p e ri a l dignity th a n fe a r , ,

ing for e ign inv a s ion s h e a ppli e d to t h e fe m a l e a s trologi s t Ne

, ,

dour e to w ho m w e h a v e h e r e tofor e a llud e d a s t h e gr e a t e s t m a gi

,

oi a n in t h e l a nd for a dvic e a n d a s s i s t a nc e
,
.

Ne d o ur e h a ving con s ult e d t h e s t a r s com m a nd e d th a t a t e m pl e

, ,

s hould be i m m e di a t e ly e r e ct e d h a ving four s id e s fronting t h e

,

four c a r din a l points th e door s of w hich s houl d be d e cor a te d

,

with figur e s r e pr e s e nting nu m e rou s a r m i e s .

T h o ua n d s of E gypti a n s w e r e e m ploy e d d a y a n d night i n t h e , ,

e r e cting of thi s building ; wh e n co m pl e t e d t h e a s trologi s t , ,

a d d r e s s i n g t h e qu e e n s a id I h a v e pl a c e d you a n d your kingdo m

, ,

in s a fe ty : fe a r no a tt a ck If a n ho s til e e n e m y a ppro a ch e s your

.

do m inion s d e s tr oy t h e figur e s on th a t s id e of t h e t e m pl e w hich

,

’
point s to t h e co m e r s dir e ction of h i s a r m e d ho s t s a n d th e ir ,

”
d e s tiny s h a ll be th a t of your e n e m i e s .

T h e hi s tori a n s a y s t h e virtu e a ttribut e d to thi s m a gic t e m pl e

, ,

k e pt t h e s urrounding n a t ion s in a w e a n d th a t it w a s not until ,

t h e d e s truction of thi s t e m pl e four c e nturi e s s ub s e qu e nt to i t s

,

e r e ction th a t t h e s pl e ndor a n d glory of E gypt d e clin e d

-

D iv e s t e d of a ll t h e g a udy tin se l which t h e ori e nt a l s thro w

,

a roun d th e ir glo w ing d e s cription s th e r e i s a coincid e nc e n o l e s s

,

s ingul a r th a n tru e b e tw e e n t h e d e s truction of t h e t e m pl e a n d

,

t h e downfa ll of t h e E gypti a n m on a rchy T h e s e hi s toric a l e v e nt s

.

o ccurr e d during t h e r e ign of C a wm e s s w h o h a d b e n e vol e ntly ,

a fford e d a n a s ylu m to a r e m n a nt of t h e p e r s e cut e d H e br e w s w h o

w e r e conqu e r e d a n d forc e d into c a ptivity by Ne buch o d o n o s o r ,

King of B a bylon .

T h e c a ptiv e s w e r e d e m a n d e d of C a w m e s s by t h e B a byloni a n
tyr a nt : t h e d e m a nd wa s r e j e ct e d Ne buch o d o n os o r i m m e di a t e ly
.

inv a d e d E gypt C a wm e s s w a s s l a in a n d t h e e ntir e ov e rthro w

, ,

of t h e E gypti a n m on a rchy fin a lly a cco m pli s h e d .

T hi s t ruly r e m a rk a bl e e v e nt for e told by t h e a s trolog e r s in

, ,

i t s con s um m a tion g a in e d a m ultitud e of n e w conv e rt s to a b e li e f

,
 22 THE MY S TE R IE S OF A S T R O L O GY .

in t h e Occult s ci e nc e s : t h e l a tt e r d e s c e nd e d a s a n h e ir lo o m t o -

e v e ry s ucc e e ding g e n e r a tion of E gypti a n s

( w h a t e v e r n a tion s ,

m ight be th e ir m a s t e r s
) und e r t h e M a c e doni a n s R oma n s P e r
, , ,

s i a n s G r e e k s a n d M a ho m e t a n Ar a b s
, , .

While b a rb a ri s m unit e d w ith conqu e s t d e s troy e d th e ir lib e r

, ,

ti e s s ubv e rt e d th e ir lite r a tur e a n d politic a l in s tituti on s an d

, ,
-

s ought t h e d e s truction of th e ir n a tion a lity A s trol o y a tt e nd e d

g , ,

by t h e s i s t e r s ci e nc e s k e pt s t e a dily on h e r o n w a r d pr ogr e s s
,

und e r g t h e v a ri e d po litic a l do m in a tion s to w hich w e h a v e

a dv e rt e d .

T h e e s ti m a tion in which t h e A r ab s h e ld A s tr ology contribut e d ,

in no trifling d e gr e e to t h e Succ e s s of Moh a m m e d T h e a s tr o

, .

logic a l pr e diction s a s to h i s s ucc e s s ful a n d victoriou s c a r e e r

w e r e nu m e rou s a n d fa vor a ble H i s ri s e fr o m a v e ry ob s cur e
.

p a r e nt a g e w ith n o e d uc a t i o n w i t h a r a pi dity w hich h a s n o

, , _

p a r a ll e l in hi s tory to t h e high p o s i t i o n o f a n univ e r s a l con

,
‘

que r o r s il e nc e d t h e voic e of Sk e ptici s m in r e l a tion to A s trology

.

, ,

a n d e ngr a ft e d i t no t only a s a s ci e nc e but a s a r e ligiou s b e li e f in ,

t h e in s titution s O f t h e O tto m a n e m pir e a m ong t h e follo w e r s of

t h e pr oph e t of M e cc a .

In t h e r e ign of O s m a n I o n e of t h e s ucc e s s o r s of Moh a m m e d

.
, ,
'

t h e hi s tori a n i n fo r m s us th a t a n a s trolog e r s udd e nly a p p e a r e d

b e for e t h e princ e d e cl a r e d to h i m th a t h e h a d s e e n a n d conv e r s e d
, ,

in S pirit w ith t h e pr oph e t E lij a h— th a t h e O s m a n s hould be

‘

,
.
, ,

vic t or i ou s in h i s v a riou s w a rlik e e nt e rpri s e s th a t h e s hould be ,

t h e m o s t brilli a nt pl a n e t in t h e E a s t a n d th a t h i s po s s e s s ion s ,

s hould e xt e nd through s e v e n cli m a t e s or in o th e r w ord s ov e r , , ,

t h e th e n k n o w n world .

T h e pr e diction of t h e s e e r w a s v e rifi e d t o t h e l e tt e r ; O s m a n
.

b e c a m e o n e of t h e m o s t victoriou s in t h e a nn a l s of t h e C a liph -

chi e fs In t h e h e ight of h i s pro s p e rity a n d s pl e ndor h e lo a d e d

.
_
_

t h e a s trolog e r w h o h a d pr e dict e d h i s f ortun e s w ith r oy a l

'

, ,

honor s ; a n d i n ord e r to p e rp e tu a t e t h e s ci e nc e a n d do honor to

h e r pri e s t c a u s e d a n a m pl e conv e nt to be built in t h e city w h e r e
,

t h e l a tt e r r e s id e d a n d e ndo w e d it w ith a con s id e r a bl e fund

, ,

which h a s b e e n p e rp e tu a te d to t h e pr e s e nt d a y '

T h e a s trologic a l pr e diction s fo und e d on t h e a pp e a r a nc e of a

,
 T HE MYS TE R IE S OF T
A S RO L O GY . 23

co m e t by t h e m o s t c e l e br a t e d a s trolog e r of t h e Ea s t d e t e r m in e d
, ,

t h e r e no w n e d T i m our t h e T a r t a r t o m a k e w a r on t h e O tto m a n
'

e m pir e . T h e a s trologic a l s e e r d e cl a r e d to h i m th a t in co n ,

s e qu e nc e Of t h e co m e t h a ving a pp e a r e d to t h e w e s t of h i s
“ ”
do m inion s a n d in t h e Sign A ri e s i t s influ e nc e m u s t be dir e ct e d
, ,

Sol e ly a g a in s t h i s e n e m i e s — th a t it for e s h a do w e d t h e m o s t a pp a l
'

ing di s a s t e r s to th e C a liph e m pir e .

T h e e v e nt fully s u s t a in e d t h e pr e diction t h e e vil s w hich be fe l ,

t h e C a liph O tto m a n e m pir e con s e qu e nt on t h e b a ttl e of A n g o z a

, ,

a r e to o w e l l kno w n to r e quir e r e p e tition in th e s e p a g e s .

A s t h e S ult a n Mour a d w a s r e turning fro m t h e a m u s e m e nt of

huntin g in t h e vicinity of t h e city of A dri a nopl e h e w a s s topp e d ,

a t o n e of i t s g a t e s by t h e di s cipl e of a c e l e br a t e d a s trolog e r ,

w h o e xcl a i m e d a s h e fix e d on t h e m on a rch h i s d a rk a n d p e n e
,

“
t r a t i n g gl a nc e s Illu s triou s m on a rch you h a v e no ti m e p e r m itt e d
, ,

to you to a rr e s t t h e progr e s s of th a t e v e nt w hich i s t h e con

s e qu e nc e o f our s in s a g a in s t t h e d e cr e e s of h e a v e n Y o u a r e .

r a pidly a ppro a chin g t h e t e r m in a tion of your r e ign t h e l a s t ,

m o m e nt of your e a rthly c a r e e r
; t h e d e s troying a ng e l i s a lr e a d y
a t your do or ; e xt e n d your a r m s to w a rd s h i m an d a cc e pt w ith ,

r e s i g n a tion t h e m a nd a t e of t h e h e a v e nly m e s s e ng e r .
’

S truck with t h e w ild s ol e m nity of t h e proph e tic m e s s e ng e r ,

a n d d e e ply i m pr e s s e d w ith h i s gloo m y pr e diction Mour a d a t ,

onc e b e li e v e d pr e p a r e d hi m s e lf for t h e con s u m m a tion of t h e

,

m y s t e riou s w a rning a n d di e d on t h e thir d d a y s ucc e e ding to h i s

,
-

hunting e xcur s ion in s pit e of a ll t h e a v a il a bl e m e a n s w hich

,

s ci e nc e or a r t coul d inv e nt to s a v e h i m .

Nor a r e t h e r e s ult s of t h e a s trologic a l pr e diction s m a d e on

.

'
'

t h e a cc e s s i o n o f Moh a m m e d t h e s e cond O f t h e O tto m a n thron e

, ,
sr
l e s s s t r i k i n g th a n t h e a bov e or l e s s co m pl e t e ly v e ri fi e d a n d
,

ful fill e d .

A s trology for e t old th a t h i s r e ign s hould be m a rk e d by con

qu e s t a n d g lory t h e high culti v a tion of lit e r a tur e a n d s ci e nc e
,

Moh a m m e d b e c a m e t h e s ubv e rt e r of t h e G r e e k e m pir e t h e ,

con qu e ror of C on s t a ntinopl e a n d i s a ckno w l e dg e d to h a v e b e e n

,

Of t h e m Os t i llus t r i o us of h i s r a c e for int e ll e ct a n d t a s t e

‘

on e ,

s ci e nc e a n d a r t .
24 THE MYS TE RIE S OF A S T R OL O GY .

Th e fifth a n d s e v e nth d a y s of t h e w e e k a r e by t h e l a w s of
t h e Kor a n p a rticul a rly und e r divin e influ e nc e s
, .

T h e fa ct th a t M a h o m m e d w a s t h e s e v e nth S ulta n Of h i s r a c e ,

a n d th a t h e i s s ue d h i s pri m a ry pro cl a m a tion on T hur s d a y t h e

(
fifth d a y of t h e w e e k) m a y a l s o h a v e h a d s o m e e ffe ct in s t i m ul a t
ing into a ctio n tho s e m ilit a ry e n e rgie s f o r w hich thi s E a s t e rn
con qu e ror i s s o truly r e m a rk a bl e .

In p e ru s in g thro ughout t h e a nn a l s O f t h e O tto m a n e m pir e

, , ,

s c a rc e ly a s olit a ry in s t a nc e i s r e cor d e d i n w hich t h e a i d of

A s trology w a s no t invok e d pr e viou s ly to a n y i m po r t a nt und e r
t a king p a rticul a rly in m il i t a ry e xpl oits ; thu s S e li m I w h e n
,
.
,
'

und e te r m in e d in r e l a tion to th e conqu e s t O f E gypt con s ult e d a ,

c e l e br a t e d a s trolo g e r in r e fe r e nc e to t h e r e s ult s of a n a ggr e s s iv e

w a r o n th a t kingdo m .

’
T h e r e ply giv e n w a s th a t conqu e s t s hould a tt e n d t h e S ult a n s
,
'

a rm s a n d
,
E gypt be s u bj e ct e d to h i s p o w e r T h e m on a rch .
,
'

ho w e v e r w ith a nxiou s k e n l o ok i n g be yo n d t h e i m m e di a t e con

, ,

s e qu e nc e s O f victory furth e r inquir e d w h a t would be th e dur a

,

tion of h i s r e ign ?
“

T h e a s trolo g e r h e s it a t e d to r e ply to t h e i n t e r r o g a t i on but '

,
“ ”
b e ing co m m a nd e d to do s o by t h e S ult a n r e pli e d Nin e y e a r s , , .

”
“
Wh a t w ill be t h e r e i gn of m y s o n ? continu e d t h e S ult a n ,

m uch d e j e ct e d a t t h e t e m por a l li mit s a llo w e d to hi m s e lf .

w a s t h e r e ply to th e s e cond
“ ”
T w e n t y y e a r s in dur a tion
‘

“
int e rr og a tory di s tingui s h e d by honor s a n d conqu e s t
,
.

T h e co n s u m m a tion of t h e e v e nt s corr e s pond e d w ith t h e a s tro

logic a l pr e diction s S e li m m a rch e d a g a in s t a n d conqu e r e d
.

E g ypt ; fro m th a t m o m e nt b e c a m e a n hypocho n dri a c a n d d i e d in ,

t h e n i n t h y e a r of h i s r e ign
- T h e s pl e ndi d victori e s a tt e nding
.

t h e tw e nty y e a r s r e ig n of h i s s o n a n d s u cc e s s or a s for e tol d by ,

t h e a s trolog e r i s a th e m e on w hich t h e ori e nt a l hi s tori a n h a s

“

lin g e r e d w ith d e ligh t a n d a d m ir a tio n .

'

T h e r e a pp e a r e d a t t h e co m m e nc e m e nt of t h e r e ign of S e li m
II in t h e y e a r 1 5 7 2 a co m e t w hich e xc e e d e d in brilli a ncy a n d
.
, , ,

e xt e nt t h e pl a n e t V e nu s
,
.

T h e a pp e a r a nc e of thi s unu s u a l vi s it a nt op e r a t e d s o po w e rfully

on t h e s up e r s t itiou s fe a r s of t h e E a s t e rn m on a r ch th a t h i s ,
 THE MYS TE R IE S OI? A S T R O L O GY . 25

a s trolog e r s w e r e i m m e di a t e ly s u m mon e d to a s c e rta in w h a t it

s hould port e nd .

T h e y d e cl a r e d it to b e tok e n gr e a t c a l a m ity to h i s e m pir e fro m

e xc e s s iv e r a i ns .

T h e hi s tori a n r e l a t e s th a t in forty d a y s s ub s e qu e nt to t h e p r e
diction O f t h e a s trolo g e r s t h e p e opl e b e li e v e d th e m s e lv e s thr e a t
,

e n e d w ith a s e cond univ e r s a l d e lug e .

In Europ e e qu a lly w ith A s i a a s e a s c a rc e ly b ound e d by a s hor e

, , ,

sw e pt ov e r t h e v a s t do m inion s o f S e li m s citi e s — m e n hou s e s ’

, ,

c a ttl e bridg e s a n d p ublic ro a d s w e r e s w a llo w e d up i n t h e w a s te

, ,

o f w a t e r s or tr a n s port e d o n th e ir bo s o m to di s ta nt l a n d s
-

.
,

T h e s e e m ingly in e xh a u s tibl e floo d continu e d for w e e k s a n d t h e ,

pr e diction w e ll a uth e ntic a t e d by a ll t h e hi s tori a n s wh o h a v e r e

cord e d i t a fford s conclu s iv e e vid e nc e i h fa vor of t h e s ingul a r a s
,
'

t r o l o g i ca l s kill po s s e s s e d by t h e A r a bi a n s e e r s a n d t h e c e rt a inty ,

an d corr e ctn e s s of t h e rul e s by w hich th e y for e told t h e co m ing

e v e nt s of t h e ti m e s w h e th e r phy s ic a l or p olitic a l
,
.

Th e pr e diction w hich a nnounc e d to Moh a m m e d III h i s

a ppro a ching d e a th i s not t h e l e a s t a m ong t h e s e e m ingly m a rv e l
,

lou s for e s h a do w ing s of tho s e a g e s -

.

T h e S ult a n on o n e o cc a s ion in e nt e rin g thro ugh a n out e r door

, ,

to h i s s e r a gl i o w a s a cco s t e d by a n a s trolog e r w h o in a d e e p
'
'

, , ,

s e pulchr a l voic e w a rn e d h i m to pr e p a r e for d e a th

,
.

T h e m on a rch in t h e m i d s t o f h e a lth s urround e d by a ll t h e ,

voluptuou s pl e a s ur e s O f a n e a s te r n court a s toni s h e d a n d C o n '

“ “

found e d a t t h e d e a th lik e i n t e llig e nc e 1n qu1r e d w h a t ti m e

-

would e l a p s e e r e t h e pr e diction w a s fulfill e d Fifty s i x -

d a y s r e pli e d t h e a s trolog e r a n d d e p a rt e d : t h e a git a t e d S ulta n

, ,

r e tir e d to h i s ch a m b e r s ick e n e d a n d o n t h e fi ft y s ixth d a y— di e d

, ,
-
.

In t h e y e a r 16 4 0 Mour a d IV s a t upon t h e thron e of t h e .

,

Oa li p h s : s o m e m onth s pr e viou s ly to h i s d e a th h i s s up e r s titiou s ,

fe a r s w e r e m uch e xcit e d by a n e clip s e of t h e Sun .

In a m o m e nt of int e n s e e xcit e m e nt h e co m m a nd e d th a t a m ys ,

t e r i o us book tr a n s port e d to h i s c a pit a l by S e li m t h e conqu e ror of ,

E g ypt fro m th a t kingdo m s hould be p l a c e d be fo r e h i m

, , .

T r a dition s a y s th a t thi s m y s t e riou s volu m e w a s w ritt e n in

cyph e r s a n d ch a r a ct e r s of m a g ic a n d cont a in e d t h e n a m e s a n d
,
26 THE MYS TE R IE S OF A S T R O L O GY .

for t u n e s civil p olitic a l a n d r e ligiou s of e v e ry s ult a n to whom

, , ,

E gypt h a d b e e n or w ould be s ubj e ct to t h e e n d of ti m e _

, .

T h e a git a t e d Mour a d in t h e a tt e m pt to d e cyph e r t h e m y s tic

,

w riting di s cov e r e d or i m a gin e d h e di s cov e r e d h i s o w n n a m e

, , ,

a n d a pr e diction of h i s Sp e e dydi s s olution .

T h e volu m e w a s s c a rc e ly clo s e d a n d t h e S ult a n e njoying s o m e ,

r e po s e fro m 1118 e x c1 t e d condition wh e n a m e s s e ng e r a nnounc e d ,

to h i m th a t a Sch e ykh O r pri e s t fro m M e cc a h a d d e cl a r e d th a t

’

, _ , ,

i n t h e m o n t h i n which Mour a d w a s born of th a t y e a r (1 64 0)

‘

'
, ,

s o m e e vil w ould h a pp e n to t h e e m pir e w hich s hould if po s s ibl e , ,

by a l m s giving a n d oth e r d e votion a l a cts be a v e r te d -

, .

Mour a d i m m e di a t e ly co m m a nd e d th a t a ll th e s e pr e c a ution a ry
a n d pr e v e ntiv e m e a s ur e s s hould be a d O p t e d : t h e public pri s on s

w e r e thro w n op e n a n d a ll but a s s a s s in s li be r a t e d— but t h e a s tro ,

logic a l pr e diction could no t be a v e r t e d . Mour a d fe ll s ick a n d

di e d on t h e l 6 t h of t h e m onth a s for e told by t h e pri e s t O f M e cc a
, .

Am ong t h e M a gi of P e r s i a t h e s ci e nc e of A s trology a pp e a r s to
,

h a v e b e e n cultiv a t e d t o a d e gr e e of p e rfe ction which no oth e r

n a tion h a d a tta in e d .

In t h e r e ign of D a riu s Hy s t a s p e s fi ve c e nturi e s pr e viou s ly to ,

t h e Chri s ti a n e r a , a c e l e br a t e d a s trolog e r n a m e d A lh a k i m or t h e ,

Wi s e chi e f m ini s t e r to t h e king pr e dicte d t h e com ing of t h e

, ,

futur e M e s s i a h t h e birth a n d c a r e e r of Moh a m m e d a n d t h e fin a l

, ,

e xtinctio n of t h e M a g i a n r e ligion
'

T h a t t h e fir s t d a w ning s of A s trology origin a t e d in t h e ori e nt a l

n a tion s to w hich a llu s io n h a s b e e n m a d e hi s tory will no t p e r m it ,

us to doub t— but t h e c e l e s ti a l s ci e nc e w a s d e s tin e d to e xt e nd fa r

b e yond t h e li m it e d juri s diction of t h e pri e s ts of E gypt or t h e ,

M a gi of P e r s i a ind e e d t h e G r e e k w rit e r P h i lo s t r a t us infor m s us

, , ,

th a t a s trology w a s known a n d pr a cti s e d i n G r e e c e 1 1 8 4 b e for e ,

t h e birth of C h ri s t w hil e Di o d o r us S i c ul a s t h e univ e r s a l hi s tori a n

, ,

of G r e e c e a ffir m s th a t t h e s ci e nc e w a s intro duc e d int o h i s country

,

by H e r cul e s .

Pluta rch a s s e rts th a t H e s iod t h e G r e e k po e t nin e c e nturi e s , ,

b e for e t h e C hri s ti a n e r a w a s a n e xp e rt a s trolog e r

,
.

T h a l e s t h e fir s t G r e e k A s trono m e r fi v e c e nturi e s pr e c e ding t h e

, ,

birth of our S a viour a n d D e m ocritu s t h e G r e e k philo s oph e r

, , ,
 THE M Y S TE R IE S or A S TR O L O GY . 27

wh o xi s t e d in a s ub s e qu e nt c e ntury a cquir e d con s id e r a bl e c e l e

e ,

br i t y in t h e s ci e nc e a n d in t h e a nn a l s of A s trology ; t h e o n e by
t h e a pp e a r a nc e of t h e h e a v e nly orb s h a ving pr e dict e d a s c a rcity,

of oliv e s ; t h e oth e r a s for e t e lling by s i m il a r m e a n s a pl e ntiful

“

, ,

s upply .

H i p p o cr a t e s t h e gr e a t phy s ici a n of G r e e c e w h o lib e r a t e d t h e

‘

, ,

s ci e nc e of M e d i ci n e fr o m t h e Sh a ckl e s in w hich it w a s inv e s t e d

'

a m ong t h e a rchiv e s of t h e pri e s t s of JEs cul a i us — pl a c e d it on a

p
s olid found a tion a n d t a ug ht i t s pr e c e pt s in h i s i m m ort a l w ork s
, ,

for e told fro m pl a n e ta ry a s p e ct s a dir e ful pl a gu e a n d tr a n s port e d ,

h i s nu m e rou s p upil s to di ff e r e nt citi e s a br o a d th a t th e y m ight

e s c a p e t h e r a v a g e s of t h e p e s til e nc e a n d t h e con s u m m a tion of
h i s a s trologic a l pr e diction F o r thi s pr e s ci e nc e G r e e c e d e cl a r e d
.

h i m to be a go d a n d d e cr e e d t h e s a cri fic e s of H e rcul e s to h i s
,

n am e .

A ho s t of ori e nt a l r e cord s m ight be a dduc e d in a ddition to

tho s e w e h a v e brought for w a r d in s uppor t of t h e truth s of A s tro
logy— but w e turn fro m t h e d i m li g ht s w hich gli m m e r on t h e d i s
t a nt horizon of tim e to t h e m or e c e rt a in a n d brilli a nt m e t e or s
,

w hich e nlighte n t h e n e a r e r a ppro a ch to our d a y a n d g e n e r a tion .

A w rite r of no m e a n ce l e brity in o n e of t h e m o s t e rudite m a g a

,

zin e s w hich for m a ny y e a r s took t h e l e a d in tr a n s a tl a ntic p e ri

,
-

o d i ca l s s a ys
, ,
No s tr a d a m u s t h e G a llic a s trolog e r pr e dict e d th a t
, ,

t h e Chri s ti a n r e ligion w ould be a b ol i s h e d by a d e cr e e of t h e

F r e nch r e volutioni s t s a n d m e m b e r s of t h e C a tholic pri e s thoo d
,

s a crific e d to t h e G o dd e s s of Lib e rty .

T hi s pr e diction or proph e cy a pp e a r e d in t h e public prints in

F r a nc e t w o hundr e d a nd forty t wo y e a r s in a dv a nc e of i t s con
-

s u m m a tion

T h e dir e ful pl a gue a n d s c a rc e ly l e s s d e v a s t a tin g fi r e w hich d e

, ,

popul a t e d t h e c a pita l of G r e a t Brit a in durin g t h e r e ign of t h e ,

S tu a rt s a n d l e v e ll e d h e r proud m a n s ion s with t h e du s t w e r e for e

, ,

told a n d p ubli s h e d in hi e roglyphic s by Willi a m Lilly a c e l e

, ‘
,

br a t e d E n g li s h a s trolog e r of th a t d a y .

T h e fir s t publi s h e d hi e roglyphic r e pr e s e nt e d a church y a rd ,

-
,

w ith s e xton s in a ctiv e a n d d e a th lik e e m ploy m e nt c a rt lo a d s of

-

,
-

d e a d b e ing dum p e d by th e m into t h e rud e a n d op e n gr a v e s

,
.
28 THE MY S TE R IE S OF A S TR OL OG Y .

Th e cond con t a in e d a vi e w of London bridg e on e ith e r Si d

se ,

of t h e ri ve r T h a m e s a n d t h e c a pita l i n fl a m e s
, .

'

A s if t h e A s trolog e r h a d d e t e r m in e d th a t n o d Oubt s hould

T h e F a t e of t h e E ngli s h
“
r e s t on h i s l a bor s h e e ntitl e d th e m
, ,

N a tion .

S o m e y e a r s s ub s e qu e n tl y to t h e c o n fla g r a t i o n t h e A s trolog e r
’

w a s s u m m on e d by t h e Briti s h P a rli a m e nt to t h e ba r of t h e Hou s e

of C o m m on s a n d co m m a nd e d s inc e h e h a d fifte e n ye a r s b e for e
, ,

pr e d ict e d t h e e v e nt of t h e d e s tructiv e fi r e to d e cl a r e n o w w h o , ,
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w e r e i t s a uthor s T o thi s co m m a nd Lilly r e pli e d th a t h a vin g

.
,

pr e dict e d by t h e a i d of s ci e nc e t h e c a t a s troph e h e h a d u s e d e v e r y
, ,

e x e rtion to di s cov e r i t s a uthor s — but un a v a ilingly fro m w h e nc e ,

h e infe rr e d th a t it pro c e e d e d dir e ct fro m t h e volition a n d t h e

fing e r of G o d .

It i s not our provi n c e to con t e n d for t h e truth of t h e a s t r o l o

'

g e r s b e li e f or o th e r w i s e — but tim e s o p rolific in t h e e xpo s ition

’

of s i m il a r e v e nts h a s fa il e d to r e v e a l t h e a uthor s of t h e c a l a m i
,

tou s vi s it a tion : c e nturi e s h a v e roll e d ov e r countl e s s g e n e r a tion s

s inc e t h e p e rio d of t h e c a t a s tr oph e y e t no s ugg e s tion h a s b e e n
,

o ffe r e d by w hich t h e inc e ndi a ry or inc e ndi a ri e s (if a n y) m ight be

tr a c e d— th e ir n a m e s a r e lo s t in t h e a rc a n a o f a g e s or i n th e ir ,

non e xi s t e nc e t h e a s s u m ption of Lilly i s confir m e d

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.

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B y a not e a p p e nd e d to Lilly s As trology w hich w a s s old in t h e
s a l e O f t h e D uk e
’
of M a rlborough s libr a r y it a pp e a r s th a t t h e ,

unfor tun a t e C h a rl e s I of Engl a nd pr e s e nt e d t h e a s trolog e r

.
,

w ith o n e thou s a nd pound s to c a s t h i s horo s c op e .

“
I a d vi s e d h i m s a y s Lilly,
“
to proc e e d e a s t wa r d ; h e w e nt
,

”
w e s t a n d a ll t h e world kno w s t h e r e s ult
,
.

If w e turn fro m t h e hi s toric a l r e cord s of by gon e a g e s a n d -

t h e e vid e nc e s w hi ch th e y furni s h corrobo r a tiv e of t h e truth s o f

‘

A s trology to t ho s e of m uch l a t e r c e nt uri e s a n d our ti m e s w e

, ,

s h a ll find a n e qu a l i f not gr e a t e r a m ount of t e s ti m ony in fa vor

“

, ,

of a s trologic a l s ci e nc e —nor i s t h e e vid e nc e w e s h a ll pro duc e

'

t h e o fi s p r i n g of a r t chic a n e ry or hypocri s y— o f ignor a nc e i n fi

' "

, , ,

d e li t y or cunning ; t h e m od e rn b e li e f in t h e c e l e s ti a l s ci e nc e w ill
,

be found to pr oc e e d fro m t h e wi s e s t a n d t h e b e s t of m e n who s e ,

”

word s a r e a s t h e or a cl e s of truth a n d who s e opinion s nothi n g

,
 THE MYS TE R IE S OF A S T R O L O GY . 29
‘

could purch a s e W e s h a ll s ho w roy a lty w ith t h e i m p e ri a l di a d e m

.

on i t s h e a d tr a cing i t s s t e p s to t h e s olit a ry a bo d e of t h e a s tro

,

log e r to inquir e i n to t h e c e rt a inty of i t s futur e d e s tiny — fully

s a ti s fi e d w ith t h e truth if no t w ith t h e pr e dict e d e ffe ct of i t s
,

r e v e l a tion s r e tiring to m u s e on t h e m uta bility of m ort a lit y a n d

, ,

to pr e p a r e for t h e con s um m a tion w hich if dr e a d e d i t i s a s s ur e d

, ,

m us t t a k e pl a c e .

' '

In t h e y e a r 1 8 2 8 a s t r a n g e r o f nobl e m i e n a d v a n ce d in life
.
'

, ,

but po s s e s s ing t h e m o s t bl a nd m a nn e r s a rriv e d a t t h e a bo d e of

,

a c e l e br a t e d a s trolog e r in L o ndon .

T h e l a tt e r h a d ju s t tri m m e d h i s di m ly burning l a m p a n d w a s
-

a bout to s olv e a di fficult a s trono m ic a l probl e m w h e n t h e s tr a ng e r , ,

of w ho m w e h a v e s pok e n w a s a nnounc e d ,
.

Aft e r polit e ly bo w ing to t h e a s trolo g e r h i s gu e s t r e qu e s te d

‘

t h e l a tt e r to unfold if w ithin t h e r e a ch O f h i s s ci e nc e h i s futur e

, ,

d e s tiny .

H a ving infor m e d t h e a s trolog e r th a t h e w a s b orn in London ,

t h e s tr a ng e r a dd e d th a t h e w a s ignor a nt of t h e hour or m inut e

of h i s birth con s e qu e ntly th a t h e could no t e s t a bli s h d a ta for
.
,

h i s n a tivity— but th a t h e d e s ir e d h i s fa t e a n d fortun e s hould be

a s c e rt a in e d by Hor a ry A s trology .

T h e a s trolog e r co m pli e d w ith t h e r e qu e s t of t h e m y s t e riou s

vi s it e r dr e w for t h h i s t a bl e s con s ult e d h i s e p h e m e r i e s a n d c a s t
, , ,
'

t h e horo s cop e or c e l e s ti a l m a p for t h e hour a n d m o m e nt of t h e

inquiry a ccording to t h e e s t a bli s h e d rul e s of h i s a r t
,
'

T h e e l e m e nt s of h i s c a lcul a tion w e r e a dv e r s e a n d a fe e ling of ,

gloo m c a s t a s h a d e of s e riou s thought if no t d e j e ction ov e r h i s

‘

, ,

count e n a nc e .

“
You a r e of high r a nk s a id t h e a s trolog e r a s h e c a lcul a t e d a n d
”
—
look e d on t h e s tr a ng e r a n d of illu s triou s titl e
,
T h e s tr a ng e r .

m a d e a gr a c e ful inclin a tion of t h e h e a d in tok e n of a ck n o wl e d g

m e nt of t h e co m pli m e nt a ry r e m a rk s a n d t h e a s tr olog e r pro

,

ce e d e d w ith h i s m i s s ion .

T h e c e l e s ti a l s ign s w e r e o m inou s of c a l a m ity to t h e s tr a ng e r ,

w h o prob a bly ob s e rving a s u d d e n ch a ng e in t h e count e n a nc e of

“
t h e a s trolog e r e a g e rly inquir e d
, Wh a t e vil or goo d fortun e
,

”
h a d b e e n a s s ign e d h i m by t h e c e l e s ti a l orb s .
 T HE MYS TE R IE S OF A S TR OL OG Y .

To t h e fir s t p a rt of your inquiry s a i d t h e a s trolog e r I c a n

, ,
“

r e a dily r e ply You h a v e b e e n t h e fa vorit e of fortun e h e r s m il e s

'
.

o n yo u h a v e b e e n a bund a nt : h e r fro w n s but fe w ; you h a v e

h a d p e rh a p s n o w po s s e s s w e a lth a n d p ow e r : t h e i m po s s ibility
, ,

of th e ir a cco m pli s h m e nt i s t h e only li m it to t h e fulfill m e nt of

”
your d e s ir e s .

Y ou h a v e s pok e n t ruly of t h e p a s t , s a id t h e s tr a ng e r
“
I -
.

h a v e full fa ith in your r e v e l a tion s of t h e futur e z— wh a t s a y you

”
of m y pilgrim a g e in thi s life i s i t s hort o r lon g ?,

“
I r e gr e t r e pli e d t h e a s trol og e r in a n s w e r to thi s inquiry
”
, , ,

to be t h e h e r a ld of ill , though t r ue fortun e ; your s oj ourn o n

'

”
e a rth w ill be s hort .

Ho w s hor t ? e a g e rly inquir e d t h e e x cit e d a n d a n xi ous vi s i t a n t

”
-
.

” “
G iv e m e a m o m e nt a ry truc e s a id t h e a s trolo g e r ;
,
I w ill
'

con s ult t h e horo s cop e a n d m a y p o s s ibly find s o m e m itig a ting

,

circu m s t a nc e s
H a ving c a s t h i s e y e s ov e r t h e c e l e s ti a l m a p a n d p a u s e d for ,

s o m e m o m e nt s h e s urv e y e d t h e count e n a n ce of t h e s tr a ng e r with

,

g r e a t Sym p a t h y a n d s a id I a m s orry th a t I c a n find no pl a n e

'

, ,

t a ry influ e nc e s th a t O pp o s e your d e s t i n y y o ur d e a th will t a k e fi

”
pl a c e in T w o YEA R S .

Will m y p o s t e rity be honor e d a n d p r o s p e r ous i nquir e d t h e

‘

s tr a ng e r .

“
R e s t a s s ur e d th e y will ”
r e pli e d t h e a s trolog e r ;
,
-

O n e of
.

th e m w ill be p e culi a rly honor e d for n n e qua lle d a n d m o s t v a li a n t

”
de e d s .

Pl e a s e d with t h e a s s ign e d pro s p e rity Of h i s d e s c e nd a nt s t h e ,

count e n a nc e of t h e s tr a ng e r bright e n e d on bidding a di e u to

t h e a s trolog e r h e pr e s e nt e d h i s c a r d
,
T h e vi s ita nt w a s G e or g e
.
-

IV King of G r e a t Brita in t h e m o s t a cco m pli s h e d g e ntl e m a n

.
, , ,

though not t h e b e s t m a n of h i s d a y a n d g e n e r a tion .

T h e e v e nt ju s tifi e d t h e a s trologic p r e diction G e org e IV di e d .

'

on M a y 1 8 th 1 8 8 0 e x a ctly t w o y e a r s fro m t h e d a y on which h e

, ,
 THE MY S TE RIE S OF A S TR OL O GY . 31
'

H a ving ob s e rv e d a tt e ntiv e ly t h e horo s cop e of th e E m p e ror ,

a n d th a t t h e pl a n e t S a turn o ccupi e d a po s ition in t h e h Ous e of

honor h e i m m e di a t e ly d e cl a r e d th a t a t t h e p e rio d w h e n h i s
,

( N a pol e on s )
’
goo d fortun e s h o uld b e a t i t s m e ridi a n i t w ould ,

r a pidly d e clin e a n d h e w ould fin a lly be l e ft with fe w if a n y

, , ,

fri e nd s .

S ub s e qu e ntly to N a pol e on s fa ll thi s pr e diction w a s p u

’
, blicly
'
no tic e d in t h e F r e nch jo urn a l s of i t s con s um m a tion t h e civiliz e d
univ e r s e w a s t h e w itn e s s a n d t h e b a rr e n r o ck of S t H e l e n a t h e
. .
,

glo o m y loc a l e .

Am ong t h e b e li e v e r s in t h e occult s ci e nc e s a n d s up e rn a tura l

a g e nci e s a r e found n a m e s th a t h a v e c a s t a h a lo of lit e r a ry glory
,

round th e ir a e a n d country — w ho s e m or a l worth e nvy h a s not

a g
d a r e d t os l a nd e r ; t h e pill a r s of a n int e ll e ctu a l world S uch a r e .

D r John s on a n d Si r W a lte r S co tt y e t t h e for m e r b e lie v e d in

.
,

Witchc r a ft , t h e l a tte r in A s trology T hroughout t h e w hol e of .

“ ”
th e W a v e rly nov e l s th e r e i s a m a nife s t l e a ning to t h e s up e r
n a tur a l ; t h e w ild un e a rthly e lo qu e nc e of H e l e n M c G r e g o r t h e
, ,

s up e r s titiou s fe rvor of t h e C ov e n a nt e r s a n d t h e a w ful w a rning s ,

”
of t h e fe m a l e s a vior of G uy M a nn e ring b e a r a m pl e t e s ti m ony ,

if w e h a d n o oth e r a n d s tron g e r th a t t h e m ind of t h e gr e a t p o e t

,

hi s tori a n w a s d e e ply tinctur e d w ith a b e lie f in s up e rhu m a n

,

a g e nc i e s .

T h e H e rcul e a n int e ll e ct a n d unbound e d s e lf e s t e e m of D r

~

-
.

John s on w ould a t fir s t vi e w l e a d us to r a nk h i m a m o n g s k e ptic s

, ,

in t h e b e li e f of t h e occult s c i e nc e s Y e t w e h a v e r e cor d e d proof

.

th a t thi s gi a nt of lite r a tur e a n d gr e a t m or a li s t of h i s a g e a n d

n a tion e xpr e s s e d h i s d e cid e d b e li e f in Wi tchcr a ft
,
.

N a p ol e o n lik e t h e T h a n e of S cotla nd i s s a i d to h a v e be li e v e d
, ,

“ ”
in a n d con s ulte d t h e
-
w ith e r e d ba g s of d e s tiny in r e l a tion to ,

h i s v a ri e d fortun e s to h a v e tr e a s ur e d up th e ir s a y ing s a n d b e e n
,

guid e d by th e ir pr e dicti o n s .

Wh a t circu m s ta nc e could induc e th e s e m e n to a s s e rt th a t which

th e y d i d n o t b e li e v e —i n t h e m o s t e l e v a te d s ta tion e a ch o n e in
, ,

h i s r e s p e ctiv e s ph e r e to pr a cti s e a n i m po s ition on t h e world ?

,

John s on a n d S co tt w ould no t h av e d a r e d fro m r e ligiou s fe a r if , ,

fro m no oth e r c a u s e to i m po s e o r pr e v a ric a t e

.
,
. N a pol e on in t h e .
32 THE MYS TE R IE S OF A S T R OL OGY .

n a tur a l c a ndor of h i s ch a r a ct e r w ith t h e i m p e ri a l di a d e m on h i s

,

h e a d a n d n a tion s a t h i s fe e t w ould h a v e s purn e d w ith cont e m pt

, “ , ,

t h e m e a nn e s s a n d d e gr a d a tion of a volunt a ry fa l s e ho o d Wh a t .

th e y a s s e rt e d th e y b e li e v e d
, .

T h a t t h e ch a ng e s a n d a s p e ct s in t h e p l a n e t a r y s ys t e m a ff e ct '

t h e phy s ic a l C ondition of m a nkind w e k n o w fro m d a ily ob s e rv a

'

tion At t h e ch a ng e s of t h e Mo on t h e LU NA T I O i s a l w a y s m or e
.

fe rociou s a n d ungov e rn a bl e th a n a t a n y o th e r p e rio d a n d ,

m a ny di s e a s e s a r e a ggr a v a t e d or t h e r e v e r s e by tho s e m e te ,

orologic a l ch a n g e s w hich a r e p r 1n c1p a lly d e p e n d e nt on pl a n e t a r y

influ e nc e s .

T h e m e nt a l a n d phy s ic a l condition s of our s y s t e m a r e s o inti ~

m a t e l y con n e ct e d s o a b s olut e ly d e p e nd e nt on e a ch o th e r th a t
, ,

t h e l a tt e r c a nnot be m a t e ri a ll y a ff e c t e d g a n d t h e for m e r r e m a in
undi s t urb e d by t h e influ e nc e s which h a v e op e r a t e d up on it ,

W h e th e r p a inful or pl e a s ur a ble .

T h e co m pl e x for c e w hich c a u s e s t h e pl a n e t s to m ov e a t r e s p e c
ti v e a n d c e rta in di s t a nc e s a round a co m m on c e ntr e a n d a t ,

t h e s a m e m o m e nt to r e volv e in th e ir individu a l orbit s which up ,

h e a v e s a n d r e p e l s t h e w a t e r s of t h e o c e a n control s t h e r e turn ,

of t h e s e a s on s a n d divid e s t h e light fr o m t h e d a rkn e s s m u s t of

, , ,

n e c e s s ity e x e rt no incon s id e r a bl e influ e nc e on t h e c ondition of

,

m a nkind w h e th e r in i t s phy s ic a l or m e nt a l condition

,
.

T h e c e l e br a t e d D r M e a d of E ngl a nd o n e of t h e m o s t e nlight
.
, ,

e n e d p h ys 1 c 1 a n s of h i s a g e in s p e a king of t h e m oon s a y s
, to , ,

conclud e t h e p o w e rful a ction of t h e m oon i s ob s e rv e d not o n ly

“

by philo s oph e r s a n d n a tur a l hi s tori a n s but e v e n by co m m on ,

p e opl e w h o h a v e b e e n fully p e r s u a d e d o f it ti m e out of m ind

,
”
.

Pliny r e l a t e s th a t Ari s to tl e l a y s i t do w n a s a n a phori s m t h a t

“
,

t h e e bb O e ! a n d th a t birth s a n d
n o a n im a l d ie s b ut i n f t h e t i d
d e a th s chi e fly h a pp e n a bout t h e n e w a n d full m oon i s a n a xi o m
‘

a m ong w o m e n T h e hu s b a nd m e n li k e W 1 s e a r e r e gul a t e d by t h e
.
, ,

m o on in pl a nting a n d m a n a ging tr e e s a n d s e v e r a l o th e r of th e 1 r
,

Occup a tion s S o gr e a t i s t h e e m pir e of t h e m oon ov e r t h e t e rr a

.

que o us glob e .

T h e r e i s in t h e hum a n m ind ind e p e nd e ntly of a ll e xt e rior i n

,

flue n ce s a d e s ir e to tr a v e r s e t h e v a s t unknown to div e into t h e

, ,
 THE MY S TE R IE S OF A S T R O L OGY . 33

occult a n d m y s t e riou s a n d to e m br a c e t h e r e s ults a s a portion

,

of r e ligiou s fa ith .

Th e e vid e nc e s in fa vor of thi s fa ct in our d a y a r e to o n u m e

, ,

rou s a n d w e ll a uth e ntic a t e d to a d m it of a d e ni a l

-
.

A w ork h a s but r e c e ntly i s s u e d fr o m t h e pr e s s fro m t h e p e n ,

of a n e m in e nt judici a l function a ry— a citiz e n of high m or a l

ch a r a ct e r a n d unbl e m i s h e d r e put a tion which s e e k s to e s ta bli s h
, ,

a s a n incontrov e rtibl e truth th a t s piritu a l a g e nt s a r e continu a lly

,

giving t a n gibl e e vid e nc e s of th e ir pr e s e nc e a m ong t h e hum a n

fa m ily th a t conv e r s a tion s a r e a ctu a lly h e l d w ith un e a rthly m e s
,

s e n g e r s a n d th a t in ob e di e nc e to th e ir dicta t e s hou s e hol d fa rni

, ,

tur e i s m ov e d in v a riou s dir e ction s a n d a udibl e r a pping s a s

, ,

m y s t e riou s a n s w e r s to propound e d qu e s tion s s oun d on t h e w a ll s, ,

t a bl e s or o th e r a rticl e s of furnitur e w hi ch m a y be pl a c e d n e a r
,

t h e int e rrog a tor .

W e s h a ll not i n th e s e p a g e s di s cu s s t h e n a tur e of th e s e p h e
“
.

, ,

h o m e n a : it i s e nough to prov e th e ir e xi s te nc e — t h e c ontinu e d

incr e a s e of th e ir a dvo c a t e s a n d di s cipl e s fro m a ll r a nk s of s o
c i e t y m e rit s a t l e a s t a tt e ntion a n d
,
r e s p e c t — a n d with t h e fa ct
“
b e for e us r e cord e d in t h e S a cr e d Volu m e o f t h e
,
Wit ch of
,
.

E ndor s u m m oning t h e S pirit of S a m u e l b e for e t h e a flr i g h t e d

H e br e w king w e h a v e n o right to d e n y t h e a pp e a r a nc e of
,

d e p a rt e d s pirits a m ong t h e hu m a n fa m ily .

But A s trology r e s ts on a m or e s olid b a s i s th a n t h e Spiritua l

vi s ion s a bov e a llud e d to i t i s truly a n inductiv e s ci e nc e found e d ,

on a n a s s e m bl a g e of fa ct s coll e ct e d tog e th e r by m e n of l e a rning

a n d s ci e nc e in a ll n a tion s a n d in e v e ry a g e fro m t h e fir s t d a w n
,

ing s of J e w i s h hi s tory to t h e pr e s e nt d a y ; d e duc e d a s a probl e m

in m a th e m a tics a ccording to a c e rt a i n ch a in of c a us e s which
, ,

fro m t h e a g e s s inc e t h e flo od h a v e b e e n found inv a ri a bly to pro

,

duc e a corr e s pond e nt tr a i n of con s e qu e nc e s Wh e n t h e S un i s .

ob s cur e d a n d t h e d a rk e n e d cloud s g a th e r in t h e E a s t . w e pr e dict

th a t d e s c e nding s how e r s a r e n e a r a t h a nd U pon wh a t d a ta i s
'
-

o ur p r e d i ct i o n found e d ? U pon t h e ti m e e s t a blis h e d fa ct th a t

-

s uch a pp e a r a nc e s a r e a lw a y s a cco m p a ni e d by s uch e ffe ct s

-

A corr e s ponding tr a i n Of r e a s oning e s t a bli s h e s t h e truth s of

As trology .
 34 TH E M YS TE R IE S OF A S TR O L O G Y .

If n t h e pla n e ts h a v e b e e n in ce rt a in p o s ition s in r e l a tion

, wh e
to e a ch o th e r corr e s pond ing con s e qu e nc e s h a v e b e e n e nta il e d on
,

indi vidu al s a n d n a tion s for thou s a nd s of c e nturi e s a n d oppo s ite ,

e ffe ct s h a v e b e e n pro duc e d in t h e sam e r e l a tion s throu g h thi s ,

'

v a s t p e rio d of ti m e w h e n a d i ffe r e n t pl a n e ta ry p o s ition h s

,
a
occurr e d th e s e O ppo s it e but s till und e vi a ting e ff e cts furni s h
, , ,

d e m on s tr a ti ve e vid e nc e th a t A s trolo g y r e s ts o n pr oof w hich

,

c a nn o t be inv a lid a t e d .

T h e o cc a s ion a l fa ilur e of t h e (s e lf n a m e d) profe s s or s o f thi s

-

s ci e nc e a ff ord s n o a rgu m e n t a g a in s t i t s truth

, .

D o e s a n y o n e doub t t h e truth s of ch e m ic a l s ci e nc e b e c a u s e t h e
e xp e ri m e n t e r a t ti m e s fa il s in pro ducing t h e d e s ir e d r e Sul t o r
, , ;
d e ny t h e 1 n s p i r a t i o n of t h e S a cr e d V olum e b e c a u s e h e r e s i e s a n d
h e r e tic a l s chi s m s h a v e a r l s e n fro m it ?
'

Why th e n s houl d A s trology t h e e ld e r Si s t e r of t h e s ci e nc e s be

, ,

r e pudi a t e d o w ing to t h e s in s or o m 1 SS 1on s of h e r profe s s or s ?

,

Wh e r e v e r our a tt e ntion i s dir e ct e d w h e th e r a m i d t h e d a rk e n e d

,

p a g e s of t h e profa n e hi s tori a n Or to t h e pur e r light of C hri s ti a n

ity w e find thi s for m e rly r e s pl e nd e nt s ci e nc e r e s ti n g s e cur e ly
,

o n tho s e a s toni s hing y e t v e rifi e d pr e s a g e s w hich n e ith e r t h e

,

d e s t r o ym g h a nd of a g e s n o r t h e r e volution s of n a tion s a n d of
,

m e n h a v e b e e n a bl e to r e fut e
,
.

B e a utiful gr a nd a n d m a gni fic e nt a s t h e s t e ll a r e m pyr e a n

, ,

W hich con s t itut e s i t s e l e m e nt s a n d fro m w hich i t s pr e diction s a r e

‘

d e r i v e d it s t ill s o a r s a bov e a ll oth e r a rts fro m e a rth to H e a v e n

, , ,

by t h e s ubli m e a n d dignifi e d n a tur e of i t s pr e t e n s ion s B ut .

wh e n t h e light of philo s ophic a l r e s e a rch illum in e s s uch pr e t e n

s ion s a n d truth s upport s t h e fa br i c o n w hich t h e y r e s t t h e m e t a
, ,

phy s ic a l b a s i s on w hich th e y h a v e h e r e tofo re r e po s e d i s e clip s e d

by t h e m or e s ub s t a nti a l s pl e ndo rs of phy s i c a l d e m o n s tr a tion a n d ,

h y b t h l nt of inductiv ci e nc e m or e truly
‘

t e e co m e e e e m e s a n e s

S nbfl i m e a n d m e r e int e n s e ly int e r e s ting th a n a n y th a t h a s e v e r

d a w n e d upon t h e w orld .
 THE MY S TE R IE S or A S T R O L O GY . 35

ELEMEN TARY P RIN C IP LES OF A STROLO

P R O DI G i Es a n d
ir a cl e s s a y s R o us s e a u h a v e a l w a y s b e e n t h e
m , ,

m o s t po w e rful m e a n s of civilizing t h e w orl d

; t h e w is e s t m e n
h a v e doubt e d w h e th e r w ithout th e s e a uxili a ri e s i t w ould be p o s
, ,

s ibl e th a t l a w s or dur a bl e in s tituti on s Should e xi s t .

A n i m p a r ti a l s urv e y of t h e hi s tory of m a nkind fro m t h e e a r

li e s t tr a dition a ry r e cord s to t h e pr e s e nt d a y in r e l a ti on t o t h e ,

influ e nc e s of A s trology m u s t i m pr e s s thi s tr uth d e e ply on t h e

,

m ind of e v e ry ob s e rv e r .

T h e pro of of t h e c e l e s ti a l influ e nc e s h a s a l w a y s e xi s t e d in t h e
n a tur a l w orld though g e n e r a lly unob s e rv e d e xc e pt by t h e vo ta
,

ri e s of s ci e nc e .

Spring a n d S u m m e r Autu m n a n d Wint e r t h e s h a d e s of night

, ,

a n d t h e d a w n of m orning o w e th e ir s ucc e s s ions to pl a n e t a ry

,

influ e nc e s a n d a r e r e gul a t e d a n d controll e d by th e m .

”
T h e ch a ng e or r e m ov a l s a y s t h e c e l e br a t e d Lo ck e
,
of a n y ,

orb a lthough inco m pr e h e n s ibly d i s ta nt w ould c a u s e thing s to

, ,

”
put o n a v e ry di ffe r e nt a pp e a r a nc e .

If t h e c e l e s ti a l influ e nc e s gov e rn t h e pla n e t on w hich w e liv e ,

a n d a re c a p a bl e of producing h e a lth or di s e a s e a s th e y a r e ,

dir e ct e d a m ong t h e hum a n fa m ily t h e truth of A s trology i s e s ta

,

bl i s h e d w ithout a n y furth e r e vi d e nc e .

W e h a v e s a id in t h e l a s t ch a pt e r th a t A s trology w a s a n i n
,
'

d uc t i v e s ci e nc e a n d n o w proc e e d to giv e a s i m pl e illu s tr a tio n of

,

thi s fa ct ; if during t h e e xi s te nc e of thi s s ci e nc e fro m t h e ti m e

,

of t h e H e br e w P a tri a rch s t o th e pr e s e nt d a y i n dividu a l s born

'

,
 36 THE MYS TE RIE S or A S T R O L O GY .

wh e n t h e pl a n e t M a r s w a s in t h e e qui n oct i On a l Sig n Ari e s h a v e

“

b e e n s ubj e ct e d to corr e s pond e nt for tun e s a n d o ccurr e nc e s in life “

a n d o th e r individu a l s b or n wh e n S a turn W a s in t h e z o di a c a l s ign s

C a pricorn a n d Aqu a riu s h a v e b e e n s ubj e ct e d to circum s ta nc e s 1n
,

life tot a lly di ff e r e nt fro m t h e s e u n d e r t h e influ e nc e of M a r s y e t ,

corr e s ponding to e a ch o th e r t h e e vid e nc e e s t a bli s h e s A s tro

,

logy a s a n i nfa llibl e a n d a n inductiv e s cl e n ce .

We th a t e v e r y condition of m a n (h i s di s po s ition , ,

h a b i ts a n d fortun e s ) i s indic a t e d by t h e pl a n e ta ry influ e nc e s

,

w hich e xi s t a t t h e p e rio d of h i s birth .

“
“

Nor do e s thi s doctrin e int e rfe r e w ith th a t o f t h e fr e e w ill of

”
m a n , for H e w h o ord a in e d a n d po i nt e d out t h e cour s e o f hum a n
d o ubt le s s for e s a w t h e m o s t m inut e turn of e v e ry m a n s
'

e ve n t s ’
,

volition a n d c a u s e d h i s d e st iny to c orr e s p o n d w i t h it : n o r i s it

, ,

us e l e s s
,
a s s om e m a y fa l s e ly i m a gin e to c ont e nd a g a m s t t h e
,

infl ue nc e s o f F a t e — for not w ith s ta ndi n g t h e b e n e vol e nt o r e vil

a s p e ct of t h e pl a n e t s a t th e
,
hour of birth p oint o ut n a tur a l ,

t e m p e r a n d di s p o s ition a n d indic a te t h e princip al e v e nt s fo r t u

, ,

n a t e or t h e r e v e r s e ; w hich Sh a ll a tt e nd t h e j ourn e y through life

, ,

y e t it d e p e nd s on t h e fr e e w ill of a n
y individu a l w h e th e r a ll th a t
i s indic a t e d by t h e c e l e s ti a l orb s s h a ll co m e to p a s s or not t h e
,

cultiv a tion of virtu e a n d w i s do m w ill e n a bl e h i m t o r e s i s t t h e

,

t e m pta tion s to co m m it cri m e a n d pro t e ct h i m fro m m i s for tun e

,

a n d lo s s ; w hil e a noth e r of a p r o fli g a t e a n d c a r e l e s s h a bi t no t ,

only lo s e s a dv a nt a g e s of a p r o m i s ing n a tivity but if born und e r

“

e vil pl a n e t a ry a s p e ct s i s fr e qu e n t ly w r e ck e d a m i d t h e br e a k e r s
,
—

of h i s fortun e through which a wi s e r a n d b e tte r m a n w ould guid e

hi s v e s s e l w ith e a s e a n d s a fe ty .

T hu s fa r t h e m a n of go o dn e s s a n d int e ll e ct m a y control t h e s e
c e l e s ti a l influ e nc e s a g a in s t w hich n e gl i ge nc e a n d folly c a nnot
cont e nd — but t h e r e i s a li m it to t h e op e r a tion s O f m ind a g a in s t
'

t h e indic a tion s of A s trology : e xcruci a ting p a in a n d s ic k n e s s ,

'

t h e m a xi m u m o f pro s p e rity a n d a dv e r s ity w h e n for e tol d by t h e ,

s ci e nc e of A s trology c a nno t be a v e rt e d
,
.

T h e w hol e e a rthly c a r e e r of s o m e indivi du a l s i s but a s ucc e s s ion ,

of m i s fortun e s , e v e ry e x e rtion t e rm in a t e s in di s a s t e r a n d d i s a p
p ointm e nt y e t no bl a m e a tt a ch e s to th e m , th e y s truggle a g a in s t
,
 THE MYS TE R IE S OF A S TR O L O GY . 37

e a ch n e w inro a d on th e ir for tun e s w ith a n e n e rgy a n d Sp irit th a t

w ould s e e m to m e rit if not to in s ur e a triu m ph— but a r e ruin e d
,

by a s tr a ng e coincid e n c e of circum s ta nc e s w hich hum a n prud e nc e

c ould n e ith e r s e e nor pr e v e nt .

P a r ticul a r ti m e s a r e p e culi a rly di s a s trou s to c e rt a in p e r s on s ,

a n d it no t unfr e q u e ntly h a pp e n s in fa m ili e s th a t nu m b e r s fr e

,

qu e ntly d i e a t t h e s a m e p e riod w ithin a fe w hour s of e a ch oth e r

, .

T h e l a tt e r e v e nt i s undoubt e dly o w ing to a r e s e m bl a nc e in t h e

po s ition of t h e pl a n e ts a t t h e ti m e of th e ir n a tivity .

T h e s ci e nc e of A s trono m y s o univ e r s a lly a d m itt e d to be o n e of

,

t h e c e rt a in s ci e nc e s o w e s i t s e xi s t e nc e p a rti a lly if no t w holly

, , ,

to A s trology : t h e divi s ion of t h e h e a v e n s into th e ir r e s p e ctiv e

con s t e ll a tion s a n d t h e n a tur e a n d l a w s of t h e pl a n e ts of t h e fir s t
,

m a gnitud e , pr e c e d e d a kno w l e dg e of A s trono m y by m a ny c e n

t ur i e s .

Until t h e t e r m in a tion of t h e s ixt e e nth c e ntury A s trology a n d ,

A s trono m y w e r e undivid e d T h e y a r e in fa ct a n d in purp o s e

.
, ,

in s e p a r a bl e — a n d a s s uch w e Sh a ll in this ch a pt e r con s id e r th e m

, ,
“ ”
und e r t h e no m e ncl a tur e of A s trology .

T h e und e vi a ting principl e s up on w hich t h e s ci e nc e i s b a s e d

a r e d e m on s tr a t e d in t h e c e rt a in c a lcul a tion of E clip s e s not only
‘

in t h e pr e diction s th a t t h e Sun a n d t h e Moon will be p a rti a lly or

wholly d a rk e n e d but in t h e po s itiv e a n d n e v e r fa iling a nno unc e
,
-

m e nt of t h e e xa ct p oint of tim e a t w hich t h e e clip s e s will o ccur ,

a n d t h e d e gr e e of s h a do w w hich w ill be thr o w n ov e r t h e orb of

d a y or night : it h a s d e t e r m in e d t h e s iz e a n d figur e of t h e e a rth ,

t h e m e a s ur e of t h e y e a r t h e longitud e of di s t a nt l a nd s a n d t h e
, ,

Sa fe cour s e s for t h e m a rin e r through t h e tr a ckl e s s p a th s of t h e

o c e a n a m id t h e s tor m s a n d t e m p e s t s w hich fr e qu e ntly convul s e it
, .

B ut w e pro c e e d t o d e s crib e t h e S ol a r Sy s t e m a s fir s t t a ught by

,

Pyth a gor a s a n d confir m e d by G a lil e o K e pl e r a n d De s c a rte s

,

t h e s e cond n a m e d philo s oph e r h a ving in a n a g e of s up e r s titiou s

,

tyr a n ny b e e n lo a d e d with ch a in s a n d thro w n into t h e dung e on s

,

of t h e Inqui s ition for d e cl a ring a s y s t e m to be tru e which w a s

,

fin a lly e s t a bli s h e d by t h e gr e a t N e w ton a n d h a s r e c e iv e d i t s

,

confir m a tion in t h e t e s ti m ony of e v e ry s ucc e e ding a g e .

N e w ton w a s a n A t r ol o g e r b e for e h e div e d into t h e d e pth s o f

 38 THE MY S TE R IE S OF A S TR O L OGY .

a s trono m ic a l s c i e nc e w hich h e pur s u e d m or e e s p e c1 a lly a t fir s t

, ,

s ol e ly for t h e purpo s e of a ffording h i m a s s i s t a nc e in h i s a s t r o l o

g i c a l pur s uit s .

T h e S un in t h e co m m e nc e m e nt a n d e a rly p e rio d s of t h e S ol a r
,

S y s t e m w a s s uppo s e d to be fix e d a n d i m m ov a bl e in i t s orb i t but

, ,

m od e rn di s cov e ri e s in t h e s ci e nc e h a v e prov e d th a t it r e volv e s

,

on i t s o wn a xi s fro m W e s t to Ea s t in t h e Sp a c e of a bout t w e nty

‘
, ,

fiv e d a y s .

T h e pl a n e t s of t h e fir s t m a gnitud e w hich m ov e a r ou n d t h e ,

gr e a t lu m in a ry by th e ir c e ntrifug a l forc e a n d a r e h e l d a t c e rt a in ,

a n d un d e v i a t i n g d i St a n c e s by h i s c e ntrip e t a l forc e o f a ttr a ction

v ,

a r e M e rcury V e nu s t h e E a rth M a r s
,
C e r e s P a ll as Juno , V e s ta
, , , , , ,

Jup it e r S a turn a n d U r a nu s or H e r s ch e l ; t h e y r e volv e "

, , a t

un e qu a l di s ta nc e s in t h e ord e r n a m e d fro m W e s t to E a s t
, , .

T o thi s fir s t ord e r of pl a n e ts i s a tt a ch e d a s e cond a r y s y st e m

, ,

t e r m e d s a t e llit e s w hich m ov e s a round t h e pri m a ry or l a rg e r

,
‘

pl a n e ts i n a corr e s ponding m a nn e r to th a t in w h i ch t h e l a tt e r
,

p a s s a round t h e Sun .

T h e Moon t h e s a t e llit e of o ur e a rth m ov e s a roun d it in

, ,

t w e nty e ight d a y s for m ing t h e lun a r m onth Jupit e r h a s four

-

,
.

s a t e llit e s ; S a tu r n s e v e n a n d H e r s ch e l s i x ,
.

T h e m otion o f t h e pri m a ry pl a n e ts i s r e gul a t e d by a univ e r s a l

l a w Which d ict a t e s th a t t h e s qu a r e s of t h e p e rio dic a l ti m e s of t h e
,

pl a n e t s a r e to e a ch o th e r a s t h e cub e s of th e ir m e a n dis ta nc e s
fro m t h e S un ; a corr e s pon ding r e l a tion e xi s t s b e tw e e n t h e
pri m a ry pl a n e t s a n d th e ir Sa t e llit e s T h e l a tte r a r e O p a qu e or .

d a rk bo di e s h a ving n o po w e r in th e m s e lv e s to giv e light but

, ,

r e fl e cti n g it a s it i s r e c e iv e d fro m t h e S un .

T h e ph a s e s or a pp e a r a nc e s of t h e M e on in h e r r e volution ,

a round t h e S un a r e a m ong t h e m o s t b e a u t iful a n d a s toni s hing i n

,

t h e c e l e s ti a l r e volution, a lthough t h e fr e qu e ncy a n d r e gul a rity of

th e ir r e curr e nc e h a s in s o m e m e a s ur e c a u s e d th e m to be n e gl e ct e d
or unob s e rv e d .

T h e Moon b e ing a d a rk a n d round bo dy i s lu m inou s only in ,

a e a r a n ce h e r light i s borro w e d fro m t h e S un a n d r e fl e ct e d on

pp ,

t h e E a rth .

Wh e n in h e r r e volution s h e i s p l a c e d b e tw e e n t h e E a rth a n d
,
 THE MYS TE R IE S OF A S T R O L O GY . 9

t h e S un or in conjunction s h e i s s a id to be n e w h e r e nlighte n e d
, ,

s id e i s to w a rd s t h e S un a n d our pl a n e t do e s no t e xp e ri e nc e t h e
,

influ e nc e of h e r b e a m s In a s hort p e riod s h e a pp e a r s lik e a

.
,

hollo w h a lf circl e w hich gr a du a lly fill s up until t h e w hol e of i t

,
“

b e co m e s illu min a t e d to w a rd s t h e e n d of h e r fir s t qu a rt e r In .

h e r s e cond qu a rt e r s h e i s e xa ctly O ppo s it e to t h e S un or a t h e r

, ,

m e ridi a n it i s th e n full Moon

,
.

Fro m thi s p e rio d a s s h e r e volv e s s h e b e co m e s m or e Sh a d e d

, ,

fro m t h e E a rth until r e turnin g a g a in to h e r o r 1g 1 n a l condition

,

be tw e e n t h e E a r th a n d t h e S un or i n co n junction h e r ligh t i s , ,

a g a in hidd e n fro m us .

C o m e ts lik e t h e pl a n e ts a r e s uppo s e d s o fa r a s w e h a v e a n y
, , ,

kno w l e dg e of th e m to be s olid d a rk bodi e s w hich m ov e a round

, ,

t h e S un in a n e lliptic a l orbit a n d n o t unfr e qu e ntly cr o s s t h e ,

orbits of t h e p l a n e ts .

N e w ton c onj e ctur e d fro m t h e s e rp e ntin e dir e ction p ur s ue d by

th e m th a t in di s a pp e a rin g th e y p a s s e d fa r b e yond t h e orbits of
, ,

Jupit e r a n d th a t in d e s c e nding t h e points O f th e ir orbits n e a r e s t

,

t h e Sun fr e qu e ntly p a s s e d w ithin t h e orbit s of M a r s a n d t h e

,

infe rior pl a n e ts ; h e e s ti m a t e d t h e d e gr e e of h e a t in t h e C o m e t
w hich a ppe a r e d in 1 6 8 0 w h e n in i t s clo s e s t a pproxi m a tion to t h e
,
-

S un to h a v e b e e n t w o t h o s a n d ti m e s hott e r th a n r e d hot iron

, ,

a n d th a t thi s h e a t m u s t be r e t a in e d until it a g a in a pp e a r s in fi v e

hundr e d a n d t w e nty fi v e y e a r s -
.

T h e s h e ph e rd s a m ong t h e m ount a in s of A s i a — p a rticul a rly i n

Indi a a n d Sub s e qu e ntly in E thiopi a — h a vin g fro m t h e n a tur e of
,

th e ir e m ploy m e nt s c a rc e ly a n y O bj e cts to conte m pl a te o th e r th a n

,

t h e h e a v e n s w hich w a s th e ir only c a nopy by night divid e d t h e

, ,

s t a rry fi r m a m e n t into v a riou s clu s t e r s or con s t e ll a tion s typic a l ,

( a s th e ir i m agin a tion s dir e ct e d) of s o m e obj e ct a ni m a te or in a ni ,

m a te w hich h a d a pl a c e on e a rth
, .,

T h e h e a v e n s w e r e thu s fi g ur a tiv e ly divid e d into thr e e p a rt s

fir s t t h e Zodi a c (fro m z o on a n a ni m a l ) a l a r g e circl e e m br a cin g
, ,
-

, ,

th e o rbits Of t h e p la n e t s a n d our s a t e llite t h e Moon in i t s c e ntr e

t h e e clip t i c dividi n g it into North a n d S outh i n t h e north e rn s id e
, ,

of w hich a r e pl a c e d t w e nty on e con s t e ll a tion s ; on t h e s outh e rn

-
,

fifte e n .
40 THE MYS TE R IE S OF A ST R O L O GY .

Th e ob s e rv a tio n s of A s trolog e r s a r e li m i t e d to t w e lv e of th e s e
c on s t e ll a tion s s i x b e ing on e ith e r s id e of t h e e cliptic
, .

TH E N ORTHERN C LU STER A RE THE N C LU STER A R E

S O U T H ER

A ri e s , Th e R a m . Libra , T h e B a l a nce .

T a ur us , T h e B ull . S corpio T h e S corpio n

, .

G ini
e m ,
T h e T wins . S a g i tt a riu s T h e Arch e r , .

C a nc e r ,
T h e C ra b . C a p ricornus T h e horn e d G oa t , r

Le e ,
Th e Lion . A qu a rius T h e W a t e r b e a re r
,
-
.

Virg o , Th e Virg in . Pis c e s T h e Fis h e s

, .

Th e tw e lv e s ign s d e not e d a b ov e corr e s pon d to t h e t w e lv e

, ,

m onth s of t h e y e a r A s trology h a s 1n v e s t e d th e m with t h e po w e r

of dir e cting s o m e of t h e n a tur a l l a w s of t h e a ni m a l kingdo m in
,

e a ch s ucc e e ding s e a s on ; t h us w h e n t h e S un e nte r s t h e S ign

‘

,
,

Ari e s t h e l a m b s follo w th e ir d a m s ; w h e n h e i s s e e n i n T a uru s

, ,

t h e cow s bring forth th e ir young w he n in G e m ini (in for m e r ,

p e rio d s of ti m e r e pr e s e nt e d by t w o kid s ) t h e g o a t s produc e ,

th e ir o ffs pring ; t h e fourth Sign C a nc e r d e s ign a te s a s h e ll fi s h , ,

-

th a t cr a w l s or go e s S id e w a y s a n d b a ck w a rd s i t i s pl a c e d in t h e
north e rn s ol s tic e or North O f th e e cliptic w he r e t h e S un r e tro
,
‘

g r a d e s fr o m t h e North to t h e S outh to Show t h e p e rio d of our

'

long e s t d a y s a s d a y gr a du a lly d e cr e a s e s a fte r h e h a s l e ft h i s

‘

g r e a t e s t north e rn d e clin a tion L e o t h e lion a furiou s a n d

.
, ,

fe ro ciou s a ni m a l s ignifi e s t h e e xtr e m e h e a t of a T ropic a l S un

,

w h e n h e e nt e r s thi s s ign of t h e zodi a c Virgo t h e m a id or v i r .

,

gin d e s ign a t e s t h e a p p ro a ch o f h a rv e s t or rip e ning of t h e gr a in

, , ,

w hich t a k e s pl a c e wh e n t h e S un e nt e rs thi s Sign ; it w a s i n

for m e r t i m e s r e pr e s e nt e d by a m a i d dr e s s e d a s a fe m a l e r e a p e r
'

gr a s pin g a n e a r of gr a in Libr a t h e ba l a nc e a n d S cor p l o t h e

.
, , ,

s corpion a r e s uppo s e d to d e s ign a t e Autum n prolific in frui ts

, ,

a n d di s e a s e s t h e for m e r furni s hing in h e r profu s ion of rip e a n d ,

un rip e fruits t h e c a u s e s of di s e a s e
,
t h e l a tte r r e pr e s e nt e d by ,

on e of t h e m o s t ve n o m ou s a m o n g a nim a l s s tr e tching out h i s ,

d e s tructiv e cl a w s — t h e Sign of i m p e nding m i s chi e f a n d w a vi n g ,

h i s t a il a s if in gl a dn e s s a t i t s co m pl e tion d e noting t h e la t e r ,

portion of Autum n a n d t h e s u cc e e ding unh e a lthy p e rio d of t h e

,
:

y e a r S a gitt a riu s , t h e a r ch e r re pr e s e nts t h e fa ll of t h e l e a f a s

.
,
 THE MYS TE R IE S OF A S T RO L O GY . 41

th e p e rio d w h e n t h e hunte r (t h e a rch e r in for m e r ti m e s ) i s s u e s

out in pur s uit of h i s g a m e ; thi s con s t e ll a tion w a s for m e rly d e
'

s i g n a t e d by a hunt s m a n w ith h i s a rro w s a n d club C a pricornu s .

or t h e horn e d go a t t h e tok e n of t h e s outh e rn s ol s tic e w h e n t h e

, ,

S un h a s a tt a in e d h i s e xtr e m e s outh e rn point i s b e a utifully a d a pt e d,

to Sho w t h e a s ce n s i on of t h e Sun to t h e nor th of t h e e cliptic t h e ,

w e ll kno w n ch a r a ct e r of t h e a ni m a l b e ing th a t of cli m bing— o r

-

’
of bro w s ing a s it a s c e nd s t h e m ount a in s a ccliviti e s Wint e r .
,

w ith i t s r a in s a n d g e n e r a l hu m idity i s r e pr e s e nt e d by t h e s outh

,

e r n con s t e ll a tion Aqu a riu s T h e for m e r r e pr e s e nt a tion of thi s

,
.

S ign w a s t h e figur e of a m a n pouring out w a t e r fro m a n urn

Pi s c e s w a s origin a lly s ho w n by a figur e of t w o c a ptur e d fi s h e s

,

conn e ct e d by a s tring : t h e m or a l of t h e S ign i s t h e s e ve re ,

s e a s on h a s p a s s e d ; though your flock s a s ye t do no t yi e ld , ,

th e ir s tor e t h e o c e a n a n d riv e r s a r e op e n to you th e i r inh a

, ,

”
bi t a n t s a r e pl a c e d w ithin your p o w e r T h e north e rn a n d
.

s outh e rn s ign s a r e oppo s it e to e a ch o th e r in th e i r r e s p e ctiv e s uc

“

c e s s ion s (a s Ari e s to Libr a ; T a uru s to S corpio ; G e m ini to Sa

,

g i t t a r i us , a circu m s t a nc e of infinit e i m port a nc e a n d w hich ,

s hould be p e rfe ctly kno w n to t h e A s trolog e r in c a s ting a c e l e s ti a l

th e m e of h e a v e n a s t h e hor o s cop e of a birth or o th e r r e m a rk a bl e

,

e v e nt .

W e s h a ll clo s e t h e pr e s e nt ch a pt e r by d e s cribing t h e Si g ni fi ca
tion s of t h e zodi a c a l s ign s in t h e o rd e r in which th e y a r e pl a c e d .

Ari e s t e r m e d by t h e a nci e nts t h e hou s e of M a r s a n d e x a lta tion

, ,

of t h e Sun t h e fir s t north e rn S ign of t h e z o di a c i s a dry m a s cu

, , ,

lin e fi e ry e a s t e rn chol e ric a n d viol e nt S ign it b e tok e n s to tho s e

, , ,

born und e r i t s influ e nc e s s t a tur e a bov e t h e m iddl e h e ight l e a n

, , ,

ye t s trong phy s ic a l confor m a tion long n e ck a n d fe a t ur e s e y e s

, ,

p a rticul a rly brilli a nt a n d pi e rcing bl a ck ,

rotty h a ir s a ll ow or biliou s co m pl e xion :

,

w ill be viol e nt h a s ty a n d ,

a n d s till g r e a t e r of fe a r ,

und e r thi s S ign wh e n n o t

m or e fa vor a bl e pl a n e ts
of th e Moon to ,

for goo d upon

42 THE MYS TE R I E S or A S T R O L O GY .

vor a ble p o s ition will a d d m a te ri a lly to t h e e vil influ e nc e s of t h e

'

m or e m a lign a nt pl a n e t a ry indic a tion s Ari e s gov e rn s t h e h e a d .

a n d fa c e : i t s di s e a s e s a r e tho s e of a fe bril e e ruptiv e ch a r a ct e r ,

a s s m a ll pox -
m e a s le s e ruption s
, ri n g w or m s o r tho s e m or e
, ,
-

dir e ctly a ffe cting t h e br a in a n d n e rvou s s y s te m .

E v e ry S ign a m ong t h e c on s t e ll a tion s gov e rn s p a rticul a r divi ,

S ion s of t h e p oli t i c a lly a n d m or a l ly

‘

T h e countri e s m or e e s p e ci a lly nn d e r t h e rul e of Ari e s a r e ,

G r e a t Brit a in F r a nc e G e r m a ny S w itz e rl a nd S yri a a n d P a l e s

, , , ,

t in e , N a pl e s C a pu a Ancon a V e rona F lor e nc e S a r a g os s a M a r

, , , , , ,

s e ill e s B urgundy & c

, ,
.

In hor a ry qu e s tio n s ( qu e s tion s of t h e hour ) t h e con s te ll a tion ,

Ari e s d e not e s hiding pl a c e s for t h i e ve s a n d pl a c e s n o t g e n e r a lly

, ,

kno w n or fr e qu e nt e d .

T h e con s t e ll a tion T a uru s (t h e or s e cond hou s e in t h e ,

h e a v e n s a s outh e rn Sign i s t h e hou s e or con s t e ll a tion of t h e

, ,

pl a n e t V e nu s t h e go dde s s of Lov e
,
it i s no cturn a l cold a n d ,

m e l a ncholy .

P e r s on s born within t h e r ul e of thi s con s t e ll a tion if no coun ,

t e r a c t i n g pl a n e t a ry infl ue nc e s e xi s t a r e us u a ll y r e m a r k a bly s tout ,

an d a th l e tic with bro a d for e h e a d

,
thick lip s curly d a rk h a ir , , , ,

a n d s hort n e ck : th e y a r e dull a n d a p a th e tic not e a s ily e xcit e d ,

to a ng e r— but viol e nt w h e n onc e rou s e d cru e l a n d m a liciou s ,

.

It gov e rn s t h e n e ck a n d thro a t i t s di s e a s e s a r e m e l a ncholy a .

,

t e nd e ncy to con s u m ption s croful a croup w e n s or e ruption s of , , ,

t h e n e ck .

I t s g e ogr a phic a l do m inion e m br a c e s I re l a nd p a rt of R u s s i a , ,

P ol a nd Ho ll a nd P e r s i a A s i a Minor L e ip s ic P a r m a Fr a nconi a
, , ,
-

, , ,

By t h i n i a ,
85 0 .

It g e n e r a lly con s id e r e d unf or t un a t e

is .

G e m ini (t h e T w in s ) t h e thir d hou s e of t h e h e a v e n s i s a ho t

, , , .
,

m oi s t s a n guin e
, m as culin e diurn a l we s t e rn s ign or con s t e ll a
, , ,

tio n .

I t s influ e nc e s d e not e t a ll a n d e r e ct s t a tur e s a nguin e com ,

pl e xion d a r k h a z e l e y e s quick a n d pi e rcing d a rk br o w n h a ir

,
i
“

, , ,

s m a rt a ctiv e lo ok a n d con s t a nt m otion ; i t produc e s p e r s on s of

, ,

gr e a t e r int e ll e ct a n d m or e pow e rful inv e ntion a n d g e niu s th a n

 THE MYS TE R IE S OF A S T R O L O GY . 43

a n y o th e r S ig n of t h e zodi a c : i t s gov e r nm e nt i s ov e r t h e a r m s
a n d s hould e r s .

T h e di s e a s e s a pp e rt a ining to thi s Sign a r e h e a d a ch e s br a in , ,

fe v e r s biliou s a ffe ction s fit s of in s a nity e s p e ci a lly w h e n a ffe ct e d

, , ,

by e v il pl a n e t s It d e not e s a l s o fr a ctur e s brui s e s a n d fa ll s

.
, , ,

fro m loft y e l e v a tion s .

It i s con s id e r e d a s a ba r r e n Sign .

T h e s outh w e s t p a r t of E ngl a nd A m e ric a Fl a nd e r s Lo m b a rdy , , , ,

S a rdini a A r m e ni a Lo w e r E gypt London V e r s a ill e s C ordov a

, , , , , ,

a n d Nur e m burg a r e w i t h i n t h e li m it of i t s g e ogr a phic a l rul e

, .

C a n c e r (t h e C r a b ) i s t h e S i g n of t h e S um m e r tropic p a r t i cu
, , ,

l a r ly fruitful but col d ; w a t e ry nocturn a l north e rly m ov e a bl e

, , , , ,

w e a k a n d m ut e i t i s m or e fr uitful th a n a n y oth e r of t h e zodia c a l

s ign s
.

T his con s te ll a tion i s t h e hou s e of t h e Moon a n d e x a lt a tion of

Jupit e r ; it pro duc e s fa ir a n d p a l e co m pl e xion round fe a tur e s , ,

g r e y or m ild blu e e y e s w e a k voic e t h e s up e rior portion of t h e, ,

body l a r g e s l e n d e r a r m s a n d a n e ffe m in a te con s titution

,
'

,
.

T h e br e a s t a n d w hol e r e gion of t h e s to m a ch a r e p a rticul a rly ,

und e r i t s influ e nc e
T h e di s e a s e s und e r t h e po w e r of C a nc e r a r e a s th m a s s hort
-

, ,
'

n e s s of br e a th pl e u ri s y co ugh con s u m ption lo s s of a pp e tite

, , , , ,

c a nc e r drop s y & c
‘

.
, ,

If e vil s ta r s a r e a ngul a r to it th e r e i s gr e a t fe a r of 1n s a n i t y , .

It gov e rn s S cotl a nd Holl a nd Z e a l a nd B urgundy Afric a A l

, , , , , ,

g i e r
,
s T uni s T ripoli
,
C on s t a ntinopl e A m s te r da m
,
C a diz V e nic e , , , ,

G e no a Ne w York & c
, ,
.

T hi s con s t e ll a tion w a s t e r m e d by t h e a nci e nt s unf or t un a t e but , ,

t h e l e a d ing configur a tion s in t h e hor os cop e m u s t d e t e r m in e t h e

ch a r a cte r of t h e n a tivity und e r i t s influ e nc e .

T h e con s t e ll a tion Le o (t h e Lion ) i s a north e rn diurn a l a n d , ,

viol e nt Si g n of long a s c e n s ion s tro n g e a s t e rn a n d m a s culin e

, , ,

i t i s t h e hou s e of t h e Sun a n d g iv e s to tho s e born und e r i t s ,

infl ue nc e s l a r g e bo dy bro a d s hould e r s a u s t e r e count e n a nc e

, , , ,

full a n d l a r g e e y e s d a rk y e llo w or r e ddi s h h a ir s tro n g a n d

, ,

un m u s ic a l voic e ov a l ruddy count e n a nc e high r e s olut e un

, , , , ,

b e nding t e m p e r ye t t h e l a tt e r und e r p e culi a r circu m s t a nc e s i s , ,

 44 THE M Y S TERi Es OF A S TR OL OG Y .

O fte n court e ou s lib e r a l a n d fr e e : t h e l a tt e r portion of t h e Sign

, ,

i s s a id to pro duc e a w e a k e r body w ith fa ir e r h a ir , .

It gov e rn s t h e h e a rt a n d b a ck— i t s di s e a s e s a r e p a in s in t h e
r e gion of t h e b a ck a n d rib s fa inting fe v e r s convul s ion s s m a ll , , , ,

p o x m e a s l e s j a undic e a n d i n fla m m a t i on s g e n e r a lly I t i s w holly

'

, , , .

b a rr e n .

T h e g e ogr a phic a l loc a tion s s ubj e ct e d to i t s rul e a r e : It a ly , ,

Boh e m i a F r a nc e Sicily R o m e B r i s t ol B a th T a unton t h e w e s t

, , , , .
, , ,

of Engl a nd R a v e nn a Phil a d e lphia th e

, , ,

Le o i s g e n e r a lly e s t e e m e d to be a f or t un a t e S ign .

T h e Virgin ( or Virgo ) t h e s i xth hou s e of t h e h e a v e n s co m pri s

, , ,

i n g o ne h a lf of t h e zo di a c i s t h e r e s i d e nc e of M e rcury i t i s a , ,

b a rr e n cold dry no cturn a l m e l a n ch oly hu m a n e Sign of co m

, , , , ,

m a nding ch a r a ct e r .

T ho s e who s e n a tiviti e s a r e c a s t und e r t h e rul e of thi s c o n s t e l

l a tion a r e of m iddl e s t a tur e r a r e ly h a nd s o m e s l e nd e r but co m , , ,

p a ct of d a rk ruddy co m pl e xion d a rk bro w n or bl a ck h a ir s m a ll

, , , ,

y e t fa l s e tto voic e v e ry i ng e niou s thrift y a n d e cono m ic a l

, ,
.

I t s hum a n rul e i s ov e r t h e a b do m e n b o w e l s S pl e e n a n d d i a , ,
'

p h r a g m or m i d, r i fi i t s di s e a s e s tho s e w hich h a v e th e ir origin , ,

a re m e la n ch ly dy s e nt e r y ili a c p a s s ion a n d a ll d e r a ng e m e nt s of
,
p , , ,

t h e int e s tin a l c a n a l .

I t s g e ogr a phic a l gov e rn m e nt e xt e nd s ov e r T urk e y in E urop e ,

a n d A s i a G r e e ce M e s opot a m i a J e ru s a l e m C ro a ti a T oulou s e
, , , , , ,

P a r i s Lyon s P a du a & c
, , ,
.

T his con s t e ll a tion i s u s u a lly con s id e r e d unf or t un a t e unl e s s oth e r

p o w e rful a s p e ct s e xi s t .

Libr a (t h e B a l a nc e ) a hot s a nguin e m oi s t a iry e quinocti a l

, , , , , , ,

m oving a n d ob e ying Sign , of long a s c e n s ion in t h e clim a t e s of

E urop e i s in t h e s e v e nth hou s e of t h e h e a v e n s t h e a bo d e of
, ,

V e nu s a n d e x a lt a tion of S a turn
,
.

Individu a l s born und e r thi s s ign a r e g e n e r a lly t a ll a n d w e ll

,

pr oportion e d e l e g a nt in p e r s on a round fa c e ruddy in yout h —1

, , ,
'

but fa r fr o m be a ut i ful wh e n a dv a nc e d in y e a r s : t h e e y e s a r e us u
a lly blu e a n d t h e h a ir in i t s color a uburn : t h e di s po s ition of
, , ,

t h e Moon a n d M e rcury h a v e b e nign a p ct s e s —

goo d no t oth e r ,

wi s e : i i t h e two l a tte r pl a n e ts a r e in s qu a r e a s p e ct s t o Jup i t e r ,

 THE MY S TE R IE S OF T
A S RO L O GY . 45

S a turn , or M a r s t h e influ e nc e of Libr a w ill n o t be s uffi ci e nt to

,
'

pr e s e rv e t h e ch a r a ct e r of t h e n a tiv e w h e th e r m a l e or fe m a l e h e ,

or s h e w ill in s uch a pl a n e ta ry po s ition be di s hon e s t untru e a n d

, , , ,
'

fa r r e m ov e d fro m virtu e i n e v e ry r e s p e ct .

It i s pr e s u m e d to be a fruitful Sign gov e rn s t h e ék i d n e ys a n d ,

t h e b i n s a n d a ll th a t r e gion of t h e bo d v e xt e rn a l a nd int e rn a l
, ..

W e a kn e s s d e bility Syphili s a n d t a b e s or w or m s a r e i t s pro m i

, , , ,

n e nt di s e a s e s .

It gov e rn s i n Au s tri a Al s a c e Portug a l Indi a E thiopi a Li s , , , ,

-

bon V i e nn a F r a nkfort Antw e rp C h a rl e s ton 8 5 0

, , , , ,
.

T h e a nci e nts h e ld it to be a f or t un a t e s ign .

S corpio (t h e S corpion ,) o n e of t h e m o s t e vil a n d unfortun a t e of

,

t h e s ign s in t h e z odi a c i s in t h e e ighth hou s e of t h e h e a v e n s t h e

, ,

a bod e of M a r s : i t i s a cold m oi s t w a t e ry fe m inin e nocturn a l , , , , ,

fix e d fruitful Sign of long a s c e n s ion

, ,
.

T ho s e w ho s e birth s it influ e nc e s a r e s trong r obu s t a n d corpn

“

, , ,

l e nt i n p e r s on h a ving d a rk curly h a ir a n d d a rk e y e s m iddl e

, , ,

s t a tur e din g y co m pl e xion co a r s e a n d a ctiv e i n m o v e m e nt th e y

, , ,

a r e g e n e r a lly r e s e rv e d in th e ir a s p e ct think a n d h e s ita te b e for e ,

th e y giv e utt e r a nc e .

T hi s s ign g ov e rn s t h e pro cr e a tiv e org a n s .

I t s di s e a s e s a r e l u e s s yphili s a ll virul e nt a n d s e cr e t di s e a s e s
, , ,

fi s tul a s ruptur e s ob s truction s of t h e ur e thr a a n d int e s tin a l c a n a l

, ,

w h e n a ffl ict e d by t h e e vil a s p e ct s of oth e r pl a n e t s it d e not e s ,

gr e a t d a ng e r fro m poi s o n or e xc e s s iv e intoxic a tion .

D e c e it s fr a ud a n d hypocri s y a r e i t s p e culi a r a n d g e n e r a l ch a r
, ,

a ct e r i s t i cs .

It rul e s g e ogr a phic a lly Jud e a M a urita ni a Nor w a y U pp e r

, , , , ,

B a v a ri a B a rb a ry Morocco F r a nkfort on t h e O d e r & c

, , , ,
.

T h e a nci e nt s a ccount e d S corpio a s th e y w e ll m ight unf or t un a t e , , .

S a gitt a riu s (t h e Arch e r ) in t h e ninth hou s e of t h e h e a v e n s t h e

, , ,

joy a n d a bo d e of Jupit e r i s a fi e ry dry m a s culin e diurn a l , , , , ,

ch a ng e a bl e s outh e rn Si gn , .

T ho s e u sh e r e d into e xi s t e nc e b e n e a th i t s fa vor a bl e a s p e ct a r e ,

w e ll for m e d t a ll or a bov e t h e m iddl e s t a tur e ruddy co m pl e xion

-

, , , ,

j ovi a l count e n a nc e ch e s tnut color e d h a ir th e y a r e u s u ally found

,
-

a m On g t h e num b e r of tho s e t e r m e d
j olly
f e llows a ctiv e f e a rl e s s , , ,
 J

46 THE MYS TE R IE S OF A S RO T L O GY .

g e n e rou s a n d obliging : t h e S ign s ignifi e s fruitfuln e s s : it rul e s

,

t h e thigh s a n d s a cru m .

T h e di s e a s e s co m m e n to S a gitt a riu s a r e : gout rh e u m a ti s m

‘

, , ,

fe v e r s , fa ll s a n d a t e nd e ncy to fr a ctur e s of t h e b on e s
T h e con s t e ll a tion r e ign s ov e r A r a bi a F e lix Sp a in Hung a ry -

, , ,

Mor a vi a C ologn e Avigno n Bud a & c

, , , ,

S a g i t t a i m s i s a f or t un a t e Sign .

C a pricornu s ( t h e horn e d G o a t ) i s in t h e t e nth hou s e of t h e

, ,

h e a v e n s t h e a b od e of Sa turn a n d e x a lta tion of M a r s i s a cold

, , ,

e a r th y s t e ril e
,
n o cturn a l ob e ying m ov e a bl e ch a ng e a bl e s outh e rn
, , , , ,

S ign : i t s l e g iti m a t e po s s e s s or i s s a i d to be t h e m o s t e vil a n d

m a lign a nt of a l l t h e p la n e t s : in na tiviti e s t h e m o s t d e s tructiv e

th e r e i s no pl a n e t a ry a s p e ct ho w e v e r po w e rful w hich ca n a v e rt , ,

h i s influ e n c e .

T ho s e c a ll e d into b e ing und e r t h e influ e nc e of C a pricorn u s a re ,

u s u a lly of dry fibrou s m a k e Sl e nd e r long vi s a g e d h a ving th e ir

, , , ,

b e a rd s of d a rk h a ir long n e ck n a rro w chin a n d br e a s t w e a k

, , ,

kn e e s t h e di s po s itio n w ill be cr a fty s ubtl e a n d s a ving a fflict e d , ,

'

w ith m e l a ncholy a n d s ubj e ct to fr i g h t ful d r e a m s

,
.

C a pricornu s gov e rn s t h e h a n d s a n d k n e e s i t s di s e a s e s a r e ,

s pr a in s di s loc a tion s brok e n li m bs hy s te ric s e ruption s of t h e

, , , ,

s kin chill s di s ord e r s of t h e ch e s t a n d lung s & c

, , , .

T h e g e ogr a phic a l divi s ion s of t h e e a rth und e r t h e p o w e r of

thi s con s t e ll a tion a r e : In d i a M a c e doni a G r e e c e M e xico S a x
, , , , ,

ony M e ch li n bur g h Br a n d e nburgh a n d O xford

, , ,
.

T h e a nci e nt s cl a s s e d C a pricornu s a m ong t h e unf or t un a t e s ign s .

Aqu a riu s ( th e W a t e r b e a r e r t h e d w e lling of Sa turn a n d

,
-

, ,

i n t h e e l e v e nth hou s e of t h e h e a v e n s i s a s a nguin e a e ri a l hot , , , ,

m oi s t m a s culin e
,
diurn a l w e s t e rn ob e ying hu m a n e Sign
, , , ,
.

Inclin e d t O be fruitful i t pro duc e s a ro bu s t s turdy s tro ng

'

, , , ,

h e a lthy m idd l e S iz e d p e r s on t h e co m pl e xion d e li c a t e cl e a r but

, , ,

no t p a l e ; t h e h a ir s a ndy or d a rk fla x e n ; t h e e y e s h a z e l ; t h e
, ,

dis po s ition g e n e r a lly hon e s t

,
.

I t s gov e rn m e nt in m a n i s ov e r t h e le g s a n d a n cle s i t s di s e a s e s ,

a r e l a m e n e s s fr a ctur e s of t h e ,
l i m b s gout rh e u m a ti s m & c : i t , , ,
.

b e a r s g e o gr a p h i c a l s w a y ov e r A ra bi a P e t r e a T a rta ry R u s s i a , , ,

D e nm a rk Lo w e r S w e d e n W e s tp h a li a H a m burgh a n d B r e m e n
, , ,
 THE MYS TE R IE S OF A S T R OL O GY . 47

Aqu a riu s i s d e e m e d a f or t un a t e Sig n .

Pi s c e s (t h e Fi s h e s ,
, ) t h e t w e lfth a n d l a s t a m o n g t h e s ign s of t h e
zodi a c in t h e hou s e s of h e a v e n i s t h e a bo d e of Jupit e r a n d t h e ,

e x a lt a tion O f V e nu s It rul e s t h e f e e t a n d t oe s a nd i s a m oi s t
.
,

cold w a t e ry nocturn a l e fi e m i n a t e s ickly s outh e rn ob e ying

, , , , , ,

S ign : it pro duc e s in hu m a nity a s hort p a l e fl e s h y p e r s on ;

, , , ,

s te e p in g ,
thick s e t a n d bro a d s hould e r e d w ith bro w n h a ir i t s
, ,

di s e a s e s a r e tho s e of t h e fe e t w ith cold m oi s t di s t e m p e r s , , .

It i s a fruitful a n d luxuri a nt s ign— but i s d e e m e d unf or t un a t e .

W e h a v e n o w d e s crib e d t h e t w e lv e c e l e s ti a l con s t e ll a tion s i n

’
,

o n e or oth e r of w h i ch t h e pri m a ry pl a n e ts in th e ir r e volution s ,

a r e con s t a ntly pl a c e d a n d proc e e d to giv e a s hort d e s cr i p t i o n o f

,

pl a n e ta ry influ e nc e s .

I f a s a lr e a dy s t a t e d S a turn i s m a lig na nt i n h i s a s p e ct s to
‘

, , ,

w a rd s t h e fortun e s O f m e n H e r s ch e l or U r a nu s i s p e culi a rly

,

unfortun a t e a n d w h e n brought into O ppo s ition or a ction w ith

,
'

oth e r pl a n e ts in c a s tin g a n a tivity i s e qu a lly e vi l a s unfortun a t e ,

t h e co m bin e d m a lign a nt influ e nc e s of S a turn a n d M e r c ur y a r e

s c a rc e ly e q ua l to tho s e of thi s di s ta nt pl a n e t .

B yron s d e s cription of M a nfr e d in t h e po e m b e a ring t h e s a m e

’
,

n a m e s e e m s to furni s h a fi n e ill us tr a tion of t h e p e culi a r i n flu

,

e n c e s of H e r s ch e l a t t h e hour of n a tivity

Th i s s h ul d h
o a ve be e n a n o bl e cr e a t ur e ,
he
Ha t h a ll t h e e ne r g y w i c w oulh h d ha v e m a de
A g oo dly fr a m e of g l or i ou s e l e m e n ts

Ha d t hyb e e e n ly m i n g le d ; a s i t i s
wi s e ,

I t is a n a wf u l ch a os li g ht a n d da r kn e s s
- ~

A n d m dus t — a n d pa s s i on s a n d pur e t houg ht s

in d to
Mi xe d a n d c on t e n di n g wi t hout e n d or or de r ,

A ll dor m a n t or d e s tr uct i v e .

Th e virtu e s a n d v i c e s w hich a pp e rta in to t h e influ e nc e s o f

.

thi s co n s t e ll a tio n a r e e qu a lly forcibl e a n d pro m in e nt : s tr a n g e

, ,

un a ccount a ble e cce n t i i c origin a l r o m a ntic a n d un s e ttl e d t h e

, , , ,

pos s e s s or s of t h e phy s ic a l a n d m e nt a l e l e m e nt s indic a t e d by

H e r s ch e l c a n n e ith e r be p e r s on ifi e d nor i m it a t e d by tho s e not
,

po s s e s s ing th e m : lik e t h e S un i n h i s orbit th e y a r e a lon e a n d ‘

un a ppro a ch a bl e .
48 THE MYS TE RIE S OF A S TR O L OGY .

Jupite r i s e qua lly po w e rful in t h e pro duction O f g ood a s H e r ,

s ch e l a n d S a turn a r e in t h e cr e a tion s O f e vi l t h e uncontroll e d

e l e m e nt s of h i s n a tur e a r e — fr e e d o m
, confid e nc e g e n e r o s ity be
, , ,

n e v ol e n c e ch a rity univ e r s a l goo d w ill d ignity of ch a r a ct e r a n d

, ,
-

, ,

nobl e n e s s of di s po s ition : h e i s t h e r e v e r s e in e v e rything of t h e

m or e m a lign pl a n e t s : t o be born und e r h i s dir e ct influ e nc e i s

lik e t h e l a nd O f G o s h e n a m id t h e p l a gu e s of E gypt b e ing p r e ,

s e rv e d fr o m t h e g e n e r a l cont a m in a tion s of m a nkind th e ir cri m e s ,

a n d s u ffe ring s .

H i s n a tiv e s for m t h e m o s t us e ful a n d h a ppy m e m b e r s of t h e

hu m a n fa m ily a t O nc e loving a n d a l m o s t univ e r s a lly b e lov e d
, , .

T h e fi e ry a ng e r indi ca t e d by t h e a p p e a r a n c e of M a r s i s s i g n i fi
c a tiv e of h i s hu m a n influ e nc e s : tho s e ind e bt e d to h i m for ruli n g
’

a t t h e hour O f th e ir n a tiviti e s h a v e a n unr e s tr a in a bl e d e s ir e to be

,

in qu a rr e l s a n d m i s chi e f o f e v e ry d e s cription ; th e y a r e un yi e l d
ing viciou s rud e a n d s a v a g e : t h e bi tt e rn e s s of th e ir wr a th i s
, ,
“

cru e l th e y d e m a nd univ e r s a l ho m a g e a n d s ubm 1 s s 1on thi e v e s ,

high w a ym e n a n d m urd e r e r s b e long to thi s pl a n e t ,

.

T h e m or a l a n d phy s ic a l influ e nc e s of t h e Sun Ov e r n a tiviti e s ,

wh e n no t count e r a cte d by t h e e vil a s p e ct s of s urrounding pl a n e ts ,

d e not e a di s po s ition of t h e high e s t ord e r n obl e a n d m a gn a n i ,

‘

m ou s proud a n d e x a l t e d
,
but hum a n e a tru e fri e nd a n d a m o s t
,

g e n e rou s e n e m y s corning to us e a ccid e nt a l a dv a nt a g e s ov e r a fo e

, ,
'

u s u a lly h a vin g fe w w o r d s but p o m pou s a n d , gorg e ou s fon d of ,

dr e s s orn a m e nt s a n d d e cor a tion s of a ll kind s a n d e s p e ci a lly of

'

, , ,

co s tly j e w e l s a n d Spl e ndid a ttir e ;

If t h e Sun be ill a s p e ct e d i t be tok e n s th a t t h e n a tiv e born
,

within i t s influ e nc e w ill be a rrog a nt a n d s ubm is s iv e a d e s pot

, , ,

y e t a s c p h a n t with a ll,
t h e e v i l qu a lific a tion s which b e l o n g to
/

thi s condition of ch a r a cte r .

T hi s pl a n e t i s m o s t m a te ri a lly a lt e r e d in n a tur a l indic a tion s ,

by t h e z o di a c a l p os ition which h e o ccupi e s a t t h e p e rio d s of n a ti

vi ty thu s in t h e w
,
a t e ry s ign s C a nc e r S corpio a n d Pi s c e s h e i s
, , , ,

i m m e a s ur a bly l e s s f ortun a t e th a n wh e n in t h e s ign s Ari e s Le o , ,

a n d S a gitt a riu s or e v e n in Libr a or G e m ini

,
.

T h e S un i s s a id by t h e a nci e n t s to rul e t h e h e a rt b a ck a rt e , ,

r i e s t h e right e ye of a m a n , a nd t h e l e ft e ye of a wo ma n
,
Hi s .
 T HE MYS TE R IE S OF A S T R O L O GY . 49

di s e a s e s a r e fa inting s p a lpita tion s d e r a ng e d br a in di s ord e r s of

, , , ,

t h e m o uth a n d thro a t & c ,

.

V e nu s t h e n e xt in or d e r to t h e Sun i s t h e only pl a n e t to w hich

, ,

t h e a nci e nt po e t s h a v e don e h onor in p e r s onifying h e r a s t h e ,

fri e nd a n d p a tr on of t h e s oft e r p a s s ion s ; a m ong th e m p a r t i cu ,

l a r ly th a t O f Lov e
,
.

Antiquity pl a ce s h e r a m ong t h e m o s t a u s piciou s s ta r s a n d ,

m od e rn A s trology h a s confir m e d t h e ju s tic e of thi s p r o e m in e nt -

po s ition tho s e w h o a r e fortun a t e ly born w ith thi s pl a n e t in t h e

s up e rior a ngl e s a r e a s th e y e v e r h a v e b e e n n ot e d for e m in e nc e
, , ,

in t h e polit e a nn a l s or s ci e ntific a rt s of t h e ti m e s .

G e org e IV of Engl a nd t h e m o s t p oli s h e d m a n of h i s a g e or

.
,

n a tion w a s born a s t h e pl a n e t V e nu s a ro s e in t h e horizon or

,

“ ”
e a s t e rn a ngl e n a m e d by s o m e a s trolog e r s t h e hou s e of life
, ,

a n d pri m e s ignific a tion of m a nn e r s ;

If this p l a n e t a t t h e p e rio d of n a tivity be w e ll dignifi e d or w e ll

, ,

a s p e ct e d ( t h e t e r m s a r e ind e e d s ynony m ou s ) t h e t e m p e r w ill be ,

qui e t a n d pl a cid e ng a ging s we e t m e rry a n d ch e e rful ; t h e m a n

, , ,

n e r s a n d m otion s will be unu s u a lly gr a c e ful t h e n a t i v e s w i ll be

,

a m a t e ur s in m u s ic dr a w ing a n d t h e a cco m pli s h m e nt s g e n e r a lly

,

but if t h e a s p e ct of V e nu s be e vil tho s e born und e r h e r dir e ct ,

gov e rn m e nt w ill be t h e r e v e r s e Of a ll th a t i s virtuou s — l e w d

, , ,

p r o fl i g a t e a n d l a s civiou s : s h e i s s a id to rul e t h e r e ins s p in e , ,

g e n e r a tiv e s y s t e m n e ck thro a t a n d br e a s ts
.
, .

H e r di s e a s e s a r e tho s e of t h e b a ck loin s a n d a for e s a id por , ,

tion s Of t h e bo dy a s a l s o tho s e a ri s i n g fro m luxury a n d a b a ndon

,

m e nt of m or a l principl e : s h e i s fri e ndly by s y m p a th y to e v e ry

pl a n e t e xc e pt S a turn
, .

M e rcury t h e s m a ll e s t of a ll t h e pri m a ry pl a n e ts r e vol ve s t h e

”

, ,

quick e s t in h i s c e l e s ti a l orb s h e ca n be di s c e rn e d o nly b e for e

s un ri s e in t h e m orning a n d f o r a s hort p e rio d a ft e r s un s e t in t h e
-

,
-

e v e ning— b e ing s o ne a r t h e S un a s to be g e n e r a lly e clip s e d by h i s

“
s up e rior s pl e ndor : t h e a nci e nt s t e r m h i m t h e s w ift m e s s e ng e r
”
o f t h e god s fro m t h e r a pidity of h i s a s c e ns ion to w a rd s t h e Sun
, .

T hi s pl a n e t t h e m o s t m inut e a m ong i t s fe llo w s h a s b e e n s i ngu

, ,

l a r l y pl a c e d by t h e a nci e nt s a s if to prov e t h e truth of A s trology

, ,

s o a s to hold a con s picuou s s t a tion in t h e judici a l portion of t h e

4
 50 THE MY S TE RIE S
’

OF AST ROL OG Y .

s ci e nc e h e i s s a id by th e m to rul e t h e int e ll e ctu a l a n d r e a s oning

fa culti e s if i m a g i n a t i on or whi m h a d for m e d t h e b a s i s of A s tro
r

logy thi s pl a n e t a lm os t i n vi s i ble woul d n e v e r h a v e b e e n s t a tion e d

, , ,

a s t h e chi e f rul e r ov e r t h e m e nt a l pow e r s : s o m e m or e m a j e s ti c

a n d vi s ibl e p la n e t w oul d d oubt l e s s h a v e b e e n a s s ign e d t h e hon

'

o r a bl e po s ition .

G e org e Biddu t h e a s toni s hing m e n ta l c a lcul a tor who s e n a tiv

’

, ,

ity i s r e cord e d in t h e A s trolog e r of t h e nine t e e nth c e ntury w a s

“ ”
,

bo r n und e r t h e a u s piciou s influ e nc e of M e rcury h e h a s t h e Sig n

G e m ini (t h e hou s e of M e rcur y ) for h i s h oro s co p e with M e rcu ry
, ,

th e r e in p a r a ll e l with t h e M o on in t h e z odia c which prov e s t h e “

th e ory of t h e a nci e nt s to be corr e ct— but wh e n thi s pl a n e t i s e vil

a s p e ct e d h i s l e giti m a t e obj e ct s a r e
, p e rv e rt e d a n d a n indivi du a l ,

d e void of principl e a n origin a tor of fa ls e hoo d s a n d of th e ft i s

, ,

t h e n a t ur a l e ffe ct of t h e m a lign pl a n e t a ry po s ition s .

M e rcury i s s a id to pr e s id e ov e r t h e br a in tongu e h a nd s a n d , ,

fe e t h i s di s te m p e r s a r e m a dn e s s a p opl e xy v e rtigo or dizzin e s s

, , ,

s t a m m e ring cough s a n d gout or rh e u m a ti s m

,
t h e e n e m i e s of thi s
,

pl a n e t a r e M a r s a n d t h e Sun an d Moon : h i s fri e nd s Jupit e r

, , ,

V e nu s a n d Sa turn
,
.

T h e Moon a tt a ch e d to our E a rth a s a s a t e lli t e or infe rior

pl a n e t t h e princip a l s ourc e of h e r e v e ning light by r e fl e ction of
, ,

t h e r a y s t r a n s m itt e d to h e r by t h e Sun 1 s a cold w a t e ry m oi s t

"

, , , ,

an d phl e g m a ti c pl a n e t e x c e e dingly v a ri a bl e in a s trologic a l

s ci e nc e l n h e r influ e nc e s on m e n a n d m und a n e a ffa ir s a s s h e i s

in a s p e ct with good or e vil s ta r s .

In h e r unfe tt e r e d condition in a n a tivity Sh e i s t h e h e r a l d of ,

c on s t a nt s ucc e s s a n d continu e d goo d fortun e through life : s h e

pro duc e s full s ta tur e p a l e a n d fa ir co m pl e xion round fa c e gr e y

, , ,

e y e s s hort a r m s thick h a nd s a n d fe e t , with corpul e nt a n d p h l e g

, ,

m a tic phy s ic a l s y s t e m .

Wh e n a fflict e d by e vil s ol a r influ e nc e t h e r e s ult will be w e a k ,

n e s s of s ight bl e m i s h e s in t h e e y e conjoin e d with Jupit e r s h e

, '
,

i s e x c e e dingly fortun a t e a n d i s s a i d t o gov e rn t h e br a in s to m a ch

, , ,

bow e l s &c
, .

H e r di s e a s e s a r e rh e u m a ti s m , con s um ptio n p al s y choli c

, , ,

a popl e xy v e rtigo lun a cy s cr o

, ,
ful a s m a ll po x a n d dro p s y
, ,
-
.
 THE M YS TERIE S OF A S T R OL O G Y . 51

He r n e m i e s a r e s a id to be Sa turn a n d V e nu s h e r fri e nd s t h e
e ,

Sun Jupit e r a n d M e rcury

, ,
.

T h e n a tur a l a n d a s trologic a l conn e ction e x i s ting be t w e e n t h e

pl a n e t s t h e hou s e s of h e a v e n or t h e s ign s of t h e z o di a c a n d t h e
, ,

a s tr ologic a l e fie ct s of t h e v a ri e d c e l e s ti a l hou s e s
‘

i s s o inti m a t e , ,

t h a t we s h a ll e x t e nd our r e m a rk s in thi s ch a pt e r furth e r th a n

w e o rigin a lly purpo s e d to di s pl a y a t on e v i e w t h e whol e of t h e
, , ,

e l e me nt s which f or m thi s co m bin a tion a n d t h e li m it e d e ffe ct

,

i a r i s in th e r e fro m
g .

T h e fir s t hou s e or th a t Of Life t h e point s Of t h e e a s t e rn a ngl e

, ,

a n d horiz on touch e s a lin e

,
or i m a gin a ry lin e l e v e l with t h e
, ,

horizo n wh e n t h e Sun fir s t ri s e s a t d a wn of d a y
T h e s t a r s a n d pl a n e t s pl a c e d within thi s hou s e e x e rt a m o s t ,

p ow e rful e ffe ct on t h e fu tur e li fe a n d d e s tiny O f t h e individu a l

who s e horo s cop e it con s titute s .

S a turn or M a r s withi n thi s hou s e n e v e r fa il s to d e note s ick

, ,

n e s s a n d a c cid e nts Jupite r a n d V e nu s in a s i m il ar po s ition

.
,

in s ur e fr e e do m goo d fortun e a n d l a s ting s ucc e s s : i t i s O f t h e

,

m a s culin e g e nd e r , a n d rul e s t h e h e a d a n d fa c e a s t h e s ign Ari e s .

/

T h e s e con d hou s e in ord e r fro m t h e a s c e nd a nt s i s t h e hou s e of ,

'

R i ch e s . T hi s S 1g n i fi e s t h e p e cuni a ry fortun e s wh e th e r m hou s e s ,

l a nd s or gold t h e g a in or lo s s in bu s in e s s ; pov e rty m i s fortun e

, , , ,

a n d e v e rything which be a r s a n y r e l a tion to s ilv e r o r g old or t h e

’

“
world s wid e w e a lt of h i m for who m t h e figur e or horo s cop e
’

i s ca s t .

T h e thir d hou s e i s th a t Of f a m i ly c onn e c t ion s a n d fri e nd s ; of

l e tte r s , m e s s a g e s a n d r um or s
,
.

T h e e a rly a st rolo g e r s fro m t hi s hou s e for m e d th e ir judgm e nt

r e s p e cting t h e fa m ily r e l a ti v e s Of t h e p e r s on for who m t h e horo

m om wa s d e s ir e d born und e r a n y p a rticul a r Sign with t h e fa t e

, ,

wh e th e r goo d or e v il , a pp e rt a ining to th e m .

Wh e n e vil or unfortun a t e s ta r s a r e in th e ir r e volution s l oc a t e d

i n thi s p a r t of t h e z o di a c e vil e ffe cts will n e c e s s a rily follo w
,

thu s , wh e n S a tur n i s t h e r e h a tr e d i s found t o e xi s t a m ong

,

br e thr e n H e r s ch e l be ing in a s i m il a r c e l e s ti a l po s ition n e v e r

.
,

a llow s t h e na tiv e t o r e po s e lo n g i n t h e s a m e pl a c e or to m e e t ,

with a n a ppropri a t e a n d m utu a l a ffe ctio n fro m h i s ki ndr e d — but

 52 T HE
‘

MYS TE R IE S OF A S TR OL O GY .

M a rs itu a t e d With a n e vil a s p e ct in

s th e thir d hou s e , i s th e
de m oni a c a l g e niu s of a ll th a t i s e vil in t h e r e l a tion s th a t
“

to
hou s e .

Th e low e r a ngl e of h e a v e n who s e lin e t h e S un touch e s a t m i d

n ight i s m or e fe e bl e i n influ e nc e t h a n a n y oth e r a ngl e throu hout
, g
t h e c e l e s ti a l circl e a n d i s t e r m e d t h e ,f our t h hou s e : thi s h ou s e
,

e x e rt s a s p e ci a l infl u e nc e upon a ll que s t i o ri s w h i ch a ff e ct t h e

“
p ri
“

v a t e e n e m i e s of ch i ld r e n It i s r e p r e s e n t e d by t h e s ig n C a nc e r
. .

T h e fi ft h h o us e b e a r s a n e xt e nd e d rul e ov e r v a riou s e v e n t s
t h e a s trologic a l judg m e nt in r e l a tion to t h e childr e n of t h e i n
‘

qui r e r or n a ti v e i s d e duc e d fro m thi s con s t e ll a tion it i s a l s o t h e

, ,

hou s e w hich m or e im m e di a t e ly a ffe cts t h e d e s tini e s of w o m e n ,

a n d t h e r e a l a n d p e r s on a l prop e r ty of fa th e r s : a ll qu e s tio n s in

W hich g a m ing th e a tr e s b a nqu e ts & c a r e i nvolv e d a r e a n s w e r e d

, , ,
.
,

fro m thi s hou s e .

I t point s out th e d e a th of m on a rch s t h e j ourn e y s of r e ligiou s

_
,

p e r s on s & c , .

T h e fifth i s a m a s culin e hou s e a n d rul e s t h e s to m a ch liv e r , ,

e a s id e s a n d b a ck
, h rt ,
.

T h e s i xt h h ou s e i s O f e vil a s p e ct : it port e nd s s ickn e s s a n d

s e cr e t e n e m i e s
“

It i s a fe m inin e hou s e s i m il a r to Virgo ,

.

T h e s e v e n t h hou s e b e ing t h e point of t h e horizon w h e r e t h e

Sun s e ts i s i n dic a tiv e of i m porta n t e v e n ts i n A s trology b e i ng
,

pa r a m ount ov e r w e dlock a n d co n jug a l h a ppin e s s If t h e e vil .

pla n e ts S a turn or M a r s Should occupy thi s hou s e t h e l e giti m a t e

, ,

d w e lling of Jup it e r a n d i s not count e r a ct e d by t h e m ild b e a m s

,

O f V e nu s t h e n a tiv e will a s s ur e dly be unfi r t un a t e in w e dd e d life

, ,

a n d in co nt i n ua l t ur m o i l a n d troubl e
'

It i s t h e or a cl e of lov e due l s w a r th e d e s crib e r of thi e v e s

'

, , , ,

th e ir p e r s on s a n d oc cup a tion s .

It i s a m a s culin e con s te ll a tion s i m il a r to Libr a .

,
.

T h e e i g h t h hou s e i s i m por t a nt in i t s a s trologic a l s i g n i fi ca t i o n s

“

t h e a n s w e r to inquir 1 e s l n r e l a tio n to will s ,l e g a ci e s a d ve r s a ri e s , ,

fri e nd s a n d Succ e s s i n life ar e a n s w e r e d fro m thi s hou s e

, ,
if
Jupit e r or V e nu s a r e in thi s con s t e ll a tion t h e n a tiv e c a nnot d i e , .

a v iol e nt d e a th .
 THE MYS TE R IE S OF A S T R OL O G Y . 53

a f e m i n i n e hou s e , s i m il a r to S cor p io
'

It is .

Q u e s tion s i n r e ligio n Sci e nc e l e a rning b ook s a n d t r a v e l s a r e

, , , , ,

a n s w e r e d fro m t h e n i n t h hou s e i t b e long s e s p e ci a lly to t h e church

a n d p a s tor s to d r e a m s a n d vi s ion s
,
.

It i s a m a s culin e hou s e lik e S a g l t t a r i us ,

.

T h e t e n th h ou s e b e i n g t h e p oint of t h e h e a v e n s wh e r e t h e S un
r e a ch e s h 1 s m e r idi a n de no t e s honor c re dit a ut hority p r e fe r m e nt
.
, , , ,

a n d tr a d e .

Jupite r V e nu s or t h e Sun in thi s hou s e d e s ign a t e s gr e a t

, , ,

e m in e nc e in life ; w hil e gloo m y a n d m a lign a nt S a turn in a lik e

s itu a tion wh e n not O ppo s e d by m or e b e n e vol e nt s t a r s

,
a ugur s ,

di s gr a c e a n d ruin .

T h e DU KE OF WELLI NGT ON w a s b orn und e r t h e b e nign 1n flu

e nc e of Jupi t e r in t h e t e n t h hou s e — w hil e t h e conqu e ror a t J e n a
“

a n d Au s t e rlit z t h e s ub s e qu e nt e xil e a t S t
,
H e l e n a NA P O LE ON .
, ,

w a s born und e r t h e e vil i n flue n c e uo f S a turn in t h e s a m e hou s e ,

S pl e ndi d illu s tr a tion s of t h e a ccur a cy of a s trologic a l pr e diction s !

It i s a fe m inin e ho u s e s i m il a r to C a pricornu s
,
.

T h e r e i s a r e m a rk a bl e un a ni m ity of O pinion b e tw e e n a nci e nt

a n d m od e rn a s t r ol o g e r s i n r e l a tion to t h e i m port a nt a s trologic a l

influ e nc e s O f t h e e le ve n t h hou s e .

F ro m thi s hou s e a ll qu e s tion s a r e a n s w e r e d in r e l a tion to

fri e nd s wi s h e s hop e s fla t t e r e r s fa vorite s a n d d e s ir e s
, , , , ,
.

If thi s con s t e ll a tion in hor a ry A s trology be infe s t e d with e vil , .

pl a n e ts t h e inquir e r w ill e xp e ri e nc e s e v e r e di s a ppointm e nt in

,
-

r e fe r e nc e to t h e Obj e ct of h i s inquiri e s .

It i s a m a s culi ne hou s e lik e Aqu a riu s ,

.

T h e l a s t hou s e w ithin t h e r a ng e of o ur d e s cription i s t h e ,

t we lft h .

T hi s con s t e ll a tion i s e s p e ci a lly t h e hou s e of p r i va t e e n e m i e s ,

a nxi e ty s u ffe ring 1 m r 1 s on m e n t a n d a ll t h e m i s e ri e s to w hich

, p , ,

“
fl e s h i s h e ir to .

I n h or a r yA s trology it d e not e s s orro w unc e a s ing p e r s e cution

, , ,

s e lf m urd e r a s s a s s in a tion a n d e nvy

-

,
.

It i s lik e Pi s ce s a f e m i n i n e hou s e
,
.

W e h a v e now d e s cr i be d s uffici e n t ly for t h e g e n e r a l r e a d e r i n

'

t h e e l e m e nt a r y princi p l e s O f t h e s ci e nc e t h e s ign s of t h e zodi a c . ,

54 T HE
‘

MYS TE RIE S OF A S TRO L OG Y .

th e pri m a ry p l a n e ts a n d t h e hou s e s of h e a v e n with t h e i r s e p a

,
'

r a t e a n d com bin e d influ e nc e s ove r t h e a ffa ir s a n d for t un e s of

Th e foll owi ng ch a p t e r fwil l e m br a c e th e s cie nc e of CHI RO

MANCY ; or t h e pr e dicting
, of pr e s e n t a n d fu t ur e . e ve n t s by t h e
v a ri e d li n e s i n t h e HA NDS .
 t r a n s e ct ,

THE ART OF F ORETELLIN G EVEN TS BY THE HANDS .

”
T HE t e r m Chir o m a ncy (fro m C hir t h e h a nd a n d m a nci a a
, , ,

pr e diction) i s th a t portio n of a s trologic a l s ci e nc e w hich for e te ll s

e v e nt s a n d circu m s t a nc e s by c e rt a in lin e s or m a rk s i n t h e h a nd .

T h e h a nd s a r e divid e d a s trologic a ll y into thr e e princip a l ,

p a rts —t h e p a l m t h e hollo w a n d t h e fing e r s th e s e divi s ion s a r e

, ,

a g a in s ubdivid e d by p e culi a r lin e s m a rk s a n d pro m in e nc e s w hich

, ,

a re und e r t h e influ e nc e O f t h e s e v e n pl a n e ts — Sa tur n Jupit e r , ,

M a r s Sol V e nu s M e rcury Lun a —a n d t h e t w e lv e s ign s of t h e

, , , , ,

zodi a c — Ari e s T a uru s G e m ini C a nc e r Le o Virgo Libr a S c o r

, , , , , , ,

pio S a gitta riu s C a pricornu s Aqu a riu s a n d Pi s c e s a s s ho w n in

, , , ,

t h e a cco m p a n ying di a gr a m .

At t h e roots Of e a ch fing e r a r e pl a c e d c e rt a in pro m in e nc e s

t e r m e d m ounts a n d tub e rculu m s .

T h e fir s t m ount in t h e a bov e di a gr a m pl a c e d a t t h e root of t h e

,

littl e fing e r i s e r m e d t h e m ount of M e r cury a n d i s s uppo s e d to

,
‘
be und e r t h e dir e ct influ e nc e of tha t pl a n e t .
,

M e rcury gov e rn s in a p e culi a r d e gr e e t h e r a tion a l a n d int e l

,

l e ctu a l fa cultie s ; h e i s t h e s ourc e of w i t ing e nuity inv e nti on, , ,

di s cov e ry s kill in a r t a n d s ci e nc e a n d a ll i m port a nt br a nch e s in

, ,

hum a n kno w l e dg e .

If t h e m ount be of r e gul a r h e i g ht a n d proportion s it s ig nifi e s ,

con s t a ncy a n d p e r s e v e r a nc e in a ll i m port a nt tr a n s a ction s : i t s

pos s e s s or i s not giv e n to s e nti m e nt a l lov e with m uch l e vity of
 T HE MYS TE RIE S OF A S T R O L OG Y .

Z e n i th

m a nn e r a n d conduc t h e i s a s tri ct O b s e rv e r of ch a s tity

lov e r o f t h e s e l e n c e s
.

I f h a lf t h e m ount only be fill e d w ith s tr a ight lin e s of un e qu a l

,

l e ngth a n d di s s i m il a r ch a l a ct e r , t h e individu a l will be docil e in

 CHI R OMANCY 59

n a tur e fortun a t e in life fa ithful not g i ve n to lyi ng a h a t e r Of

, , , ,

a l l s up e r s tition s ; a b e li e v e r in n On e d e fici e nt in a pplic a tion in

,

a ll thing s
. .

S hould t h e lin e s which h a v e th e ir origin a t t h e root of t h e

littl e fing e r be crook e d upon t h e m ount O f M e rcury t h e p a rty
, ,

w ill po s s e s s t h e di s po s ition to rob a n d ch e a t h i s n e ighbor .

Wh e n t h e line s pro c e e d fro m t h e out e r p ortion of t h e h a nd ,

a n d e xt e nd to t h e m o unt of S ol or t h e S un lin e th e y d e not e a n ,

individu a l pron e t o fa l s e hood a m e r e pr e t e nd e r to knowl e d g e

,

if t h e lin e s a r e tortuou s or s e rp e ntin e i n th e ir dir e ction it b e to ,

k e n s d e c e ption O f ch a ra cte r , a d e s ir e to co m m it s o m e fe loniou s

a ct a n a d e pt in a ll t h e trick s Of kn a v e ry .

If t h e h a nd i s c a r e fully e x a m in e d th e r e will be s e e n i n s o m e ,

c a s e s in p a rticul a r divi s ion s t h e initi a l l e tt e r s of t h e tw e lv e s ign s

,

O f t h e zo di a c th e s e a r e t e r m e d s a cr e d l e tt e r s a n d a r e t h e s ign s ,

of goo d or e vil influ e nc e s wh e r e v e r th e y e xi s t thu s A (t h e fir s t

l e tt e r of Ari e s t h e R a m ) i m pr e s s e d by n a tur e on t h e m ount O f
,

M e rcury s ignifi e s th a t w e a lth will be obt a in e d by l e a rning : if

,

t h e l e tt e r C (t h e initi a l of C a nc e r t h e Cr a b) be in a lik e po s i
,

ti on it d e not e s a knowl e dg e of Ch e m i s try or Alch e m y

, .

T h e n e xt m ount d e s crib e d in th e a bov e di a gr a m i s th a t of t h e

'

S un (r e pr e s e nt e d by O ) a t t h e b a s e Of t h e ring figur e
,
.

If th e r e a r e lin e s p a s s ing fro m t h e s up e rior p a rt of thi s m ount

to th a t of t h e T a bl e lin e not int e r s e ct e d by a n y cro s s lin e s ,
-

,
-

th e y d e note w i t gr e a t t a lk a tiv e n e s s t h e lo qu a city e v e ntu a lly

, ,

l e a ding to t h e a cqui s ition of w e a lth a n d conn e ction s w ith nobl e s

,

a n d oth e r individu a l s of high r a n k .

Should t h e lin e s a d ve rt e d to be cro ok e d a n d int e r s e ct e d by ,

oth e r s cro s s i th e m in a contr a ry dir e ction p e nury pov e rty

‘

gd
, ,

a n d be g g a r ll b e t h e lot of th e ir po s s e s s or
y .

T h e Si g n of a cro s s on thi s m ount b e tok e n s idol a try to rich e s ;

t h e dis po s ition of a m i s e r .

Wh e n a s ingl e lin e proc e e d s fro m t h e T a bl e lin e tow a rds -

t h e joi n ts of t h e ring fing e r it p or t e n d S r i ch e s which fa ll to t h e

' '

[ ,

po s s e s s or of thi s m a rk in t h e m onth or m onths in which s uch

,

lin e e nd s t h e ring fi n ge r i s in Chiro m a n cy t h e s ign of S um m e r

, ,

t h e fir s t or low e r joint r e pr e s e nt s V irgo t h e Virgin ; t h e fir s t

, ,
60 THE MYS TE R IE S or A S T ROL OG Y .

S i g n into which t h e S un e nte r s in Augu s t ; if t h e fortun a t e lin e

e nd s in t h e fir s t j oint it i s in Au g u s t th a t t h e inh e rit a nc e w il l
,

be Obt a in e d ; if in t h e s e cond j oint in J uly for t h e s ign i s , ,

Le o ; if in t h e top j oi nt in Jun e for C a nc e r t h e C r a b i s upon

, , , ,

th a t joint .

T h e thir d mount of t h e h a nd a t t h e b a s e of t h e m i d d l e fing e r ,

i s d e dic a t e d to Sa turn t h e m o s t po w e rful e vil a n d m a lign a nt

, , ,

a m ong t h e pl a n e t s .

Wh e n thi s m ount i s full plum p a n d w ithout a n y ind e nt a tion s

, , ,

it d e not e s a n op e n s im pl e di s po s ition h a ving no cr a ft or guil e

, , ,

indu s try in t h e do m e s tic a ffa ir s of life s o fa r a s m e nt a l a n d bo dily

c a p a city w ill p e r m it .

If th e r e be a lin e proc e e ding fro m t h e low e r joint of t h e m i d

]

d l e fing e r a cro s s thi s m oun t int e r s e ct e d by t w o s m a ll e r lin e s

, ,
'
thu s form ing a doubl e cro s s pri s on s c a ptivity a n d s l a v e ry i n
, , ,

ch a in s a r e d e not e d by it ; i f t h e cro s s i s Singl e , t h e r e v e r s e i s

, .

s ignifi e d .

I f a lin e i s s u e s fro m t h e T a bl e li n e cro s s ing t h e m oun t of

'

S a turn a n d dividing it into t w o s e ction s i t s po s s e s s or i n pur s ui ng ,

rich e s w ill fly a fte r a ph a nto m w hich w ill e v e r e lud e h i s gr a s p

h e w ill a l w a y s be n e c e s s it a t e d a n d in a ctu a l w a nt .

If in a w e d d e d ife m a l e fi v e s i x or e ight lin e s a s c e nd fro m t h e

, , ,

fir s t to t h e s e cond j oint of t h e m iddl e fing e r it for e t e ll s t h e n um ,

be r of boy s w hich s h e s h a ll h a v e in a s ucc e s s ion unbrok e n by a

d augh t e r but th e y w ill be poor a n d unfortun a t e
,
.

A s t a r on t h e fir s t joint of t h e m iddl e fing e r d e not e s th a t ,

a s s a s s in a tion Sh a ll occur to i t s p o s s e s s or .

W e h a v e s a id th a t t h e influ e n c e s of S a tur n w e r e e vil a n d w e ,

giv e s o m e ill us tr a tion s of t h e fa ct tho s e w h o h a v e nu m e rou s

lin e s upon h i s mount a r e s ubj e ct to a ll kind s O fi n i s fo r t un e a s
a n i nh e rit a nc e fro m n a tur e ; a s p e nury i m pri s on m e nt for d e bt ,
:
,

throu g h fa l s e s w e a ring a g a in s t th e m a n d e v e ry circu m v e n t io n

,

t h a t m a lic e ca n d e vi s e .

Wh e n thr e e lin e s a s c e n d fro m t h e s e cond to t h e third j oints ,

t w o of th e m cro s s ing e a ch o th e r in th e ir a s c e nt t h e Sig n b e to ,

k e n s infa m y to wo m a n or m a n in t h e do m e s tic a n d s oci a l r e l a

tion s of life °
 C HI R O M A NO Y .

Th e ind e x or for e fi n g e r i s d e dic a t e d to Jupite r , a n d dir e ctly

-

und e r h i s influ e nc e .

Mor e po w e rful th a n a n y oth e r of t h e pl a n e ts e xc e p t S a turn , ,

h e i s t h e r e v e r s e of th a t pl a n e t in h i s influ e nc e s o n m a n ; to h i s
I

a s p e ct s m a y be a ttribut e d rich e s honor s a n d s ucc e s s i n t h e v a ri

, ,

o us pur s uit s of life : h i s n a tu r e i s fl e e d o m g e n e ro s ity a n d a ll , ,

t h e nobl e r a ttribut e s O f b e ing .

S hould th e r e be a cro s s on t h e m o unt of Jupit e r a t t h e r oo t

of t h e for e fi n g e r i t por te nd s honor s dignitie s fortun e by m a r
-

, , ,

r ia g e ,
&c
It w ill be
n e c e s s a ry to m a rk t h e di s tinction b e tw e e n o n e a n d
t w o cro s s e s t h e progno s tic s in t h e t w o c a s e s b e ing t h e r e v e r s e
,

of e a ch o th e r .

O n e Sta r on t h e m ount of Jupit e r Sl g n i fi e s infa m y d e gr a d a tion ,

a n d th e ir a djuncts whil e t w o s ta r s s i m i l a rly s itu a te d s ignify

, ,

dignitie s a n d honor s .

S hould a line p a s s fro m t h e T a bl e lin e to t h e m oun t of -

Jupit e r a n d dir e ctl y a cro s s it it porte nds a viol e nt a n d s ud

, ,

d e n d e a th .

If a fe m a l e h a ve t w o or m or e lin e s b e tw e e n t h e s e cond a n d
»

third j oi n ts of t h e ind e x or for e fin g e r a n d th e s e lin e s be of a -

r e d color th e y d e not e 1n g e n ui t y a n d a ch a r a ct e r m or e th a n
, ,

u s u a lly jovi a l but s h e w ill run s o m e ri s k of dying d ur i n g ch i ld

'

~
,

birth .

A s ta r on t h e s e co n d joint of t h e fo r e fi n g e r a t t h e a g e of -

'
thirty fi ve in a fe m a l e d e note s th a t s h e will b e co m e rich a n d
-

po s s e s s digniti e s a n d honor s .

If a n y m a rk r e s e m bling t h e a s trono m ic a l s y m b ol of Jupit e r ,

be O b s e rv e d e tw e e n t h e t w o fir s t j oint s of t h e ind e x fin g e r i t
b
“

pr e s a g e s gr e a t w e a lth by inh e rita nc e co m bin e d w ith cont e nt m e n t .

a n d j o y in i t s po s s e s s or .

J upit e r h a s a s trologic a lly but o n e e n e m y a n d th a t i s M a r s , ,

.

T h e m ount o f V e nu s a s s e e n in t h e pr e ce ding di a gr a m i s on ,

t h e lo w e r fl e s hy portion of t h e thu m b in t h e inn e r p ort ion o f

, ,

t h e h a nd .

T hi s m ount i s und e r t h e s p e ci a l gu id a nc e o f t h e qu e e n of
’

lov e it i s t h e ind e x of a ll t h e s ofte r p a s s io ns i t s influ e n ce s a r e

62 THE M YS TE R IE S OF A S T R OL O G Y .

b e n e vol e nt ; it s ignifi e s a lov e of po e try s o n g a n d m u s ic a n d

“

, ,

p a rticul a rly court e ou s a n d r e fin e d m ann e r s .

G e org e IV O f E ngl a n d univ e r s a lly a cknowl e dg e d to h a v e

.
,

b e e n t h e m o s t poli s h e d g e nt l e m a n of h i s tim e w a s born a s t h e ,

pl a n e t V e nu s (of w hich thi s m ount i s t h e s ignific a nt s ign ) a ro s e

, ,

in t h e e a s t e rn a ngl e of t h e horizon or hou s e of Life .

If th e r e be thr e e lin e s p a s s ing fro m t h e lo w e r p a rt of t h e

thu m b up w a rd in t h e dir e ction of t h e ind e x fing e r th e y d e not e
“

, ,

go o d fortun e to t h e p o s s e s s or with a c a r e l e s s cont e nt e d a n d

‘

, ,

h a ppy di s po s ition gre a t a ffa bility s tro n g p a SS1 o n s g r a c e fuln e s s

, , ,

of d e portm e nt t o w e r l n g 1m a g l n at i on a n d a ll t h e lov e li e r qu a li
, ,

ti e s of n a tur e .

A n y o n e m a l e or fe m a l e with t h e S a cr e d l e tt e r D im pr e s s e d
, , ,

on thi s m ount w ill be a n e xpo s itor of dr e a m s — h a v e a n intuitiv e

,
‘

kno w l e dg e o f m y s te ri e s hidd e n t o o th e r s be tru e a n d fa i t h ful

’

, ,

y e t v a in fond of g a ll a ntri e s a n d lu x urio u

, s .

G vi s ibl e on t h e m ount of Ve nu s s ignifi e s gr e a t lov e for t h e

, ,
'

fa ir s e x s o m e tim e s too v iol e nt to a dm it of r e s tr a int p a s s ing into

, ,

lic e ntiou s n e s s unr e s tr a in e d a n d unr e s tr a in a bl e .

T h e m ount of t h e Mo on s e e n in t h e di a gr a m O pp o s it e to th a t
,

of V e nu s p a rticul a rly if s ta m p e d with a cl e a r a n d w e ll for m e d

, ,
-

cro s s points out th r e e condition s 1n diffe r e nt p e rio d s of life

, ,

dir e ctly t h e O ppo s it e to e a ch oth e r ; t h e fir s t th a t of gr e a t ,

d i s tr e s s a n d p ov e rty— t h e s e cond a bounding in rich e s ; a n d ,

t h e t hi r d r e v e rting to t h e origin a l po s itio n , th a t of n e e d a n d

,

With t h e l e tt e r B on thi s m ount t h e p e r s on will be fortun a t e ,

in l ife : with A a fflict e d with s ickn e s s a n d di s tr e s s : with D

, ,

a thorough bu s in e s s m a n with E d e fici e n t in s ta bility with F

, ,
/
g e n e r ouS y a n d i n a g n a n i m ous
"
a gr e a t tr a v e l e r : w ith G ; n obl e
‘

, ,

a n d a gr e a t fa vorit e O f t h e fe m a l e s ore

W e s h a ll conclu de t h e ch a pt e r o n C hiro m a n cy by s o m e g e n e ,

r a l r e m a rk s on t h e bold e r a s trol ogic a l lin e s in t h e h a nd s a n d ,

th e ir s i g n i fi ca t i on s .

T h e y e n t e r l a rg e ly into t h e c a lcul a tion s of N a tiviti e s point ,

t h e m onth s a n d d a y s of birth t h e dur a tion of e x i s t e nc e a n d t h e

, ,

qu a liti e s — m or a l a n d int e ll e ctu a l— oi hum a nity .

 G Hl R OM A NOY . 63

If th eN a tur a l Lin e Supr e m e t e r m in a t e n e a r t h e m ount of,

t h e Moon a n d be int e r s e ct e d by a n oth e r for m i n g a cro s s it d o

-

, , ,

not e s t h e birth of t h e individu a l to h a v e t a k e n pla ce on t h e l ot h

of Jun e ; if int e r s e ct e d by two lin e s on Mond a y t h e 2 0t h of ,
“
.

Jun e ; t e r m in a ting o n t h e pl a in of M a r s t h e n a tivity h a s b e e n ,

in M a rch o r O ctob e r on a T u e s d a y to w a rd s t h e m ount of M e r .

cury in M a y Or Augu st on W e dn e s d a y : tow a rd s Jupit e r No

, , ,

v om b e r or F e bru a ry on a T hur s d a y : to w a r d s V e nu s
,
April or ,

S e pt e m b e r On a F rid a y : to w a rd s S a turn D e c e m b e r or J a nu
, ,

a r y on S a turd a y
,
to w a r d s S ol in t h e m onth Of July on Sund a y
, ,
.

T h e r e a d e r will un d e r s t a nd th a t in c a lcul a ting t h e n a tiviti e s

by t h e a bo ve n a m e d lin e it i s n e c e s s a ry in a ll c a s e s th a t i t
, , ,

s hould be int e r s e ct e d by o n e or m or e lin e s for m ing a cro s s or ,

cro s s e s
If t h e Lin e of Life be O f la r g e s iz e i t d e not e s a long life a n d
'

, ,

li t t l e s i ck n e s s ; s h o r t w i t h out color a corr e s ponding life s ick

'

'

, , ,

n e s s a n d infir m i ty : w h e n br a nch ing to w a r d s t h e lin e of t h e Liv e r ,

honor s rich e s a n d digniti e s : if d iv e rgi n g into m a ny s m a ll e r

, _

lin e s s ickn e s s a n d pov e rty in old a g e

,
If t h e a s trologic a l s y mbol .

of t h e S un be i m pr e s s e d on t h e lin e of Life it s ignifi e s blindn e s s ,

of o n e or b oth e y e s : if in i t s p a s s a g e to w a r d s t h e lin e of t h e
Liv e r with which it for m s a n a ngl e it be int e r s e cte d by oth e r
, ,

lin e s for m ing cro s s e s d a ng e r s m i s fortun e s p e s til e nc e a n d d e a th

, , , ,

m a y be e x p e ct e d : if a bout m id w a y it divid e s o n e divi s ion a s ,

c e n d i n g in t h e d i r e ction of t h e m ount of So l honor s b y m a r r la g e , ,

fa voriti s m a m ong fe m a l e s i s b e tok e n e d ; but s hould thi s lin e be

,

fork e d a n d b e nd tow a rd s t h e m o u nt of V e nu s w a ntonn e s s forn i , ,

c a tion a dult e ry a n d e v e ry s p e ci e s of b e s ti a lity i s indic a t e d

, ,
.

T h e T a bl e Lin e e qu a lly w ith th a t of Life i s n e c e s s a ry to th e

-
,

p e rfe ction of na tiviti e s L a rg e a n d cl e a r it s ignifi e s lib e r a lity

.
,

m a gn a ni m ity long life i m pr e s s e d with a s ta r e xil e i m pri s on

, , ,

divi s ion br a nchi n g on t h e

'

m e nt s h a m e a n d c o w a r dic e : w ith a
,

m ount of Ju pite r e ccl e s i a s tic a l pr e fe r m e nt s honor s a n d digni ti e s ,

,

if h a iry a t i t s t e r m in a tion s m i s fortun e s a nxi e ty a n d m l s e r i e s

, , ,

e nding n e a r th e m ount Of Jupit e r v a nity a n d lying ,

.

T h e Li n e of th e Liv e r 1 s not a l w a y s p e rc e p tibl e ; wh e n e xi s t

_

ing it co m m e n c e s a s d e s cr i be d l n t h e di a gr a m a t t h e r oot of t h e
, ,
64 T HE i r r s r r n i z s or A S TR O L O GY .

Li n e ofLife p a s s in g to t h e N a t ur a l Lin e a n d for m ing w ith th a t

.

a n d t h e Lin e o f Life t h e a n l e t e rm e d t h e p la in of M a r s
,
g
, .

If t h i li n e be s tr a it in i t s dir e ction i t s p o s s e s s or w ill e n j oy

s
,

w e a l t h a n d pro s p e ri t y : i f cr o ok e d it i s s i g n i fi c a t i v e of s hort ,

l ife ch e qu e r e d by d i s e fi e : i f br a nch i ng in t wo di r e ct ion s a t i t s

t e r m in a tin g p o int s it b e to k e n s di e a s e of t h e liv e r g e n e r a l d e bil
,
s
,
‘

iti e s fr e qu e nt fa in t ing s a n d v iol e nt p a l p ita tio n of t h e h e a rt i f

, ,
s

i t s a n g l e s tur n t o w a r d t h e Lin e of L i fe co v e tou s n e s s d e fici e ncy , ,

o f int e ll e ct , n igg a r dlin e s s of di po s i t ion a r e in dic a te d ; but w h e n s

,

a cr o s s i s s e e n a t o n e of i t s e xtr e m e th e ft s robb e ri e s a n d d e a th s s
,

a r e n o t fa r di s t a nt .

T h e T a bl e Lin e or Lin e of t h e H e a d un d e r t h e p e culi a r n e r v ,

ou s
influ e nc e of t h e br a i n a ri e s fro m t h e out e r por ti on of t h e
,
s

h a nd n e a r t h e r oo t of t h e littl e fing e r a n d e xte n d s und e r t h e for e

or i n d e x fin g e r W h e r e it t e rm in a t e s
,
.

If th i s lin e m k e s on e s i d e of a tri a n gl e t h e oth e r t w ob e in g

a

t h e lin e s o f t h e h e a r t a n d liv e r t h e u n i on s i g ni fi e s ri ch e s h a p , ,

p i n e ss
g r e a t in g e nuit y a n d a qui e t a n d p e a c e ful ol d a g e ; but
-

s h o ul d t h e a ngl e be v e ry obtu s e ill n a tur e s lo w r e cov e ry fro m ,

-

di s e a s e a n d g e n e r a l w e a kn e s s o f t h e s y s t e m
. Wh e r e t h e T a bl e .

Lin e i s s ho rt 1 t s p o s s e s s o r W i ll be t h e do o m e d t o folly b e gg a ry , ,

lyin g a n d pr e m a tur e d e a th
,
.

If t h e a n g l e be ind e nt e d w ith s ta r s to w a r d t h e pl a in of M a r s ,
‘

i t i n d i c a t e s bol d n e s c o ur a g e r a s hn e s s pro m ptitud e

)

U ,
.
, ,

A fe vv r e m a rk s on t h e Pl a in of M a r s a n d t h e Mount of t h e
M o o n ( t h e fo r m e r b e i n g in t h e a ngl e for m e d by t h e lin e s of t h e
Li v e r Life a n d t h e Na tur a l Lin e S upr e m e t h e l a tt e r e xt e r n a lly
,

t o t h e Lin e of t h e Liv e r ) w ill conv e y to t h e g e n e r a l r e a d e r a l l

,

th a t i s n e c e s s a ry to be s a id on t h e indic a tion s of t h e h a n d in ,

C h iro m a ncy .

M a r s i s a w a rlik e pl a n e t a n d a ll h i s i n dic a t io n s a r e of a w a r
,

lik e ch a r a ct e r m o difi e d by lin e s s t a r s a n d oth e r a pp e a r a nc e s

, ,
.

W h e n t h e lin e s W l t h ln thi s pl a 1 n e xt e n d to w a r d s t h e e xt e rn a l
p orti o n of t h e h a nd i t indic a t e s t h e p a rty c a nnot r e s t bu t in t h e
tu m ult of w a r nor liv e but in a l a r m s ,
.

If cro s s e s o ccur W ithin t h e pla in a bov e d e s crib e d t h e p a rty ,

w ill be di s po s e d if n o t irr e s i s tibly co m p e ll e d t o fi g ht in t h e c a u s e

,
.
 C HI ROMA NCY . 65

o f r e ligion h e w ill be a s or t of ch a m pion for h i s c re e d a knight ,

e rr a nt for t h e honor s of t h e church .

. Wh e n t h e pl a in i s s tudd e d w ith s ta r s th e r e w ill be pov e rty

, ,

m i s fortun e by w a r d a ng e r of a s s a s s in a tion s e cr e t e n e m i e s a n d
, ,

t h e lik e .

If t h e lin e s on t h e m oun t of t h e Mo on a r e of a p a l e color or

inclining to bl a ck t h e p a rty w ill be p a rticul a rly unfortun a t e in
,

a ll h e und e rta k e s — w h e th e r in j ourn e y s a gr e e m e nt s or co m

, ,

m e rc e . T h e r e v e r s e a s p e ct of t h e lin e s indic a t e s goo d fortun e in

a ll thing s .

If t h e m oun t be e l e v a t e d with a con s id e r a bl e d e gr e e of r o t un

dity t h e p e r s on w ill e xp e ri e nc e t h e s e di s e a s e s i n w hich th e
,

n e rvou s s y s t e m a n d p a r t i cul a rly t h e br a in b e co m e s p a r ti a lly or

, ,

who lly p a r a lyz e d a s a popl e xy p a l s y e pil e p s y

, , , .

Wh e n s ta r s a pp e a r upon t h e mount of t h e Moon th e y s ignify ,

a d e s igning , tr e a ch e rou s ch a r a ct e r infa m ou s a n d p e r fi d i o us — o n e

,

no t to be tru s t e d in a ny thing .

If t h e li m its of thi s volu m e p e r m itt e d us w e m ight dr a w a tte n

,

tion to innu m e r a bl e o th e r a s trologic a l s i g n i fi ca t i o n s of t h e h a nd s

th e y a r e in fa ct m irror s r e fl e cting t h e a ffe ction s of t h e s oul
,
.

If t h e e n d of t h e littl e fing e r ( th e fing e r of M e rcury) r e a ch ,

h i gh e r th a n t h e l a s t joint of t h e ring fing e r t h e m a n po s s e s s ing ,

thi s di s po s ition of t h e h a nd w ill rul e h i s h ous e with e a s e a n d

'

s t a bility ; h i s wife will i n a l l thing s

,
be ob e di e nt to h i m —but
,
m

s hould t h e e n d fa ll s hor t of t h e j oint of t h e ring fing e r t h e p a rty ,

h a s a w ife who gov e rn s h i m a n i m p e riou s co m m a ndi n g w o m a n

, , ,
”
o n e w h o i s s a id in co m m on p a rl a nc e to w e a r t h e br e a ch e s .

If o n e littl e fing e r be b e low t h e third joint of t h e ring fing e r

a n d t h e o th e r a bov e i t ( on t h e oppo s ite h a nd ) t h e p e r s on s o
, ,

for m e d w ill h a v e two wiv e s t h e o n e a s hr e w t h e o t h e r obliging

, ,

a n d court e ou s .
 T HE

a tt ire sf tit tie s

A C C ORDI NG T O HORA RY A ST R OLOG Y , ET C .

T HE of
'

s e cr e d e s tiny m a y be p a r ti a lly e lucid a t e d by G e o

ts
m a ncy C hiro m a ncy Phy s iogno m y
, , an d M e topo s copy but t h e full
, ,

progr a m m e of t h e l e a ding incid e nt s of a l i fe c a n only be indi

c a t e d by A s trolo g y T o g iv e a d e t a il e d a n d t e chnic a l d e s cription “

of t h e do ctrin e of N a tiviti e s a n d t h e pro c e s se s by w hich th e y a r e

c a s t w oul d r e quir e m or e s p a c e th a n thi s volu m e cont a in s T h e
, .

no m e ncl a tur e of t h e s ci e nc e of A s trology w ith which e v e ry pr a e ,

tic a l a s trolog e r m u s t be fa m ili a r could no t be cont a in e d in a n

“

ordin a ry o c t a v e ; a n d e v e n a s k e tch of t h e v a riou s m e tho d s of

c a lcul a tion e m ploy e d by t h e Ar a bi a n s Egypti a n s P e r s ia n s , , ,

G r e e k s R o m a n s a n d t h e gr e a t profe s s or s of A s tr a l s ci e nc e w h o
, ,

h a v e flouri s h e d during t h e l a s t thr e e c e nturi e s w ould for m in , ,

its e lf a ponde rou s cyclop ae di a

,
Nor w ould s uch a w ork be of
.

int e r e s t to t h e g e n e r a l r e a d e r —for it r e quir e s a d e gr e e of p r o fi

ci e n c y in o ccult l e a rning only to be g a in e d by lo n g y e a r s of
p a ti e nt r e s e a rch t o e n a bl e t h e s tud e nt to und e r s ta n d a n d a pply
,

t h e principl e s of thi s m o s t profound a n d co m pl e x s y s t e m of divi

n a tion . Furth e r m or e i t m a y be s a fe ly a v e rr e d th a t e v e n a fte r
, ,

t h e s tu d e nt s h a ll h a v e a cquir e d a ll t h e kno w l e dg e of t h e doctrin e

'

of N a tiviti e s w hich h i s fa culti e s c a n m a s t e r h e w ill s till be un

.
,

p
a bl e a ft e r e r e cting h i s horo s co e to giv e it a tru e int e rpr e t a tion ,

unl e s s h e h a s b e e n fa vor e d w ith th a t p e culi a r s up e rn a tur a l gift of

 70 THE MYS TE R IE S or A S T R O L O GY .

judg m e nt a n d of pr e s ci e nc e w hich s e ldo m b e lo n g s to m or e th a n

o n e fa m ily in a n a tion a n d w hich a s t h e s e v e nth s o n of a s e v e nth
,

s on ,
i n a fa m ily thu s r a re ly e ndo w e d t h e a uthor of this bo ok ,

p o s s e s s e s in i t s full e s t int e n s ity .

It w ill be obviou s fro m t h e for e goi n g r e m a rk s th a t i n a p e pu ,

'

la r w ork s uch a s thi s i s in t e n d e d to be t h e puzzling t e chnic a li t i e s

, ,

of a b s tru s e s ci e nc e ca n s ub s e rv e n o u s e ful pur p o s e a n d th e y a r e ,

th e r e for e o m itt e d .

T h e fir s t thing to be a s c e rt a i n e d prior to t h e e r e ction of a

horo s c op e or m a p of life a r e t h e hour of conc e ption a n d t h e
,

hour of birth P e rh a p s t h e b e s t m e a n s of a rriving a t th e s e i m

.
,

p orta nt fa cts i s by t h e M e t h od of He r m e s H a ving obta i ne d t h e .

e s ti m a t e d ti m e of birth t h e a s trolog e r e r e ct s h i s figur e

, a n d ca l ,

e nl a t e s t h e po s ition of t h e Mo on in r e l a tion th e r e to H e th e n . .

t a k e s t h e di s t a nc e of t h e Moon fro m t h e horo s cop e if s h e be ,

und e r t h e E a r t h or fro m t h e w e s t e rn a ngl e s if s h e be a bov e it

,

s ubtr acting t h e s ign s an d d e gr e e s co m pr e h e nd e d w ithi n t h e

a ngl e s to t h e Mo on ; fir s t a dding t w e lv e s ign s to th a t lu m in a ry ,

for o th e r w i s e t h e s ubtr a ction c a nno t be m a d e T h e n w ith t h e .

di s ta nc e s of s ign s a n d d e gr e e s t h e a s trolog e r e nte r s h i s t a bl e of

,

’
t h e child s hou s e pr e viou s ly con s truct e d a ccording to t h e rul e s of
,

a r t a n d a g a in s t t h e S 1 g n s a n d d e g r e e s w ith w hich h e e nt e r s w ill

,

a pp e a r t h e pr e cis e nu m b e r of d a y s b e t w e e n t h e conc e ption a n d

t h e birth H a vi n g r e a ch e d thi s pri m a ry b a s i s for h i s c a l cula
'
“

tion s ,h e pr oc e e d s to inquir e w h a t pl a n e ts rul e d a t t h e ti m e of

birth a n d to e r e ct h i s tw e lv e c e l e s ti a l hou s e s corr e s pon d e nt in
, ,

nu m b e r w ith th e s ign s of t h e zodi a c a n d h a v 1 n g S i g n i fi e a t i o n of

,

t h e n a tur e a n d fortun e of t h e individ ua l a n d h i s fa m ily in t h e

follo w ing ord e r W e h a v e a lr e a dy cur s orily a llud e d to thi s divi
.

s io n of t h e s ubj e ct but s h a ll n o w go m ore int o d e t a il

'

.
,

T HE FI R S T H OU S E r e fe r s to t h e life o f t h e individu a l ; h i s -

s t a tur e a n d s h a p e t h e qu a liti e s of h i s m ind t h e vi s a g e i t s fa s h ion

’

, , , ,

co m pl e xion color a n d a l l t h e p a r ts th e r e of It i s c a ll e d t h e
,
.

a ngl e of t h e e a s t t h e h o r o s c O p e a s c e nd a nt or horizon b e c a u s e
, ,

w h e n t h e S un or a n y pl a n e t tou ch e s i t s cu s p or point it b e gin s t o ,

u s e a n d a pp e a r vi s ibl e in our h e m i s ph e r e Much d e p e nd s upon

.

t h e a s p e ct s a n d conjunction s of t h e pl a n e t s found in thi s h ou s e

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71

a s th e or a l s t h e m a nn e r s t h e p a s s ion s a n d to So m e e xt e nt t h e
m , , , ,

fortun e of t h e n a tiv e d e p e nd s upon i t s r uling influ e nc e s .

T H E S EC O ND H O U S E r e l a t e s e s p e ci a lly to t h e e s t a t e a n d fortun e
of t h e n a tiv e It wa s c a ll e d fi n a p h om by t h e G r e e k s fro m t h e
.
,

con s t a nt a s c e n s ion of t h e pl a n e ts th e nc e to w a r d t h e e a s t T h e .

p e cuni a ry s ucc e s s of t h e n a tiv e d e p e nd s upon t h e a s c e nd a n t pl a n e t

in thi s hou s e a t t h e ti m e of birth ; a n d i t i s th e r e for e a highly ,

i m port a nt c e l e s ti a l c om p a rtm e nt a n d Should be s tudi e d w ith ,

thoughtfuln e s s a n d c a lcul a t e d w ith c a r e by t h e a s trolog e r

, .

T HE T H I R D H OU S E r e pr e s e nt s t h e r e l a tiv e s a n d fri e nd s of t h e
“

n a tiv e ; h i s r e m ov a l s inl a nd journ e y s l e tte r s & c ; a n d a lthough

, , ,
.

thi s hou s e be not s o fully ch a rg e d w ith t h e i m m e dia te p e r s on a l

int e r e s ts of t h e n a tiv e a s t h e s e cond hou s e i t h a s r e fe r e nc e p e cu
, ,

l i a r ly t o t h e a m e niti e s of life s uch a s fri e nd s hip s lov e of kin dr e d

,
-

, ,

a n d t h e s oci a l ti e s g e n e r a lly .

T HE F OU R TH H OU S E h a s a b e a ring upon t h e hou s e s l a nd s t e n e , ,

m e nt s inh e rit a n c e s h e r e dita m e nt s p a tri m ony a n d d w e ll ing of

, , , ,

t h e n a tiv e a n d th e ir s e v e r a l qu a liti e s It r e pr e s e nts t h e fa th e r .

a n d h i s qu a lity a n d condition be it goo d or ba d , a n d i s c a ll e d by ,

a s trolog e r s t h e a ngl e of t h e E a rth or north e rn a ngl e I t a ls o

'
-
.

r e fe r s to s e cr e t p lots a g a in s t childr e n T h e Ro m a n s o oth s a y e r s .

'

“ ”
t e r m e d i t t h e I m a m C ce li or botto m of H e a v e n ,
It s ignifi e s .

t h e conclu s ion or e n d of e v e rything a n d a ccor ding to t h e p l a n e t , ,

be it fa v o r a bl e o r m a lign ruling in thi s h ou s e a t t h e ti m e of birth ;

,

t h e n a tiv e m a y be w e a lthy di s tingui s h e d t h e p o s s e s s or of high

, ,

digniti e s , a philo s oph e r a n a cut e m a n of bu s in e s s a gr e a t a gri

, ,

culturi s t a di s cove r e r of m in e s a m urd e r e r a n inc e ndi a ry or a n

, , , ,

a dult e r e r

T HE F IFTH H OU S E d e not e s t h e condition qu a liti e s a n d fortun e s ,

of t h e childr e n of t h e n a tiv e It r e pr e s e nt s a l s o h i s pl e a s ur e s
.

s uch a s p l a y s b a nqu e t s r e v e lling s & c T h e G r e ci a n a s t r olo

, , ,
.

g e r s c a ll e d it Jo y
“ ”
,
fro m t h e h a ppin e s s p a r e nt s a r e
s uppo s e d to d e riv e fro m th e ir o ffs pring or e xp e ct to r e c e iv e fro m
,

th e m . M a lign pl a n e t s po s it e d in thi s hou s e m a y port e nd e ith e r

, ,

no i s s u e to t h e n a tiv e or t h e d e a th of t h e childr e n bor n to h i m

, ,

or th e ir di s ob e di e nc e s hould th e y s urviv e
,
If on t h e oth e r .
,

h a nd t h e hou s e i s gove rn e d by fa vor a bl e pl a n e t s t h e na tiv e w ill

, ,
72 THE MYS TE R IES or A S T R O L O GY .

d e riv e 1 n fi n i t e co m fort a n d con s ol a tion fro m h i s offs pring U n .

fa vor a bl e pl a n e t s m a y a l s o s ignify gr e a t lo s s e s to t h e n a tiv e i n

t h e pro s e cution of h i s pl e a s ur e s .

T HE S I X TH H O U S E i s t h e hou s e o f dis e a s e s It indic a t e s .

,

a ccording to t h e ruling influ e nc e s th e ir cur a bility a n d i n cur a

“

bi li t y a n d a l s o t h e m e dicin e s m o s t a ppropri a t e for t h e a m e l i o r a

,

tion of p a in a n d t h e r e e s ta bli s h m e nt o f h e a lth T h e n a tur e of

-
.

t h e di s e a s e a s w e ll a s i t s int e n s ity i s indic a t e d by t h e p o s ition o f

,

t h e s t e ll a r orb s in r e l a tion to thi s i m port a nt hou s e T o o m uch .

thought s tudy a n d r e s e a rch c a nno t be b e s to w e d by t h e a s t r ol o

, ,

g e r upon thi s divi s ion of t h e c e l e s ti a l circl e .

T H E S EVE NTH H OU S E i s cogniz a nt of m a rri a g e a n d por tr a y s ,

th e of t h e p e r s on to w ho m t h e n a tiv e i s to be
u n it e d in w e dlo ck It a l s o r e p re s e nts h i s e n e m i e s h i s l a w s uits
.
,
-

cont e s ts a n d controv e r s i e s a n d th e ir i s s u e s T hi s hou s e i s

,
.

'

e ntitl e d to m uch con s id e r a tion for upon m a rri a g e m uch of t h e

,

h a p p in e s s of life d e p e nd s ; a n d i t i s gr e a tly to be r e gr e tte d w h e n

un co n g e ni a l pl a n e ts a r e in t h e a s c e n d e nt for in th a t c a s e t h e
'

prob a biliti e s a r e in fa vor of unh a ppy union s a n d unfortun a t e l a w ,

s uit s a n d di s put a tion s . O n t h e o th e r h a nd t h e pr e do m in a nc e of

,

pl a n e ts d e e m e d fortun a t e e x e rci s e a m o s t h a ppy influ e nc e in this

,

hou s e : port e nding a fe licitou s w e dd e d life a n d t h e pro s p e r ou s ,

p ro s e cution of a ll cont e s t s l e g a l or p e r s on a l .

T HE E IGH TH H O U S E r e l a t e s to t h e d e a th of t h e n a tiv e ; t h e
go od s of d e c e a s e d p e r s on s ; l e g a c1 e s w ill s a d m ini s tr a tion s tru s
, , ,

t e e s h i p s d e e d s a n d t h e do w ry of w ido w s
, ,
All a s trolog e r s fro m
.
,

t h e ti m e of t h e P h oe n e c1 a n s to t h e pr e s e nt d a y h a v e d e e m e d it ,

m a lign a n t unfortun a t e a n d port e ntou s of e vil unl e s s s t ro n g coun

, ,

t e r a c t i n g influ e nc e s s houl d n e utr a li z e i t s prim a ry s ignific a tion .

T h e r e i s no p a rt in t h e divi s i on of t h e zo d i a c s o a b s olut e ly
m a lign a n d cru e l a s th e Eighth Hou s e I t s m o s t fortun a t e a s p e ct
.

i s w h e n t h e D r a gon s H e a d i s po s it e d th e r e p r e noting long a n d

’ -

h e a lthful life a n e nrichm e nt by gifts l e g a ci e s or inh e rit a nc e

, ,
.

T HE NINTH H OU S E i s d e no m in a t e d m e t us a m ut ur fro m fe a r or ,

doubt A s trolo g e r s e ntitl e it t h e Hou s e of R e ligion b e c a u s e

. ,

e v e n t h e m o s t piou s p e r s on s fr e qu e ntly doubt t h e s uffi ci e ncy of

t h e ir fa ith a n d fe a r th a t th e y s h a ll n e v e r a tt a in to th a t d e gr e e
,
 T HE DO C TR INE OF NA TIVITIE S . 78

of purity w hich th e y conc e iv e to be n e c e s s a ry for th e ir e v e r l a s t

ing w e lfa r e It r e pr e se nts t h e dr e a m s a n d v i s ion s of t h e n a tiv e
.
,

’
h i s voy a g e s h i s s ci e ntific kno w l e dg e ; a n d i t s i g n i fi e s h l s w ife s
,

kindr e d a l s o e ccl e s i a s tic a l honor s It d e p e nd s on t h e pl a n e ts

,
.

loc a t e d in thi s hou s e a t t h e ti m e of birth w h e th e r t h e n a tiv e w i ll

be s k e ptic a l unb e li e ving s up e r s titiou s or z e a lou s in r e ligiou s
, , ,

m a tt e r s a n d w h e th e r h i s s e a voy a g e s a n d long journ e y s s h a ll be

,

pro s p e rou s or di s a s trou s T hi s hou s e und e r c e r t a i n p la n e t a r y

.
,

conjunction s m a y r e nd e r t h e n a tiv e s killful in e xpounding

,

dr e a m s .

T HE T ENTH H O U S E or Angl e of t h e S outh w a s c a ll e d by t h e

, ,
'

L a tin a s trolog e r s C or C ce lt ; a n d by t h e G r e e k s M e d i um G ae ls
, , ,

t h e h e a rt or m iddl e of H e a v e n I t i s t h e Hou s e of D ignity a n d

.
,

h a s s igni fi c a tion of t h e honor a n d pr e fe r m e nt of t h e n a tiv e It .

a l s o r e fe r s to h i s m oth e r h e r condition a n d r a nk i n s oci e ty

,
.
'

Although d e e m e d up o n t h e w hol e a for t un a t e hou s e y e t th e r e a r e

l
,

s e v e r a l pl a n e t s a n y o n e of w h i c h w h e n po s it e d within it r e nd e r
, , ,

it unto w a rd T h e Moon in t h e T e nth Hou s e a s s ur e s honor s a n d

.
,

O ffic e s unl e s s controll e d by m a lign pl a n e t s O f Sup e rior po w e r

,
.
.

T HE E LEV ENTH H O U S E w a s kno w n a m ong t h e R o m a n s a s B on us

G e n i us t h e G e e d D e m on A n g e l or S pirit It con fe r s fa vor
‘

-
,
r ,
.
,

’
fri e nd s hip b e nignity of di s po s ition a n d r e fe r s to t h e n a tiv e s hop e s
, ,

a n d e xp e ct a tion s T h e S un in this h ou s e giv e s t h e n a tiv e m a ny

.
,

fri e nd s of t h e tru e s t a m p b oth old a n d young a n d d e no t e s th a t

‘

, ,

h e w ill r e c e iv e i m por t a nt a i d a n d a s s i s t a nc e fro m th e m S a turn .

,

wh e n unfortun a t e ly pl a c e d in t h e E l e v e nth Hou s e I s Si n gul a rl y , .

o m inou s of e vil s ho w ing t h e di s a ppointm e nt of a ll joyful a ntici

,

p a t i o n s s or r o w a n d di s cor d in fa m ili e s a n d a m on g fri e nd s

, ,

&c T h e Moon in thi s hou s e e x e rt s a fa vor a bl e s w a y ov e r

.

t h e d e s tiny of t h e n a tiv e .

T H E T W ELFTH H OU S E indic a t e s t h e i m pri s on m e nt s b a ni s h m e n ts , ,

a n d priv a t e e n e m i e s O f t h e n a tiv e ; a n d a l s o r e fe r s to h i s hor s e s

a n d fa r m s t ock if h e h a pp e n to po s s e s s a n y T h e L a tin s copy

,
.
,

ing t h e n a m e fro m t h e G r e e k c a ll e d i t M a in e G e n i us t h e Evil

,
“

Ang e l or S pirit It i s a fe a rfully unfortun a t e hou s e

. If S a turn .

be po s it e d th e r e it port e nd s fe a r s orro w troubl e c a ptivity a n d

, , , ,

e xil e. Jupit e r if e villy pl a c e d indic a te s c a lu m ny r e pro a ch p e r

, , , ,
74 THE MY S TE R IE S OF A S T R O L O GY .

s e cut i o n an p d ov e r ty ; but
nti a if
lly dignifi
e sse e d giv e s t h e n a tiv e ,

vi ctory ov e r a ll h i s fo e s a n d a h a ppy i s s u e out o f a ll h i s d i fii cul

,

t ie s. M a r s in t h e T w e lfth Hou s e d e no te s i m pri s on m e nt a n d

, ,

troubl e by r e a s on of w ilful cri m e s a n d e rror s ; a l s o m a ny dis e a s e s

,

d e p e nd e nt i n th e ir n a ture On t h e s ign t h e pl a n e t o ccupi e s T h e .

.

S un i n this divi s ion of t h e ce l e s ti a l hou s e s i s a l s o unfortun a t e ;

, ,

n o r i s t h e Mo on m or e p ropitiou s .

T h e for e going i s a bri e f outlin e of t h e ord e r n a tur e a n d p r e , ,

do m in a ti n g influ e nc e s of t h e T we lv e C e l e s ti a l or Zodi a c a l Hou s e s

'

or co m p a rtm e nts co n s t i t ut i n g a s a w hol e a co m pl e t e horo s cop e

, , , ,

a n d v a rying in th e i r indic a tion s a cc ording to t h e pl a n e ts com

pr i s e d w ithin th e m a t t h e tim e of t h e n a tiv e s birth a n d t h e p o s i
’
,

tion a n d po w e r of s uch pl a n e ts In r e fe rrin g to t h e n a tiv e o r i n

.
,
-

'

o th e r w ord s t h e p e r s on w ho s e n a tivity i s t o be c a s t t h e m a s ou
, ,

lin e g e nd e r h a s b e e n u s e d for conv e ni e nc e a n d a s t h e g e n e ric ,

titl e of t h e hu m a n fa m ily It m u s t be und e r s too d ho w e v e r th a t

.
, ,

a l l th a t h a s b e e n s a id ,r e fe r s to t h e fa ir e r a n d g e ntl e r por tion of

cr e a tion a s w e ll a s to t h e m a l e s e x .

It w ill h a v e b e e n ob s e rv e d by t h e r e a d e r th a t e a ch of t h e
tw e lv e hou s e s i s a di s t inct a n d ind e p e nd e nt figur e involving a ,

s e p a r a t e probl e m of fa t e s o th a t if a m a n or w o m a n d e s ir e only

to kno w a s ingl e ph a s e of h i s or h e r d e s tiny it w il l be only ,

n e c e s s a ry to e r e ct t h e hou s e w hich gov e rn s t h e s p e ci e s of e v e nts

-

r e quir e d to be for e s ho w n B ut thi s a fte r a ll i s a s lov e nly un s ci

.
, , ,
'

e n t i fic p roc e s s a n d c a n o n l y giv e a
,
p a rti a l a n d un s a ti s fa ctory
gli m p s e of t h e futur e A s trology i s a c a ndid a s w e ll a s a pro
.
,

found a n d nobl e s ci e nc e —i t a i m s no t o n ly a t t h e truth but t h e ,

w hol e truth T h e fortun e indic a t e d by On e of t h e c e l e s ti a l hou s e s

.
,

m a y p o s s ibly be m odifi e d by t h e pl a ne t a ry influ e nc e s in t h e o th e r s ,

a n d th e r e for e a full n a tivity cov e ring t h e e ntir e c e l e s ti a l circl e

, ,

i s e ntitl e d to m o r e confid e nc e th a n t h e Shr e d s a n d p a t ch e s o f fa t e ,

s o to s p e a k O bt a in e d by dipping h e r e a n d th e r e into t h e fount a in

,

of d e s tiny .

A s trolo g e r s s ubdivid e e a ch of t h e c e l e s ti a l hou s e s into s e v e r a l

p a rts a n d l a y do w n rul e s of c a lcul a tion for a s c e rta ini n g t h e p e c u
,

li a r indic a tion s o f e a ch s ubdivi s ion T h e s e m inuti a ho w e v e r .

, ,

w hic h c a n only be und e r s to o d a n d a ppli e d by t h e a cc om pli s h e d

 T HE D O CT RI NE OF NATIVITIE S . 75

r e a d e r of t h e s t a r s w ould be e ntir e ly o ut of pl a c e in a popul a r

,

tr e a ti s e .

With t h e tw e lv e hou s e s con s tituting a full n a tivity b e for e h i m ,

i t i s t h e duty of t h e a s trolog e r to giv e h i s w hol e m ind for t h e ,

ti m e b e ing to t h e ch a rt of fa t e ; noting t h e goo d a n d e vil con

,

t a i n e d th e r e in a s t h e m a rin e r not e s upon h i s m a p t h e s ho a l s

-

, ,

rock s ro a d s t e a d s a n d co n v e n i e n t h a rbor s lying a long t h e rout e

,
.

to h i s d e s tin a tion H e s hould w e igh in t h e b a l a nc e of h i s ju d g

.

m e nt t h e m a li g n a nt a g a in s t t h e be n e fi ce n t influ e nc e s a n d d e te r ,
’
m in e t h e g e n e r a l ch a r a ct e r o f t h e a pplic a nt s fa t e fro m a c a lcul a

tion of th e ir r e l a tiv e po w e r .

It m u s t no t be s uppo s e d th a t t h e n a tivity of a n individu a l if ,

di s a s trou s in i t s a s p e ct involv e s t h e a b s olut e n e c e s s ity of i t s o w n

,

a cco m pli s h m e nt in a ll i t s p a rt s S o m e thing of t h e r e s pon s ibility

;

r e s ts w ith t h e p e r s on hi m s e lf If t h e d a te wh e n a co n junction
.
,

of unto w a r d pl a n e t s indic a t e s s o m e t e rribl e m i s fortun e und e r

, ,

c e rta in circu m s t a nc e s i s s e t forth it th e n d e p e nd s in m o s t c a s e s

, ,

on h i s o w n volition w h e th e r h e s h a ll pl a c e hi m s e lf in s uch a s itu

a tion a s to e ncount e r t h e di s a s t e r w hich a w a it s h i m und e r c e rt a in

conting e nci e s It w a s for e told to Juliu s C ae s a r th a t h e w ould

'
.

'

p e ri s h by viol e nc e on t h e id e s of M a rch T h e s ooth s a y e r s m a d e .

’
t h e pr e diction a n d it w a s confir m e d by h i s w ife s dr e a m
,
a n d ye t
’
w e kno w full W e ll th a t h a d h e lis t e n e d to C a l p h ur n i a s r e m o n e

s t r a n ce s a n d k e pt a w a y fro m t h e S e n a t e Hou s e on th a t d a y t h e
, ,

tr a g e dy w ould no t a n d could no t h a v e b e e n e n act e d It i s tru e .

th a t t h e s t a r s indic a t e d t h e cri s i s of h i s d e s tiny on t h e 1 5 th d a y

’
of M a rch but it w a s t h e dicta tor s o w n ob s tin a cy w hich s e v e r e d
,

t h e h a ir by w hich w a s s u s p e nd e d a bov e h i s h e a d t h e s w ord of

d e s truction Pop e s a y s th a t t h e O m nipot e nt wh e n
.

bi n d i n g n a t ur e fa s t i n fa t e
L e ft fr e e t h e h um an wi ll ”
,

a n d Ch ri s ti a n a s trolog e r hold s th a t h i s s ci e nc e prop e rly

th e ,

und e r s tood do e s not involv e t h e do ctrin e of a fa t a l n e c e s s ity

, .

T h e duty of t h e a s trolog e r i s no t fini s h e d wh e n h e h a s e r e ct e d

h i s horo s cop e a n d r e a d i t s occul t m e a ning H e s hould a dvi s e .

with t h e inquir e r w a rn h i m of t h e e vil s in dic a t e d in h i s n a tivity

, ,
76 THE MYS TE R IE S OF A S TR O L O GY .

a n d in s truct h i m h o w to a voi d th e m In th i s w a y h e m a y confe r

.
“

inc a lcul a bl e b e n e fits upo n t h e hu m a n r a c e thou s a n d s o f wh o m in

'

t h e a b s e nc e of s uch coun s e l a n d g uid a nc e ru s h blindly into tr a p s

\ '

a n d pitfa ll s o f m i s fo r t un e w h i ch th e y m i g h t a v o i d by a g l a nc e
,

into futurity a n d judiciou s a dvic e fro m tho s e co m p e t e nt to unv e i l

”
i t s m y s t e ri e s F or e w a rn e d for e a r m e d
.
,
i s t h e tru e s t of a ll
,

prov e rb s a n d co m pr e h e nd s in t w o w ord s a volu m e of w i s do m

,

a n d philo s ophy In ord e r to be for e w a rn e d a pply to tho s e w h o

.
,

c a n di s c e rn cl e a rly t h e p a th be for e you ; a n d th a t yo u m a y be

for e a r m e d fo r i t s d a ng e r s p ond e r a n d l a y to h e a rt t h e co un s e l of
“

t h e a s trolog e r .

A s i ll us tr a tion s for t h e g u id a nc e of t h e s tud e nt in A s trology ,

t h e ho r o s cop e s of four individu a l s w h o h a v e pl a ye d i m p ort a nt -

’
though v e ry di s s i m il a r p a rts on t h e w orld s s t a g e a r e intro duc e d ,

in thi s s k e tch of t h e th e ory a n d do ctri n e o f N a tiviti e s O liv e r .

"
C r o m w e ll H e nry ,
M a r cus T ulluS C ic e ro a n d Hor a tio ,
-

G ordon t h e pl a n e ta ry config ur a tion s a n d c om bin a tion s gov e rning

,

w ho s e d e s tini e s a r e h e r e r e p ro duc e d fr o m t h e m o s t a uth e ntic

r e cor d s w e r e a ll e xtr a or din a r y m e n .

T h e e r a of C ro m w e ll co m pr e h e nd e d t h e d e thr on e m e nt a n d
d e c a pit a tion of a king a n d t h e e s t a bli s h m e nt o f a g ov e rn m e nt
s till m or e a b s olut e th a n r oy a lty its e lf upon t h e ruin s of t h e
,

”
B riti s h m on a rchy T h e b a nkrup t br e we r of Huntingdon
. a s ,

he w a s c a ll e d by t h e r oy s t e ring c a v a li e r s — a m a n of co m p a r a
‘
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u

t iv e l y ob s cur e birth an d po s s e s s ing a t t h e out s e t n e it h e r w e a lth

, .

nor i n flue n c e — s ucc e e d e d in un s e a ting t h e h e ir of a long l in e of

king s a n d a fte r pro curing h i s d e a th by t h e a x e l e a p e d if no t
, , ,

a ctu a lly into h i s pl a c e a t l e a s t into a

,
p os ition w h e r e h e w i e ld e d
m or e po w e r th a n a n y m on a rc h w h o e ve r w or e t h e B riti s h crown .

H i s wond e rful c a r e e r i s cl e a rly indic a t e d in h i s horo s cop e a s ,

a n y o n e conv e r s a n t w ith t h e s ci e nc e of A s tr ology w i ll ir e a d i ly

p e rc e iv e H i s go od fortun e w a s a l m o s t unint e rrupt e d fro m t h e

“

co m m e nc e m e nt of h i s m ilit a ry li fe t o t h e p e rio d of h i s d e a th ; but

“

t h e c e l e s ti a l influ e nc e s w hi c h g ov e rn e d t h e n a tivity of h i s s on
“

R i ch a rd w ho m h e fondly hop e d would s ucc e e d h i m w e r e of a n

, ,

a dv e r s e ch a r a ct e r , a n d t h e fa bric of po w e r r e a r e d by t h e fa th e r ,

m e lt e d into a i r wh e n it b e c a m e t h e i n h e r i t a n c e o f t h e s o n Th e .
 THE D O CT R I NE OF NATIVITIE S . 77

n a tivity of t h e unfortun a t e R ich a rd C ro m w e ll w a s c a s t by Wil

li a m Lilly pr e viou s to t h e d e a th of O liv e r a n d t h e pr e s a g e s of
.

278 9

C
H OR OS O P E O F OLI VER C R OM W E LL.

th a t di s tingui s h e d E ngli s h a s trolog e r w e r e a ft e rw a rd s fulfill e d

.

a l m o s t to t h e l e tt e r
.

H e nry VIII w ho s e horo s cop e a n d p ortr a it a r e n e xt in ord e r

.
,

w a s a m on a rch wh o l e ft h i s m a rk upon t h e a g e in w hi ch h e li ve d .

T h a t a g e w itn e s s e d t h e d o w n fa ll of t h e R o m i s h C hurch in En g
,

l a nd a n d t h e p e r s e cuti on s a n d p e n a lti e s e ndur e d by t h e pri e s t

,

hood o f th a t church t h e s a cking of m on a s t e ri e s conv e nts a n d

-

, ,

c a th e dr a l s a n d t h e bodily tor m e nts to which both t h e e ccl e s ia s

,

tic s a n d l a y profe s s or s of C a tholici s m w e r e s ubj e ct e d indic a t e n o ,

l e s s cl e a rly th a n t h e judici a l m urd e r of h i s wiv e s t h e s a nguin a ry

.
,

a n d m e rcil e s s di s po s ition of t h e tyr a nt T h e a d e pt in a s t r ol o

.
78 THE M Y STE R IE S OF A ST R O L O GY .

i nc x in t h horo cop e of thi s s o c a ll e d

‘

d e
h
-

w e s
g i ca l s c e e o e a m e s

fe nd e r of t h e fa ith w ill find a m pl e c l ti l

” e e s a d a t for
a a l l t h e
,

cri m e s a n d cru e lti e s of t h e E ngli s h N ro e . H . i s C ount n nce a e

hy iogno ic l ign s confir m s l a n g u a g e of

judg e d by t h e p s m a s ,

C ro m w e ll
a n d h ow
t p di r nt to '
tho in t h horo s cop of e s
“

he e s e e
s am
-

ign po it d in t h divi
H e nry VIII a r e t h e p a d s e e
an d .
,
l n e t s
. a n s s

co
_

bin
_

tion in t h e Ninth Hou se

s ion s of h i s horo s cop e T h e .
m a s

ll kno w
’

n th a t
indica t e p e ril to life w hil e on a journ e y a n d it i s ,
w e

wi t hi a s hort
C ic e ro s h e a d w a s s truck whil e tr a v e ling in a litt r
’ e n
 T HE D O CTR I NE OF NATIVITIE S . 79

di s ta nc e of R o m e .A k e y to t h e for e n s ic trium ph s of t h e gr e a t
R o m a n or a tor a r e furni s h e d in h i s n a tivity if r e a d a right ; a n d
,

a lthough h i s ho ro s cop e i s s c a rc e ly s o po s itiv e in i t s ch a r a ct e r a s

th a t of Cro m w e ll or H e nry VIII ye t it ca n be r e a dily inte r

.
,

C
T HE H O R OS OP E OF C C
M A R U S TU LLU S C I E R O.

p re by tho s e wh o po s s e s s t h e r e qui s it e o cc ult kno w l e dg e a n d

te d ,

tho s e p e culi a r n a tur a l or s up e rn a tur a l gifts w hich a r e tr a n s m itt e d

fro m g e n e r a tio n to g e n e r a tion in t h e fa m ili e s o f a s trolog e r s a n d
m a gici a n s of t h e high e s t c a s t e of who m ho w e v e r th e r e a r e no t
, ,
,

m o r e th an t w o or thr e e n o w in e xi s t e nc e .

T h e fourth horo s cop e i s th a t of Hor a tio G ordon a v e ry s killful ,

a s trolog e r a n d m a gici a n of t h e s e v e nt e e nth c e ntury of w ho m

,

honor a bl e m e ntio n i s m a d e by s e v e r a l of t h e s ci e ntific w rite r s of

' .

th a t d a y H i s n a tivity indic a t e s gr e a t p e ril s in t h e Hou s e of Life

.
T HE MYS TE R IE S OF A S TR O L O GY .
 THE D O C TR I NE OF NATIVITIE S . 81

duri n g youth a n d it i s on r e cord th a t h i s e a rly y e a r s w e r e

,

m a rk e d by e x tr e m e fe e bl e n e s s an d th a t h e w a s s e ve r a l ti m e s
,

giv e n up a s i ncur a bl e by h i s m e dic a l a tte nd a nt s T h e re a r e .

,

ho w e v e r fa vor a bl e in flue nc e s a pp a r e nt in h i s n a tivity a n d th e s e , ,

a ft e r a l O ng s truggl e pr e v a il e d ov e r t h e e vil p ort e nts in t h e

,

Hou s e of Life a n d h e liv e d long p a s t h i s gr a nd clim a cte ric d i s ,

p e n s i n g t h e l i-

g h t d e r i v e d fro m h i s occult kno wl e dg e to thou s a nd s -

.
'

In t h e gr a v e y a r d of a n ol d vill a g e church in H a m p s hir e not fa r ,

fro m Winch e s t e r w h e r e h e p a s s e d h i s d e clining y e a r s a n e a t

, ,

m onu m e nt r e cord s h i s t a l e nt s a n d h i s virtu e s .

B e for e clo s ing thi s divi s ion of t h e s ubj e ct it i s pr op e r to s a y ,

a fe w word s of t h e pr a ctic a l utility of n a tiviti e s T h e individu a l .

who p os s e s s e s on e of th e s e v a d e m a ma s truly dr a w n h a s a ll t h e , ,

a dv a nt a g e ov e r h i s fe llo w be i n g s t h a t a m a n with a D ru m m on d
’
‘

light s hining upon h i s p a th would po s s e s s ov e r h i m th a t grop e d

,

h i s w a y through t h i Ck d a rkn e s s
,
_
T h e for m e r s e e s t h e m i s for
.
,

tun e s w ith wh i ch t h e futur e thr e a te n s h i m a n d by a w i s e e x e rci s e ,

of h i s di s cr e tion ca n e ith e r a void th e m or l e s s e n th e ir m a gnitud e

, .

Wh e n w e s e e t h e fa c e of d a ng e r w e a r e o n our gu a r d ; but d i s ,

a s t e r lying i n a m bu s h for our liv e s our fortun e s our h e a lth or , , ,

a n y thing t h a t w e hold d e a r i s a l m o s t s ur e of i t s pr e y b e c a u s e
, ,

”
“
it co m e th a s a thi e f in t h e night w ith out pr e m onition or ,

w a rning A S t h e r a ttl e w a s be s t o w e d upon t h e Crot a lu s fo r t h e

‘

.
,

purpo s e o f co m p e lling it to giv e notic e of i t s pr e s e nc e a n d d e a dly

'

purpo s e s o h a s t h e divin e s ci e nc e of A s trology a n d i t s kindr e d

“

a rt s b e e n b e s tow e d U pon m a nkind in ord e r th a t d e s tiny m ight be

, ,

m a d e to r e v e a l it s e lf in a dv a nc e a n d t hu s e n a bl e m a n to fortify
,

hi m s e lf a g a in s t i t s a d ve r s e s h a fts a n d O ppo s e to m a lig n influ e nc e s

,

in t h e futur e h i s c our a g e h i s int e llig e nc e a n d h i s prud e nc e

, ,
.

Multitud e s of in s t a nc e s m ight be cite d in w hich thr e a t e n e d

’
a ccid e nts a n d lo s s e s fa m ily di s s e n s ion s lov e r s qu a rr e l s liti g a
, , ,

tion crim e s ickn e s s & c h a v e b e e n a v e rt e d or fa vor a bly m odifi e d

, , ,
.
,

“
in con s e qu e nc e of t h e im p e nding e vil h a ving c a s t i t s s h a do w
”
b e for e .
82 THE MYS TE RIE S OE A S TR O L O GY .

1 A s illu s tr a tion s o to s p e a k of t h e An a to m y of A s trology,

a n , ,

t h e follo wing e n gr a vi n g s howing t h e conn e xio n b e tw e e n t h e

.

S ig n s of t h e Z odi a c a nd th e d i ff e r e nt portion s of t h e hu m a n
“

fr a m e will be found u s e ful

,
.

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G E O MA NCY i s t h e ar t of fo r e s h o wm g futur e e v e n t s by co m bi
n a tion s of dot s or points . T h e fr l a r s of t h e Middl e Ag e s , w h o ,
notw ith s ta nding th e ir public ful m in a tion s a g a in s t s orc e ry a n d
m a gic pr a cti s e d in t h e s e clu s ion of th e ir m on a s t e ri e s a n d a bb e y s
,

a ll t h e m e thod s of divin a tion w ith w hich th e ir b l a ck l e t te r lor e

a n d t h e tr a dition s of for m e r a g e s h a d m a d e t h e m f a m i li a r e s p e ,

c i a lly a ffe ct e d thi s br a n ch of o ccult s ci e nc e .Shut out fro m t h e

ordin a ry pl e a s ur e s a n d o ccup a tion s of life by th e ir m on a s tic vo ws ,

th e y s e e m to h a v e co m p e n s a t e d t h e m s e lv e s for t h e s a crific e of
w orldly indulg e nci e s by s e e king to p e n e tr a t e t h e v e il w hich hid e s
fro m m a n t h e s e cr e ts of D e s tiny T h a t pow e rful cl e rico m ilita ry
.
-
.

broth e rhood t h e Knights T e m pl a r s w e r e a t on e ti m e a ccu s e d

, ,

of pr a cti s ing D e m onology a n d m a ny of t h e ord e r w e r e tri e d

,

s e nt e nc e d to e xco m m unic a tion a n d

'

an d d e a t h on thi s ch a rg e .

Wh e th e r t h e a ccu s a tion s brought a ga in s t th e m w e r e tru e or .

f a l s e w e h a v e n ow no m e a n s of a s c e rta ining ; but it i s quit e

,

c e rta in th a t m a ny of t h e m onk s of th a t e r a w e r e w e ll v e r s e d in
-

c e l e s ti a l m a gic .Th e i n noc e nt a n d ye t w o n d e r ful a r t of G e o

m a ncy , a s w e ll a s t h e m or e a b s tru s e s ci e nc e of Judicia l a n d
Hor a ry A s trol ogy w a s s tudi e d a n d r e duc e d to pr a ctic e in
,

c e ll s a n d or a tori e s t h e inm a t e s of w hich w e r e s uppo s e d by t h e

,

outs id e w orld to be s ol e ly e m ploy e d in fa s ting pr a y e r a n d holy

, ,

m e dit a tion .
-

B ut hu m a n n a t ur e 1 s p re tty m uch t h e s a me in t h e cloi s t e r a s it

86 THE MYSTE R IE S OF A S T R OL OGY .

is l s e wh e r e
e Curio s ity w hich w e a ll hon e s tly inh e rit fro m our
.
,

co m m on m oth e r i s s h a rp e n e d r a th e r th a n e xti n gui s h e d in r e tir e

,

m e nt a n d
,
t h e goo d fa th e r s finding littl e fi e ld for it in th e ir
gloo m y pr e s e nt w e r e ind e fa tig a bl e in d e v1 s m g w a y s a n d m e a n s
,

for obt a ining a p e e p into futurity .

A s t h e pr oc e s s e s of G e o m a ncy a r e int e r e s ting a n d a m u s ing t h e ,

co w l e d t e n a nt s of t h e r e ligiou s h o uSe s b e guil e d m a ny a w e a ry

hour in e nd e a voring to w ring fro m F a t e h e r und e v e lop e d m ys t e =

No r w e r e th e ir e ffor ts fruitl e s s for in a ll c a s e s

'

r i e s by i t s a i d
t

.
, ,

w h e r e t h e I nquir e r I S Sinc e r e a n d e a rn e s t in h i s or h e r qu e s tio ns “

tho ugh thi s m e diu m t h e s ym p a thy w hich pr e v a il s throughout

‘

n a tur e a n d w hich c a nnot be account e d for e xc e pt by r e fe rring it

,

to s o m e thing high e r th a n m a t e ri a l influ e nc e s will in s ur e h i m a ,

tru e a n d int e llig e nt a n s w e r .

T h e a r t or s ci e nce of G e o m a ncy con s i s t s of t w o p a rts Si m p le ,

a n d com p oun d S i m p le G e om a n cy i s t h e a r t of a s c e rt a ining e v e nt s

.

to co m e fro m t h e n a tur e a n d prop e rti e s of s ixt e e n e m bl e m a tic

,
'

figur e s w ithout co m bin a tion by hou s e pl a c e or a s p e ct

, , .

C om p oun d G e om a n cy c a n s c a rc e ly be c a ll e d a n a r t it i s a s ci
“

e nc e It t e a ch e s t h e m e a n s o f di s cov e ri ng n o t only t h e g e n e r a l
. .

a n s w e r to t h e u e s tion propound e d but a ll i t s conting e nt r e l a

q ,
'

tion s ; a n d involv e s in i t s for m ul a s o m e of t h e o p e r a t i o n s of

As trology .

S tr a n g e to s ay thi s br a nch of m a gic a lthough e xt e n s iv e ly p r a c

t i s e d h a s r a r e ly b e e n m a d e t h e s ubj e ct of e xpl a n a tory tr e a t i s e s
a n d a t thi s d a y it i s a l m o s t i m po s s ibl e to obt a in a book i n r e l a

tion to it a t a n y pric e T h e a uthor of thi s w ork h a s I n h i s p os

.

s e s s io n a volu m e of illu m in a t e d m a nu s cript b e a ring d a t e 1 4 2 9 , ,

in w hich th e r e I s a tol e r a bly full d e s cription of t h e G e o m a ntic

d us op e r a n d i an d fro m thi s a n d o th e r d a t a coll e c te d during h i s
,

tr a v e l s a s w e ll a s fro m t h e knowl e dg e d e riv e d fro m pr a cti ca l

,

e xp e ri e nc e h e w ill e nd e avor to giv e a conci s e s k e tch of t h e m o d e

“

Of p roc e e ding
T h e m e thod of w orking qu e s tion s in s i m pl e G e o m a ncy con s i s t s
i n r a pidly m a rki n g d ow n w i th p e n or p e ncil a s e ri e s of dot s or
point s th e pr e ci s e nu m b e r b e i n g l e ft to ch a nc e
, T h e m ind of .

t h e q ue ri s t whil e doing thi s m u s t be e a rn e s tly fix e d upon t h e

"

, ,
 GE OMANCY . 87

m a tt e r upon which h e d e s ir e s infor m a tion a n d a s fr e e fro m doub t

,

a n d s k e ptici s m a s
p o s s ibl e T h e l a tt e r point i s e s s e nti a l to a
. ,

v e r a ciou s a n d r a tion a l a ns w e r .

'

T h e a n ci e n t s be li e v e d th a t wh e n th e s e conditi on s w e r e o b
s e rv e d a n invi s ibl e s pirit or pl a n e t a ry a ng e l cont roll e d t h e h a nd
,

of t h e qu e s tion e r c a u s ing h i m s o to a rr a ng e t h e m y s tic dot s a s

,

to Obt a in a n a uth e ntic s olutio n of h i s qu e ry .

T h e for m s a n d n a m e s of t h e s i x t e e n G e o m a ntic s ign s or figur e s

a r e a s follo w s

A c qui s i t i o .

o
0 0
A m is sio .

o o
O O 0

R ub e n s . Fortun a m aj or .

F ortun a m inor .

In t h e fir s t pl a c e a s h a s b e e n s t a t e d t h e dots a r e c a s u a lly
, ,

m a rk e d do w n w ithout counting
,
T h e n e xt p ro c e e ding i s to join
.

th e m into a s ch e m e or figur e wh e nc e t h e a n s w e r i s d e riv e d

,
.

S uch i s t h e pr e s e nt for m ul a ; but a n a l m o s t ill e gibl e bl a ck

l e tt e r volum e of t h e tw e l fth c e ntury in th e libr a ry of t h e Briti s h
,

Mu s e um fro m which by p e r m i s s ion e xtr a cts h a v e b e e n m a d e for

,

thi s book Cont a in s t h e s ubjoin e d dir e c t ion s for divining by G e o

‘

m a ncy which c a nnot fa il to be

, a ccount e d i m pr e s s i v e a s w e ll a s .

qu a int a n d curiou s .
88 THE MYS TE RIE S or A S T RO L O GY .

mi ni m um h it t lg t Sttm

Th e v e n pl a n e ts a r e c a ll e d t h e king s of t h e w orl d ; a n d
se ,

e v e ry o n e of th e s e m a y do in h i s h e m i s ph e r e a s a n I m p e i a t o r in

h i s e m pir e , or a princ e in h i s kingdo m T h e y a r e n a m e d by w i s e . .

m e n t h e s e v e n c a ndl e s tick s o f light an d life

, a n d a r e a s s e ve n ,

quick s pirits w h e r e unto a ll liv1ng thing s a n d a ll t e rr e s t r i a l a ffa ir s .

are S ubj e ctiv e .

T o d i vi n e by th e ir influ e n c e s i s t h e s cop e of our doctrin e ,

e v e n t h e a r t c a ll e d G e o m a ncy w hich i s non e o th e r th a n t h e cogi

t a t i on s of t h e h e a r t of t h e a s k e r join e d to t h e e a rn e s t d e s ir e of ,

t h e w ill to kno w t h e th i ng or m a tt e r unc e rt a in or d ark w hich i s , ,

n e v e rth e l e s s con t a in e d in t h e p e n e t r a li um or hidd e n c a bin e t of

,

n a tur e a n d gov e rn e d by t h e s e cr e ts of fortu n e

,
.

“
T his a r t curiou s in i t s m e thod a n d of div e r s e e ffi c a cy i s
, , ,

a tt a in a bl e byh i m a lon e w h o w ill a m id s t thorny p a th s a n d rugg e d ,

journ e ys guid e h i s foot s t e p s a right ; for doubtl e s s dive r s w a y s

,

l e a d to t h e s e lfs a m e e n d But know O m a n ! w ho e v e r thou a r t

.
, ,

th a t s h a ll inquir e into th e s e hidd e n m y s te ri e s th a t thou m u s t for ,

b e a r to con s ult t h e h e a v e nly or a cl e s or to c a s t thy divining ,

p oints in a cloudy windy or r a in y s e a s on ; or w h e n t h e h e a v e n s

, , ,

a bov e th e e a r e s trick e n w ith thund e r ; or w h e n t h e lightni n g s

g l a r e a m i d s t thy p a th ; for thou a r t gov e rn e d by a n invi s ibl e l
’

d e m on wh o w ill s thy a n s w e r a n d w ill guid e thy tr e m bling fi n g e r s ,

to c a s t thy figur e rightly S o th a t w h a t to th e e m a y s e e m t h e .

s port a n d p a s ti m e of e v e ry ch a nc e i s t h e w ork of a n un s e e n ,

pow e r T h e r e for e m a rk w e ll e l s e t h e m i ghty s pirits of t h e

.
, , ,

e a rth wh o rul e thy d e s ti ny w ill be to th e e a s d e c e iv e r s a n d e v e n

, , ,

a s t h e fa l s e a n d lying s pirit s r e cord e d i n H oly Writ .

T hou s h a l t th e r e for e c a s t thy divining points i n e a r t h ( thy

fe llow cl a y) t e m p e re d a ccording to t h e high a n d hidd e n m y s te ri e s
of t h e s e v e n w a nd e ring fir e s o f h e a v e n which t h e vulg a r c a ll ,

pl a n e ts or s ta r s T hou s h a l t t a k e cl e a n e a r th in t h e m a nn e r of
, .
,

s a nd m i n g le d w i t h t h e d e ws of t h e ni g h t a n d t h e m i n o
, f t h e cl oud s ,

th a t s h a ll f a ll d ur i n
g th e f ull f
o t h e m oon , com m i xe d i n e qua l p or

t i on s f or th e s
p a ce
qf s e ve n d a ys ; und e r th e c e l e s ti a l s ign s or r e ign
 GE OMANCY . 9

ing con s t e ll a tion s or oth e rwi s e in t h e lor d s hip O f t h e hour s of

,

t h e pr e s iding pl a n e t s ; a n d th e n s h a lt thou m ingl e t h e w hol e m a s s

“

tog e th e r to t h e int e nt th a t by th e ir co m m ixion t h e univ e r s a l

“

, , ,

e ffe ct m a y be t h e b e tt e r known a n d t h e e n d th e r e of proph e s i e d

, .

C hoo s e th e r e for e a cl e a r a n d go odly s e a s on bright a n d fa i r

, , , ,

a n d n e ith e r d a rk w indy nor r a iny— a n d fe a r not but r e s t a s s ur e d

, , ,

thou s h a lt be s a ti s fi e d .
'
“
Mor e ov e r s h o ul d e s t t h o u m a k e us e of t h e m a g i ca l s uffu m i g a
,

tion s of t h e h e a v e nly orb s thou s h a lt m a k e g l ad (by s ym p a thy)

,

t h e s pirits of t h e a i r T h e y a r e th e s e — viz m a s tic cinn a m on

.
,
.
, ,

fr a nkinc e n s e m u s k t h e w oo d of a lo e s cori a ndru m viol e ts

, , , , ,

s a und e r s a n d s a ffron
, C o m m i x a n d ignit e th e s e in d ue a n d ju s t
.

proportion s ; a n d th e n m a y e s t tho u proc e e d to con s ult thy futur e

lot .

T h e following a n d m or e m od e rn pl a n i s how e ve r, e qu a lly e ffi ,

ci e nt a n d l e s s c o m pl e x a n d l a boriou s .

T HE F I R S T P R O C ESS .

Wh e n t h e a s k e r or inquir e r h a s th ought e a rn e s tly upon t h e

s ubj e ct or m att e r of which h e inquir e s l e t h i m m a rk d o vVn s i x t e e n
'

lin e s of dots m a rk s o r points without counting th e m s o th at a t

, , , ,

t h e l e a s t th e r e be not l e s s th a n tw e lv e point s in e a ch lin e — which ,

don e l e t h i m join t h e poi n ts or m a rk s in e a ch lin e tog e th e r two

, ,

a n d t w o ; a n d if t h e nu m be r of point s be e ve n which i s if t h e y , ,

will a ll join tog e th e r le t h i m m a rk down a t t h e e n d of t h e lin e

,

t wo dot s ciph e r s o r m a rk s ; but if t h e nu m b e r of point s in t h e

, ,
.

lin e be od d Which i s wh e n on e r e m a i n s aft e r t h e y a r e j oi n e d by t wo

, ,

a n d t wo th e n l e t h i m w rit e do w n but one p oint

,
E v e ry four .

lin e s for m o n e G e om a ntic figur e a s follow s :

-

F i g ur e 1.

—
'

0 — 0 0 — 0 o— o 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 o -
o 0— 0 0 — 0 0 o

0— 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0— 0 o o 0— 0 o
“

0— 0 0— 0 0— 0 0— 0 0 — 0 .
0— 0 0— 0 0— 0

0— 0 0— 0 0— 0 0 — 0 0— 0 0— 0 0
90 THE MYS TE R IE S or A S T R O L OG Y

o — o o —o o — o o —o _
o —o o — o o — o o — o o — o

o— o o— o 0 — 0 0— 0 o— o o— o o —O o '

0— 0 0— 0 o— o o —o o — o o — o o —o o — o O— o o

o —o o — o o — o o — o o — o o— o o— o o

0— 0 0— 0 0— 0 0— 0 0— 0 0— 0 0— 0 0— 0 0

0 —0 0— 0 0— 0 0 —
0 0— 0 0— 0 0— 0 0

0— 0 0— 0 0— 0 0— 0 0— 0 0— 0 0 — 0 0

o — o o— o O— o o — o o— O o -
o o —o o o— o o
o -
o o — o o— o o —o o— o o -
o o —o o — o o— o o
o — o o -
o o— o o —o o— o o -
o o — o o— o o
o o— o o— o o— O o— o O
‘

o -
o— o -
o 0

T he se a re c a ll e d t h e four fir s t s t e p s of t h e figur e ; a n d in
pl a cing t h e m th e y m u s t be r e a d fro m right to l e ft a s und e r ,

n e a th .

Th e n e x t pro c e s s 1 S to for m f our o th e r figur e s fro m out of

‘

fi r s t four whi ch i s don e by t a king t h e nu m be r of point s in

‘

fir s t lin e s of e a ch figur e : thu s in t h e figur e ,

F i g ur e 5 .

No 1 t h e p o i nt s in t h e fir s t lin e a r e
.
,

tw o pl a c e d thu s , .

In No 2 t h e point s in t h e fir s t lin e
.
,

a r e a l s o t wo pl a c e d thu s ,

In NO 3 th e r e i s but on e poin t thu s

.
,

In No 4 th e r e a r e a g a i n t w o thu s
.
, , 0 o

G iving thi s figur e ,

No 5 . .
 GE O MA NCY . 91

Figur e t h e 6 t h is found t h e s a m e w a y by t a king , the o dd or

e v e n point s in t h e s e con d lin e of t h e figur e s thu s ,

se cond lin e of No 1 i s a n o dd point thu s

.
,

s e cond lin e of No 2 i s a l s o a n odd point

.

s e cond lin e of No 8 i s a l s o a n odd point

.

s e cond lin e of No 4 a r e t w o points thu s

.
,

0
G iving thi s figur e ,
0
No . 6 . 0

F igur e t h e 7 t h is a l s o found th e sam e wa y ; thu s — t

In t h e t h i r d lin e of No 1 t h e r e a r e t w o point s thu s

.
, ,

In t h e thir d lin e of No 2 o n e point thu s .

, ,

In t h e third lin e of No 3 t w o points t hu s .

, ,

In t h e thir d lin e of No 4 a l s o t wo point s thu s.

, ,

0 0
G ivi n g thi s figur e , 0
No 7 . .

F igur e t h e 8 th is fo r m e d thu s ,
th e sam e wa y .

In th e f our lin e
th of No 1 .
, on e p oint
In th e fourth lin e of NO 2 .
,
o n e point

In th e fourth lin e of No 8 .
,
o n e point

In th e four th lin e of NO 4 .
,
t w o point s

G iving thi s figur e

No . 8 .

o o
Th e n e xt s t e p is to pl a c e th e whol e in ord e r fro m r i ght to le ft ,

a s un d e r ;

8
’

Ne xt for me d out fi
g
,
a figur e is of e a ch p a ir of ur e s b y joinin g
92 THE MYS TE RIE S OF A S TR O L OG Y .

tog e th e r t h e 1s t a nd 2d ,
th e 8 d an d 4t h , t h e 5 th an d 6 th , an d th e
7t h an d 8th figur e s , a ccor ding a s th e p oints in e a ch are o dd or
e ve n — ,
thu s

By thi s m e a n s a n a ddition a l four figur e s Nos 9 1 0 11, a n d

, ,
.
, ,

1 2 a r e g a in e d which a r e a g a i n to be j oin e d tog e th e r —thu s

, , ,

l a s tly Nos 1 3 a n d 14
,
. ar e j oin e d in lik e m a nn e r t og e th e r ,

thus NO 1 3 h a s o n e m a rk d O d d in t h e fir s t lin e , a n d No 14
“

. an .

two .

F i g ur e 15 .

Th e nu m b e r t h r e e i s od d m a rk e d thu s ,

In t h e s e cond lin e of e a ch t wo p oints e ve n , ,

In t h e thir d lin e of e a ch t wo a l s o e v e n , ,

In t h e fourth lin e of e a ch t h r e e , o dd ,

Th e whol e pro ce s s is e x e m plifi e d in th e co m pl e t e figur e wh i ch

is h e r e giv e n .
 GE OMANCY . 93

W IT NE SS E S A ND JU DG E I N T HE F ORE G OI NG E XAM P LE .

In r e s olving qu e s tion s s im
p le G e o m a ncy i t i s t h e t h r e e
,

fi g ur e s a lon e No s 1 3 14 a n d 15 w hich a r e u s e d i n givin g

, .
, , ,
th e
a n s w e rs
. T he s e a r e te rm e d

A F I G U RE OF T RI P LI C I T Y .

Of th e s e thr e e figur e s No 1 3 i s t e r m e d t h e Ri g h t Wi t n e s s a n d
,
.
,

No 14 t h e Lef t W i t n e s s ; out of th e s e t w o i s dr a wn t h e JU D G E
.

of t h e w hol e figur e to w ho m t h e s e nt e n c e or a n s w e r of t h e whol e

,

qu e s tion b e lo n g s , a s will be h e r e a fte r s hown .

94 THE MYS TE R IE S OF A S TR OL O GY .
’

T he re is a triking p e cul i a rity or a r i t h m e t i ca l prop e rty in a

s , ,

s ch e m e of G e o m a ncy thu s c a s t w hich i s th a t Only e ight out of ,

t h e s i xt e e n figur e s c a n e v e r be found in t h e pl a c e of t h e Ju d g e
t h e l a tt e r th e r e for e i s a l w a y s for m e d of e ve n p oi n t s
, , F o r it .

m u s t be O bs e rv e d th a t to t h e fir s t four figur e s b e long t h e ground

, :

w ork of t h e w ho le ; a n d th e s e m u s t be e ith e r O d d or e v e n —i f
‘

Od d ,
t h e n e xt four figur e s w ill be a l s o O d d a n d a ccording t o a ,

g e o m e tric a l a xio m out of t w o n e g a tiv e qu a liti e s co m e s a n a ffi r m

,

a tiv e a n d , th e r e for e t h e Jud g e w il l be e v e n

,
Ag a in if t h e fir s t .
,

four figur e s a r e e v e n t h e n e xt four figur e s W ill be e v e n a l s o a n d

, ,

O f cour s e t h e Jud g e wi ll a lw a ys be e v e n .

At fir s t s ight t h e r e a d e r m a y di s cov e r m a ny di fficulti e s i n t h e

,

w a y O f c a s ting a figur e ; but a littl e pr a ctic e w ill r e nd e r t h e

“

s y s t e m fa m ili a r pl a in a n d e a s y th e r e for e l e t h i m not r e j e ct it

, , ,

W ithout a tri a l .

T h e m e tho d O f f o r m i n g a fi gur e of G e o m a ncy h a s b e e n a l ,

'

“
r e a dy s ho w n ; a s a l s o w h a t i s t e r m e d t h e Figur e of t h e T r i
, ,

p li c i t i e s for t h e b e tt e r judging of w hich t h e O ld a uthor s h a v e ,

l e ft on r e cor d c e rt a in T abl e s w hich cont a in t h e , S e n t e n ce Of

»

t h e w itn e s s e s a n d judg e by w hich a n a n s we r n e g a tiv e or a ffir m ,

a tiv e m a y be fou n d w ithou t t roubl e

It h a s b e e n a l s o O b s e rv e d th a t only e ight out of t h e s ixt e e n

,
'

fi gur e s c a n e v e r be judg e ; y e t a s th e r e a r e t w o w i t n e s s e s a l s o
,

t o be t a k e n into a ccount t h e v a r i a t i on s to t h e a n s w e r s a r e 8 m ul
,
'

t i p l i e d by 1 6 a n d th e r e for e e qu a l to 1 2 8 i n n u m b e r In th e s e '
-
.
,

c a s e s ho w e v e r i t i s of c on s e qu e nc e to notic e on w hich s id e t h e
, ,
.

go o d or e vil figur e s fa ll a s t h a t giv e s t h e v a ri a tion s in t h e r e s ult

,
.

T hu s for in s t a nc e t h e T ripliciti e s
, ,

O O

O O

O O

O 0 a lthough th e judg e
 GE OMA NCY . 95

'
i s th e sam ein e a ch y e t t h e a n s w e r s corr e s ponding a r e d i fi e r e n t ;
,
.

a n d s o in a l l oth e r c a s e s w h a t e v e r .

In Or d e r to w ork by t h e follo w ing T a bl e s t h e r e a d e r m u s t ca s t

,

t h e figur e a n d r e fe r to t h e p a g e for t h e a n s we r to h i s qu e s tion

,

thu s for in s ta nc e in t h e following fi g ur e

, ,

“ ”
If t h e qu e s tion w e r e of t h e L e ngth of Life t h e a n s we r
,
”
w ould be Sh or t Life
,
.

”
If it w e r e of a n a ffa ir conn e ct e d with Mon e y t h e a n s w e r ,
“ ”
would be U nf or t un a t e
,
.

“
If it w e r e of S ickn e s s it woul d d e not e
, De a t h to t h e
P a ti e nt a n d s o on in a ll oth e r c a s e s r e fe rrin g to th a t p a g e of
,

t h e w ork which h a s t h e r e quir e d T ripliciti e s .

T h e follo w ing T a bl e s a r e co m pil e d fro m a n ol d a n d curiou s

.

a uthor n o w out of print

,
t h e a n s w e r s a r e conci s e a n d t h e e xp l a
,

n a tion s i m pl e which i s a ll th a t ca n be wi s h e d .
96 THE MY S TE R IES OF A STROL OG Y
‘ “

T H E S E N T E N C E OF T HE JU DG E

I N TH E QU E ST O I NS RELA TI NG TO

1 l . e n gt h of
2 .
m i ni n g or (Exa m , 7 S i t ti m
. zs ,

3 .
3 21m m : nr O u tfi t , 8 . Em p t is n um m t ,

A 33 . us i n e s s , 9Z lout m g s
.
, aa h
5 (i lI m a g e , 10 fitt i n g s
-
. .

A CC ORDI NG T O TH E M O ST F A M OU S A U TH OR S O F F ORM ER TI M ES .

0 O O 0
O O 0 0
O O 0 0
0 O O O O O
O 0
O O

O 0

M on e y ,

B us i n e s s , . U n fbr t un a t e .

M arria g e Ma r r i a g e G o od .

P r e g n a n cy , . A D a ug ht e r . P r e g n a n cy ,. . A S on .

S i ckn e s s He a lt h .

Im pr i s on m e n t ,
. D e li v e r y . Im pr i s on m en t, Qui ck R e le a s e .

Jour n e y, . . G oo d by W a t e r . Jour n e y , G ood an d Qui ck .

h
T in g L os t ,. F oun d . Thi n g L os t , .Not Foun d .
 GE OMA NCY .

L if e ,

M on e y

B u s in e s s ,

Ma r r i a g e ,

P r e g n a n cy ,

S i ckn e ss

Im p r i s on m e n t

Jour n e y ,

B us i n e s s ,

Pr e g n a n cy ,
.

Si ckn e ss ;

Im p r i s on m e n t, C om e o ut .

Jour n e y , . G o od an d S p e e dy .

Thi n g L os t ,
98 T HE MYS TE RIE S OF A S TROLO GY
‘
l
.

0 0

0 0

0 0
0 0
 GE OMA NCY . 99

0 O
0 0 0 0
0 O O 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0

0 0
0 0

Ma r r i a g e

.
Not F oun d .
1 00 THE MYS TE RI ES OF A OG Y .

0 0
 G E O MAN CY . 1 01

U
Q ESTI ONS .

M on e y , 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 M on e y ,
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o

H on or ,

B us m e SS’ O O O O O C O C O O O O B us i n e s s ,
C O O O O O O O O O O O Me a ln o

Ma r r i a g e ,.

P r e g n a n cy ,

Si c kn e s s
Im pr i s on m e n t I m pr i s on m e n t D a n g e r ous .

Jour n e y Jour n e y ,

T hi n g L os t ,

ca n n on s .
1 02 T HE MYS TE R IE S OF GY .

0 0

'

QUM ONS .

M on e y ,

,0 0

0 0

0 0

0 O
0 O O 0 O O
'

O O 0 0
O O

O O

M on e y ,

H onor ,

B us i n e s sS
) . 0 0 0 0 0

P r e g n a n cy ,0 0 0 0 0 . O

P e r i l ous . Si c kn e s s ,

D i ffi cul t .

U l ky
n uc .
,0 .

. Not F oun d .
 OM A NOY . 1 03
0 O

O 0

ANSW E RS . U
Q ESTI ONS . A NSW ERS .

O O O O
O O O O O O
O O
O
'
O
O O
ANS W ERS .
1 04 T HE MY S TE R IE S or OG Y .

Q U IB TI ONS . U
Q ES TI ONS .

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Th e rul e s pri n cipl e s a n d cl e a r e x a m pl e s O f S i m pl e G e o m a ncy

,

h a v e n o w b e e n giv e n T h e C o m poun d br a nch O f th e s ci e nc e i s

’

fa r to o a b s t ru s e to be co m pr e h e nd e d by t h e g e n e r a l r e a d e r a n d ,

tho s e w h o d e s ir e to l e a rn conc e rni n g th e ir fa t e thro ugh thi s

"

m e d i um j s h o ul d a pply t
o a co m p e t e nt a s trolog e r a n d
p rof e s so r
of m a g ic .
 ali gni n g d uh stut t e ri ng .

IT is not unfr e qu e ntly cl a i m e d th a t Phy s iogno m y a s a s ci e nc e

, ,

only d a t e s fro m t h e l a s t c e ntury a n d th a t it w a s fir s t r e duc e d to

,

a s y s t e m by L a v a t e r a s Phr e nology r e c e iv e d i t s cl a s s ific a tion s

’

a n d i t s no m e n c l a tur e fro m D r G a ll B ut t h e truth i s th a t Phy

. .

s i o g n o m y a n d to s o m e e xt e nt Phr e nology w e r e s tudi e d a n d pr a o

, ,

t i s e d in conn e xion w ith A s trology a g e s b e for e e ith e r of t h e a bov e

philo s oph e r s w e r e born Phy s iogno m y in t h e old e n ti m e h a d a
.

m e a ning m uch m or e co mpr e h e n s iv e th a n t h e m od e rn d e finition .

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1 08 THE MYS TE R IE S or A S T R O L O GY .

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of t h e s e v e nt e e nth c e ntury thu s d e s crib e s t h e m a nn e r in w hi c h
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11 0 THE MYS TE R IE S or A S T RO L O GY .

it w e r e a br ui s e d n e s s ; h e i s s lo w in a ll h i s a ction s a n d c a rri e s ,

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s h a ll p a s s a w a y h i s life in a t a v e rn or in a c l o y s t e r for to c a r o w s e ,

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tor a r e of a s a nguin e hu mour a s for t h e fa c e th e y h a v e it fa ir

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for t h e J o v i a li s t s .

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.

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b a ld on t h e cro w n of t h e h e a d of a m iddl e s ta tur e t h e for e p a rt , ,

of h i s h e a d big t h e no s tril s i s s uin g out a n d w h e n h e go e s h e

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d i e 6) G un n ing m ti n a ni on .

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c a u s e th h i m to be of a bro w n colour w ith s o m e sm a ll r e dn e s s ,
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OF A ST R OLOG Y .

fle s h ly , h a ving v e ry gr e a t e y e s ,
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h a ving a gr e a t m outh a n d thick lip s e s p e ci a lly t h e und e r lip , .

9 G un n ing through the de n i al h uman .

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giv e us an e p i t h i t e of S a ints , which i s t h e rk w hich a ll w i s e

m a

m e n a im a t for t h e obta in m e nt of th a t i m m or tality w hich i s

d e s ir e d by pur e wi s do m T h a t th e r e for e . w e m a y co m e to thi s
di s cov e ry it i s thu s ,

A littl e h e a d i s n e v e r without vic e , a n d m o s t co m m only i s

guilty Of littl e wi s do m but r a th e r ful l of folly which i s n a ught
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a n d m a liciou s .

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t h o ug h t h e r e m a yb e s o m e ti m e s but no t ofte n go o dn e s s of n a
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d e pr e s s e d on both s id e s a fte r t h e fa s hion of a s ph e a r co m p a s s e d .

a bout w ith i t s z o d i a ck T h e b e s t for m of a h e a d i s m o d e r a t e a s

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gr e a tn e s s a n d thickn e s s a n d of a d e c e n t a n d conv e ni e nt roun d

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w hich b e for e a n d be h i n d e i s t e m p e r e d w i th a li tt le co m
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n e ss ,

pr e s s ion .

T h e br a in on e of t h e n obl e s t p a rts of t h e body i s a ccording

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to t h e for m of t h e craniu m for if t h e cr a nium be corrupt e d t h e , ,

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br a i n i s s o to o T h e h e a d o f m a n h a th proportio n a bly m or e
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br a in s th a n a ll oth e r living cr e a tur e s a n d m e n h a v e m or e br a in s

th a n w o m e n a n d t h e h e a d of m a n h a th m or e j o yn t s th a n a n y
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o th e r cr e a tur e S O t h e w e ll for m e d h e a d i s lik e a m a ll e t o r

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s ph e a r th e r e b e ing s o m e e m in e ncy b e for e a n d be h i n d e

, t h e for m
of t h e m iddl e v e ntricl e Should be a little co m pr e s s e d s o t h e cogi ,

t a t i v e fa cul ty i s t h e m or e not a bl e If t h e for e p a rt be d e pr e s s e d .

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t h e m a n i s of no judg e m e nt if t h e hind e r h e h a th no m e m ory , ,

h a ving a gr e a t w e a kn e s s in t h e m otio n of t h e n e r ve s a n d c o n s e ,

qu e ntly of a ll t h e p a rt s of t h e bo dy T h e s tr e n gth of t h e br a in .

i s d e m o n s tr a t e d by t h e s tr e ngth of t h e body a n d n e rv e s a s a l s o ,

by t h e br e a dth of t h e s hould e r s t h e br e a s t a n d t h e la t e r a l p a r t s , , ,
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c a ll e d hypo condr e s w hich a r e t h e jun ctur e s of t h e liv e r to t h e
,

s pl e e n T h e h e a d w hich i s of a h a n d s om a n d d e c e nt for m a ug
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m e nt s t h e s e n s e a n d virtu e a n d d e not e s in t h e m a n m a gn i fic e nc e
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a n d honour ; but if d e for m e d t h e c ontr a ry ; t h e judg e m e nt s w e ,

s h a ll th e nc e dr a w a r e th e s e

1 A h e a d no t b e yond m e as ur e gr e a t d e n o t e s p e r s o n s fa ir
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w i s e a n d w e ll condition e d s tudiou s h a ving a s tro n g a n d gr e a t

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m e m ory , giv e n to t h e r e a ding of good book s

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2 . T ho s e th a t h a v e t h e h e a d out of ur e big a r e co m m onlym e a s ,

fooli s h indocil e no t fa r fro m a littl e m a dn e s s : th e y do n othin g

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th a t s p e a k s a n y g e ntility of s pirit but liv e s a dly in a p e rp e tu a l

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m e l a ncholy or h a ppily gluttony

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3 Wh e n t h e h e a d i s big proportion a bl e to t h e b o dy t h e s in e w s
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of t h t h n e ck it s e lf s tro n g it i s a Sign of s tr e ngth

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y a n d a m a rti a l hu m our
, .

o r w o m a n h a v e t h e h e a d long a n d Sh a rp lik e

a pyr a m id or s ug a r lo a f it d e no t e s a m a n s h a m e l e s s w h o in h i s
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youth h a d viv a city of s pirit e nough which a t t h e a g e of t we nty ,

y e a r s v a ni s h e d a w a y m a n y s uch h e a d s m a y be s e e n a m ong s t us
s uch p e r s on s a r e glutton s a n d gr e a t e a t e r s r a s h a n d b old which , ,

proc e e d s fro m t h e dryn e s s of t h e br a in .

5 A h e a d w e ll co m po s e d a n d of a goo d for m a ccor ding to t h e

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di m e n s ion s of t h e b ody a n d if t h e v e ntricl e b e for e be w e ll for m e d

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a n d w e ll t e m p e r e d
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for t h e a ppr e h e n s ion of S p e ci e s proc e e d s
fro m h e a t a n d m o ys t ur e a n d t h e r e t e ntion proc e e d s fro m t h e
,

d r a ught in t h e hind e r p a rt ; a h e a d thu s for m e d s ignifi e s goo d ,

n e s s a n d w i s do m .

6 A h e a d h a ving t h e m iddl e v e ntricl e s o m e w h a t co m p r e s s e d

.

to w a r d s t h e s id e s d e not e s t h e cogit a tiv e fa culty n a tur a l dili

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g e ntly co m pr e h e n s iv e r a t i o n a t i v e a n d e lo qu e nt which proc e e d s

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fr o m t h e union of t h e Sp irits th a t a r e in th a t pl a c e ; tho s e who

h a v e t h e h e a d thu s a r e l e a rn e d a n d kno w ing
, .

7 A h e a d th a t i s a ltog e th e r Sph e ric a l s ignifi e s m obility i h

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con s t a ncy forg e tfuln e s s littl e di s cr e tion a n d wi s do m

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.

8 T h e h e a d v e ry littl e i s n e c e s s a rily a n e vil Sign a n d t h e l e s s

.

it i s t h e m or e folly th e r e i s ; t h e p e r s on i s s ubj e ct to s ickn e s s

, ,

b e c a u s e of t h e s m a ll qu a ntity of br a in s t h e v e ntricl e s b e ing n a r ,

r o w , w h e r e in t h e s pirit s b e ing pr e s s e d ca nnot e x e rci s e th e ir

,

function s a s b e ing s huffl e d tog e th e r a n d s m oth e r e d ; w h e nc e it

,

co m e s th a t th e ir i m a gin a tion i s n e ith e r fr e e nor goo d a n d t h e ir ,

m e m ory i s s lipp e ry : s uch p e r s on s a r e v e ry ch ol e r i ck , a n d h a s ty

in a ll th e ir a ction s a n d a r e m or e lik e St M a thurin th e n S ocr a t e s

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a n d a r e co m m only v e rtiginou s a nd e x c e e d no t fift y Si y e a rs a t

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m os t .

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11 6 THE MYS TE R IE S or A S T R O L O GY .

d e not e s i m pudicity a n d i m prud e nc e th e y a r e lik e t h e s w in e a s

, ,

Port a s a y s w e a ryin g th e m s e l ve s in t h e d e fi le m e n t of v e n e r e a l
,

a ctio n s .

1 0 A h e a d th a t i s l o w a n d fla t d e not e s i m pud e nc e a n d di s s o
.
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l ut e n e s s a h e a d h i gh be for e folly a n d s t up d i t y of s pirit

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.

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pr e s s e d a n d hollo w d e not e s a m a n s ubj e ct to w r a thfuln e s s b e ing

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of a m e la n ch o li ck hu m our thi s h e a d h a th s o m e lik e n e s s to th a t

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of a c a m e ll .

1 2 A big h e a d w ith a bro a d for e h e a d i s lik e th a t of a n o x

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h a vi n g a l a rg e fa c e lik e a gy a nt i t d e no t e s a m a n s lo w g e ntl e
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y e t l a bo ri ou s a n d e xtr e m e ly indo cil e .

1 3 Wh e n t h e h e a d i s s tr a ight a n d a l m o s t fla t in t h e m iddl e
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of a m iddl e s iz e it d e not e s th a t m a n h a th a g oo d s trong und e r

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s t a nding th a t h e i s cour a g e ou s a n d fe a r s no thing a s to t h e a d a ir s

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of t h e w orl d th a t h e i s i n d e fa tig a bl e in t h e vici s s itud e s of for tun e

, ,

a n d th a t a ll t h e a fflict i on s th a t c a n h a pp e n to h i m c a nno t m a k e ,

h i m quit h i s con s ta ncy a n d conduct but i s fi r m a m id s t t h e m o s t

,
.

outr a g e ou s a ccid e nts if h e h a v e a high for e h e a d h e i s p e rfe ctly ,

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m a r ti a l .

H a ving n o w a ff ord e d t h e r e a d e r s o m e in s ight into P h ys i o g

h o m y a s i t w a s und e r s to o d in a s s o ci a tion w ith t h e s ci e nc e of t h e

S ta r s c e nturi e s b e for e L a v a t e r thru s t h i s ph a nt a s i e s b e for e t h e

,

w or ld i t will be pr op e r to giv e s o m e a ccount of i t s s i s t e r s ci e nc e

,

fifi t t up uz t t nu .

IN thi s br a nch of pr e dictiv e philo s ophy a s i n a ll o th e r s t h e , ,

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S ta r s e x e rci s e a p ot e nti a l influ e nc e T h e p l a n e t s a r e p l a ce d o n

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t e for e h e a d in t h ord r follo ing

h e ,
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e s t t h e h a ir ; 74 o n t h e n e xt b e lo w ; 3 o n t h e thir d ; O on t h e
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fourth ; on t h e fifth ; a n d t on t h e s ixth a t t h e roo t of t h e ,

no s e .

T h e Mo on rul e s t h e l e ft e ye — t h e S un t h e right a n d V e nu s
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t h e no s e .
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Th e ignific a tion of t h e v a riou s for m s of t h e for e h e a d a r e thu s

s ,

e nu m e r a t e d by Alb e rtu s M a gnu s

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1 A gr e a t a n d s p a ciou s for e h e a d s ignifi e s a s luggi s h a n d fe a r

.

full p e r s on th a t i s co m p a r e d to t h e O x m o s t of tho s e th a t h a v e
,

t h e for e h e a d s uch a r e p e opl e of go od con s ci e nc e s no t giv e n to

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do a n y hurt th e y a r e v e ry fit to b e c o m e l a wy e r s
, .

2 T h e littl e for e h e a d d e no t e s t h e p e r s on indocil e w ick e d a n d

.
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giv e n to m i s chi e f ; b e li e vi n g no thing but h i s o w n fooli s h O pinion s ;

th e y a r e co m p a r e d a m o n g t h e b e a s ts to t h e ca t or r a t of Ph a r a oh .

T h e E m p e r o ur C a ligul a h a d i t s o s o a l s o w a s h e a n e pi t o m e of
a ll cru e lty a n d co w a rdic e a n d w ould n e v e r b e li e v e
,
a n y p e r s on

of a uthority .

3 T h e bro a d for e h e a d r e pr e s e nt s a p e r s on gluttonou s a n d

.

uncl e a n (e s p e ci a lly i n t h e inte rcour s e of t h e s e x e s ) a s h a ving

, ,

s o m e w h a t of t h e n a tur e of t h e s w in e : s uch p e r s on s a r e g i v e n to

fl a tt e ry profe s s ing i n s h e w a ll m a nn e r of fri e nd s hip but be h i n d e

, ,

’
a m a n s b a ck th e y a r e h i s e n e m i e s s p e a king e vil a n d
,
offe n s iv e
w ord s a n d s c a nd a lou s to tho s e w ho m th e y pr e t e nd a n a ffe ction
,

to B a rtholo m e w C o cl e s of B ullo i g n e s a y s th a t a for e h e a d

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.
, ,

gr e a t a n d bro a d o n a ll s id e s w ithout a n y h a ir or a s i t w e r e
, , ,

b a ld s igni fie s a n a ud a cious a n d und e r s t a nding p e r s on but s o m e

, ,

ti m e s m a liciou s a n d v e ry w r a t h full a n d no t l e g a l a n d o ft i m e s a
, ,

gr e a t lya r .

4 A for e h e a d point e d a t t h e t e m pl e s of t h e h e a d s o a s t h e
.
,

bon e s do a l m o s t a pp e a r w ithout t h e fl e s h s ignifi e s v a ni t y i n co n , ,

s t a n cy littl e c a p a city a n d no t m uch r e s olution in bu s in e s s but

, , ,

ch a n g e a bl e n e s s e v e ry m o m e nt .

5 H e th a t h a th t h e for e h e a d s o m e w h a t s w oll e n by r e a s on of
.

t h e thickn e s s of t h e fl e s h a t t h e t e m pl e s a s if h e h a d j a w s or
, ,

ch e e k s full of fl e s h it d e not e s t h e p e r s on v e ry cour a g e ou s a n d

,

m a rti a l i t i s o n e of t h e m a rk s th a t a gr e a t c a pt a in s hould lo ok
,

for i n t h e choic e of h i s s oldi e r s m or e ov e r tho s e th a t h a v e s uch

for e h e a d s a r e proud e a s ily a ngry a n d for wa rd to e ng a g e th e m
, ,

s e lv e s i h co m b a t s .

6 A s qu a r e for e h e a d d e not e s a ccordi n g to Ari s to tl e m a gn a n

.
, ,

i m i ty Qua d r a t a fr on s ( s a ith h e ) p r o f a ci e i r a t i on e m e d i ocr i s m a g

n a n i m os os t e n d i t ob s i m i li t ud i n e m le on i s T ho s e th a t h a v e s uch
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118 THE MYS TE RIE S or A S T R OLO G Y .

a for e h e a d a r e cour a g e ou s a s lion s a n d a r e co m p a r e d to th e m ,

b e c a u s e of th e ir s tr e n gth , cour a g e a n d prud e nc e .

7 H e wh o h a th t h e for e h e a d wrinkl e d a n d low in t h e m iddl e

.
,
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a n d s e e m s a s i t w e r e doubl e in t h e fa c e n e e r t h e n o s e th a t i s to , ,

s a y fro w ning w h e r e in t h e r e i s a v a ll e y or d e s c e nt i s a s i m pl e
,
.

p e r s on m a gn a ni m ou s in a dv e r s ity a n d fortun e i s v e ry cru e l a n d

, ,

cro s s to h i m .

8 H e th a t i s b a ld or h a th littl e h a ir O n t h e for e p a r t o f t h e
.
,

h e a d h a ving t h e for e h e a d pl a in a n d t h e s kin d e lic a t e a n d

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.

s m ooth w hich t h e G r e e k s c a ll d a g /
,
t e n or unl e s s i t be t h e s up e r fi ci e s , f

of t h e no s e i s uncon s ta nt w r a t h full a n d i ll condition e d

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.

9 H e th a t h a th t h e for e h e a d g a th e r e d tog e th e r a n d wri n kl e d

.
,

i s a fla t t e r e r a n d ba t h s o m e w h a t of t h e n a tur e of a dog ; h e
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fla t t e r s but it i s for to d e c e iv e
,
.

1 0 T h e conc a v e for e h e a d , which h a th pits a n d m ount s i s a

.
,

s i g n e o f fe a rfuln e s s d e c e it ch e a ting a n d a m bition

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Ad a m a ntin s ,
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s a ith fl s p e r a f r on t e n e g a ud e a s f m on t i culos
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q qu w os s a s ,

h a be a t om n ia n am
g ue h we s ig n a ve r s uti a m et i nfi d e li t a t e m n un ci a n t
e t i n t e r d um s t ult i t i a m h a th a f ro w ning
e t in san i a rn h e w hich ,

w rinkl e d a n d c a p e
,
for e h e a d i s of a S a turnin e hu m our a n d , _

m e l a n ch oli ck a n d d e not e s o n e th a t think s m or e th a n h e

,
Sp e a k s .
,

pr e m e dita tin g h i s conc e ption s b e for e h e e fle ct s th e m S uch a o n e .

w a s Phili p M e l a n c t h o n ; th e s e p e r s on s a r e of a g e ntl e hu m our

a n d f a m ili a r conv e r s a tion if t h e p e r s on be v e ry rich t h e gr e a t e r ,

i s t h e m e l a ncholy .

1 2 A cl e a r for e h e a d w ithout w rinkl e s s ignifi e s a fa irn e s s of

.
,

m ind e a s w e ll a s of b ody but a m a liciou s di s p o s ition giv e n to ,

d e b a t e s s uit s a n d cont e ntion s : t h e m o s t p a r t th a t h a v e i t s o

, , ,

h a v e no t m uch d e vo tion ; t h e gr e a t S i d oniu s Ap ollin a ri s s a ith ,

th a t E picuru s h a d it s o .

1 3 A for e h e a d n e ith e r s tr a i t nor l e a n n o r s m o oth n or rou g h

.
, ,
.

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but b e tw e e n a ll s ignifi e s a round d e a ling fri e nd s hip W ithout

,
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d e c e it or circu m v e ntion .

14 T h e cloudy for e h e a d a n d h a ving bl a ck m a rk s s ignifi e s

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boldn e s s ; a n d s uch p e r s on s a r e l i k e n e d to bull s a n d lion s w h o

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a r e in p e rp e tu a l chol e r .

1 5 T ho s e w h o h a v e m uch c a rno s i ty a bout t h e e y e s s o th a t

.
,
 P HYS I OG NOMY A ND MET OP OS C O P Y . 11 9

th e ir e y e bro w s h a n g do w n lik e tho s e of hound s a r e fr a udul e nt

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cru e ll a n d un m e r ci full ; d e riving th e ir cru e lty fro m b e a s ts of

,

pr e y S e lym us t h e e m p e r our of t h e T urk s h a d th e m SO a n d h e

.
, ,

w a s cr ue l ,h o ld a gr e a t ind e fa tig a bl e a n d s e v e r e w a r r i o ur
, ,
It ,
.

i s s a i d a l s o th a t C h a rl e s D uk e of Burgundy h a d th e m s o t o o
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1 6 A for e h e a d th a t upon t h e fir s t s ight a pp e a r s s a d s e v e r e

.
, ,

a n d a u s t e r e , s h e w s a s tr a ng e a n d b a rb a rou s hu m our pron e to ,

a ll cru e lti e s S uch a r e t h e A r a bi a n s C a nnib a l s ; Anthropoph a gi

.
, ,

p e opl e th a t kno w no p i t t y ; if i t h a pp e n th e y be of a m e la n ch o
lick hum our th e y a r e lik e ly to d e vour th e ir o wn childr e n a s
, ,

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s a ith a l e a rn e d a uthor Which I h a v e m y s e lf ob s e rv e d in o n e
,

of th at hu m our w h o w a s e x e cut e d a t E ur e ux H i s n a m e w a s
,
.

T a urin livin g n e e r a t o Wn c a ll e d Le V e nt e s wh o tr a n s port e d

, ,

with m a dn e s s a n d cru e lty h a d e a t e n h i s o w n childr e n ; th e r e

,

w e r e s o m e tho ug ht h i m W iz a rd w hich w a s no t tru e it b e ing only , ,

folly s e cond e d by m e l a ncholy a n d s olitud e h a d tr a n s porte d h i m

”
to th a t inhu m a n e a ction .

1 7 A d e pr e s s e d a n d l o w for e h e a d d e not e s a n e fi e m i ii a t e p e r
'
.
,

s on thi s kind e of for e h e a d s uits w e ll w ith a wo m a n for a m a n

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th a t i s s o h a th a l o w a n d a bj e ct s oul i s fe a r full s e rvi le e fle mi
, , , ,

n a te co w a rdly a n d c a rri e d a w a y with th e m a ny w ord s of a

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gr e a t t a lk e r for th e r e i s no t m uch a s s ur a nc e in th e ir word s ye t

,
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h e i s ov e rco m e by t h e s p e e ch of t h e m o s t s i m pl e m a n th a t h e
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T h e lin e s of t h e for e h e a d h a v e longitud e l a ti tud e a n d p r o fun ,

dity a n d b e gin a t o n e t e m pl e a n d e n d to w a rd s t h e oth e r ; t h e

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which lin e s by th e ir a s p e ct r e pr e s e nt unto us t h e e vil or goo d

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fortun e of t h e p e r s on ; tho s e v e in s a r e Pl a n e ta ry A Pl a n e ta ry .

lin e i s th a t w hich i s r e fe rr e d to s o m e of t h e Pl a n e ts w hich a r e ,

pl a c e d on t h e for e h e a d a s i s b e fo r e m e ntion e d but b e c a u s e th a t

,

in a ll for e h e a d s th e r e doth not a pp e a r p e rfe ctly a ll t h e lin e s w e ,

s h a ll dr a w our m or e p a rticul a r judg m e nt s fro m tho s e of t h e S un

a n d Moon which infa llibly a pp e a r on a ll for e h e a d s ; upon t h e

e y e bro w s th a t of t h e Sun u pon t h e right a n d th a t o f t h e Moon
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fir s t lin e wh ich i s th a t of Sa turn a pp e a r s n e e r t h e h a ir ; th a t ,

12 0 T HE MY S TE R IE S or A S TR O L O GY .

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which i s und e r i t i s Jupit e r s t h e thir d be long s to M a r s t h e , ,

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t h e pl a n e t s ob s e rv e d a n d th e m pl a c e d a ccording to t h e c e l e s ti a l
,

rul e ; S a t urn high e s t Jupite r n e xt th e n M a r s t h e S un und e r

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M a r s V e nu s fifth M e rc ur y und e r h e r a n d t h e Moon n e a r t h e l e ft

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portion w hich th e r e i s b e tw e e n t h e gr e a t a n d littl e w orld e v e n ,

a s e xp e ri e nc e confir m s i t a n d r e a s on d e m on s tr a t e s th e s e m otion s
, ,

b e ing lik e tho s e of t h e h e a v e n s ; t h e no s e a n d t h e bon e of t h e

V e r te x b e ing t h e i m a gi n a ry p ol e s w h e r e on th e s e pl a n e ts m ov e In .

th e s e lin e s w e m u s t ob s e rv e t h e ch a r a ct e r s w hich a r e giv e n th e m

a s m a rk s of t h e pl a n e t s a n d a r e t h e m o s t infa llibl e s ign s of t h e
,

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t e m p e r a m e nt s a n d of m a n s life th a t w e ca n di s cov e r w h e r e by
, ,

w e a l s o kno w t h e dur a tion a n d l e ngth th e r e of T h e s e m a rk s a r e .

cro s s e s circl e s w a rts a n d s uch lik e ch a r a cte r s w hich co m m only

, , , ,

a r e found in m e n s for e h e a d s ; a n d it i s to be con s id e r e d upon

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w hich v e in s th e y a r e ; for w ithout doub t t h e m a n s h a ll d e riv e ,

s o m e w h a t fro m th a t pl a n e t w h e r e t h e ch a r a c t e r s h a ll be r a th e r ,

th a n fro m a n y o th e r T h e s i g n i fi ca t i o n s of t h e pl a n e t a ry lin e s
.

a r e e ith e r g e n e r a l w h e n th e y a r e a cco m m od a t e d to a ll t h e lin e s

,

of t h e pl a n e t s or s p e ci a l T h e g e n e r a l s i g n i fi c a t i on s of t h e lin e s
,
.

of t h e pl a n e t s a ffor d us th e s e c a non s a n d a phori s m s

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1 . lin e s of t h e pl a n e t s e ith e r a ll in g e n e r a l or e a ch in
Of t h e ,

p a rticul a r s o m e a r e fortun a t e o th e r s un fortun a t e : tho s e w hich

, ,

a r e fortun a t e a r e tho s e w hich a r e s tr a it or b e n d a littl e to w a r d s

, ,

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, , , ,

tr a ct e d nor ba r r e d i n lik e ob e li s k s
,
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2 T ho s e th a t a r e n o t w e ll pl a c e d a n d unfortun a t e a r e tho s e
.
,

th a t a r e m uch w i n d ing a ppro a ching a s e m i circl e glob e or ,

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ob e li s k .

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hon e s t s oul w ithout a n y m a lic e

, .

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d e not e v a ri e ty : cr a ft ch e a ting to be s hort a ll m i s chi e f a n d

, , ,

d e c e it .

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.
, ,

s id e a ttribut e d to t h e Sun it s ignifi e s m a lic e

, .

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.

s id e a n d be pl a in a n d if th a t of M e rcury ,w hich i s s o m e ti m e s
, ;
m a s culin e a n d s o m e ti m e s fe m inin e look to w a rd s t h e fe m inin e s in
,

t h e s a m e m a nn e r it d e not e s nothing but e vil

, .

7 M a ny lin e s s i g n i fi e nothing e l s e but a m ul titud e of ch a ng e

.

a bl e a ffa ir s .

8 T h e fe w n e s s a n d s i m plicity of t h e lin e s d e not e s a c e rt a in

.
,

s i m plicity in a ffa ir s .

9 Wh e n t h e lin e s e ncr e a s e a n d d e cr e a s e th e y r e pr e s e nt s o m e
.
,

gr e a t a ffa ir a ccording a s t h e ch a r a ct e r of t h e pl a n e t s s h a ll
,

d e not e .

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1 0 Jupit e r s lin e b e ing m e a n a n d r e fl e ct e d s h e w s s o m e gr e a t
.
,

a n d h a ppy g a in with honour a n d goo d r e port .

T h e g e n e r a l s i g n i fi ca t i o n s of t h e pl a n e t s m o s t co m m only includ e
t h e S p e ci a l ; th a t i s to s a y s o m e pl a n e t s a r e r e fe rr e d to c e rt a in
,

lin e s a s w e s a id or judg e d of th e m
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.
,

of S a turn a n d Jupit e r a s a l s o tho s e of S a turn a n d M a r s

, an d

v e ry a pp a r e nt , th e y d e not e m o s t e x orbita nt a n d mi s chi e vo us

a ction s .

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.
,

not e s rich e s a n d a ll oth e r thing s th a t a r e ob t a in e d by Jupite r

,
.

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.
,

choo s e s s o uldi e r s ob s e rv e i t ; for tho s e th a t a r e s o a r e gr e a t ,

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,

t h e w a r ; a n d e s p e ci a lly if th e r e be a cr o s s upon th a t lin e a n d

, ,

n o t a s e m i ci cl e it s p e a k s a v e ry ch ol e r i ck hu m our a n d a go od
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for tun e by follo w ing Be llon a .

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.
,

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, .

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.
.

, , ,

be a pp a r e nt a n d s tr a i g ht s i m pl e a n d e qu a l , th e y d e not e t h e p e r s on
,

e loqu e nt a n d wi s e a n d v e ry hon e s t
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12 2 THE MYS TE R IE S OF A S TR OL O G Y .

6 . If th e r e be m or e th a n thr e e lin e s a n d be s tr a ight a n d b e n d

, ,

i n g a t t h e e xtr e m ity th e y s i g n i fie l oqu a city pr a tin g d e tr a ction

, , , ,
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d e c e it inco n s ta ncy lying s i m ul a ti on a n d di s s i m ul a tion

, , , , .

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. ,

tiv e a bu s iv e pr a ting a s cold a s orc e r e s s giv e n to un la w full

, , , , ,

a rt s kno w ing s o m e fo oli s h v e r s e s us e l s s s i n inc a nt a t i on

, , .

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.
.

t h e m i d dl e s i g n i fie a l a s civiou s p e r s on a n d o n e m uch tr a n s porte d

, ,

w i t h t h a t vic e .

9 T h e lin e of t h e Sun b e ing p e rfe ct long e nough a n d not i h

.
, ,

t e r r up t e d o r c ut s ignifi e s honour s a n d rich e s giv e n by King s a n d

,

Princ e s .

1 0 T h e Moon lin e b e ing cl e a r di s tinct a n d p e rfe ct a bov e t h e

.
,

l e ft e ye s ignifi e s m uch tr a v e l into s tr a n g e n a tion s a n d s o m e

, ,

a bo d e by t h e w a y .

Th e follo w ing e ngr a ving s with t h e e xpl a n a tion s w hich a e co m

p a ny th e m a r e fro m a book on M e topo s copy publi s h e d in London
, ,

in 1 6 09 a n d will a fford s o m e infor m a tion t o t h e r e a d e r a s t o t h e

,
-

indic a tio n s of t h e pl a n e t a ry lin e s on t h e hu m a n bro w .

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T hi p
s os i t i on Of th e L i n e s s h ow s a T h e se li n e s d e n ot e th e p e r s on ha pp y
cour a g e ous ,
b ol d s pi r i t , ye t i n co n an d for t un a t e .

s ta n t , an d un ce r t a i n r i c e s h .

Th e Li n e s of th e Sun an d M o on t hus A c ir c e l in th e L in e of Jup i t e r

pe di ca t e s l os s h
_

j oi n e d , d e n ot e s a r s on v e r y for t un a t e in of r i c e s .

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r e a dily e xte n d e d ov e r a l a rg e r Sp a c e t h a n h a s b e e n h e r e a ccor d e d

th e m ; but th e ir s a li e nt poi nt s a n d t h e indici a upon which t h e ir
pr e diction s a r e b a s e d h a v e b e e n a s fully d w e lt upon a s i s ne c e s
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s a ry or wou ld be inte r e s ting in a popul a r tr e a ti s e .

1 24 THE MY S TE R IE S OF A S TR O L O GY .

S uc h li n e s h a ve t h e s i g ni fica t i on of S uch a Li n e of Jup i t e r s ig n i fie h

s ric e s ,

m i s for t un e , an d s un d r y h ur t fu fa l lls . pr ude n ce an d g oo d n a t ur e .

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m ight be m ultipli e d , a d i nfi n i tum but it ,

w ould be u s e l e s s a s t h e , s a m e g e n e r a l rul e s a pply in a ll c a s e s .

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thi r t r i g ht n f s t r n ln g g .

I E we con s id e r A s trology w h a t it truly i s a l e g a l a n d vir tuou s

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m a y e a s ily b e li e v e t h e a ccount s tr a n s m itt e d to us by

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divin e origin Ad a m pr e viou s to h i s e xpul s ion fro m P a r a di s e

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w a s in s truct e d in a for e kno w l e dg e of futurity by t h e e xpr e s s ,

co m m a nd of G o d a s a m e a n s of e nl a rging h i s m ind a n d a ll e vi a
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ting h i s di s tr e s s upon b e in g turn e d a drift into t h e wi d e w orld

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.

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m o s t a nci e nt a uthor s of r e s p e ct a bility for w h a t h e a s s e rt s con ,

firm s t h e s a m e thing a n d furth e r infor m s us th a t A d a m b e for e

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e ngr a v e d t h e r ud i m e n t s O f it upon p e r m a n e nt pill a r s O f s ton e ,

w hich e ndu r e d through m a ny g e n e r a tion s a n d w e r e not e nti r e ly

,

e fi a ce d till s o m e ti m e a ft e r t h e D e lug e W e h a v e i t fro m t h e

.

s a m e a uthority th a t t h e a r t w a s t a u g ht by E no s a n d No a h ; w h o
,

pr e s e rv e d it to t h e d a y s of Abr a h a m a n d h e incr e a s e d t h e kno w

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l e dg e of it by divin e a id s t e a ching i t t o t h e C h a ld e a n s a n d
,

E gypti a n s . Jo s e ph i s a l s o s a id to h a v e p a troniz e d a n d t a ught it

in E gypt a n d i s s uppo s e d by O ri g in Di o d o r us Si cul us a n d oth e r
, , ,

a nci e nt hi s tori a n s to h a v e b e e n t h e a uthor of a n a s trologic a l

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w ork c a ll e d T h e Aphori s m s of H e r m e s t h e Eg ypti a n

, ,
Mo s e s .

a ft e r w a rd s t a ught a n d rof d it ind e p e nd e nt of t h e gif t of

p e s s e ,

proph e cy w hich a l w a y s c a m e by D ivin e 1n s p 1r a t i o n a n d c o n s e

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qu e ntly w a s only e x e rci s e d upo n c e rta in e xtr a ordin a r y occ a s ion s .

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th a t it w a s a fte r w a rd s p a rticul a rly t a ught a m ong t h e trib e of

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I s s a ch a r w h o a r e on th a t a ccount s til e d in t h e s a cr e d writi n g s

, ,

M e n w h o h a d un d e r s t a n d i n g i n t h e t i m e s a n d w e r e e xp e rt a t ,

r e s olving a ll qu e s tion s con c e rning futurity ; a n d a s thi s trib e

w e r e n e ith e r pri e s t s nor L e vit e s nor e ndu e d with t h e s pirit of ,

proph e cy i t follo w s th a t th e ir un d e r s t a n d i n g i n t h e t i m e s a n d
, ,
,

th e ir a bility in for e t e lling futur e e v e nts a ro s e e nti r e ly fro m a n ,

a cquir e d kno w l e dg e of t h e s ign s a n d influ e nc e s of t h e h e a v e nly

bo di e s F o r t h e s a m e r e a s on t h e P e r s i a n a s trolog e r s w e r e c a ll e d
.

M a g e s or Wi s e m e n wh o w e r e s ki lle d i n t h is t i m e s ; a n d t h e C h a l
, ,

d e a n s t e r m e d th e ir young s tude nts in A s t rology M e n s k i lle d i n ,

wi s d om a n d cun n in g s ci e n ce , t o le a r n t h e le a r n i n g
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o t h e C h a ld e an s .

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s truct e d by th e ir tutor M e lz a r a n d b e c a m e t e n t i m e s m or e le a r n e d ,

in a ll m a f wi s d om a n d un d e r s t a n d i n g t h a n a ll t h e a s t r olog e r s
tt e r s o ,

i n t h e r e a lm in con s id e r a tion of w hich th e y w e r e e l e ct e d m e m b e r s

,

of t h e public s cho ol s a t B a bylon w hich w e r e found e d for t h e ,

s tudy of thi s a r t ; a n d D a ni e l w a s m a d e by t h e
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King s d e cr e e , ,

M a s t e r ov e r t h e C h a ld e a n a s trolog e r s .

In t h e d a y s of S a m u e l i t a pp e a r s to h a v e b e e n a co m m on cus
,

t o m to go to t h e S e e r s or m e n of un d e r s t a n d i n g i n t h e t i m e s no t
, ,

only to be infor m e d conc e rning futur e conting e nci e s but a l s o to ,

inquir e a fte r lo s t go o d s T o thi s e fi e ct w e find S a ul a n d h i s s e r

.

v a nt dis cour s ing w h e n th e y w e r e s e nt out to find t h e s tr a y e d

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a s s e s o f Ki s h S a ul s fa th e r
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s e rv a nt propo s e s to go a n d inquir e O f t h e S e e r which w a y t h e ,

a s s e s w e r e gon e a n d w h e r e th e y m a y be foun d S a ul a gr e e s to
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. .
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s a id ,le t us g o T hi s p a s s a g e e n a bl e s us to di s tingui s h b e t w e e n
.

t h e gift of proph e cy for t h e purpo s e s of e s t a bli s hing G o d s tru e

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r e li g i o n f a n d t h e a r t O f a n s w e r ing hor a r y qu e s tion s a n d pr e dict ,

ing futur e e v e nt s T h e o n e w a s e vid e ntly e ffe ct e d by s up e r n a t u

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ra l m e a n s a n d pro m ulg a t e d to t h e p e opl e w ithout e xp e n s e ; whil s t

,

t h e oth e r by b e ing c a lcul a t e d for t h e b e n e fit of r e s p e ctiv e indi

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v i d ua l s w a s a l w a y s a cco m p a ni e d w ith m on e y or pr e s e nt s
, In .

t h e s a m e w a y w e find D a vid w hil e in K e il a h w h e r e h e h e a rd

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th a t S a ul w a s co m ing to b e s i e g e h i m , w a s d e s irou s of kno w i n g

t h e truth wh e th e r S a ul w a s co m ing or no t
, a n d if h e w a s ,

W h e t h e r t h e m e n of Ke i la h w ould be t r ue t o h i m or w ould be t r a y h i m , .

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e n e m y w h o w e r e s e e king h i s life
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h e fle d into t h e w i ld e r n e s s of
,

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, .

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,

of t h e m e t e or ologic a l p a r t of thi s s ci e nc e fro m our S a viour s ,

’

own word s in h i s conv e r s a tion w ith t h e Ph a ri s e e s w h o w e r e a ll

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v e r s e d in A s trology H e a ddr e s s e s th e m to thi s e ff e ct ;

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it i s e v e ning y e s a y it will be fa ir w e a th e r b e c a u s e t h e s k y i s
, , ,

r e d a n d in t h e m orning it w ill be foul w e a th e r b e c a u s e t h e s k y ,

i s r e d a n d low e rin g And w h e n a cloud a ri s e th out of t h e w e s t

.
,

s tr a ight w a y ye s a y a s ho w e r co m e th ; a n d it i s s o
, And w h e n .

y e s e e t h e s outh w ind blo w y e s a y T h e r e,w ill be h e a t , a n d s o it

,

co m e s to p a s s Y e hypocrit e s y e ca n di s c e rn t h e fa c e of t h e s k y
.
, .
,
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but t h e s igns of t h e ti m e s y e c a nno t di s c e rn An d n o w if w e .
,

i m p a rti a lly conte m pl a t e t h e origi n a n d a nti quity of thi s s ci e nc e ,

a n d r e coll e ct th a t t h e b e s t a n d w i s e s t m e n in e v e ry a g e O f t h e
world w e r e pr ofe s s or s of it w e m u s t a d m it i ts pr a c t ic e to be
, ,

highly con s i s t e nt with a ll our m or a l a n d r e ligiou s duti e s .

T h a t t h e hu ma n und e r s t a nding i s a l s o c a p a bl e of a tta in i ng to a

v e ry h igh d e gr e e of kno w l e dg e in t h e hidd e n w ork s of futurity ,

a n d i n t h e s e cr e t op e r a tion s of n a tur e i s lik e w i s e to be prov e d , ,

b e yond t h e p o we r of contr a diction Ind e e d t h e p a s s a g e s a lr e a dy

‘
.

quot e d fro m t h e holy S criptur e s a r e a s uffici e nt confir m a tion of it

,

to e v e ry di s p a s s i on a t e r e a d e r but a s th e r e a r e s o m e v e ry e xtr a
ordin a ry in s t a nc e s O f thi s pr e dictiv e fa culty r e cord e d by di ffe r e nt ,

hi s tori a n s it m a y be w e ll to m e ntion a fe w of th e m by w a y of
, ,

corrob or a ting t h e e vid e nc e a lr e a dy brought for w a rd in i t s s upport .

T h e E m p e ror D o m iti a n r e quir e d t h e Profe s s or La r g i us P r oculus ,

to c a lcul a t e h i s n a tivity fro m t h e s uppo s e d ti m e of h i s birth

,
.
,

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w hich w a s don e a n d d e live r e d into t h e e m p e ror s o w n h a nd s
,
.

9
18 0 THE MYS TE R IE S OF A S TR OLOG Y .

A s cl a t a r i us , o s t fa m ou s a s trolog e r of tho s e t i m e s procuri n g

a m ,

a copy of thi s n a tivity r e ctifi e d it a n d for e tol d t h e hour a n d

, ,

’
m a nn e r of t h e e m p e ror s d e a th ; which w h e n D o m iti a n h e a rd ,

h e co m m a nd e d A s cl a t a r i us to be brought b e for e h i m w h e n h e ,

a fl i r m e d h i s pr e dictio n s w ould prov e tru e D o m iti a n a s ke d h i m .

if h e coul d for e t e ll t h e m a nn e r of h i s o w n d e a th ? A s cl a t a r i us
-

r e pli e d th a t h e kn e w h e s hould Shortly be torn in pi e c e s by dog s

but to confut e t h e a s trolog e r t h e e m p e ror or d e r e d h i m to be ,

burnt a liv e Th e cru e l s e nt e nc e wa s a ccordingly p u

. t in e x e cu
tion ; t h e body w a s bo un d a n d l a id up on t h e pil e a n d t h e fi r e ,
’
kindl e d but a t th a t ins ta nt th e r e a ro s e a dr e a dful Stor m O f w i n d
,

a n d r a in w hich drov e t h e s p e ct a tor s a w a y,a n d e xtingui s h e d t h e

,

fi r e ; a n d A s cl a t a r i us w a s a fte r w a r d s torn i n pi e ce s by dog s a s ,

h e h a d for e told Wh e n L a tinu s infor m e d t h e e m p e r o r of thi s

.

e v e nt h e w a s gr e a tly m orti fi e d a n d v
,
e ry m e l a ncholy ; a n d on ,

t h e d a y h i s a s s a s s in a tion h a d b e e n pr e dict e d h e fe i g n e d him s e lf

“
'

indi s po s e d a n d lock e d hi m s e lf up in h i s ch a m b e r
, S t e ph a nu s
\
.
,

t h e c a pt a in of h i s g ua r d w e n t to h i s do or pr e t e nding h e h a d
'

, ,

r e c e iv e d s o m e i m por t a nt di s p a tch e s w hich h e w a nt e d to d e liv e r ,

to h i m but D o m it i a n d e clining to a d m it h i m till a c e rt a in hour

“

w a s p a s t S t e ph a n us p e r s u a d e d h i m it w a s th e n m uch l a t e r th a n
,

t h e ti m e s p e ci fi e d T h e e m p e ror in co n s e qu e nc e concluding t h e
.
, ,

d a ng e r t o h a v e p a s s e d by with t h e hour or lo oking upon t h e p r e

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di ction a s a m e r e fa bl e s e e ing n o con s pi r a cy or d a ng e r a b out

,

h i m op e n e d t h e do or upon w h i ch S t e ph a nu s s t e pt up to h i m
, ,

w ith a dr a w n d a gg e r a n d s t a bb e d h i m to t h e h e a r t in t h e v e ry
, ,

hour th a t h a d b e e n pr e dict e d by t h e a s tr olog e r o n t h e 1 8 th ,

d a y O f S e pt e m b e r t h e m onth h e h a d ord e r e d to be c a ll e d G e r
,

m a ni on s . T h e s a m e writ e r s a d d th a t Apolloniu s T ya n e us w a s a t ,

th a t i n s t a n t o f ti m e a t Eph e s u s s t a nding in t h e pr e s e nc e of t h e
'

m a gi s tr a t e s , a n d i n a kind O f e c s t a cy cri e d out 0 S t e ph a nu s , , ,

’
s trik e t h e tyr a nt ; a n d a ft e r a p a u s e a dd e d T i s w e ll thou h a s t , , ,
.

kill e d h i m T hi s a r t of r e ctifying n a tiviti e s w a s a di s cov e ry

.
,

w hich brought t h e s ci e nc e to v e ry high p e rfe ction a n d h a s e n a ,

bl e d i t s profe s s or s to be a s toni s hingly e x a ct in pr e dictio n s O f

co n s e qu e nc e T hu s Luciu s T a r ut i us F i r m i a n us by t h e a ct s of
.
,
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R o m ulu s life a n d t h e tim e of h i s d e a th found th a t h e w a s born
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 THE D IVI NE OR G I IN OF A S T RO L O GY . 13 1

in th e fir s t y e a r of t h e s e cond O ly m pi a d t h e t w e nty third d a y O f ,

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t h e m onth a bout s unri s i n g

,
An d h e nc e h e di s cov e r e d th a t t h e
.

building of R o m e w a s b e gun w h e n t h e Moon w a s in Lib r a t h e ,

Sun w ith M e rcury a n d V e nu s in T a uru s Jupit e r in Pi s c e s a n d

, , ,

S a turn w ith M a r s in S corpio T h e Archbi s hop of Pi s a con s ult e d

.

s e v e r a l diff e r e nt profe s s or s of A s trology conc e rning h i s d e s tiny ,

a n d th e y a l l c a lcul a t e d h i s n a tivi t y a t di ffe r e nt ti m e s a n d w ith ,

out a n y co m m unic a tion w ith o n e a noth e r ; but th e y a ll for e tol d

h i m h e w ould be h a ng e d It s e e m e d highly incr e dibl e a t t h e '
.

tim e b e c a u s e h e wa s in s o m u ch honor a n d pow e r ; but t h e e v e nt

,

ju s tifi e d t h e pr e diction s ; for in t h e s e dition O f Pop e S e xtu s IV .

in t h e S udd e n r a g e a n d upro a r of t h e p e opl e h e wa s s e iz e d a n d ,

h a ng e d P e tru s Le o n t i us a c e l e br a t e d phy s icia n a n d a s tr olog e r

.
,

of Sp ol e t a n um c a s t h i s o w n n a tivity a n d for e tol d th a t h i s d e a th

, ,

would be o cc a s ion e d by w a te r a n d m a ny y e a r s a fte r w a rd s h e

,

w a s found d r o w n e d in a pond into which h e h a d fa ll e n t h e p r e

,

c e ding night by m i s ta king h i s w a y Jo s e phu s t e ll s us h e c a s t

, .

t h e n a tiviti e s of V e s p a s i a n a n d h i s s on T itu s a n d pr e dict e d th a t

, ,

th e y w ould both be e m p e ror s ; a n d s o it turn e d out R C e r v i n us . .

c a lcul a t e d t h e n a t i v i t y O f h i s s o n M a rc e llu s a n d for e told th a t h e

/

s hould co me to gr e a t pr e fe r m e nt a n d dignity in t h e church a n d

h i s m oth e r a fte r w a r d s e ntr e a ting h i m to m a rry o n e C a s s a ndr a

B e nn a h e v e ry r e s olut e ly d e clin e d it s a ying h e Would n o t w ith
, , ,

t h e b a n d s O f m a tri m ony bind hi m s e lf fro m th a t b e tt e r fortu n e

,

which t h e s t a r s h a d pro m i s e d h i m if h e continu e d to liv e s ingl e

, ,

a n d un m a rri e d And h e w a s a ft e rw a rd s r e a lly m a d e Pop e P i ous

. .

M i r a n d ul a w a s a s e v e r e writ e r a g a in s t A s trology in s o m uch th a t ,

h e w a s t e r m e d F l a g e llu m A s t r ol og o r u
, m a n d t o s top t h e m a lig

n i t y of h i s e n Luciu s B e l l a t i us a n d t w o oth e r a s trolog e r s of

p ,
n ,

e m in e nc e p rocur e d t h e ti m e of h i s bi r t h a n d c a lcul a t e d h i s n a ti
'

, ,

v i t y w hich th e y a fte r w a rd s s e nt h i m
, w ith thi s pr e diction i n,
”
clo s e d ,T h a t h e w oul d d i e in t h e thirty third y e a r of h i s a g e -
.

T hi s e a p e r a t e d h i m s o m uch th a t h e b e g a n to w rite a n e w
,

tr a ct with inco n c e iv a bl e a s p e rity a g a in s t t h e poor a s trolog e r s

, ,
-

a tt e m pting to prov e th e ir c a lcul a tion s a m e r e bubbl e a n d th e m ,

s e lv e s a s e t of i m po s tor s B ut w h e n t h e fa t a l a ppoint e d hour

.

a rriv e d h e s a w t h e folly of h i s own conc e its ; r e c a nt e d h i s

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18 2 THE M Y S T ER I Es OF A ST R O L OGY .

O pinion ,
an d l d by h i s d e a th a s t a nding m e m ori a l of t h e in e r
se a e ,

r a bi li t y a n d truth of thi s s ci e nc e M a ny oth e r e xtr a ordin a ry cir

.

c um s t a n c e s of t h e kind m ight be r e l a t e d fro m di ff e r e nt a ut hor s ,

w e r e i t no t O bviou s th a t t h e int e ll e ctu a l fa culti e s of m a n w h e n ,

cultiv a t e d by s tudy a n d i m prov e d by O b s e rv a tion a n d e xp e ri e nc e

, ,

a r e c a p a bl e of a tt a ining a v e ry e x t e n s iv e d e gr e e o f kno w l e d g e

a n d Skill in thi s a r t .

Gi t ur a n i um 3 5 3
1 5
1 1
1 5 .

T HE old w rite r s on A s trology a n d M a gic giv e volum inou s dirc o

tion s for g a t h e r l n g h e rb s a n d pl a nt s a t c e rt a in p e rio d s during
t h e w a xing a n d w a ning of t h e Mo on but t h e m or e m o d e rn pro
fe s s o r s of t h e a r t for t h e m o s t p a rt r e j e ct th e s e for m ul a s a n d
,

r e ly r a th e r upon t h e n a tur e of t h e pl a nts th e m s e lv e s a n d upon ,

t h e pr e do m in a tin g s t e ll a r influ e nc e s a t t h e ti m e th e ir juic e s a r e

e xpr e s s e d a n d p r e p a r e d for us e for t h e e ffic a cy o f t h e v a riou s
'

v e g e ta bl e m e dicin e s u s e d in A s trologic a l Ph a r m a cy .

An Engli s h A s trolog e r w h o publi s h e d a work on C hiro m a ncy

i n 1 6 71 in s i s t s in h i s pr e fa c e th e r e to th a t a n y pl a nt b e a ring a
, ,

r e s e m bl a nc e to a p ortion of t h e hu m a n fr a m e i s a Sp e cific for t h e ,

dis e a s e s of t h e m e m b e r w hich it i s a s s i m il a t e d to H e giv e s s e v e .

r a l illu s tr a tion s of h i s opinion a fe w of which m od e rniz e d fro m

, ,

t h e qu a int a n d s o m e wh a t co a r s e l a ngu a g e of t h e bo ok a r e c i te d ,

b e lo w .
-

H o w fa r fa ct s w ill b e a r out t h e doctrin e of a fli n i t i e s l a id down

by t h e a uthor t h e r e a d e r ca n a s c e rta in by e xp e rim e nt
, .

M a id e n H a ir a n d t h e Mo s s O f Q uinc e s r e s e m bl e t h e fibr e s O f
t h e he a d . H e nc e a d e coction th e r e of i s goo d for b a ldn e s s .

Pl a nts r e s e m bling t h e figur e of t h e h e a rt a r e co m forting th e r e

Sp i k e n a r d
‘

to . T h e r e for e t h e C itron a ppl e F ull e r s T hi s tl e

-
’
, , ,
 OF MEDI CI NAL HE RBS . 13 3

Ba l m ,
Mint White b e e t P a r s l e y a n d Moth e rwort w hich be a r in
,
-

, , ,

l e a v e s a n d ro ots a h e a rt lik e for m a r e con g e ni a l to th a t O rg a n

-
.

H e rb s th a t s i m ul a t e t h e Sh a p e of t h e lung s a s S a g e Lungwort , , ,

Hound s to n gu e a n d C a m p h r e y a r e go o d for pul m on a ry co m

-

l a int s
p .

V e g e t a bl e pro duction s lik e in figur e to t h e e a r s a s t h e l e a v e s ,

O f F ol e fo o t or wild S pi k e n a rd rightly pr e p a r e d a s a con s e rv e a n d

e a t e n i m prov e t h e h e a ring a n d m e m ory

,
O i l e xtr a ct e d fro m t h e .

s h e ll s of s e a s n a il s w hich h a v e t h e turning s a n d curv a tur e of t h e

~

e a r s a l s o t e nd s w ond e rfully to t h e cur e of d e a fn e s s

, .

Wh e n pl a nts r e s e m bl e t h e no s e in th e ir configur a tion a s t h e ,

l e a v e s of t h e Wild W a t e r Mint th e y a r e b e n e fici a l in r e s toring

t h e s e n s e of s m e ll .

C e rt a in pl a nt s h a ving a s e m bl a nc e of t h e w o m b — a s Birth w ort

’
or ,H e a rtw ort L a di e s S e a l or Briony & c conduc e m uch to a
, ,

s a fe a ccouch e m e n t .

Shrub s a n d H e rb s lik e unto t h e bl a dd e r a n d g a ll a r e e xc e ll e nt

for tho s e p a rts ; a s Night s h a d e A lk a k e n g e a n d Nux Vi s i ca r i a
'
'
-
. .
,

T h e s e r e li e v e t h e gr a v e l a n d s ton e .

H e rb s for m e d lik e t h e m ilt a s M i l t w o r t Spl e e n w ort a n d Ln , , ,

pin s a r e r e co m m e nd e d for t h e s tr e ngth e ning of th a t p a rt O f t h e

,

h u m a n vi s c e r a .

Pl a nts th a t a r e liv e r s h a p e d a s t h e h e rb T rinity Liv e r w or t

-

, , ,

A g a r i ck F e r m i t o r y a n d Fig s a r e e ffic a ciou s in biliou s di s e a s e s

, ,
.

W a lnuts Indi a n Nuts L e e k s a n d t h e roo t O f R a gwort b e c a u s e

, , ,

of th e ir for m a r e s a id wh e n duly pr e p a r e d to furth e r g e n e r a tion

,

a n d pr e v e nt s t e rility .

H e rb s a n d S e e d s I n s h a p e lik e t h e t e e th a s T ooth w or t Pin e

, , ,

K e rn e l & c pr e s e rv e t h e d e nt a l org a niz a tion

, .
,
.

Pl a nts of knobb e d for m lik e t h e k n uckl e s or joint s a s G a lin, ,

g a l e a n d t h e Knotty O dorife rou s ru s h ( C a l a m u s ) a r e go od for ,

Spin a l co m pl a int s r e n a l di s e a s e s foo t gout kn e e s w e llin g s a n d

, , , ,

a ll joint p a in s wh a t s o e v e r .

O ily v e g e t a bl e pro ducts a s t h e Filb e rt W a lnut Al m ond & c , , , ,

.
,

t e nd to fa tn e s s of body Pl a nt s n a tur a lly l e a n e m a ci a t e tho s e

‘
.

w h o t a k e th e m a s S a r s a p a rill a or long l e a v e d R os a S oli e

-
.

F l e s hy pl a nts m a k e fl e s h for t h e c a t e r s ; for in s t a nc e t h e

13 4 THE MYS TE RIE S OF A STR O L O GY .

'

O nion , L e e k a n d C ol e w ort C e rt a in pl a nts for tify a n d br a c e

.

th e n e rv e s ; for e x a m pl e t h e S e n s itiv e pl a nt N e ttl e s t h e r o ot s

, , ,

of M a llor us t h e h e rb Ne ur a s & c T h e s a m e a r e to be u s e d a s
, ,
.

outw a r d a pplic a tion s .

H e rb s m ilky in th e ir s ub s t a nc e prop a g a t e m ilk ; a s L e t tuc e

a n d t h e fruit O f t h e Al m ond a n d F i g tr e e s .

Pl a nt s O f a s e r ous n a tur e purg e t h e noxiou s hu m or s b e twe e n t h e

fl e s h a n d t h e s kin a s Spurg e a n d S ca m o n y
,
.

H e rb s w ho s e a cidity turn s m ilk to curd a r e s a id to l e a d to

“

procr e a tion S uch a r e G a lliu m a n d t h e s e e d s of Spurg e

.
, .

T ho s e s e m pl e s th a t ob s truct t h e co a gul a tion of m ilk a s R ue ,

,

m ix e d w ith C u m m in w ill r e li e v e a s or e br e a s t w h e n t h e m ilk i s

,

knott e d in it if a ppli e d th e r e to ;
,

Pl a nt s th a t a r e hollo w a s t h e s t a lk s of G r a in R e e d s L e e k s
, , , ,

G a rlick & c a r e go o d to purg e op e n a n d s ooth e t h e hollo w p a rt s

,
.
,
.

of t h e body .

T h e follo w ing fro m He r m e p p us R e d i vi vus a work n o w out ,

of print pr e s crib e s t h e m e tho d of pr e p a ring t h e fa m ou s E LIX I R

,

O F LIFE . T hi s s uppo s e d s p e cific for t h e r e n e w a l a n d p e rp e tu a

tion of youth a n d b e a uty w a s s ought for d ur ing t h e fifte e nth
, ,

S ixt e e nth an d
, Se v e nt e e nth c e nturi e s w ith a s m uch a vidity a s
’
t h e philo s oph e r s s ton e w hich t h e a lch e m i s t s b e li e v e d w ould
, ,

lik e t h e touch of Mid a s ch a ng e a ll m e a n e r s ub s ta nc e s into t h e

,
,

r e g a l m e t a l— G O LD .

“
d ig s gi a nt e s s El i xi r ui i l ici t
l .

PREP AR ED F R OM BAL M .

I N th e pr op e r s e a s on of t h e y e a r w h e n t h e h e r b i s a t i t s full
,

gro w th a n d con s e qu e ntly i t s juic e s in th e ir w hol e vigor g a th e r

, , , ,

a t t h e fitt e s t ti m e of t h e d a
y a s ufli c i e n t qu a ntity of b a lm w i p e it ,

c l e a n a n d pick it
, ; th e n put i t in a s ton e m ort a r a n d by l a bo , ,

r i on s b e a t ng r e duc e it into a thin

i

, p pa .
 THE FAM OU S ELI x 1R O F LIFE .
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35

T a ke thi s glutinou s a n d O dorife rou s s ub s ta nc e a n d put it into

a bolt h e a d w hich i s to be h e rm e tic a lly s e a l e d a n d th e n p l a c e it
-

, ,

in a dunghill or s o m e g e ntl e h e a t e quiv a l e nt th e r e to w h e r e it

, ,

m u s t dig e s t for forty d a s

y .

Wh e n it i s t a k e n out t h e m a t t e r w ill a pp e a r cl e a r e r th a n e v e r
, ,

a n d h a v e a quick e r s c e n t T h e n s e p a r a t e t h e gro s s e r p a rt s ,w hich

f
,

ho w e v e r a r e not to be thro w n a w a y Put thi s liquid into a g e n

,
.

t l e b a th th a t t h e r e m a ining gro s s p a rticl e s m a y p e rfe ctly s ub s id e

,
.

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, ,
’

ro s s e r p a rt s s e p a r a t e d a s b e for e m e n t i o n e d w h i ch fix e d s a lt i s
g , ,

to be join e d to t h e liquor w h e n filt r a t e d

N e xt t a k e s e a s a lt w e ll purifi e d m e lt it a n d by s e tti n g it
'

, , , ,

in a cold pl a c e it w ill run a n d b e co m e cl e a r a n d li m pid T a k e

, ,
.

e qu a l p a rt s O f b oth liquor s m i x th e m thoroughly a n d h a v m g

, ,

h e rm e tic a lly s e a l e d th e m in a prop e r gl a s s l e t th e m be c a r e fully ,

e xpo s e d to t h e s un in t h e w a r m e s t s e a s on of t h e y e a r for a bout

“

, ,

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.
,

w ill a pp e a r s w i m m i ng on t h e t O p lik e a bright gr e e n oil w hich i s ,

to be c a r e fully s e p a r a t e d a n d pr e s e rv e d O f thi s oi l a f e w d r op s .
,

t a k e n i n a g la s s of w i n e for s e v e r a l d a y s tog e th e r w ill bring to ,

p a s s tho s e w ond e r s th a t a r e r e port e d of t h e C ount e s s of D e s m ond

or i t w i ll e n t i r e ly ch a n g e t h e j ui ce s cy t h e h um a n bo d y
’
a n d oth e r s
f ,

r e vivi n g t h e d e c a ying fr a m e of life a n d r e s t or i n g t h e s p i r i t s of ,

”
lon g los t yout h .

T h e a uthor w h o r e cord s thi s curiou s a n d w ond e rful d i s cov e ry ,

“
e m a rks If a ft e r t h e m e dicin e i s thu s pr e p a r e d a n y doubt be
fir , ,

h a d of i t s e ffi c a cy or O f i t s m a nn e r of O p e r a tion l e t a fe w drop s
, ,

be giv e n e v e ry d a y on r a w m e a t to a n y O l d dog or c a t a n d in ,

l e s s th a n a for tnight by t h e ch a nging of th e ir co a t s a n d oth e r

,

incont e s t a bl e ch a ng e s t h e virtu e of thi s pr e p a r a tion w ill s u

,
ffi ci
e ntly a pp e a r .

T hi s i s t h e pr e p a r a tion of b a l m w hich Mr Boy l e (t h e c e l e br a .

t e d ch e m i s t) m e ntion s i n h i s w ork s a n d in w hich h e t e ll s us th a t

“
Dr Le F e ur e g a v e h i m a n a ccoun t of it
.
”
i n t h e pr e s e n c e of a ,

fa m o us phy s ici a n a n d a noth e r virtuo s o to w ho m h e a p p li e d a s

, , ,

knowing t h e truth O f w h a t h e s a id ,th a t a n inti m a t e fri e n d of h i s ,

”
h e n a m e d to m e h a vin g pr e p a r e d t h e
“
w ho m , s a y s Mr Boyl e .
, ,
13 6 TH E MYS TERI E S OF AS TR O L O G Y .

pri m um e ns b a l m to s a ti s fy him s e lf t h e b e tt e r of i t s e ff e ct s
Of , ,

m a de a tri a l upon h i m s e lf a n d took of it a ccordi ng to t h e p r e

,

s cription for a bov e a for tnight ; long b e for e w hi ch h i s n a il s both

, , ,

O f hi s h a nd s a n d fe e t b e g a n to lo o s e n th e m s e lv e s fro m t h e Skin
, ,

( but w ithout p a in ) w hich a t l e ngth fa l ling off of th e ir ow n

, , , a o

cor d thi s g e ntl e m a n k e e p s y e t by hi m i n a b o x for a r a rity ; but

, /

w o ul d not pur s u e t h e tr i al a n y fa r th e r b e ing s a tis fi e d with w h a t ,

h e h a d foun d a n d b e in g in no n e e d of s uch p h ys i o ; but h a v ing

,

giv e n of t h e s a m e m e dic a t e d w in e for t e n o r t w e lv e d a y s to a

, ,

w o m a n th a t s e rv e d in h i s hou s e a n d w h o w a s n e a r s e v e nty y e a r s
,

of a g e wi thout l e tti n g h e r kno w w h a t h e e xp e ct e d it w o ul d d o

, ,

t h e p e cul i a r s ign s of youth i n fe m a l e s b e c a m e s o a pp a r e nt th a t

Sh e w a s a l a r m e d a n d h e d i d,
not pr o s e cut e t h e e xp e rim e nt a n y
wh y h e m a d e n o
” “
fa rth e r A n d w h e n I a s k e d s a y s Mr B oyl e
.
,
.
,

tri a l s upon b e a s t s it w a s a n s w e r e d th a t though h e h a d but littl e

, ,

of t h e m e dicin e y e t h e put a p a r t a n old h e n a n d m oi s t e ning h e r

, ,

foo d w ith s o m e dr op s of it for a w e e k a bout t h e s ixth d a y s h e ,

b e g a n to m oul t h e r fe a th e r s by d e gr e e s ti ll s h e b e c a m e s ta rk
'

n a k e d ; but b e for e a for t night w a s p a s s e d Sh e b e g a n to r e g a in ,

o t h e r s w h i ch wh e n th e y w e r e co m e to th e i r full gr o w th a pp e a r e d
, , ,

”
fa ir a n d b e tt e r colour e d th a n a t fir s t .

“
An d h e a dd e d th a t b e s id e s th a t h e r cr e s t w a s r a i s e d s h e a l s o
, ,

la i d m o r e e gg s th a n Sh e w a s w ont to do b e for e ”
.
 NARRATIVES A ND A NECDOTES
I N R EL A T I ON T O

witchcraft Ma g ic a pparition
, , M e lons f re s e nfiwnts
, , ,

a ni ot e r h Sup e rnatura l t he noma na .

AM ONG a ll t h e n a tion s of t h e e a rth , civiliz e d or b a rba rou s ,

’
C hri s ti a n or P a g a n a n d in a ll a g e s of t h e w orld s hi s tory of
,

which w e h a v e a n y kno w l e dg e a b e l i e f in t h e s up e rn a tur a l h a s

,

e xi s t e d .I t i s a p a r t of hu m a n n a tur e W e a ll fe e l th a t th e r e
.

i s s o m e thing a b ov e a n d b e yon d thi s m a t e ri a l w orl d w hich i n flu ,

c h e e s a n d w ill fin a lly con t r ol our d e s tiny ; a n d a s e n s e of i m m or

t a li t y which t h e s ubtl e a n d pl a u s ibl e a rgu m e nt s of m a t e ri a li s m
,

c a nno t ov e rco m e thrill s e v e n t h e m o s t Sk e ptic a l w ith fe a rful

,

a ppr e h e n s io n s wh e n th e y r e fl e ct on t h e ph e no m e n a of life a n d
d e a th
’

T h e followin g p a g e s a r e s ub m itt e d to t h e r e a d e r a s cont a ining

p r oofs of t h e influ e nc e e x e rci s e d bV s up e rhu m a n a g e nci e s ov e r

'

m und a n e a ff a ir s w hich no o n e w h o r e cogniz e s a s tr ue t h e l a w s

,

w hich t h e gr e a t e s t logici a n s h a v e l a i d do w n for t h e a s c e rt a in

m e nt of truth c a n po s s ibly d e ny
, It i s no t cl a i m e d th a t a ll t h e
.

w ond e rful s t a t e m e nt s group e d tog e th e r I n thi s d e p a rt m e nt O f t h e

‘

w ork a r e a uth e ntic in a ll th e ir d e t a il s ; but i t i s c l a i m e d t h a t

“

t h e m a s s O f uni m p e a ch a bl e t e s ti m ony h e r e a dduc e d of t h e r e a li t y

“

O f a vi s ibl e ,
a ud i bl e d e m on s tr a bl e conn e xion b e tw e e n t h e m a t e
,

ri a l a n d t h e I m m a t e ri a l w orld e s t a bli s h e s t h e e xi s t e nc e of s uch a

,

conn e xion b e yond a ll r a tion a l d oub t .

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i
ln l i b
l s ti tu
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king lg r tt g
,i nt er , a nt
hi la r

F R OM A N OLD RE OR D C .

IN t h e s pring of 1 64 5 s e ve ra l witch e s w e re s e iz e d a t Ma nning tre e i n

E n g la nd a n d we r e s ubs e que ntly conde m ne d a n d h a ng e d O n e of th e s e .

w a s a n old w Om a n n a m e d E liz a b e th C l a rk e
'

a n d t h e m o s t i m port a nt
,

“
wit n e s s a g a ins t h e r w a s M a tth e w H opkins of Ma nning tre e g e nt It ,
”
, .

a p p e a rs th a t H o pki n s h a d w a tch e d with h e r s e v e ra l nig ht s i n a roo m i n

t h e ho us e of a Mr E dwa rd s i n which s h e wa s confi n e d to k e e p h e r from

.
, ,

s l e e ping u n til s h e m a d e a confe s s ion a n d to s e e if s h e we r e vis it e d by

,
.

h e r fa m ilia rs H e d e cla r e d a m ong oth e r thing s th a t on t h e nig ht of

‘

.
, ,

t h e 2 4t h of M a r ch which a p p e a rs to ha ve b e e n t h e third nig ht of wa tch

,

i n g a ft e r h e h a d r e fus e d to le t h e r c a ll on e of h e r im p s or fa m ilia rs Sh e
”

, ,

confe s s e d th a t a bout s i x or s e ve n ye a rs b e fore s h e h a d s urre nd e re d h e r ,

s e lf to t h e d e vil wh o c a m e to h e r i n t h e form of a pr o p e r g e ntl e m a n

‘

, ,

with a l a ce d b a nd ”
.S o o n a ft e r this a little d og a pp e a r e d fa t a n d s hort ,

i n t h e l e g s i n c olor wh ite with s a nd y s pots , which wh e n h e hinde r e d it

, ,

from a pproa ching h e r va nis he d from h i s s ig h t S h e confe s s e d tha t i t

,
.

w a s o n e of h e r im p s n a m e d Ja r n i a r a I m m e d ia te ly a fte r this h a d d i s
.

a pp e a re d
,
a noth e r c a m e in t h e form o f a g r e yh ound which Sh e c a lle d ,

Vine g a r T om a n d i t wa s follo we d by a noth e r i n t h e form o f a p ole ca t

‘

“
And this inform a nt furthe r s a ith th a t g oing fro m t h e hous e of t h e s a id
,

M r E d wa rd s to h i s o wn h ous e a bou t nine o r t e n o clo e k o f t h e nig ht

’
.
,

with h i s g r e yhou n d with h im h e s a w t h e g r e yh ound s u d d e nly g ive a

,

jum p a n d r un a s s h e h a d be e n in full cours e a ft e r a h a re a n d tha t wh e n

,
‘

t h e inform a nt m a d e h a s t e to s e e wh a t h i s g re yh ound s o e a g e rly purs u e d ,

‘

h e e s pie d a white thing a bout t h e s iz e of a k i t t e n a n d t h e g re yh ou n d ,

s t a n d in g a l oof fr om it a n d t h a t b a n d by t h e s a id wh i t e i m p or kitt e n
; y
- -

, ,
14 0 THE MYS TE R IE S OF A S TR O L O GY .

da nc e d a bout t h e s a id g re yhound a n d by a ll like liho od bi t a pie c e of t h e

fl e s h of h e r s hould e r for t h e g re yh ound c a m e s hrie kin g a n d crying to
, .

this inform a nt with a pie c e of t h e fl e s h torn from h e r s h oulde r And this .

infor m a nt furth e r s a ith tha t co m ing into h i s o wn ya rd th a t ni g ht h e

, ,

e s pie d a bl a ck thing proport i on e d l ik e a ca t only i t wa s thrice a s bi g , ,

s i tting o n a s tr a wbe rry be d a n d fi xing i t s e y e s on this inform a nt ; a n d

,

whe n h e we nt to w a rd it , it l e a p e d ove r t h e p a l e t o wa rd this inform a nt ,

a s h e thoug ht but r a n quit e thr oug h t h e ya rd with h i s g re y

,
hound a ft e I
i t to a g re a t g a te whi ch wa s und e rs e t with a p a ir of turnbull—s t r l n g s ,

a n d d i d thro w t h e s a id g a te wide O p e n a n d th e n v a nis h e d ,

a n d t h e s a id

g yr e hound r e turn e d a g a in to thi s in for m a nt s h a king a n d tre m bl ing e x

c e e ding ly ”
. H op k ins h a d not ve nture d to re m a in a lone with t h e witch ,

“
but h a d with h i m John S te rne wh o a l s o a d de d g e ntle m a n to h i s ,
”

n a m e a n d wh o confirm e d a ll th a t Hopkins h a d s a id de po s e d to t h e
, ,

co m ing of t h e im p s a n d a dde d tha t t h e third i m p wa s ca lle d S a ck a n d

,
-

S ug a r . T h e y wa tch e d a t n ig ht; with a nothe r wom a n n a m e d R e b e cc a ,

W e s t a n d s a w h e r im ps i n t h e s a m e m a nne r
'

,
S h e s t a t e d th a t t h e firs t
.

tim e Sh e s a w S a ta n h e c a m e to h e r a t nig ht told h e r h e m us t be h e r ,

hus b a nd a n d m a rrie d h e r T h e s e ve re tre a tm e nt to which t h e a ccus e d

,
.

w e r e e xp o s e d forc e d confe s s ions from th e m a ll a n d th e y a vo w e d b e ing

, ,

g uil t y of e v e ry S p e ci e s of m i s chi e f fr o m t h e t a king a wa y of hum a n life to

,

t h e s p oiling of m ilk T h e n a m e s a n d for m s of the ir im ps we r e e qu a lly

;

fa nt a s tic . R e be cc a J o n e s a w itch fro m S t O s yt h e s s a i d t h a t s h e h a d

,
~ ’
.
,

m e t a m a n i n a r a g g e d s ui t with g re a t e y e s tha t te rrifie d h e r e xce e d ,

i n g ly a n d th a t h e g a ve h e r thr e e thing s like m ol e s but without ta ils

, ,

whi ch s h e fe d with m ilk A n oth e r h a d a n i m p in t h e form of a white

.

d og which s h e c a lle d Eli m a n z e r a n d which s h e fe d with m ilk potta g e

, , .

O n e h a d th re e im p s which s h e c a lle d P rick e a r Ja ck a n d Frog

,
-
S e ve , , .

r a l w i t n e s s e s p o or a n d ig nor a nt p e op l e
,.
we re broug ht to t e s tify to t h e
,
.

m is chi e f which h a d b e e n d one by th e s e m e a ns A countrym a n g ra ve ly .

r e l a te d h o w p a s s ing a t d a y by t h e h ous e of on e of t h e wom e n na m e d

, ,
'

A n n e W e s t h e wa s s ur p r i s e d t o fi n d h e r d o or Op e n a t tha t e a rly h our

, ,

a nd l ookin g i n h e s a w thre e or fo ur thing s like bl a ck ra bbits on e of ,

wh i ch r a n a ft e r h i m H e s e iz e d up on it a n d tri e d to kill it but it s e e m e d

.
, ,

I n h i s h a nd s li ke a p i e c e of w o ol a n d s tr e tch e d out in le n th a s h e pull e d

“

, g
it without a n y a p p a re nt in jury T he n re colle cting tha t the re w . a s a

s p ring n e a r a t ha nd h e hurrie d thit h e r a n d a t t e m pte d to d ro wn it but i t

, ,

v a ni s he d from h i s s ig ht a s Soon a s h e put i t i n t h e wa te r I He th e n -

re turne d to wa rd t h e h ous e a n d s e e ing Anne We s t s ta ndin g outs ide t h e

 NA RR A TIVE S AND A NECD O TE S . 14 1

d o or i n h e r s m o ck h e a s ke d wh y s h e s e nt h e r im p s t o t orm e nt h i m
,
.

T hi s s e e m s to h a ve b e e n t h e firs t a p p e a r a n ce O f M a tthe w H opkins a s

’

a witch fi n d e r for which h e

-

,
a ft e r wa rd b e ca m e n o t ori o u s a n d which h e ,

n o w a s s um e d a s a le g a l p ro fe s s ion H e proc e e de d i n a r e g ul a r ci rcuit

.

throug h S ufi olk Nor fOlk C a m brid g e s hire a n d Huntin g d on a cco m p a nie d

, , , ,

b J oh n S t e rne a n d a wo m a n wh ose bu s in e s s it w a s to e x a m in e t h e
“

y
bo d i e s o f t h e fe m a le s i n s e a rch o f the ir m a rks I n A ug us t 1 6 4 5 w e fin d .
,

the m a t B ury i n S uffolk whe re o n t h e 2 7t h of tha t m onth no l e s s tha n

, , , ,

e ig ht e e n witch e s w e re e x e cute d a t once a n d a hundr e d a n d t we nty m or e ,

w e re t o h a v e b e e n tri e d but a s ud d e n m ove m e nt of t h e king s troop s in ’

,

tha t d ire ction oblig e d t h e jud g e s to a d j o urn t h e s e s s ion S om e o f t h e .

i m p s h e re a pp e a re d in t h e s h a p e o f s na ke s w a s p s a n d horne ts a n d e ve n , ,

o f s n a ils T h e y w e r e m o s tly e m ploy e d in p e tty offe nc e s ; on e m a n a n d

.

h i s wife we r e g uilty only of h a ving b e witch e d t h e b e e r i n a bre wh ous e

a n d m a k ing i t s ti nk O t he rs ho we ve r confe s s e d to h a ve c a u s e d m is chie f
.
, ,

of a m ore s e rious ch a ra cte r O n e w o m a n d e cla re d s h e h a d conc e ive d .

t w o chil d r e n by t h e d e vil
“
but a s s o on a s Sh e w ,
a s de live r e d of th e m ,

th e y r a n a wa y in m o s t h orrid l ong ug ly s ha pe s ”
T h e m os t r e m a rk a bl e
,
.

victim o f thi s inquis ition a t B ury w a s a n a g e d cl e rg ym a n na m e d Le w e s , ,

wh o h a d b e e n vic a r o f B ra nde s ton n e a r Fra m ling h a m in th a t c ounty fifty , ,

y e a r s a,
w e ll kn o w
-
n Oppo n e nt o f t h e n e w c h urch g ove rnm e nt T h is m a n .
,

“
w e a r e t ol d by S t e rne o n e o f t h e inquis itors ,
h a d b e e n ind ic t e d fo r a ,

c o m m on i m ba n a t or a n d for witch cra ft a bov e thirty ye a rs be fo r e

,
an d th e ,

g ra nd jury found t h e bill for a c om m on i m ba n a t or , wh o n o w a fte r h e ,

wa s found with t h e m a rks confe s s e d tha t i n pride of he a rt to be e qu al

,

wi t h or ra the r a bove G o d
, t h e d e vil took a d va nt a g e of h i m a n d h e
, ,

cove n a nte d with t h e de vil a n d s e a l e d it with h i s blood a n d h a d tho s e

, ,

fa m ilia rs or Sp irits which s ucke d on t h e m a rks found on h i s bo d y a n d

, ,

d i d m uch h a rm both by s e a a n d l a nd e s p e cia lly by s e a for h e c onfe s s e d , ,

'

tha t h e b e ing a t Lun g a r for t i n S uffolk whe re h e pre a ch e d a s h e wa lke d

, , ,

up on t h e w a ll the r e h e s a w a g re a t s a il of s hip s p a s s by a n d th a t a s
, , ,

the y we re s a iling by o n e o f h i s th re e im ps na m e ly h i s ye llo w o n e forth

, , , ,

with a p p e a r e d to h i m a n d a s ke d h im wha t h e s h ould d o a n d h e b a de ,

it g o a n d s ink s uch a s h ip o n e tha t b e long e d to Ip s wi ch SO h e confe s s e d

, ,

tha t t h e i m p w e n t forthwi t h a wa y a n d h e s too d s till a n d vie we d t h e ,

s hip s a n d p e rc e i ve d tha t s hi
, p to b e i m m e d ia t e ly in m ore trou b l e and

d a n g e r th a n t h e re s t ; for h e s a i d t h e wa te r wa s m ore bo is te rous ne a r

'

th a t th a n t h e re s t tum bling up a n d d o wn with wa ve s a n d s o on a fte r it

,

Slih k d ir e c tly d o wn into t h e s e a wh e n a ll t h e r e s t s a ile d on in s a fe ty ; ,

 14 2 T HE M YS TER IES OF A S TR OL O GY .

th e n h e c on fe s s e d h e m a d e fo urt e e n wid o w s in on e qu a rt e r of a n h our

,
.

W h e n a s ke d i f it d i d n o t g ri e v e h im t o s e e S O m a n y m e n c a s t a w a y in a
s h ort t i m e h e s wor e by h is M a k e r
,
“
No ; h e w a s j oyful t o s e e wh a t p owe r ,

”
H e w a s h a ng e d in 1 6 4 5 a t B ur y S t E d m un d s
’
h i s im p s h a d .
, , . .

i
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d
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d ig s fi rs t e t e r s S
h i ll i n g s .

F R OM A C ELEB R ATED G ERM A N AU THOR .

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.

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to fe e l a d e s ir e to which s h e h a d b e for e b e e n a s tra ng e r S h e wis he d .

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to p os s e s s a frie nd t o wh om s h e m ig ht com m un ica t e h e r m os t s e cr e t

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t h e co m m e r cia l s p irit n a t ura l t o h i s co un try m e n a n d c o n s i d e re d m e r c a n ,

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, ,

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,

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,
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,

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, , ,

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,

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.

h e h a d n o t e n j oye d h i s d o ubl e c a p a city l o n g b e for e h e s h o we d a d e g r e e ,

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, ,

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,

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.
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fi ce s a n d wa s unwilling t o g r a nt e x cl us ive rig hts

, S h e th e re fore e nde a .

ve re d i n a d e lica t e m a nn e r to s hort e n h i s vi s i ts to s e e h i m l e s s fre que ntly , ,

a n d i n ti m a t e d th a t s h e w ould on n o c on s i d e r a tio n wh a t e v e r g i ve up h e r

fre e d om A s s oon a s h e r e m a rke d this n e w tre a tm e nt h i s m is e ry wa s

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tions : h e h a d from h i s e a rli e s t youth l ooke d up on h i s fortun e a s inox

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, .

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.

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, ,

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r e turn h e foun d s h e h a d t a ke n a n oth e r ho us e a t a cons id e r a bl e d i s ta nce

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s h e h a s t e n e d to h i m wa s a n xio us to s e e h i m c o m fort a bl e a n d d is cove r ing

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tha t h e w a s i n g r e a t p e cun ia ry d iffi cultie s s h e le ft h i m a s um o f m one y

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s uffi ci e nt t o s up pl y h i s wa nt s ,
.

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wa s with h e r a n u n p a r d on a ble o ffe n ce a n d t h e d is c ove ry of h i s h a ving
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ac e t d s o ind is cre e tly i n h i s o wn a ff a irs h a d n ot g ive n h e r t h e m os t fa vor

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.

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, ,

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,

s ion ; a n d h e h op e d on h is re cove ry t o be re ins ta te d i n a ll h i s form e r

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rig hts .

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,
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.
,

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,
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.

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.

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.

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,

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.

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.
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m a d . Big h t o v e r t o ok tn e m be s or e

'
th e y c o ul d r e a ch t h e i r j our n e y s e n d ; an d s ufi e r i r g m te r
"

u
p h OD . fr om t h e

br e a ki n g 0 ch a i n th e y we r e ,
c om p e ll e d to s t e p fo r t h e ni g ht a t an

Obs cur e i n n by t h e r oa d s id e .F a t i g u e d An t o n e 1
lli s o ue h t re p
o s e st a t ue

d i a t e ly on th e ir a r r i va l a n
d s h e h a d j us t la i n d on ,
wh e n th e ma im e

m ai d ,
wh o wa s arra n g
in g a ni g h t la m p , i n a j e s tin
g t on e o bs e r v e d . W e

ar e h in t th d of th e e ar th d th e we r i n cr t ie
‘

e re a m ann e r e a m s
a e e n e .

W ill h e be a bl e t o fi n d us h e re Th a t m om e n t th e v um
-e
wa s
h e an d
l oud er an d m or e t e r r i ble th a n e ve r . Th e la d y i m a g in e d t he r oom fi ll e d
wi t h d e m on
; d l e a p in g out o f be d r a n d o w n s t s
s
an . .u s . a la r m i n g t h e w h ol e
h o us e . No bo d y s l e p t a w i n k t h a t n i g h t T hi s w a s . t l e la s t t im e th e n o
: ‘

wa s h e ar d . B ut th
i
s un w e l co m e vi s
i t or had s o on an t h e r an d m or e o; s

bl e th od oi h
’

a gr e e a m e
n or iiwi n : r e s e n ce
g p .

Sh e h a d be e n l e ft in
p e a ce s om e ti m e wh e n on e e v e n in g ,
a t t i
e n s ui

wh d sh e sh e le -
‘
o ,
e w a s s it ti n
g a t t a ble w i t h h er fr i e n d s wa s sta rt c . a

he d ch a r g e
i
Of a we ll c h a r g e d p i s t ol i t s e d to h
t : : :

s
sc un or e m e a ve y
V
P
g a 0
- J
a (
,

r br
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ug h th e w in d ow . A ll p re s e n t h e a r d t h e r e p or t , an d sa w th e sl a s
h
14 8 THE MYS TE R IE S or A S TR O L O GY .

but on xa m ina tion t h e p a n e wa s fo und unin j ure d T h e c om pa n y wa s

e ,
.
,

n e v e rthe le s s g re a tly conce rne d a n d it wa s g e ne ra lly be l i e ve d tha t s om e

, ,

o n e s life h a d be e n a tt e m pt e d S o m e pre s e nt r a n to t h e p olice while t h e

’
.
,

re s t s e a rch e d t h e a d j oin in g h ous e s but i n va in no t h ing wa s d is co ve re d

,

th a t c o uld e xcite t h e l e a s t su s picion T h e ne xt e ve n in g s e ntin e ls we re .

s t a ti one d a t a ll t h e n e ig h borin g W ind o ws : t h e h ous e its e lf wh e r e A nt o

ne lli live d w a s clos e ly s e a rche d a n d s pie s w e re pla ce d i n t h e s tre e t B ut

, .

a ll; th is pr e c a utio n a va il e d no thin g T h r e e m onths i n s ucce s s ion a t t h e

“

.
,

s a m e m o m e nt t h e r e p ort wa s h e a rd
,
t h e ch a rg e e n t e re d a t t h e s a m e p a n e
o f g l a s s with out m a ki n g t h e le a s t alt e r a t i on i n i t s a p p e a r a nc e ; a n d wh a t
,
o

i s r e m a rka bl e it inv a ria bly t ook p l a ce p r e cis e ly o n e h our b e for e m id n i g ht

,
.

a l t h o ug h t h e Ne a p ol i ta n s h a ve t h e It a lia n w a y o f k e e ping tim e a cc ord ,

i n g t o wh ich m id ni g ht fo rm s n o re m a rk a bl e d ivis ion At l e n g th t h e s h oot .

i n g g r e w a s fa m il i a r a s t h e v oic e h a d form e rly be e n a n d th is i n n o ce nt ,

m a lic e o f t h e Sp i rit w a s forg ive n h i m T h e r e p ort o fte n t o ok p la c e wi t h

'

. .

o ut d i s turbin g t h e c o m p a ny o r e v e n th e ir conve r s a ti on
, O n e e ve n in g .
,

a ft e r a s ultry d a y A nt on e lli w ith o ut thi n kin g o f t h e p p ro a chin g h o ur

‘

, ,
a ,

Op e n e d t h e wind o w a n d s t e p p e d with t h e M a rque s s o n t h e ba l c o n y B ut

“

.
,

a fe w m o m e nt s h a d
. e l a ps e d wh e n t h e invis ibl e g un w a s d is ch a rg e d a n d
, ,

bo th we re th ro wn b a ck int o t h e r o o m with a vio le nt s ho ck O n r e c ov e r . .

i n g t h e M a rqu e s s fe lt t h e p e w o f a s m a rt bl o w o n h i s rig ht ch e e k a n d
, ,

t h e s ing e r on h e r le ft B ut n o othe r in j ury b e in g r e c e ive d t h i s e ve n t

.
,

g a v e ri s e t o a n u m b e r o f m e rry o b s e r v a ti o n s T h i s w a s t h e l a s t tim e s h e .

w a s a l a rm e d i n h e r h o us e a n d s h e h a d h op e s of b e ing a t l a s t e ntire ly r i d
,

o f h e r u n r e l e ntin g p e r s e cut o r wh e n o n e e v e ni n g , rid in g o ut w ith a fr i e n d

, ,
.
,

s h e w a s once m or e r e a tly t e rrifie d T h e y d r ov e t h r o ug h t h e C h i nj e

g .
,

w h e r e t h e on c e fa vore d G e n o e s e h a d r e s i d e d
-
T h e m o o n s h o n e bri g h t . .

T h e l a d y w i th h e r d e m a nd e d “
I s n o t th a t t h e h ou s e wh e r e M r
“

.
,

d ie d “
I t i s on e o f thos e t wo i f I a m n o t m is t a ke n r e pli e d An t o
,
,
” -

n e ll i . T h a t ins ta nt t h e r e p or t bur s t up o n th e i r e a rs lou d e r th a n e v e r t h e

l

fla s h is s ui ng from on e o f t h e h ous e s s e e m e d t o p a s s t h r oug h t h e c a rriag e :

T h e c o a ch m a n s up p o s ing th e y w e re a tt a c
,
ke d by r o bbe rs d ro ve o ff i n ,

g r e a t h a s te . O n a rri ving a t t h e pl a c e o f d e s tin a tio n t h e t wo l ad i e s w e r e ,

ta ke n o ut i n a s t a te o f ins e ns ibilit y T h is w a s h o we ve r t h e l a s t s ce n e o f
-

.
, ,

t e rror T h e invis i ble t orm e n t or n ow cha n g e d h i s m a n n e r a n d us e d m or e

.
,

g e n tle m e a n s O n e e v e ni n g s oon a ft e r a l o ud cl a p p in g o f h a n d s w a s
.
, ,

h e a r d u n d e r h e r wi n d o w A n t o n e lli a s a fa vor i t e a c tr e s s a n d s i n g e r
.
,
.
,

w a s n o s tra n g e r t o t h e s e s ound s ! t h e y c a rri e d i n t h e m no th i n t e rri fyi n g

g ,

a n d t h e y m i g h t be a s cr i be d t o o n e o f h e r a d m ir e rs S h e p a id lit tl e a t te n .
 NARRATIV ES AND ANECD OTE S . 14 9

tio n to it her friends however were m ore vig ila nt they sent out spie s
, ,

as formerly The clappi n g was heard but no one was to be seen and it
.
,

was hoped that these mysterious doings would soon entirely cease After .

some evenings the cl a ppi n gs were no longer heard and more agreeable
, ,

sounds succeeded They were not properly melodious but unspeakably

.
,

delightful and agreeable they seemed to issue from the corner of an

O pposite street approach the window and die
, g ently away It seemed as .

if some aerial spirit intended them as a prelude to some piece of music “

that he was about to perform These tones soon became weaker and a t
.
,

last they w ere heard n o m ore I had the curiosity soon after the first
.
,

disturbance to go to the house of the deceased under the pretext of vis

, ,

iting the old la d y who had so faithfully atten d ed him in his last illness .

S h e told me her friend had an unbound e d a ff ection for Antonelli ; that h e -

had for some weeks previous to his death talked only of her and some
, , ,
-

times represented her as a n angel and then a gain as a devil When his ,
.

illness became serious h i s only wish was to see her before his dissolution
, ,

probably i n hopes of rec eiving from her some kind expression or prevail ,

ing on her t o give him some consoling proof of her love and attachment .

Her obstinate refusal caused h i m the grea t est torme nts and her last ,

ans w er evidently hastened his end ; for added she he ma d e one violent , ,

e ffort and raising his head he cried out in despair No i t s h a ll ( wa i l lze r

,
“
, ,

”
i
n ot h n g ; s lre a vo id s m e ,
but I ll t or m
’
en om; g
t lz e r , t h on g / r a ve d i vi d e us !
And indeed the event proved that a man may perform his promise i n spite
of death itsel f .

wn afi
( (

fi e nhm utn (a a nt fl
gr 5 M um f rm .

a I a lo o f fi ag ic .

TR AN S L A T ED F R OM THE IT AL IA N .

O NEof the most remarkable insta nces is found in the Autobiography

of the c e le br a t e d B e n v e n ut o Cellini a writer who is generally looked
'

upon as wo r thy of belief In his y outh B e n v e n ut o fe ll in love with a

.
, ‘

c ourtesan from who m he was suddenly s eparated by t h e departure of the

,
15 0 T HE MYS TERIE S OF A S TROLO GY .

lady from Rome Two months after says he the gi rl e t e me wor d

.
“
,
”
,
“

that she was in S icily extremely unhappy I was then indulging myself
,
.

in pleasures of all sorts and h ad e n gaged in another amour to cancel the

,

memory Of my S icilian mistres s It happened through a v a riety of odd .

,

accidents that I made acquaintance with a S icilian priest wh o w a s a

, ,

man of genius a n d well versed in the Latin and G reek authors Hap
,
.

pening one day to have so m e conversation with him upon the art of necro
man cy I who had a gre a t de s ire to know something of the matter tol d
, , ,

him that I had all my life felt a curiosity to be acquainted with the mys “

t e r i e s of this art The priest replied that the man m ust be of a resolute
.

and steady temper who enters upon that study I replied t h at I had .

fortitude and resolution enough if I could but find an O pportunity Th e ,

.

priest subjoined If you think you h ave the heart to ven t ure I will give
“
, ,

you all the satisfaction you can desire ”

Thus we agreed to unde rtake .

this matter .

The priest one evening prepared to satisfy me and desired me to look ,

out for a companion o r two I invited one Vincen z o R o m oli who was
'

.
,

my intimate acquaintance ; he brought with h i m a native of P istoia who ,

himself cultivated the black art We repaired to the Colosseum and the .
,

priest according to the custom of necromancers began to draw circles on

, ,

the ground with the most impressive ceremonies imaginable h e likewise

,

brought thither asafoe tida several precious perfumes and fire with some , , ,
'
compositions which d i fi us e d noisome O dors As soon as he was in r e a d i .

ness he m a de an O pening in the circle and having taken us by the hand

, , ,

o n e by one he placed us in i t
,
Then having arranged t h e other par ts .
_
,

and ass umed his wand he or d ered the other necromancer his partner to
, , ,

throw the perfumes into the fire at a proper time intrusti n g the care of
“

the fire and the perfumes to the rest and began his incantations This ,
.

ceremony lasted above an hour and a half w hen there appeared several ,

leg ions of devils insomuch that the amphitheatre was quite filled with
,
“

them I was busy a bout the perfumes when the priest turned to m g a n d
.
-

said Benvenuto ask them so m ething

, ,
”
I answered Let them bring
“
,

me into the company of my S icilian mistress Angelica

.
”
, .

That night we Obt ained no ans wer of any sort but I had received ,

great sat isfaction in having m y curiosity so far indulged The m om .

m a n ce r told me it was r e qui s i t e we should go a second time as s uring

' '

me that I should be satisfied i n wh a t e v e r I asked but that I must t

bring with me a pure and imm a culate boy I took with me a youth .

wh o was in m y service of about twelve years of age together , ,

 NARRATIVE S AND ANE CD OTES . 51

with the same Vincen z o R o m oli and one A g n oli n o Gaddi a n inti , ,

mate acquaintance who m I likewise prevailed o u to assist at the

,

ceremony W h en we came to the place appointed the first having

.
,

made his preparations as before with the same and even more strikin g ,

ceremonies placed us within the circle which he had drawn with a more
, ,

wonderful art and in a more solemn manner than at our former meeting
, .

Thus having committed the care of the perfumes and the fire to m y
,

friend V incenzo wh o was assisted by G addi he put into my hand a

, ,

pentacolo or m a gical chart The necromancer then began to make his

.

invocations called by their names a multitude Of demons who were t h e

,
'

leaders of the several legions and invoked them by the power of the ,

eternal G o d insomuch that the amphitheatre was almost in an in s tant

,

filled with demons a hundred times more numerous than at the former
,

conjuration I by the direction of the necrom a ncer again desired to be

.
, ,

i n the company of Angelica The former thereupon , t urning to me said

.
, , ,

K n o w they have declared that in the Space Of a month yo u shall be in

, ,

her company ”
He then requested me to stan d resolutely by him
.
,

because the legions were now above a thousand more in number than he
had designed and besides these were the most dangerous so that aft er
, , ,

they had answered my question it behooved him to be civil to them and ,

dismiss them quietly At the same time the boy under the pentacolo
.

was in a terrible fright saying that there were in that place a million Of
, ,
‘

fierce men who threatened to destroy us ; and that moreover four , ,

ar m ed giants of an eno r mous stature were endeavoring to break i n t O o ur '

circle During this time while the necromancer trembling with fear
.
, , ,

endeavored by mild and gentle methods to dismiss them in the be s t w a y ,

.

he could V incenzo R o m oli who quive r ed like an aspen leaf took care of
, , ,

the perfumes Though I was as much terrified as any of them I d i d my

.
,

utmost to conceal the terror I felt so that I greatly contributed to ,

inspire the rest with resolution but the tr uth is I gave myself over for ,

a dead man seeing the horrid fright the necromancer was in The boy
,
.

placed his head between his knees and said : In this posture will I die
“

for we shall all sur ely perish ? I told him that all those demons were
’

'

under us a n d t h a t what he saw was smoke a n d shado w ; so bid him

,

hold up his head and take courage NO sooner did he loo k up but he .

cried out The whole amphitheatre is burning and the fire is just falling
“
,

upon us so covering his face with his han ds he again exclaimed that
, ,

destruction was inevitable and he desired t o see no more The necro

'

man oer entreated me to have a good heart and to burn p roper perfumes ; ,
15 2 T HE MY S TERIE S OF A S TROLOGY .

u pon which I turned to R o m oli and bid him burn all the m ost precious ,

perfumes he had At the same time I cast m y eyes upon A g n oli n o

.

G addi who was terrified to such a degree that he could scarce

,

distinguish obj ect s and s eemed to be half dead S eeing h i m i n this '

“
condition I said A g n oli n o upo n these occasions a man should not
, , ,

yield to fear but should stir about and give his assistance ; so come
,

directly and p ut on some more of these perfumes

,
”
Poor A g n oli n o .

'

upon attempting to move was so terrified that the e ff ects of his fear ,

overp ower e d all the pe rfumes we were burnin g The boy hearing a .

crepitation ventured once m ore to raise his head ; when seeing m e

, ,

laugh he began to tak e courage and said that the devils were flying
, ,

away with a vengeance In this condition we remained until the bell

'

.
'

r a ng for morning prayer T h e necromancer told us that there remained

.

but fe w devils and these were at a great distan ce Whe n the magician
,
.
,

had performed the rest of h i s ceremonies h e stripped Off his gown and ,
.
,

t ook up a wallet full of b ooks which he had brought with him We all
,

went o u t of the circle together, keeping as close to each other as we

-

possibly could espe cially the boy who h ad placed himself i n the middle
, , ,

holding the necromancer by the coat and me by the cloak As we , .

were going to our houses in the quarter of Banchi the boy told us that ,
-

t wo of the demons who had been a t the amphitheatre went on before us

skipping and singing sometimes running upon the roofs of the houses
,

and so metimes upon t h e ground The priest declared that though he h ad .

often ent e red m agic circles nothing so extraordinary had eve r happened
,
'

to him As we went along he would fain have p e r s ua d e d m e to assist

.
,

with him at consecrating a book from which he said w e should derive ,

immense riches ; we should then a s k the demons to discover to us the

various treasures with which the earth abounds which would raise us to ,

O pulence and power ; but that thos e love aff airs we r e mere follies from ,

whence no good could be expected I an swered that I would readily .

have a cce p t e d h i s p r Op os a ls had I understood Latin

‘
”
He redoubled his .

persuasions answering me that the knowl e dge of Latin was by n o means

,

material A s I e very day s a w the priest he did not fail to renew his
.

solicitations to me to come into his p r Op os a l I asked h i m what time it .

would take a n d where thi s scene was to be acted He ans wered that
,
.

in less than a month we migh t complete it and that the bes t place for ,

O ur purpose was the m ountains of Norcia S uch an e ff ect had the .

persuasions of the holy conjurer that I agreed to all he desired I .

c onstantly asked h i m whether he thoug ht I should at the time m entione d

 NARRATIVE S AND ANECD OTE S . 15 3

by the demons have an intervie w with A n gelica and as it approached

I was surprised to hear no tidings of her .

Immediately after this Benvenuto G allini fell into so da n gerous a

,

scrape at Rome that he was obliged to fly and taking his route to ,

Naples he there accidentally m e t with his mistress on the l ast day of

,

the month predicted by the necromancer .

d i t r a nr h i n a r g (It em ui S unn i a ni t uli s m .

T HE history of the somnambulist of Lyons says the J our n a l de Paris , ,

presents an assemblage of such striking fact s that we should be inclined ,

to regard the whole as charlatanry and deceit if credible eye witnesses ,

-

had not vouched for the truth of it People may smile on hearing it assert
.

ed that a n hysterical woman possesses the rare gift of revealing future

,

things to those with whom she stands in r a p p or t but s uch i s the case ; the , ‘

w ise man believes without precipitation and doubts with caution M , . .

P e t e t a i n an esteemed physician in Lyons who has long watched t h e pro

, ,

gress of the disorder with which the lady is afflicte d is occupied in a r r a n g ,

i n g the facts he has collected and in preparing them for publication

, .

Previous to the appearance O f M P e t e t a i n s announced work we will

.
’
,

adduce the following facts which are related by a respectable eye witness
,
-

Mr B a lla n ch e
. .

“
The catalepsy of a lady in Lyon s had been for some time the subject ,

of conversation in that city ; and M P e t e t a i n had alre a d y published seve

.

ral very s ur p r 1s 1n g facts relative to it when Mr B a lla n ch e became desi

,
.

rous of being an eye witness of the astonishing e ffects of this disorder

-
.

He chose the moment for yi s i t i n g this lady when she w a s approaching the ,

At the door he learned that not every one without distinction , ,

was permitted to approach the p atien t s couch but that she must herself ’
,

grant the permission S h e was therefore asked if she woul d receive Mr

. .

B a lla n ch e ; to which s h e r e p li e d in the affi rmative : upon this he approached

the be d in which he saw a female lying motionless and wh o was to all
, ,

Th e ti m e of th e m a gn e t i c s l e e p .
 THE MYS T ERI ES or A S TROLOGY .

appearance sunk into a profound sleep He laid his hand as he h ad been .

,

i nstructed on the stomach of the somnambulist and then b e gan his inter
, ,

r og a t o r i e s. The patient answered them all most correctly This surpris .

i n g result on ly : excited the curi osity of the i nqu i rer He had With h i m .

several le tters fr om one of his friends one Of which he took with whose
'
“

, ,

co n t e n t s fhe imagined himself best acqu ainte d and laid it folded up on the ,

s t o m a c h l of the patient
1 He then a sked the Sleepe r if she could read the
.

lett e r t o which she answered yes He then inquired if it did not mention
,
.

a cert a in person who m he named Sh e d e n i e d that it did M B a lla n ch e

“

. . .

h fg certain that the patient was mistaken repeated the question and
‘

hg ,
:

received a similar answer in the negative ; the somnambulist even appeared

a n gry at his doubting it and p ushed away the hand of th e inquirer a n d
,

t h eH e t t e r fre m i e r .M B a lla n ch e
. struck with this obstinacy
,
went to
’

one side with t h e m ad it; a n d found to his great astonish m ent that
he had not laid the letter he intended to have selected o n the stomach of
the sleeper ; and that therefore the e r r or w a s on his side H e approached
, ,
.

the bed a second time laid that particular letter on the place ; a nd the
,

patient th en said with a certain degree of satisfaction that she read the
, ,

name which h e had previously mentioned .

“
T h i s e xp e r i m e n t would doubtless have satisfied most men ; but M
_
, ,
.

B a lla n ch e we n t still further He h a d been told that the patien t could

.

see through the darkest substances and read wr iting and letters throug h ,

walls He asked if this we r e r eally the case to which she replied in the
.
,

a ffi rmative . He therefore took a book went into an adjoining roo m held , ,

with one hand a leaf of this book against the wall and with the other ,

took hold of one of those that were present wh o j oining hands formed , , ,

a chain which reached to the patient o n w h ose stomach the last perso n ,

laid his h and The patient read the leaves that were held to the wall
.
,

which were O ft en turned over and read them w ithout making the smallest
,

error .

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“
This is a faithful and s i m p le r e la t i on of what M B a lla n ch e s a w An . .

infinite number of obj ections may be brough t against it but a hundred ,

thousand substantia l arguments can not ov e rthro w On e single fa ct Th e .

lady s t il l lives is see n by many impartial perso n s and wa s lo n g attended

, ,

by an exper t and respectable physician who attests th e same T h e indi

,
.

v id ua ls giv e their names Who i s bold enough still to den y it

.
 NARRATIVE S A ND ANE C D OTE S . . 15 5

3 3
1 3
1 .
i t er a t i n g a n t h i s

T H ERE appears to have lived in the earlier part of the sixteenth cen
tury a great magician and conjuror O f the n ame of Faust or Latinized -

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Faustus a native of K n ud li n g in the duchy of W i r t e m be r g whose cele

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br i t y gave rise to the book entitled The History of the Life and D eath
of Dr Faustus which became so popular in E ngland that it was
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brought on the stage by one of the best dramatists of the E lizabeth an

age G reene and went into a proverb in our lan g uage and has been em
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bodied i n one of the most extraordinary productions of the literature of

our age the Faust of G oethe
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S till we must look upon Dr Faustus as one of the types only of the
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art for we have no authentic account of wh at he really did perform

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The book consists of a collection O f stories of magic and incantation ,

many of them p e rhaps invented for the occasion and all of them fathered ,

upon one personage whose name had become su fficiently notorious for the
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purpose According to this history Faustus was the son of a G erman

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peasant and being remarkable for his early talents was adopted by a
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rich uncle at Wittenburg who enabled him to pursue his studies at a

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celebrate d university i n that city The inclinations of Faustus led h i m

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into the forbidden paths of science and at length he became such a pro,

fi ci e n t i n magic that he determined to call up the demon taking

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his way to a thick wood near to Wittenburg called in the G erman ,

ton gue Sp i s s e r h olt he came into the wood one evening near a cross
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way where he made with a wand a circle i n the dust and withi n that
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m any more c i rcles and characters ; and thus he passed away the time

until it was nine or ten of the clock in the night then began Dr Faustu s
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to call on M e p h i s t op h ile s the spirit a n d to charge him in the name of

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Beelze bub to appear there presently without any long stay Then pre , .

s e n t ly the devil began so great a commotion in the wood as if heaven and ,

earth would have come togethe r W i th wind and the trees bowed th e ir
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tops to the g roun d Then fell the devil to roar as if the whole wood had
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been full of lions and suddenly about the circle run the devil as if a
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thousand wagons had been running tog ether on paved stone s After .
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this at the four corners Of the wood it thundered horribly with such
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li g htning a s if the w hole world to his seeming had been on fire Faustus .
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all this while ,half amazed at the devil s so lo n g tarrying and doubting ’
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whether he were best to abide any more such horrible c on jurings thou g h t ,

to leave his circle and depart whereupon the devil made h i m such music ,

of all sorts as if the nymphs t hemselves had been l n the place Whereat
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Faustus revived a n d s t ood stoutly in the circle expecting his purpose

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and began again to conj ure the spirit M e p h i s t Op h i le s in the name of t h e

r 1n c e of devils to appear i n his likeness ; Whereat suddenly over his head
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h ung hovering in the air a mighty dragon Then calls Faustus again .

after h i s devilish manner ; at which there was a mo n strous cry i n the

w o o d as if hell had b e en O pen and all the tormented souls cursing the i r
k

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condition Presently not t h ree fathoms above his head fell a flame
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in manner of lightning and chan g ed itself into a globe ; yet Faustus

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feared it not but did persuade himself that the devil should give him his
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request be fo r e he would leave Then Faustus vexed at his S pirit s S O .

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long tarrying used his charm wi th full purp ose not to depar t before he
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had his intent ; and crying on M e p h i s t op h ile s th e spirit suddenly the .

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globe O pened and sprung up i n the height of a man s o burning a time

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in the end it converted to the shape of a fiery man T h is pleasant beast .

ran about the circle a great while ,and lastly appeared in the manner of ,

a gray friar asking Faustus wh at was his request Faustus commanded

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that the n ext morning at twelve of the clo ck he should appear to him
a t his house ; but the d evil would in no wise grant it Faustus began .

to co n j ure him again , in the n ame of Beel z ebub that he should fulfil his ,

request whereupon the spirit a g reed and so they departed each on his ,

way .
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The sp1r 1t accordingly visited Faustus and aft er three interviews they , ,

came to an agreement by w h ich the doctor as the price of his soul was
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to h a ve M e p h i s t op h i le s for his servant and have a certain allotment of ,

l ife d uring which he would have the ful l gratificatio n of his po w er in

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every thing O n e O f the firs t uses which Faust us made of the power he
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had n o w obtained wa s to gratify his ardent th irst fo r knowledge and by ,

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the aid of his Spirit M e p h i s t Op h ile s he soon surpassed all others in t h e ,

k n owle d ge of h i d d e n c a us e s A ll his desir e s were fulfilled the inst ant

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th ey were formed so t hat h e lived a li fe of unrestrained gratification

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He traveled with inc once ivable r a p i d i t y n o t only thro ugh diff erent coun ,
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tries but into the remotest r e gions of the air a n d thus he became a pro
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found astronomer and was initiate d in some measur e into the secrets o f
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the other world He now fell to be a calendar maker by the help of

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his spirit and nobody s p r o g n o sft i ca t i o n s w ere equal to t hose of Dr

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Faustus His travel s were so extensive that h e even O btaine d a glimpse

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of Paradise ; a n d in the course of his wanderi n gs he played all sorts of

pranks Among other victims Of his wantonness were the G rand Turk
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and the pope of Rome .

When the E mperor Charles V we are told was holding his court at .
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I n s p r uck he invited Faustus to make an exhibition of his skill and to

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gratify him h e r a i s e d up the spirits of Alex ander the Great and his
beautiful paramour to the emperor s no Small d elight S ome of the
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courtiers h a vm g prov oked him he transfor m ed them and exposed them

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to the ridicule of their companions After le a ving the court he per .

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formed a variety of tricks upon persons of all conditions whom he m e t ,

on his way He pawned his leg to a Je w for money At the fair of

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P fe iff e n g he sold a horse to a horse dealer with a warning not to ride

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throu g h a cours e of water with it but the dealer h avin g disobeyed these ,

directions found himself suddenly sitting astride a bottle of stra w He

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alarmed a countryman by eating a load of hay and wherever he found

students or clowns drinking together he seldom failed to m a k e them ,

victims of his art He subsequently performed extraordinary exploits at

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the court of the Duke of A n halt ; and he gave equally extraordinary

specimens of his power in a series of extravagant feats with which he
treated the students of Wittenburg and which he ended by calling up to ,
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their Sight the fair Hele n of Troy .

Dr Faustus came in Lent unto Frankland fair where his Spirit ,

M e p h is t op h i le s gave him to understand that i n an inn were four jugglers

that c ut one anoth er s heads o ff and after their cutting off sent them t o
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the ba l be r to be trimmed which many people s a w T h is angered Faust

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us for he meant to h ave himself the only c o o k i n the devil s banquet

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and he went to the place whe re they were to beguile them And as the .

jugglers were together ready one to cut off a nother s head there stood
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also the barber ready to tri m them and by them upon the table stood ,

likewise a glass full of stilled waters and he that wa s the chiefest among ,

them stood by it Thus they began : they smote Off the head of the
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first and presently there w as a lily in the glass of distilled water Where
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Faustus perceived this 1i as it was springing up and the chief juggler ,

named it t h e tree of life Thus dealt he with the first making t h e barber
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wash and comb his head and then he set it on again presently the lily
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vanished away out of the water ; her eat the m a n had his head whole
and sound ag ain The like did he with the other two and as the t urn
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and lot came t o the chief juggler that he also should be beheaded and
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that his lily was mo s t pleasant fair and flourishing green they smote
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his head o ff and when it came to be barbed that is shaved ] it troubled

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Faustus his conscience insomuch that he could not abide to see another
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do anything for he thought himself to be the principal conjurer in the

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world wherefore D r Faustus went to the table Whereat the other j ug

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g le r s kept that lily and so he took a small k n ife and cut O ff the stalk of
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the lily saying to himself None of them shall blind Faustus Yet n o
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man s a w Faustus to cut the lily ; but when the rest of the j ug glers thoug ht
to have set on their master s head they could not ; wherefore they looked ’
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on the lily and found it bleeding By this means the juggler was be
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guiled and so died in his wickedness ; yet n o one thought that Dr

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Faustus had done it ”

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It wa s about this time th at Faus tus had a fit of repentance for wh ich ,

he was severely rebuked by his spirit M e p h is t Op h i le s who forced him to ,

S ign a n e w bond with the evil one Fro m this t ime h e b e came more .
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headstrong and depraved than e ver and to u s e the words of the history , , ,

he began to live a swinish and E picurean life ”

He n o w caused Me .

p h i s t Op h i le S to bring him the fair Helen of Troy with whom he fell vio ,

le n t ly in love and kept her durin g t h e rest of his life as his mistress
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but she and a child she bore him vanished together on his d e ath This
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was not long in approaching and when his las t day was at hand he i n , ,

vi t e d his fe llo v V students to a supper

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and gave them a moral discourse ,

on his own errors and an urgent warning to avoid his example

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students and the others that were there when they had prayed for him , ,

they wept a n d SO w e n t forth ; but Faustus tarried in the hall and whe n
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th e g e ntlemen were laid in bed none of them could Sleep for that th ey , ,

attended to hear if they might be privy o f his end It happened that “

between twelve a n d On e o clock at midnigh t there ble w a mighty storm ’

of wind against the house as though it would have blo wn the foundation , (

thereof out of its place Hereupo n the students began to fear and go .
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out Of their beds but th e y would not stir out of the chamber and the
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host of the house ran out O f doors thinkin g the h ouse would fall The
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students lay n e ar u n to the hall wherein Dr Faustus lay and they heard .
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a mighty noise and hissing as if the hall had been full of s n akes and ,

adders With that the hall door flew O pen wherein Dr Faustus was ;
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then he began to cry for help saying Murthe r l m urther 1 but it w a s , ,

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with a half voice and very hollow shortly after they heard him n omore .

B ut when it w a s day the stud e nts that ha d taken no rest that night
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arose and went into the hall i n the which they lef t D r Faustus where
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n otwithstanding they fo und not Faustus but all the hal l sprinkled with
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blood the brains cleavin g to the wall for the d evil had beaten him from
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one wall agains t another in one corner lay his eyes in another his teeth ,

a fearful and pitiful sight to behold Then began th e students to wail .

and weep for him and sought for his body in many places Lastly they
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came into the yard where they found his body lying on the horse dung
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most monstrously torn , and fearful to behold for his head and all h i s ,

j oints were dashed to p l e c e s The forenamed stud e nts and masters that
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were at his death obtained so much that they buried him in the vill a g e
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where he was so grievously tormented ”

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S uch was the end which it w as believed awaited the magicians who
entered into a direct compact with the evil one The history of Dr . .

Faustus has been the delight and wonder of thousands in various coun
tries and through several ages The popularity Of the book was so
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great that an other author undertook to compile a continuation Faustus

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it w a s pretended had left a familiar servant named Christopher Wagner

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with whom he had deposited his greatest secrets and to whom he had ,

left his books and his art The e xploits of Wagner form what is called
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the second part of Dr Faustus which seems to have been compiled in

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E nglan d and was published long subsequent to the first part

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Wagner .

is made to call up the spirit O f his master Faustus and compel him to ,

serve as his familiar The book contains a repetition of the same d e s cr i p

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tions of exorcisms which had been used by Faustus toward Mephisto

philes and of similar exploits
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S um m i t s s f a fi t t i n g fitt er s .

A B OU T sixty or seventy years ago a man of piety and integrity arrived

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in G e r m a n y fr om Philadelphia to visit his poor old parents and with

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his well earned wealth to place them beyond the reach Of care He
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went out to America wh i le h e was still young , and had succeeded so

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far as to become overlooker of various mills on the D elaware river in ,

which situation he had honorably laid up a consider able s um .

I n the neighborhood of Philadelphia n ot far from the m ills above ,

mentioned there d w ,
elt a s olitary man in a lonely h ouse He was very .
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be n e vole n extremely retired and reserved and strange things were

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related of him among which was his being able to tell a person things
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that were unknown to every one else No w it happened t h at the .

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captain of a vessel belong i ng to Philadelphia w a s about to sail to Africa ,

and E urope He promised his wife that he would return in a certain

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time and also that he would write to her frequently S h e waited long
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but no letters arrived the time appointed passed over but her beloved ,

husband did not return S h e was n o w deeply distressed and kne w not
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where to look for either counsel or consolation At length a friend .

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advised her for once to go to the pious solitary and tell him her griefs .

The woman followed his advice and went to him After Sh e had told , .

h i m a ll her troubles he desired her to wait a while there until he

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returned and brought her an answer S h e sat down to wait and the .
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man O pening a door went into his closet B ut the woman thinking he
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stayed a long time ,rose up went to the window in the door lifted up
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the little curtain and looking in s a w him lying on the couch or sofa like
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a corpse ; she then imm e diately went back to her place At length he .

came and told her that her husband was in London in a co ff eehouse ,

which he named and that he would return very soon he then told her
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also the reason why he had been unable to write The woman went .

home pretty much at ease .

What the solitary had told her was minutely fulfilled her husband ,

returned and the reasons of his delay and his n ot writing were just the
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same as t h e man had stated The woman was n ow curious to kno w .

what would be the result if she visited the friendly s a li t a r y in compan y

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with her husban d The visit was arranged but when the c a p t a i n s a w
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the man he W a s struck with amazement ; he a fterwards told his wife
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that he had seen this very m a n on such a day ( it was the very day that
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the woma n had been with him ) in a co ff eeho use in London ; and that ,

he had told him that his wife was much distressed about hi m ; that h e
had then stated the reason why his return w as delayed and of his not ,
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writing and that he would Shortly come back on which he lost sight Of
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the man am ong the company .

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g r t t t t tt t s f S t r a w be r ry .

S W EDE N B OR G was the son O f a preacher in S weden his charac ter was
that of honesty and sincerity and he possessed great talents for learning
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by which he profited and devoted himself to the s tudy of philosophy and

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natural history but particularly to mineralogy metall urgy chemistry and

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geology In order to perfect himself still more i n the latter Of these sci
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e m ees he undertook long j ourneys through E urope and then returned to

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his n ative country where he was a d mitted as a member of the geological

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board To the surprise of every one this able learned and pious m a n
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fell into intercourse with spirits He made so little a mystery of this that
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frequently at table before a numer ous company and when en g aged i n the
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m ost rational and scientific conversation h e would say that h e had just , ,

before spoken on this or that point with the apostle Paul or with Luther , ,
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or with some one who had long been dead It is easy to conceive that .

those present gaped and stared at him with e very m ar k of a stonishment ,

and doubted whether he was in his right senses However he occasio n .

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ally furnished proofs which were unobj ectionable It is true th at these .

statements have been controverted and the go od man accused of ,

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decep t ion S wedenborg was n o deceiver but a pious and r e ll g l o us man

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The three following proofs of his having intercourse with spirits are
recorded .

1 The Q ueen of S weden put him to th e test by commissioning him to

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tell her what she had spoken on a certain remarkable occasion with her
deceased brother the Prince of Prussia in C h a r lo t t e n h e r g if I mistake
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not After some time S wedenborg announced himself and stated to her
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what had passed The queen was deeply struck with it as may be easily
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supposed This fact has been denied i n the public papers ; but a S w edish
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nobleman who was in o ther respects n o admirer of S wedenborg assures

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us that the matter was m ost unquestio nably true .

2 S wedenborg arrived a t G ottenburg from E ngland with a company

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of travelers ; He t here said he had learned from the angels that there \

was at that moment a fire in S tockholm in such a street Among those ,

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present were some who resided at S tockholm and who felt uneasy at this ,

intelligence ; but he came to them soo n aft erward and said that they n eed ,

not be alarmed for the fire was extinguished The next day they learned
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that such had been exactly the case T h is is most certainly true . .

3 A respectable widow was called upon to p ay a considerable sum of

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m oney which she was confi dent her deceased husband had already paid
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but she could not find the receipt In her distre s s Sh e w e nt to S weden .

borg and entreated him to a s k her h us ba n d wh e r e the receipt wa s la i d

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S ome days after S we d enborg told her th at the receipt was in a certain
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press at the bottom in a conce aled drawer where it was immediately found
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But I must n o w add a f our th experimental proof which has never been ,

previously made public and is fully as 1m p or t a n t as any one O f the for e

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going I can vouch for the truth of it with the greates t confidence
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About the year 1 770 there was a merchant in E lberfeld with who m , , ,

d ur l n g seven ye ars of my residen ce there I lived i n close intimacy He , .

was a s t fi c t mystic i n the purest sense He spoke li t tle ; but w h at he said

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w as like golden fruit on a salver of silver He would not have d a red ,for .

all the world kno wingly to have told a falsehood This friend of m i ne
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wh o had long ago left this world for a better related to me the follow ,

ing tale .

His business required him to take a j our n e y to Amsterdam where S we .

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d e n bor g at that time resided ; and h aving h e a r d a n d read much of this

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strange i ndividual he formed the i ntention of visiting him and becoming

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better acquainted with him He therefore called upon him a n d found a .

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very venerable looking friendly old man, who re ceived him politely and
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requested h i m t o be seated ; on which the following conversation began

Th e M r e h a n t Having been called hither by business I could not deny
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m yself the honor S i r O f paying my respects to you

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Your writings have .

caused me to regard you as a very remarkable man .

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S w e d e n bor g May I as k you where you are from ?
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M ézr ch I am from Elberfeld i n the grand duchyof Berg Your w r i

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tings contain s o much of what is beautiful a n d edifying that they have .

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made a deep impression upon me : but the source whence you derive th e m
is so extraordinary so St r a n g é and uncommon that you will perhaps not
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take it amiss of a sincere friend of truth if he desire incontestable pr oofs ,

that you really have intercourse with the i n visible world .

S we d It would be very unreasonable i f I took it amiss ; but I think

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I have give n su fficie nt proofs which can not be contradicted , .

M ér ch Are they those that are so well known respecting the queen
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the fire in S t ockholm and the recei pt ? ,

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S we d Yes those are they and the y are true

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Ie r e h And yet many objectio n s are brought again st them Might I
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v enture t O p r Op o s e that you giv e me a s i m ilar proof ?

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S we d Why not ? Most willin g ly

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M I had forme rly a friend who studied divinity at D uisburg

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where he fell into a consumption of which he died I visited this friend,

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a Short time before his decease : we conversed t og e t h e r o n an important x

topic Could you learn fro m him what was the subject of our discourse ?
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S we d We wi ll see What was the name of your friend ?

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The merchant told him his name .

S we d H o w lo n g d o you remain here 7

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M e r ch About e i ght or ten days

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S we d Call upon me again i n a fe w days I will s e e if I can find

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y our friend .

The merchant took his leave and despatched h i s business S ome days
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after he went again to S wedenborg in anxious expectation The old ,

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gentleman met him with a smile and said : I h ave Spoke n with your
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friend ; the subject of your discourse was t h e r e s t i t ut i on of a ll t h i n g s ”

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He then related to the merchant with the gre atest precision what he , ,

and what his deceased friend had maintained .

My friend turned pale for this proof was powerful and invincible He
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inquired further How fares it wi t h my friend ? Is he in a state of bles

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se d n e ss S wedenborg answered “
No he is not yet in heaven ; he is
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stil l in Hades and torments himself continually with the ide a O f the r e s
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t i t ut i o n of all things ” This answer caused my friend the greatest aston

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is h m e n t He ej aculated My G od 1 what i n the other world ? S we

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d e n bo r g replied “
Certainly ; a man takes with him his favorite inclina
tions and O pinions and it is very d ifficult to be d i vested of th e m We
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ought therefore to lay them aside here ” My friend took his leave of
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this re m arkable man perfectly convinced a n d returned back to E lberfeld ,

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S ig n ti n g l i n g t
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ONE of the most remarkable of the E nglish Magicians c ertainly was , ,

Dr J oh u D ee This celebrated personage was born i n London in the

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year 15 2 7 With a mind full of energy a n d ambition he studied with

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a n eagerness and success that soon raised him to reputation in the uni
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ve r s i t i e s o f E ngland and the continent

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He is said to h a ve imbibed h i s .

taste for the occult s ciences which h i s imaginative mind retained durin g
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his life while a student at L ouva i n e ; yet it is S ingular that one of his
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earliest writings was a defence of Roger B acon against the imputation of

having le agued with demons to obtain his extraordinary knowledge .

U nder the reig n of Mary , D ee was in close correspondence with the

Princess E liz abeth who from her childhood had been brought up in the
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love of lear n ing and learned men ; and for this intimacy the young ,

philosopher became an object of suspicion and was thrown into prison , .

E lizab eth preserved her attachment for him during her life and perhap s ,

she had received from him the l e a ning to superstition which s h e exhibited
on more than one remarkable occas i on O n her accession to the throne .
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the virgin queen consulted with him to fix a fortunate day for her coro
nation and subsequently when an image of wax i n her r e s e n bla n ce was
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found in Lincoln s Inn Fields D ee was called t o her chamber to exercise

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his science in counter a cting the charm .

In his preface to E uclid printed in 1 5 7 0 D ee complains that he was

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already reputed a co n jurer In the meager diary edited by Mr Halli

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well and in such of D ee s papers as have been preserved find him pay
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ing attention to his dreams to strange noises which he fancied he heard

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at times in his chamber and to other matters of a similar description

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In this diary under the date of May 2 5 15 8 1 h e says that he then first
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saw spirits i n a crystal It was one of the usua l methods of r a isi n g

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spirits at this time to bring them into a glass or stone duly prepared for ,

the purpose O n e of Dr D ee s co n juring stones is still preserved The

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particular bra nch Of m a gic w hich he followed was that termed theurgy ,

which taught th at by a proper disposition of mind j oined with purity ,

of life cleanliness of person a n d other conditions a man m ight be

, , ,

placed i n v i sible comm unicatio n with g ood spirits and receive their ,

counsel and assistance .

3 fi ng n l O ni n i n n nn w h i t he r .

J A M E S L King of E ngland was proud of his Skill and knowle d ge i n

, ,

the m atter of sorcery and of the wisdom of his ju d gments He mad e

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it a subject of h is special study and his royal leisure was occupied with
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 NARRATIVE S AND A NE ODOTES . 165

the compil ation in form O f a dialogue of a treatise which was printed

, ,

under the title of Dae m o n olog i e with the king s n ame at E dinburgh
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in 1 5 9 7 In the preface the royal author speaks of the fe a r full abound

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in g e of witches in S cotland at that time a n d complains bitterly against

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the E nglishman Reginald S cott who had attempted to disprove t h e

, ,

existence of witches and against W i e r us the G erman wh o had written a

, , ,

sort of apology for the persons thus accused whereby ” says the king , , ,

he plainly be wr a ye s h i m s e lfe to have bene one o f that profession ” His .

m a jesty s book is much inferior to the other treatises on the subject pub
’

li s h e d about the same period ; it is compiled from foreign works and ,

begins with discussing very learnedly the nature and existence of witch
craft and with describing the contract with S atan but it furnishes little
, ,

or no information on the real character of the superstitions of the day .

fid r nt i ht n i i nl j n r t t nt i n g s .

“
I N the Museum of Wonders vol 2 chap page 1 5 2 there is a
,
.
, .
,

striking instance of a presentiment related by Mad ame de Beaumont in , ,

;

the eighth volume of the U niversal Magazine for Art a n d Nature ” S h e

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says My whole fa m ily still remembers an accident from which my father

,
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was preserved by a presentiment O f d anger S ailing upon the river is one .

of the common amusements o f the city of Rouen in France My father , .

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also took great pleasure in these water parties and he seldom s ufi e r e d -

man y weeks to pass over without enjoying it O n one occasion he agreed .

with a party to sail to Port S t O mer about ten miles from Rouen Din
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,
.

ner and musical instruments had been sent on board the vessel and every ,

preparation made for a pleasant excursion When it was time to go o n .

board an aunt of m y father s who was deaf and d umb uttered a kind of
,
’
, ,

howl placed herself at the door blocked up the way with her arms struck
, , ,

her ar m s together and gave by Signs to understand that she co n jured h i m

,

to remain at home My father who h ad promised himself much pleasure

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from this excursion only laughed at h e r entreaties : but the lady fell at
,

h i s feet and m anifested suc h poignant signs of grief that he at length

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determined to yield to her entreaties and p ostpone his excursion to ,

1 66 THE MYS TERIE S OF A S TROLOGY .

a n other d a y He therefore ende a vored to detain the rest also but they
.

laughed at h i m for being so easily persuaded and set sail S carcely had , .

the vessel procee d ed half the distance before thos e on board had the ,

greatest reason to r e p e n t t h a t they had not followed his advice The ves
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sel went to pieces several lost their lives and those that saved themselv es
, ,

by s wimming were so m uch terrified at their n arro w escape that they with ,

di ffi culty got the better of it ”

.

NO mechanical explanation can apply to this remarkable presentiment .

The warning a n gel found h e could work on no one better than the person
w h o was deaf and dumb he therefore s elected h e r for the execution of his
,

commission .

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In the same volume of the Museum of Wonders page 1 5 3 there is , ,

an equally striking presentiment r e lated which the editor had from the ,

lips of a credible person This individual had a friend who had a r e s p on

.

sible situation i n the country B eing unmarried he committed his domes

.
,

tic concerns to the care of a houseke e per wh o had be e n with him many ,

years His birthday arrived he m ade man y preparations for celebrating

.
,

it and told his housekeeper early in the morning that as the day was fine , ,

she should clean out a certai n arbor in the garden which he n amed , ,

because he intended to pass the day i n it with h i s guests S carcely had .

she received this commission than s h e seemed quite i n a maze and delayed
, ,

the fulfilment of it At length she entreated him rather to r e ceive his

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guests in one of the rooms of the house for Sh e had a presentiment that ,

the arbor would that day be struck by li g h t ri i n g He laug h ed a t h e r .

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a

assertion as there was no appearance of a sto rm coming on that day a n d

, ,

on her renewing her entreaties h e wa s only th e more urgent that the arbor
,

he had pointed out should be made fe a d y that it might not appear that ,

he gave way to her superstitious feelings At le n gth s h e Went and did .

,

as her m aster ordered her The day continued fine t h e co m p a n y that

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had been invited arrived they went into the arbor and made themselves
,

merry I n the meantime however cloud s h a d gathered in the distant

.
, ,

horizon and were at length powerfully d rive n toward the place by t h e

,

wind The company Were so intent upon their entertainment that they
.
,

did not in the least O bserve it but scarcely w as the housekeeper aware ,

that the storm was approachi ng than she begged her master to leave the ,

arbor with his company fOr she could not divest herself a t all of the idea
,

of the lightni ng striking it At first they would not listen t o her but she
.
,

continued her entreaties unremittingly and a t length as the storm , ,

approached with great violence they su ffered themselves to be induced to ,

 NARRATIV ES AND A NE O DO TE S . 16 7

leave the arbor They had not been in the room more than a fe w seconds
.
,

when the lightning struck the arbor and dashed everything that had been ,

left in it to pieces .

fi t nt t da m ning in n E
d
l m n tn .

A S H ORT time before the Princess Na g ot s k y of Warsaw trav eled to , ,

Pari s she had the following dream S h e dreamed that she found herself
,
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in a n unknown apartment when a man who was likewise unknown to her

, , ,

came to her with a cup and presented it to her to drink out of S h e

, .

replied that she was not thirsty and thanked him for his o ff er The , .

unknown individual repeated his request and added that she ought not to ,

refuse it any longer for it would be the last Sh e would ever drink in her
,

life At this she was greatly terrified and awoke

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, .

I n O ctober 1 7 2 0 the Princess arrived a t Paris in good heal t h and

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S pirits and occupied a furnished hote l where soon after her arrival s h e
, , , ,

was seized with a violent fever S h e immediately sent for the king s cele
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br a t e d physician the father of Helvetius

,
The physician came and the .
,

Princess showed striking marks o f astonishment Sh e was asked the rea .

s o n of it and gave for answer that the physician perfectly resembled t h e

,

“
man who m Sh e had seen at Warsaw in a dream ; but added she I
“ ”
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shall no t die this time for this is not the s ame apartment which I s a w on
,

that occasion in my dream ”

.

The Princess was soon after completely restore d and appeared to have ,

completely forgotten her dream when a new incid e nt reminded her of it, ,

in a most forcible manner Sh e was dissatisfied with her lodgings at the

.

hotel and therefore requested that a dwelling might be pre p ared for her
,

in a convent at Paris which was accordingly done The Princess removed

,
.

t o the convent ; but scarcely had Sh e entered the apartment destined for h e r
than she began to exclaim aloud : It is all over with me ; I shall not come
“

out of this room again alive for it is the same that I s a w at Warsaw i n
,

m
y dream 1”
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h e died in reality not lo n g after ward i n the sa m e room i n ,

the beginning Of the year 1 7 2 1 of an ulcer i n t h e throat occasion e d by

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the drawing of a tooth . .

16 8 MYS TERIE S OF A S TROLOGY
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T HE .

id lfi nnntrfnl fi nnlnnt t nf
an te n na e .

F RO M G ERMAN or D R J IJNG S TI LLI NG

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T HE .

T HE merchant in whose employ I was formerly from the year 1 7 6 3 to ,

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1 7 70 and whom I have called
,
Spanier in the narrativ e of my li fe
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,

frequently related to me a remarkable p resentiment which he once had ,

in Rotterdam O n comm enci ng business he took a j ourney int oHolland

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fo r the purpose of forming connections for his extensive iron works -

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B ut his chief attention was directed to Middleburg i n Z ealand to which , ,

p lac e he had several recommendatio ns from h i S fr i e n d s as Well as to other '

towns in Holland Havi n g finished h i s business at Rotterdam he went

.
,

in the morning to the Middleburg market bo at which was lyi n g there at -

anchor ready to sail at noon to Middleburg He to ok and paid for his

,
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place and then requested that a sailor mig ht be sent to him at an i n n

, ,

which h e named when the vessel wa s about to sail He then went to

, .

t h e said 1n n prepared for his voyage an d ordered some r e fl e s h m e n t to

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, ,

be se n t up to his room at e leve n o clock Whe n he had almost finished ’

.

his repast t h e sailor came to call him but as soon as the man O pened
,

the door and the merchant cast his eyes upo n him he was seized with a n
, ,

unaccountable trepidation together with an inward conviction that he ,

ough t n ot to go t o M i d d le bn r g SO that a ll h i s reasonin g again st it wa s

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of no avail : and he was obliged to tell the sailor that he could not
accompany h i m t o which the latter replied that if so he would los e his
, _
,

fare but this mattered not — h e felt himself compelled to stay .

After the sailor was go n e the merchant cooly reflected on what might ,

be the p r bba ble reason of this singular mental impulse I n r e a li t y h e .

,.

was sorry and vex e d at thus n eglecting this important part of h i s

j ourney as h e could not wait for th e next market boat To banish his
,
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.

tediu m and disappointment he went out for a walk and to ward evening
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c alled a t a friend s house After Sitting there a couple of hours a g l e a t

’
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noise was heard l n t h e Street Inquiry was made and n o w they learned .
,

that the Middleburg market boat having been struck by lightning had -
, ,

sunk and that not an individual w as saved ! My readers may think

,
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w hat an impression this intelligenc e made upon the m ind of t h e worthy

t raveler : he hastened home and in retirement thanked G od for this
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g r ac i ous warning .
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(T
l/ e h W i n t e r ui me tr e i n g lu t e n.

I N general the countries of northern E urope appear to have been less

subject to extensiv e witch prosecution s than the south a l though there
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the ancient belief in witchcraft reigned in great force Probably this .

latter circumstance contributed not a little to the extra ordinary char a c

ter assumed by a case of this nature which during the years 1 6 6 9 and
, ,

1 6 70 caused a great sensation throu g hout S weden and drew also the
, ,

attention of other countries It be g a n i n a district which would see m by

.

its name of Elfd a le to have been the peculiar domain of the fairies and ,

the chief actors in it were children whom according to th e old popular

, ,

belief the fairies were always on the look o ut to carry away

, .

The villages of Mohra and E lfd a le are situated i n the dales of the
mountaino us dis tricts of the central part of S weden In the first of t h e .

years above m e t i on e d a strange report went abroad that the childre n

-

of the neighborhood were carried away nightly to a place they called

B lo ck ula where they were received by S atan i n person ; and the childre n
,

themselves who were the auth ors of t h e report pointed out n umerous
, ,

women who they said were witches and carried t h em th i ther We have .

no in formation as to the manner in which this a ff air arose or how it was ,

first made public but withi n a short Space of time nearly all the children
,

of the distric t became compromised in it and agreed in nearly the same

,

story They asserted in the strongest manner the fact of their bei n g
.

carried away i n multitudes to the place of ghostly rend e zvous and we ,

are told that the pale and emaciate d appearance of these j uvenile victims
gave consistency to their statements althou g h there was t h e testimon y
,

of their own parents that during their alleged a bsence they had never
been missed from home .

S ome of the incidents in this singular a n d tragical case seem to have

[
been borrowed from the witchcraft case s in France and G erma n y
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,

although it i s not very easy to understand h ow this could have been the
case in what was evidently a very retired part of the country The .

minister seems to have shared largely i n the fear of the people T h e ,

alar m and terror i n the district finally became s o great that a report wa s ,

at last made to the king wh o n ominated commissioners partly clergy

, ,

and partly laymen to inquire into the extraordinary c i rcumstances which

,

had been brought under hi s notice a n d the s e c ommissioner s arrive d i n

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170 T HE MY S TERIE S OF A S TROLOGY .

Mohra and announced the ir inte ntion of O penin g th e ir proceedings on

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the 13 t h of A ugust 1 6 70 ,
.

O n the 12 th of A ug ust t h e commission e rs m e t a t the parson a ge house

,
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and heard the complain ts Of the minister and several people of t h e better
class who told them of the miserable condition they we re in and prayed
, ,

that by some means or other they might be delive red fr om the cal a mity
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They told the commissioners that by the help of witches some hundred of , ,

their children had be e n drawn to S atan who had been seen to go i n a ,

visible shape through the country and to appear daily to the p eople ; ,

the poorer sort of the m they sai d he had seduced by feasting them with
, ,

meat a n d drink Prayers and hu . miliations i t appears had b e en ordered , ,

by t h e church authorities and were strictly observed but the inhabitants

, ,

of the village lamented before the commissioners that they had been of
no avail and that their ch i ld r e n w e r e carried away by t h e fiend in spite
,
r

of their devotions They therefore earn e stly begged that the witches
.

who had been the cause of the evil might be rooted out and that they ,

m ight thus regain their form e r rest and quietness the r ather they
”
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s aid because t h e children which used to be carried a w ay i n t h e country

“
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or district of Elfd a le since some Witches had been burnt there r emained
, ,

unmolested ”
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The 1 3 t h of August was the last day appointed for prayer and h um i li
ation and before O pening their commis s ion the commissioners went to
,

church where there appeared a considerable assembly of both you n g

, ,

and old The children could read most of them and sing psalms a n d so
“

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could t h e wom e n though not with any great zeal and fervor There
, .

were preached two sermons that day in which th e miserable case of those ,

people that suffere d themsel ves to be deluded by the devil was l aid O pen ;
and these sermons were a t last concluded with very fer vent prayer Th e
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public w orship being over all the people of the town were called together
,

in the parson s house near three thousand of them S ilence being com
’
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m and e d the king s commissio n was read p ubli cly i n the he aring of them
,
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all and they were charged under very great penalties to conceal nothing
, , ,

Of what they knew and to say nothing but the truth t h ose especially
, ,

who were guilty th at the ch i ld r e n i m i g h t be delivered from the clutches

,

of the devil they all promised obe d ience ; the guilty feignedly but the ,

guiltless weeping and cryi n g bitterly ”

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T h e commissioners entered upon their duties on the n e xt d a y with the

ut m o s t d i li g e n ce
x
and the resul t formed one of the most rem a rkable ex
,

a mple s of pe rsecution i n t h e a n n als of sorcery N0 less than threescor e .

 NA RRATIVE S AND ANE CD OTE S . 1 71

and ten inhabitants of the village and district of Mohra three and twenty ,
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of whom made confessions were condemned and executed O n e w oman , .

pleaded that she was with chil d and the rest denied their guilt and , ,

these were sent to F a h lun a where most of the m were after ward put to
,

death Fifte e n children were among those who su ff ered d eath and
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,

thirty six more of d i fi e r e n t ages between nine and sixteen were forced
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, ,

to run the gauntlet and be scourged o n the hands at the church —door
,

every S unday for one year ; while twenty more who had been drawn into ,

these practices more unwillin g ly and were very you n g were condemned , ,

to be scourged with rods upon their hands for three successive S undays
at the church door The number of the children accused was about
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.

three hundred .

It appears that the commissione r s began by ta king the con fessions of

the children and then they confronted them with the witches who m the
,

childre n accused as their seducers The latter to use the words of the .
,

authorized report having most of them children with them which they
“
, ,

had either seduced or attempted to seduce some seven years of age nay , , ,

from four to sixteen years n o w appeared before the co m missioners

”
,
.

S Om e of the children complained lamentably of the misery and m ischief

they were forced sometimes to su ffer of the devil and the witches ”
Be .

ing aske d whether they were sure that they were at any time carried
, ,

away by the devil they all replied in the affirmative

,
Here upon the .

witches themselves were asked ,whether the confessions of those childr e n

W ere true and admonished to confess the truth that they might tu rn
, ,

away from the devil unto the living G o d At first most of them did .
,

very stiffly and withou t shedding the least tear deny it though much
, , ,

against their will and inclination After this the children were examined .

every one by themselves to see whether their confessions did agree or

,

not and the commissioners found that all of them except some very
, ,

little ones which could not tell a ll the circumstanc e s d i d punctually

, ,

agree i n their confessions of particulars In the meanwhile the com .

,

missioners that were of the clerg y examined the witch es but could not ,

bri n g t h e m t o any confession all contin uing steadfast in their denials till
'

, ,

at last some of them burs t ou t into tears and their confession a greed ,

with what the children said and these expressed their abhorrence of the
fact and begged pardon adding that the devil who m they called Lo cyt a
, , , ,

had stopped the mouths of some of them so loath was he to part wi t h his ,

prey and had stopped the ears of others and being n o w gone from t hem
, ,

they could no longer conceal i t for they had n o w perceived his treach ery ) ,
?
1 72 THE MYS TERIE S OF A S TROLO GY .

The vario us confe ssions not only of the witches and c h ildren in Mohra
, ,

but of those of E lfd a le presented a remarkable uniformity even in their

, ,

more minute details They a ll a sserted that they were carried to a place
.
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called B lock ula although t hey appear to have been i gnorant where or
,

a t h o w great a distance it lay and that they were there feasted by the , ,

arch fie n d The confessio n of the witches of E lfd a le r a n thus : We o f

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the province of Elfd a le do confess that we used to go to a gravel pit

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which lies hard by a cross wa y and th ere we put o n a vest over our -

,
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heads and then danc e d round and aft er th is ran to th e cross way and
,
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called the devil thrice first with a still voice the second time somewhat
, ,

louder and the third time very loud with these words An tecessor ‘
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come and carry us to B lo ck ula Wher e upon i mmediately he used t o .

’

appear ; but i n different habits but for the mos t p a rt W e saw h i m in a

[
gray coat and red and blue stockin gs ; he had a red beard a high crowned ,
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hat with linen of divers colors wrapt abou t it and long garters upon
, ,

his stocking s I t is very remarkable says the report that the devil
.
, ,

n ever appears to the witches with a sword by his sid e ] Th e n he asked

us whether we would serve h i m with soul and body
,
I f we W ere content .

to do so he set us on a beast which he h a d there ready and carried us

, ,

over churches and high w alls and after all We came to a green meado w ,

where B lock ula lies We must procure some scraping s of al t ars and
.
,

filings of church clocks and then he gave us a horn with a salve in it

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, ,

w herewith we do anoint ourselves and a saddle with a hammer and a ,

w oo d en nail thereby to fix the saddle ; whereupon we call upon the devil

, ,

and away we g o ”
.

The witches of Mohra mad e S imilar statements ; and being a sked

whether th ey w e re sure of a real personal transportation and w h ether ,

they were a w a k e wh e n it took place they all answered in the a ffirmative ;

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a n d they said that the de vil sometimes laid some t hing do wn in their
.

place that was very like them but one of them asserted that he did only
take away h e r strength while her body lay still upon the ground
“ ”
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, ,

though sometimes he took away her body also They were then asked .
,

h o w they could go with their bodie s throu g h chimneys and unbroken

panes of glass to wh ich they replied that the d evil did fi rst remove all ,

that might h inder them in their flight and so they had room enough to ,

go O t hers wh o were asked h o w t h ey were able to carry so many chil

.
,

dren with them said that they came i nto the chamber where t h e children
,

lay asle e p and laid hold of the m upo n w

,
hich they awoke ; the y th en ,

aske d them whether they would go to a feast with them To which

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 NARRATIVE S AND A NE ODOTES . 1 73

some answere d Yes ; o t hers No yet they were all forced to go they
, , ,

only gave the children a shirt and a coat and doublet which was either
, , ,

red or blue and so they set them upon a beast of the devil s providing
,
’
,

and then they rode away The children confessed that this was true
.
,

and some of them added that because they had very fine clothes put
,

upon them they were very wil ling to go

, S ome of the children said that .

they concealed it from their parents while Others made no secret of their ,

“
visits to B lo ck ula The witches declared moreover that till of late
.
, , ,

th e y had never power to carry away children but only this year and th e ,

last and the dev i l did at that time force them to it that heretofore it
was sufficient to carry but one of their own children or a stranger s ,
’

child with them which happened seldom but now he did plague them
,

and whip them if they did not procure him many children insomuch that
, ,

they had no peace nor quiet for him And whereas that formerly one .

journey a week would serve their turn from their own town to the place
aforesaid n o w they were forced to run to other towns and places for
,

children and that they brought with them some fifteen some sixteen
, ,

children every night ”

.

The j ourney to B lo ck ula was not al w ays made with the same kind
‘

of conveyance ; they commonly used men beasts even Spits and posts , , ,

according as they had O pp ortunity They preferred however riding

.
.
, ,

upon goats and if they had more children with them than the animal
,

could conveniently carry they elongated i t s ba ck by means of a spi t

, l
"

anointed with their magical ointment It was further stated that if the .
,
'

children did at any time name the names of those either m a n or woman , ,

that had been with them and had carried them away they were again
, ,

carried by force either to B lock ula or the cross way and there beate n
,
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, ,

in somuch th at some of them died of it ; and this some of the witches

confessed and added that n o w they were exceedin gly troubled and tor
, ,

t ur e d in their minds for it O n e thi n g was wanting to confirm this cir

”
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c ums t a n c e of the i r con fession The marks o f the whip could not be
.

found on th e persons of t h e victims except on one boy who had some , ,

wounds and holes in his back that were given him wi th thorns but the
,

witches said they would quickly vanish ”

.

The confessions were very minute in regard to the e ffects of the journey
“
on the children after their return They are says the history ex
”
.
, ,

c e e d in g ly weak ; and if any be carried over night they can n ot recover ,

themselves the n ext day and they Often fall into fits ; the coming of
,
.
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which they know by an extraordinary p aleness th a t seizes on the children ,

1 74 THE MYS TERI ES OF AS TROLOGY .

and when a fit comes upon them they lean upon th e ir mother s arm s ,
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wh o sits up with t hem sometimes all night and when they o bserve the
, ,

paleness shake the children b ut to no purpose They O bserve further

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, ,
.

that their children s breast s gro w cold at such times and they take som e
’
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times a burning candle and stick it in their hai r which yet i s not burned ,

by i t T h ey swoon upon thi s paleness which swoon la s t e t h somet i me

.
,

ha lf an hour sometimes an hour sometimes two hours and when the

, , ,

children come to the m selves again they mourn and lament and groan , ,

m ost miserably and beg exceedi n gly to be eased

,
This the old men de .

c la 1 e d upo n oath before the j udges a n d called the inhabitants of the ,

town to witness as persons that had most of them e xp e n e n ce o f the

,

strong symptoms of their children .

The account th e y gave of B lo ck ula was that it was situa t ed in a large , _

m e a d o w li k e
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a plain sea
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wherein you can see no end
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The house .

they met at had a great gate painted with many divers colors Through .

this gate they went into a little meadow distinct from the other and here ,

they turned their anim als to graze When they had m ade use of men .

for their beasts of burthen they set them up against the wall in a state
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O f helpless slumber and there they remained til l wa n ted for t h e h o m e wa r d

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flight In a very large room of this house stood a long table at which
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the Witches sat down and [ d

a j oining to this room w a s another chamber
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where there were lovely and delicate beds

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The lords c o m m s s i o n e r s says the report were indeed very earnest

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and took great pains to persuade them to S ho w some of their tricks but ,

to n o purpose for they did all unanimously declare that since they had
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confessed all they found that all their witchcraft was gone
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m g “ h as 11 11 t m e n t .

F RO M A L ETT ER I N M oRI Tz s E e RI M ENT A L P SYC HO L O GY .

Y desire me to give you a written account of what I la t e ly v e r ba lly

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related to you regarding the soul s faculty of prescience As m y e xp e r i

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e nc e rest s solely upon dreams I have certainly reason to appr e hend tha t
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many will take me for a fantastic d reamer ; but if I can c on t r i bh t e any

thing to the very useful O bject of your work it is no matter— let people
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th i nk what they will B e that as it may I vouch for the truth and vera
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city of what I Shall n o w more p articularly relate .

In the year 1 7 6 8 wh i le learning the business of an apothecary in the

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royal medical establishment at Berl i n I played in the seventy second ,

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drawin g of the Prussian nu m erical lottery which took place on the 3 0t h ,

of May of the same year and fixed upon the numbers 2 2 and 6 0 , .

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I n the night preceding the day Of drawing I dreamed that toward ,

twelve o clock at noon which is the time when the lottery is generally
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drawn the master apothecary s e nt down to me to tell me that I must come

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up to him O n going up stai rs he told m e to go immediately to Mr

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M ylius the auctioneer o n the other side of the castle and ask him if
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he had disposed of the books which had been left with him for sale but
that I must return speedi ly because he waited for his answer ,
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That s j ust the thing thought I still dreaming ; the lottery will
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just be drawing and as I have executed

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my commission
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I will run quickly ,

to the general lottery Office and see if my numbers come out ( the lottery
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was drawn at that time i n the O pen street ) if I only walk quick I shall
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be at home again soon enough ’

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I went therefore immediately ( still in m y dream ) in compliance with , ,

the orders I had received to Mr M yli us the auctioneer executed m y , .

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commission and after receiving his answer ran hastily to the general lot
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t e r y o ffi ce on the Hunters Bridge

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Here I found the customary prepa
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rations and a considerable number of spectators They had already begun

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to put the numbers into the wheel— and the moment I came up No 6 0 , .

was exhibited and called out O h tho ught I it is a good omen that .
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just one of my own numbers Should be called out t h e moment I arrive

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As I had not much time I n ow wished for nothing so much as that ,

they would hasten as much as possible with telling in the remaining num
bers At length they were all counted in and n o w I saw them bind the
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eyes of the boy belonging to the orphan school and the numbers after -

ward drawn i n the customary mann er .

When the first number was exhibited and called out it was NO 2 2 , . .

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A good o me n agai n I thought I No 6 0 will also certainly come out
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Th e second n u mber was drawn and behold it w a s No 6 0 ! -

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NOw they may d r aw what they will said I to some one who stood ,
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near m e ; m y numbers are out — I have n O m or e time to Spare With

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that I turned myself about and ran directly home

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Here I awoke and w a s as clearly conscious of my dr e am as I am n ow

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relating i t If its nat ural connection and the very particular perspicuity
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had not been so striki ng I shoul d h ave regarded it as nothing else than a
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common dream i n the general se n se of the term B ut this made me pay

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a ttention t o it and excite d my curiosity so much that I coul d scarcely

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wait til l noon .

At lengt h it struck eleven but sti ll there was n o appear a nce of my ,

dr eam be i ng fulfil led It struck a quar t er — i t struck half p a s t e le v e n

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and still t here w a s no p robabili ty of it I had already given Hp all hop e .

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when one of the work people unexpectedl y came to me and told me to go

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up stairs im mediatel y to the master ap o th e cary I went up full o f e xp e ct a

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tion and heard with the greatest as tonishment th at I must go di rectly

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to Mr M yli us th e aucti oneer on the other side of the c a s t le a n d ask

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h i m if he h ad d i s p os e d o f t h e book s at auction w h ich had been entrusted

to h i m He told me also a t t h e same t i me to retur n quick ly becaus e he
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wait e d for an answer .

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Who could have m ade more despat ch than I ? I went i n a ll h a ste to
Mr M yli us the auctioneer executed my commi s sion and a ft e r receivi ng
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h i s answer ran as qui ckly as possible to the g ene ral lottery offi c e on the
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Hun ters Bridge and ful l of astoni shment I saw t hat No 6 0 was e xh i
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h i r e d and called out t h e moment I arr ived .

As m y dream had been thus far so punctu ally ful fill ed I was now will ,

i n g to wait t h e end of it al t hough I had so li ttle tim e ; I the r efore wished

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for nothin g s o mu c h a s that they w o ul d hasten with countin g in the remai n

i n g numbers At length they fin i s he d The e yes of the orphan boy were
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boun d as customary and i t i s e a s y to conceive the e a gerness wit h which

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I awai t ed t h e final accompli s hm ent of my dr eam .

The first number was d r a wn and called out and behold it was No , , .

2 2 ! The second was drawn and this was also as I had dreamed No 6 0 ! , , .

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It now occur red to me that I h ad alrea d y stayed lo n ger tha n m y
errand allowed I t here fore requested t h e person wh o was n ext to m e i n
the crowd to let me p ass Wh at said one of them to me w il l yo u not
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w ait till t h e n umbers a r e a ll out ”

2 No said I my numbers are already ‘ ’
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o ut and they may n o w draw what they please for aught I care With ’
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that I t urned about pushed through the crowd and ran hastil y and j oy
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ful ly home Thus was the whole of m y dr eam fulfilled not only in sub
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stance but literall y a n d verbatim

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It wil l p e rhaps not b e disagreeable to you i f I relate t wo other occur ,

renees of a similar n a t ure

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On the 18 t h of August 1 7 7 6 I dreamed I was walking i n the vicinity

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of the S ilesian G ate and intended to go home thence directly across the
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field by the R i ck s d or f or Dresden road

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I found the field full of stubble and it s eemed as if the corn that had ,

stood there had only been reaped and housed a short time be fore This .

w a s really the case although I had not previously seen it

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the R i ck s d or f road I perceived that some persons had collected before

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on e of t h e first houses and were looking up at it ,

I consequently sup .

posed that somethin g new had occurred i n or before the house and for ,

this reason on coming up I asked the first person I met What is the
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m atter here ? He answered with great indi fference The lottery is

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drawn .
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S o said I is it drawn already ? What numbers are out
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There they stand replied he and pointed with his finger to the door of
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a shop tha t was in the house which I now perceived for the first time , .

I looked at the door and found that the numbers were writte n up on
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a black border round the door as is frequently the case In order to , .

ascertai n if there was really a shop with a receiving house for the lottery , ,

at the commencement of the R i ck s d or f road I did not think it too much ,

trouble to go there and found that this was really t h e case To my great
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vexation I found that only one of my numbers h a d come out I looked

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over the numbers O nce more , in order not to forget them and then went ,

home disappointed .

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O n awaking I was hindered by an accidental noise from immediate ly
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recollectin g my dream but shortly afterward it again occurred to m e ;

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after a little reflection I remembered it as clearly as I hav e n ow ,

r elated it but found it di ffi cult to recollect all the five n umbers

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That No 4 7 was t h e first and No 2 1 th e second of the numbers I
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remembered perfectly well that the third which followed was a 6 I was ,

a lso c e rtain only I was not confident whether the 0 which I h a d see n
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hereabouts belonge d to t h e 6 or the following number 4 which I also -

remembered very distinctly to have seen ; a n d as I was not certain of ,

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t his it might have b een just as well 6 and 4 alone as 6 0 and 4 0

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I was the least confident as to the fifth number : that it was bet ween
5 0 and 6 0 I was certain but which I could not precisely determine,
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had already laid money upon No 2 1 and this was the number which .
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a ccording to my dream should come out ,

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A S remarkable as my dream a ppeared to be in other resp e cts ye t I ,

was d i fli d e n t of it from being unable to r e m e m be r a ll the five numbers

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A lthough I was quite certain that among the s i xtee n numbers mentione d
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— that is those bet wee n 5 0 and 6 0 and the six previously indicated— all
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the fi ve which I had see n in my dream were contained ; and although “

there was still time enough to secure the numbers yet it did not suit m e ,
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on account of the conside ra ble sum it would require to stake upon all the
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sixteen numbers ; I therefore contented m yself with a few a m bs and t e r m s .

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and had besid e s this the disappoint ment of selecting a bad co n junction
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of numbers .

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T h e third d a y afterward ( the 2 1 s t o f A ugust 1 77 6 ) the lot t ery was
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drawn It was the two hundred and fifteenth drawing and all the five
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numb e rs which I had seen in m y dr e am came out exactly— namely .

21 5 2 42
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and I n o w r e memb e red that No 5 2 was t h e fi ft h of those
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which I had seen in my dream a n d which I could not previously rec e l ,

lect with certainty .

Instead of some thousand dollars I was n o w compelled to be con ,

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tented with abo u t twenty !

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last occurrence
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of this kind which , ,

I shall relate was as follows ,

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O n the 2 1s t of S epte m ber 1 7 77 I dreamed that a good friend of , ,

mine visited me and after the conv e rsation h ad turned upo n t h e lottery
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he d e s ir e d t h a t he mig ht dra w some numbers out of my little wheel of

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fortune which I had a t t h a t time .

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He dre w several numbers with the intention of staking money upon ,

them When he h a d done drawing I took all the n umb e rs out Of the
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W heel laid them be fore m e up o n the table and said to him The number
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whi ch I now take up will certainly come out at the next drawing 1 put .
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my hand into the heap and dre w out a number unfolded it and lo ck e d at “

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it : it was very p lainly 2 5 I was going t ofold it up and put it again .

i n t o ft h e wheel but that very moment I awoke , .

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Having so clear a r e c olle ct i on o f my d ream a s I have n ow related it ’
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I had much confidence in the numbe r and therefore staked s omuch u p on ,

it as to be satisfied with the winnings ; but two hours before the lotte ry
was drawn I receive d my money back from the lottery agent with the
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news that my number was completely filled up The lottery was d rawn -
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on the 2 4 t h of S eptember and the nu m ber really came out , .

Altho ugh I very willingly allow and am well aware that many i and , ,

perhaps t h e generality of dreams a rise from causes which are founded

merely i n the body and therefore can have no further s i g n i fi ca n ce —l yet I
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believe I have been convinced by repeated experience that t h e r e are n o t

unfr e quently dreams i n the orig in and existence of which the body; as
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such has no part and to these in my Opinion belong the three instances
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above mentioned .

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I do not think that the contents of t h e s e d r e a m s ought to give occa
sion to any one to judge wrongfully for otherwise I could just as well ,

h ave selected others but I have placed the m together precisely because
of their similarity .

C H R I ST K N A P E .
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Doct of Phi l os op h y M e d i ci n e a n d Sur g e r y .

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GERM A N AU THOR
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I N my youn ger days there was a dinner given in the village of Flo
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r e m bur h Westphalia where I was born on the occasio n of a baptism

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to which the clergyman a very worthy man was invited During dinner
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the conversation turne d upon the grave digger of the place who was ,

well known particularly on account of his second s ight and eve n feared ;
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for as often as he s a w a corpse he was always telling that there would ,

be a funeral out of such and such a house Now as the event i n va r i a .

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bly took place the inhabi t ants of the h ous e h e indicated were placed by
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the man s tale in the greatest dilemma; and anxiety particularly if there
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was any one i n the house who was ill or sickly whose death might pro ,

bably be hastened if the prediction were not concealed from h i m — which ,

however generally took place

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This man s p r Op h e cyi n g was an abomin ation to the clergyman He for

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bade i t he reproved he Scolded but all to no purpose ; for the poor dolt
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although he was a drunka rd and a man Of low and vulgar sentiments ,

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beli e ved firmly that it was a p r Op h e t i c gift of G o d and that he must ,

make it known in order that the people might still repent A t length
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as all r eproof was i n va 1n the clergyman gave him n otice that if he

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announced one funeral more h e s h o uld be deprived of his place and

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expelled t h e village This availed— the grave digger was silent from
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that time for ward Half a year afterward in autumn about the year
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have forbidden me to announc e any more funerals and I have not done ,

so since nor will I do so any more but I must now tell you something
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that is particularly remarkable that you may see that my s econd sight ,
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i s really true In a few weeks a corpse will be brought u p the meado w

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which will be drawn on a sledge by an ox ”

The clergyman seemingly .

paid no attention to this but listene d to it with indifferen c e and replied

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O nly go about your business and leave off such superstitious follies i t ,

is sinful to have anything t o do with them .

The thing nevertheless appeared extremely singul a r and remarkable

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to the clergyman ; for i n my count ry a corpse being drawn o n a sledge

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by an ox is most disgraceful because the bodies of those that commit ,

s uicide and notorious malefactors are thus drawn on sledge s

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S ome weeks aft er a strong body of Austrian troops p assed through t h e

village o n their way to the Netherlands While r e sting there a day the .
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sno w fell nearly three feet deep At the same time a woman died in
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another v illage of the same parish The military too k away all the . .
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horses out of the country to dr a g their wagons Meanwhile the corpse .

lay there ; no hors es came back the corpse began to p ut r i fy and the ,

stench became intolerable : they were therefore compelled to make a , ,

virtue of necessity— to place t h e corpse upo n a sledge and harness an ox

to the vehicle .

In the meantime the clergyman and the schoolmaster with his scholars
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proceeded to the entrance of the village to meet the corpse ; and as the ,

f uneral came along the meadow in this arr a y the grave digger stepped ,
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up t o t h e clerg yman pulled him by the gown , pointed with his finger to
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it and said not a word

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S uch was the tale with all its c i rcumstance s as related by the clergy
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man I was well acquainted with the good man he was incapable
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of telli n g an untruth much less i n a matter which contradicted all his

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principles .

Another history of this kind for the truth of which I can vouch wa s , ,

related to me by m y la t e father and his brother both very pious men and
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to whom it would have been impossible to have told a fa lsehood .

B oth of them had business on one oc casion in the Westphalian pro , ,

vince of Mark when they were invit e d to di nn er at the protestant preach

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er s D uring the repast the subj e ct of second sight was likewise br ought
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upon the carpet The minister spoke of it with acrimony because he had
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also a grav e digger who was a fflicted with that evil ; he had Often and
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repeatedly forbidden him from mentioning it but all to n o purpose ,

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On one occasion the prognosticator came to the minister and said I

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have to tell you sir that i n a short time there will be a funeral fro m
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your house and you will have to follow th e co ffin before all t h e other
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funeral attendants ”
Terror an ger and displeasure got so much the
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better of the good pas tor that he drove the thoughtless fe llo w Out of the, .

door for his wife was near her confinement : and not withstanding every ,
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rational view which h e took he passed a very melancholy time of it till , ,

at length his wife was safely delivered and out of all dan g e r He n o w .

reproached t h e grave digger most bitterly and sai d

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unfounded thy reveries have been 1 But the corpse seer on ly smiled and
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said S i r the matte r is not yet finished

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Immediately a fterward the preacher s servant m aid died of an apo ’ -

plexy No w it is the custom there for the master of the house on such
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occasions to immediately follow t h e co ffi n before the n ext relatives

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but this time the preacher endeavored to avo i d it in order to confound ,

the corpse seer He did not venture however to off end the parents of
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the deceased which he would have done most grossly if he had not fol
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lowed the coffin He found therefore a suitable excuse in the circum

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stance that his wife — who according to the custom prevalent there ; wa s ,

then to go to church for the first time after her c on fi n e m e n t— should take
his place a n d he would then accompany the schoolma ster and his scholars
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as was usual .

This was discussed and agreed upon and the parents were likewise ,

S atisfied w ith it O n t h e day when the funeral was to take place t h e

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compan y assembled at the parsonage The c ofii n lay on a bier in the .

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porch the schoolmaster with his scholars stood in a circle in front of the
ho us e and sang — the minister was just going out to his appointed place
his wi fe stepped behind the coffi n and the bearers laid hold of the bier , ,

when that ve r ym oment the minister s wife fell down i n a fit ; she was
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taken into a room a n d brought again to herself but was so ill that s h e
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could not go to ch ur ch ; and the minister was so terrified by this accident ,

that it no longer occurred to h i m to make t h e grave digg er into a liar -

but h e step ped very quietly behind the coffi n as the prognosticator would ,

h ave it .
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ifixi h i t t i s n s s f M i s fi t .

TR ANSL A T ED FR O M THE G E R M A N OF S TI LLI N G .

T HE narrative before us was found a m On g the papers of the late M .

La Harpe i n his own hand writing This L a Harpe was a member of

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the Royal Academy of S ciences l n Paris that storehouse of satire on

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religion and V ol t arian ab s urdity l L a Harpe himself was a freethinker

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who believed nothing but who before his end was thoroughly converted
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and died i n the faith and h Op e of the gospel .

I will first relate the narrative in L a Harpe s own words and then ’
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add a fe w remarks respecting i t s authenticity He writes a s follows .

It seems to me as if it were but yester d ay although it happened at ,

the beginning of the year 1 7 8 8 We were dining with one of our .

c olleagues of the academy a man of genius and respectability The

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company , which was n umerous was selected fro m all ranks— courtiers
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judges learned men a c a d e m i c1a n s & c and had done justice to the
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ample and as usual well furnished repast At the dessert Malvasier

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and Constantia he i ghtened the festivity and augmented in good society , , ,

that kind of fr e edo m whi ch do e s n ot al wa ys keep i t self wi t hi n defined

bounds
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The world was at that time arrived at such a pitch that it was ,

p e rmitted to say anything with the intentio n of exciting merrim e nt .

C h a m for t had read to us some of his blasphemous and lascivious tales ;

and noble ladies had listened to them e ve n wi t h out h a vin g r e co ur s e to ‘

t heir fans After this followed a whole host of s a r c a s m s o n religion

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O n e person quoted a tira d e from Pucelle anot her remi n ded the company
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of that philosophical verse of Diderot s in which he says S tran gle t h e ’
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last ki n g with the entrails of the last priest I — and a ll clapped applaus e ’
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A nother stood up elevating a bumper and e xclaimed Yes gentlemen I , ,

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am just as certain that there is no G od as I am certai n that Ho m er is a ,

1001 and i n reality he was as certai n of one as the other for the
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company had just spoken of Homer and of G od and there were among ,

the g uests those who had Spoken wel l o f bOt h the one and the o t h e r l
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The conv e rsation n o w became more serious The revol ution that .

V oltaire had e ffected was spoken of with admiration and it was agreed
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given the tone t o his a g e ; he had written in such a manner that he ,

was read i n both the ante—chamber and the drawing room O n e of the -
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company related to us with a loud laugh that his hair dresser while
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powdering him said Look sir although I am only a poor j ourneyman

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yet I have no more religion than another l It was concluded that th e

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revolution would be com p leted without delay and that superstition and ,

fanaticism must make w a y for philosophy The probable period wa s .

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calculated and which of the company would h ave the happiness of liv 1ng
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during the reign of Reason The more a ged lamented that they dared .

not flatter themse lves with the idea ; the younger ones rejoiced at the
probability that they would live to see it and the academy in particular , ,

was congratulat e d on having prepared the great work and for being the ,

focus the centre and the prime mover of liberty of thought

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A single individual h ad taken no part in all this pleasant conversation ,

and had eve n very gently scattered some j okes upon their noble e n t h u4
s ia s m . I t was M C a z o t t e an amiable and original man but who
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unfortunately was completely taken up with the reveries of those who

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believe in a superior enlightening He n ow took up the discourse and . .

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said in the most serious tone G entlemen r ej oice yo u will all become , ,

witnesses of that great and sublime revolution wh i ch you so much desire ’

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You kno w that I apply myself a little to prophesyin g I repeat it you ,

will all see it ’

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There requires no proph e tic g i ft for that pu r pose was the reply
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True rejoined he but perhaps something more for what I am now

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going to tell yOu D o you know what will be the result from this revo
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l ution ( that is when reason triumphs in Opposition to revealed religion )

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what it will be to you all as many as are now here ? what will be its ,

immediate consequences its undeniable and acknowledged e ff ects ?

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Let us see I said C ondorce t puttin g on an air of simplicity ; it
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is not disagreeable to a p h iIOSOp e r to meet with a prophet .

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You M C or d or ce t continued M Oa z ot t e you will give up th e
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g host ,
stretched out on the floor of a subterraneous prison You will .

die of poison that you will have swallowed i n order to escape the
, ,

executioner— of poison which the happiness of those times shall compel

,

you al ways to carry about with you I ’

This at first excited great astonishment but it was soon remembered

that the worthy C a z ot t e sometim e s dreamed waking and the company ,

burst out into a loud laugh M C a z o t t e said one of the guests. the ‘
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,
’
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”
t ale you relate to us is not near s o amusing as you r —
D evil in Love
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18 4 THE MYS TERIE S OF AS TR OLOGY .

L e D i a ble A is a pretty little romance written by C a z o t t e f

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( )
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m our e ux _

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What devil has suggested to you the dungeon the poison and the , ,

executioner ? What has this in common with phil osophy and the reign
of reason ? ’

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T h is is just what I tell you replied C a z ot t e
’
In t h e name of , .
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philosophy i n the nam e of h umanity liberty and rea s on will it come

, , , ,

to pass that such will be your end : and reason will then certain ly
,

triumph for she will have her temples ; nay at that period there wi ll
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be no other temples i n all Fra ce than the temples of reason

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Truly said C h a m for t with a sarcastic smile you wi ll be no priest

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of these temples ’
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Oa z o t t e answered I h Op e not ; but yo u M C h a m for t who will be , .

,

one of them a n d are very worthy of being so you will Open your veins by
, ,

t w enty two incisions of the razor and yet you will die only som e months
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afterward l ’

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The company looked at each other and laughed again ,
.

C a z o t t e continued You M Vicq d A z yr will not open your veins ,

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yourself but will after ward cause the m t o be Opened six times in one day
,

i n an attack of the gout i n order to make the matter more Sure , and you
“

will die the same night I

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You M JNi cola i wi ll die upo n the sca ffold I
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You M B ai lly on the scaffold I

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You M Malesherbe s on the scaffold 1

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G o d be thanked l exclaimed M Raucher it appears that M

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Oaz ott e has only to do with the academicians he has just made dre a dful
havoc among them I Heaven be praised .
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C a z o t t e interrupted him : You you will die on the scaff old also ‘
— 7 ’

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Ha l this is a wager resounded from all sides ; he has sworn to
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e xterminate us all I
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C a z ot t e No it is not I that have sworn it
.
,
.

T h e com p a n y S hall we b e t hen under subjection to Turk s a n d

.

Tartars ? a n d yet
“
G a z e t t e Nothing less
. I have already told you that you will then
.

be under the government of philosophy and reaso n Those that will .

treat you in this manner will be all philosophers they will be continually
making u s e of those very e x r e s s i on s wh i ch you have been mouth ing for
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p
the last hour ; they will repeat a ll your maxims and like you will quot e , , ,

t h e ve r s e s of Diderot and Pucelle

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T h e g uests w h ispere d in t o each others ca r s : You s e e c learly th at
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 NARRAT IVE S AND A NE ODO TES . 18 5

he h as lost h i s reason ( for while speaki n g thus he continued very

’
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serious ) Don t you see that he is j oking and in all his jests h e mixes
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something of the wonderful Yes said C h a m for t but I must confess ,

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his wonders are not very pleasing they are much too gallows like And -
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when shall all this take place ? ’

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G a z e tte
. Si x years shall not pass over be fore all that I have told you
shall be fulfilled
You tell us many wonderful things — i t was this time I ( La Harpe )
that Spoke and do you say n othing of me
With respect to you ans wered C a z o t t e a wonder will take place
,
’
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that will be at least quite as remarkable You will then be a Ch ristian .

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A general exclamation ! Now I am at ease said C h a m for t if ,
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we only peris h when La Harpe is a C h ristian we are immortal ,

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We of the female sex said the D uches s de Grammont are fortunate
"
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in being reckoned as nothing in revolutions When I say as nothing I .

,

do not intend to say that we do not interfere in them a little but it is

a generally received maxim that we and those of our sex are not deemed
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responsible on that account ’

.

G a z e t t e Your sex ladies will be this tim e no protection to you

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a n d h owever little you may be desirous of interfering yet you will be ,

t r e a t e fi r e cis e ly as the men and no di ff erence Will be made with respect

,

to you .

T h e d uch e s s But what is it you are telling us M C a z ot t e ? Y ou

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certainly are announcing the end of the world I

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G a z e t t e Th at I k no w not ; but what I do know is that you my
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lady duchess will be drawn t o the sca ff old— you and many other ladies
, ,

with you — upon a h urdle with your hands bound behind you
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T h e d u ch e s s I hope however in that case that I shall have a
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mournin g coach
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G a z e t te . No m adam ,
Ladies of higher rank than you will be
drawn upon a hurdle with their hands bound behind them
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T h e d uch e s s Ladies of higher rank ? What the princesses of the
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blood
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G a z e t t e O f still higher rank
.

A visible emotion n o w manifested itself through the whole company ,

and the master of the house assumed a n air of displeasure It began to .

be evident that the joke was carried too far .

“
The Duchess de G rammont in order to dispel t h e cloud let the las t , ,

reply drop and contented herself with saying in a most jocular ton e
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18 6 THE MYS TERIE S OF A S TROLOGY .

You shall see he will not even leav e me the consol a tion of a
confessor
G a z e t t e NO madam none will be given either to you or to any one
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else The last su fferer to whom the favor of a confessor will be granted
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( her e he pause d a moment ) .

“
T h e d ue / t e e s Well who will the fortuna te mort a l be to whom this
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privilege will be granted ?

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G a z e t t e It will be the only privilege he wil l retain a n d this will be
, ,

the king of Franc e

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The master of the hous e now hastily arose from the table and the
whole company with him He went to M C a z o tt e and said with deep . .
,

emotion My dear C a z ot t e thi s lamentable j oke has lasted long eno ugh
,
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You carry it too far and to a degree i n which you endanger yoursel f
, ,

and the company in which you are ’

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C a z ot t e made no reply and was preparing to depart when the , ,

D uchess de G rammont who still endeavored to prevent the matter being

,

taken i n a s e r i o us light a n d labore d to restore hil arity went to him and

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said Now Mr Prophet you have told us all our fortun e s but have
,
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said nothing of your own fate .

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He was silent cast h i s eyes downward and then said Have you
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ever read i n Josephus madam t h e history of the siege of Jerusalem ?

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C ertainly ; who has not read it ? but do as t h oug h I
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m e d ue / tee s .

had never read it .

G a z e t t e Well madam ! during thi s siege a man went seven suc

.
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ce s s i v e da y s upon the walls round the town in the sight of both the ,

besiegers and the besieged a n d cried out incessantly with a mournful ,

voice W o to Je rusalem W o to Jerusalem O n the seventh day he

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cried W o to Jerusalem and w e to myself al so ! and in the same

,
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,

moment he was crushed to de ath by an immense stone hurled from the ,

enemy s engines
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After these words M C a z ot t e made h i s bow a n d
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, .

departed ”
Thus far L a Harpe
. .

Here everything d epends upon the whole of this n arration bein g tr ue ,

or fictitious and written perhaps after its fulfilment ; for it is certain ly true
, ,

that all those who wer e present at the dinn er lost their lives precisely i n
the manner here predicted by C a z ot t e The person who gave the .

entertainment to whom C a z ot t e p r ophesied nothing and who was most

, ,

probably the Duke de C h a i s e ul was the only one that d i ed a natural ,

death The worthy and pious C a z ot t e was guillotined

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I ask every candid connoisseur that knows h o w to distinguish that

 NARRATIVE S AND A NE CD OTES . 18 7

which is ideal from a true copy taken from nature if this narrative can ,

be a fabricat ion ? It has so many little shades and peculiarities which

would never h ave occurred to an inventor and which he would not ,

have regarded as nec e ssary And then where would have been t h e
.
,

object of such a fabrication ? A freethinker could not have invented it

because by so doing he would have been acting i n com plete opposition
, ,

to his prin ciples for he would thus be disseminating views to which he is

a mortal enemy and which he regards as a most stupid superstition If
, .

it be supposed that a fa n a t i c o r an enthusiast had invented it for the

purpose of saying something striking the nature of the narrative i tself
, ,

which bears no resemblance to fiction contradicts such a supposition to , ,

which must be added t h e certainty that M La Harpe wrote it with his .

Ow n h and
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It may be found i n the ( E a vr e s C h oi s i e s e t P os t h um e s of
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M La Harpe celebrated member of the French academy published at

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Paris by M i g n e r ol in four volumes octavo in 1 8 06

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h e r: S ta t e a t t he t
fiing
t a t 33 a m .

T HE following anecdote was penned down with the greatest possible

care after being previously narrated by the imper i al privy counsellor V on
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Seckendorf
King Frederick William I , of Prussia the father of Frederick II ,
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stood in such a friendly connection with Augustus II of Poland that if .

, , ,

possible they saw one another at least once a year This was also the
,
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case a short time before the death of the latter who appeared at the time ,

to be i n tolerable health except that he had rather a serious inflammation

,

i n one of his toes The physicia n s h ad therefore strictly warned him

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agai nst any excess in the use of wine & c ; and the King of Prussia who
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was a ware of this gave orders to his h eld marshal V on G rumbko w wh o

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was to accompany the King to the borders and to entertain h i ng there

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at one of the royal residences according to his rank that at the pa rting , ,

dinner he wa s carefully to avoid everything by which that moderation i n

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the use of win e which the physicians for the above reason had so strong
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ly r e commended to the P o lish monarch might be exceeded ,

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18 8 THE MY S TERIE S OF A S TROLOGY .

B ut On the king s desiring to have a few more bottle s of champagne to

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m a ke a finish as it were G rumbko w who wa s himself fond of this wine

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consented and drank so much of it for his own share that in passing over
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a courty a rd of the royal v illa to his quarters he broke a rib a gainst the
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pole of a carri ag e and was therefore oblig ed the next morning to be

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carried in a sedan to King Augustus as the latter intended to pursue his ,

journey very early and had still some c ommissions to give h i m for the
,

Prussian monarch O n this Occasion the King of Poland was only d ressed
.

in a short fur cloak with the e xception O f a shirt Open at the front
,
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In this very dress but with h i s e ye s closed he appeared on the 1s t of

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February 1 7 3 3 about three O clock i n the morni n g to Field Mar shal Vo n

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G rumbko w and said to him ,

“
Mon cher Gr umbkow j e viens de mourir , ,
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ce mome nt a V arsovie l
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G r umbkow t h e p a i n of whose broken rib at that time allowed h i m little

,

repose had observed immediately b e fore by the light O f his night lamp
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and thro ugh his thin bed curtains that the door Of his ante room in which -

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h is valet de chambre sle p t O pened ; that a long human fig ure entered

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which having made the tour Of his bed with a slow and solemn pace on
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a sudden opened his bed curta i ns There stood the figure O f Ki n g Augus
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tus exactly as the l a tter had presented himself alive before him only a fe w
, ,

d ay s previous before the asto nished G rumbko w ; and after havi n g spoken
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the words above mentioned it went out of the door again G rumbko w ,
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ran g the bell and asked the valet de chambre wh o hastened i n at the
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same door whether he had not seen the person who had j us t come in an d
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gon e out but he had seen nothing .

G rumbk o w immediately wrote a statement O f the whole a ffair to his

frien d the imperial embassador and fi e ld m ar shal Count V on S eckendorf
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who was at that time at King Frederick William s court and beso ugh t ’
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him t o com m un i c a t e the matter i n a proper manner to the King on the , ,

parade O n the arrival of G r um bk o w s note at the emb assador V on

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S e ck e n d or f s which was at five O clock i n t h e morning there was no o ne

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with him but V on S e ckendorf his sister s son and secretary to the emba s
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s y af t erward ministe r at the court of Brandenburg Anspac h and finally -

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imperial privy counsell or The former said to him while o ff ering him the
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note to read : O n e would think th at p a in had made a visionary of Old

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G rumbko w ; I must ho w ever communic a te the contents O f t h is letter to

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the king this very day,

Forty six hours after ( if I mistake not ) the news arrived at Berlin by
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M y d e a r G r um b k ow I h a ve j us t e xp i r e d a t W a r s a w ! ,
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the Polish ulans and Prussian hussars who were stationed every ten miles ,

from Warsaw to B erlin that the king of Poland died in the same hour
, ,

at Warsaw that G rumbkow saw the apparition

,
.

It may also be added i n confirmation of the above from the History

,
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of the Life a n d Acts of Fred e rick William I King of Prussia — Ham .

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burgh and Breslau p 4 5 4 that the King of Poland is also stated

,
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there to have died on th e 1s t of February a nd that this event was ,

already known i n Berlin on the 4 t h It is also further observed that t h e

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King of Poland in his j our ney backward and for ward b e t ween Dresden
,

and Warsaw took the road from Dresden by way of Or os s a u to Karga

, ,

and thence finally to Warsaw ; on which occasion the King Of Prussia

almost always sent G eneral G rumbko w one of his ministers of state to , ,

welco m e him there .

The truth of this tale rests upon the credibility of person s whose
integrity and sagacity it would be criminal to doubt : it is there fore a cer
tain fact King Augustus at the approach O f death assuredly deeply
.
, ,

regretted that he had so ill followed the advice of his physician at G r um b

kow s e ntertai nmen t He m i ght also at the same time d eem his host
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reprehensible for not havin g removed out of the way everything that might
be injurious to him and for having complied w i th his desire for champagne
, ,

although he knew the sentiments of t h e physicians and had besides this , , ,

received instru ctions from the King of Prussia carefully to avoid whatever
might be pernicious to his royal guest U nder the influence of this deep .

regret and with this fixed idea he died P h e earnest desire he had to
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make G rumbkow sensible Of his error wa s the reason wh y he wrought

upon his imagination and developed his feeling Of presentiment : and hence
,

originated the apparition .

it ur t i n g ig a m t i t s 5 m m“
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a n .

T HE Duke of Buckingham W a s prime minister to Charles I king O f .

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E ngland w hose favorite he was

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and being looked upon as the author
,

of the arbitrary acts in wh i ch the king indulged he was much hated by ,

the people and after ward lost his

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life in a violent mann er being stabbed ,
19 0 T HE MYS TERIE S OF A S T R O LOG r .

with a k n ife by Lieutenant Felton in the thirty sixth year of his age - -

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Lord Clarendon in his History of the Rebellion and Civil War in

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England gives the following account of an apparation which preceeded

,

the death of the D uke Of Buckingham

Among the Offi cers Of the wardr obe at Windsor was a man who w a s ,

universally esteemed for his integrity and prudence and who was at that ,

time about fifty years of age This man had bee n brought up in his .
.

youth at a college in Paris where George V illier s the father of the

, , ,
!

D uke Of Buckingham was also e d ucated with whom he formed an

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intimate friendship but had n e v e f s p ok e n with him since that p eriod

,
.

As this keeper of the robes was lyin g in his bed at Windsor , in perfect ’

'

health seven months before the murder Of the duke there appeared t o h i m
, ,

at midnight a man Of venerable aspect wh odrew aside the curtains Of h i s ,

'

bed and asked him while looking at h i m steadfastly if he d id not kn ow him

, , , .

At first he made no reply bein g half dead t hrough fe ar But on being

,
.
,

a sked the second time if he did not remember ever to have seen him the ,

r ecollection Of G eorge V illiers from the similarity o f features and dress , ,

occurred to h im he therefore said he took him for G eorge V illiers

. .

The apparition replied that he was in the right and begged Of him to do ,

him the favor to go to his son the Duke of B uckingham l n his n ame , , ,

and tell him that he must exert himself to make himself popular or at
‘
,

least to soothe the e m bittered minds of the p eople otherwise he would ,

not be permitted to live long ’

Afte r these words the apparitio n .

vanished a n d the good man whether he was fully awake or not awake
, , ,

sl e p t quietly till morning ;

O n awaking he regarded the apparition as a dream and paid n o

, ,
—

partic ul ar attention to it A night or two afterward the same perso n

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appeared again i n the very same p la c e a n d at the same hour with rather
, _ ,

a more serious aspect than the first time and asked him if he had ,
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executed the commissio n he had gave him As the a p p a r i t i On knew very .

.

well that he h a d not done s o it reproached him very severely and a d ded
, ,

that it had expected greater compliance fro m him and that if he would ,

not fulfil its request he should have no rest but that it would fo llow him
, ,

everywhere .

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The terrified keeper of the robes promised obedience ; but in the
morning h e was still irresolute and knew not what to do He could n ot
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bring himself to regard this second apparition which was so clear and ,

O bvious as a dream ; and yet on t h e other hand the high ra nk of the

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duk e the di fficulty Of Obtaining admissio n to his presence and above all
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 NARRATIVE S AND ANE CD OTE S .
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19 1

the consideration how he should make the duke believe the thing s e emed ,

to him to defeat the execution of his errand and render it impossible .

He was for some days undetermined what he should do : at length he

took the resolution to be as inactive i n the matter as before B u t a .

thir d and more d r eadful vision the two former n ow succee d ed ; the
apparition reproach ed him in a bitter ton e with not fulfilling his promise .

The keeper of the robes confessed that he had delayed the accomplish
ment of that which had been imposed upon him on account of the ,

difficulty of approaching the duke as he knew no one through whom h e ,

could h Op e to gain a d mi ssion to him ; and even if he found means to

obtain an au d ience yet the duke would not believe that he had received
,

such a commission he would look upon him as insane or suppose that he

, ,

sought to deceive him either from personal malice or from being

, ,

prompted to it by designing people I n this manner his ruin would be ,

inevitable But the apparition continued firm to its purpose and said
.
,

that he s h ould h a ve no re s t until he had complied with its desire It .

also added that admittance to his son was easy and that those who
, ,

wished to speak with him need not wait long In or d er however that .
, ,

h e might gain creden ce it would state t o him two or three circumstances

, ,

but of which he must mention nothing to any on e e xce p t to the duke ,,

‘

himself who upon hearing them would give credit to the rest of his
, , ,

story also .

“
The man now believed himself under the necessityof obeying thi s
third demand of the apparition and therefore set off the next mornin g ,

for London and as he was intimately acquainted with S i r Ralph Free

man the master O f requests who had married a n ear relative Of the
, ,

duke s he wa ited upon him and besought him to assist him with his
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infl uence to O btain an audience having matters Of importance to c o m m u

,

nicate to the duke which deman ded great privacy and som e time and ,

patience .

“
S i r Ralph kne w the prudence and modesty of the man and con ,

cluded from what he had heard only in general expressions that

, ,

somethin g extraordinary was the cause of his journey He therefore “

promis ed compliance and that he would speak with t h e duke o n the

,

subject He seized the first Opportunity to mention to t h e duke the g ood

.

character of the man and his wish for a n audience and communicated
,
'

to h i m everything he knew of the matter The duke gave him for .

,

answer that he was going early the following day with the king to the
, , ,

chase and that his horses would wait for him at Lambeth Brid ge wher e
,
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he intended to land at five in the morning and if the man would attend
,
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him the re he might converse with h i m as long as was necessary

,
.

S i r Ralph did not fail to conduct the keeper of the robes at the h our ,

appointed t o the place and introduce him to the duke on his landing
, ,

from his vess e l The duk e received h i m very cou r teously took him
.
,

aside and spoke with h i m nearly a full hour There w a s n o one at the
,
.

place but S i r Ralp h and the duke s servants ; but all of them stood a t ’

such a distance that it w a s impossi ble for them to hear anything of the
,

conversation altho ugh t h e y s a w that the duke Spoke freque ntly with much
,

emotion S ir Ralph Freeman wh o had his eyes constantly fi xed upon the
.
,

duke observed this still better than the rest and the keeper of the robes
,
'

told him on their return to London that whe n the duke heard the p arti
, ,

c ul a r incidents which h e revealed to him in order to make the rest Of his

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,

communication credible he changed color and affirmed that no o n e but

, ,

the devil could have disclosed this to him because none but he ( the duke ) ,

and another person k ne w of it Of whom he was convinced that s h e had ,

t old it to no one .
“

The duke continued the chase It wa s howe ver observed that h e .

, ,

frequently left the company and appeared sunk in deep thought and took
,
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no part in the pleasure H e left t h e ch a s e the same forenoon alighted at

.
,

Whitehall and repaired to his mother s apartm e nts with whom he was
,
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,

closeted for two or three hours Their loud c o n v e r s a t i o n was heard in

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the adj oining apartments and when he came out much d isturbance ,
“

mingled with anger was visible in his countenance whic h had never before
, ,

be e n O bserved aft er con ve r s m g wit h his mother for whom he always t e s ,

t i fi e d the greatest respect The countess was found in tears after the
. .

depart ure of her son and plunged into the deepest g rief S o much is
, .

known and ascertained t h at she did not seem surprised when she received
,

the ne ws of the assassination of the duke which followed some months ,

afterward I t w ould therefore appear that she had previously fores e en

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it and that her son had informed her of what the keeper of the robes had
,

discovered to him ; nor did she manifest th at grief i n the sequel which s h e
must necessarily have felt at the loss of such a beloved son ”
.

It is privily relate d that the particular circumstances of which the keep

er of the robes reminded the duke had reference to a forbidden intercourse
'

which he had with one of his very ne a r relatives ; and a s he h a d every

reason to suppos e that the lady her s elf would not Speak of it he thought ,

that besides hers elf only the devil could know a n d say anythin g Of it
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w e Olh w a i t s Qt lg r i s t m a s 5 m m ,

AS R EL A T ED T O HER NIEC ES .

I HA v E never told you my secret my dear nieces H o wever this ,

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Christmas , which may well be the last to an old woman I will give t h e ,

whole story ; for though it is a stran ge story and a sad one it is true , ,

and what sin there was in it I trust I may have expiated by my tears
and my repentance Perhaps the last expiation of all is this painful
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confession.

We were very young at the time Lucy and I and the neighbors said , ,

we were pretty S O w e were I believe though entirely different ; for

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Lucy was quiet and fair and I was full of life and Spirits ; wild beyond
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any power of control and reckless I was the elder by two years ; but
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more fit to be in leading strings myself than to guide or govern my sister

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B ut she was so good , so quiet and so wise th a t she needed no one s ’

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guidance ; for if advice wa s to be given it w as she who gave it not I ; , ,

and I never knew her judgment or perception fail S h e was the darling .

of the h Ous e My mother had died soon after Lucy was born A picture
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in the dining room of her in spite of all the difference of d r e s s w a s ex

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a c t ly like Lucy ; and as Lucy was now seventeen and my mother h ad

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been only e i ghte e n when it was taken there was no discrepancy of years ,
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O n e All hallow s eve a party of us — all youn g girls not one of us

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t wenty years O f age — were trying our fortunes round the drawing ro o m -

fire throwing nuts into the brightest blaz e to hear if mythic He s ,

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loved any of us and i n what proportion ; or pouring hot lead into water
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to find cradles and rings or purses and co ffins ; or breakin g the whites of
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eggs into tumblers half full Of water and then drawing up the white into ,

pictures of the future — the prettiest experiment of all I remember Lucy

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could only make a recumbe nt figure of hers like a marble monument in ,

m i n i a t ur e ; a n d I a m aze of masks and skulls and things that looked

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like dancing apes or imps and vapory lines that did n o t require m uch
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i magination to fashion into ghosts or spirits for they were clearly human
in the outline but thin and vapory And we all laughed a great deal
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and teazed one another and were as full Of fun and mischief and inno
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c e nce and thoughtlessness as a nest of young birds

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There was a certain room at the other end of our rambling old manor
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house which was said to be haunted and which my father had therefore
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discontinued as a dwelling room SO that we children might n Ot be fright

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ened by foolish servants ; and he h ad made it into a lumber place — a -

kind of ground floor granary— where no one had any business Well it
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was proposed th a t one of us should g o into thi s room alone lock th e door ,
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Stand before a glass pare and eat an apple very delib e r ately looking
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fixedly in th e glass all the time and th e n if the mind never on ce wan
dered the future husband would be clearly Shown in the glass As I was
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al w ays the foolhardy girl of every party and was moreover very desirous ,

of seein g that apocryphal individu a l my future husband ( whose non a p ,

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p e a r a n ce I used to wonder at and bewail in secret ) I was glad eno ugh ,

to make the trial not withstandin g the entreaties of some Of the m ore
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timid Lucy above all clu n g to m e and besought me earne stly n ot to

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O — a t last almost with tears But my pride Of courage and my curi

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o s i t y and a certain nameless feeling of a ttraction were too strong for

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m e. I laughed Lucy and her abettors into silence uttere d half a doze n -

bravados ; and taking up a bedroom candle passed thro ugh the lon g
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silent passages to the cold dark deserted room— m y heart be ating with
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excitement my foolish head dizzy with hope and faith The church
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clock chimed a quarter past twelve as I Opened the door

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It was an a wful night The win d ows shook as if every instant the y
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would burst in with some strong man s hand on the bars a nd his s h o uld e 1 ’
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against the frame ; and the trees howled and shrieked as i f each branch
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were sentient and in pain The ivy beat against the windo w sometimes
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with fury and sometimes with the leaves Slo wly scraping against the
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glass and drawing out long shrill sounds like Spirits crying to each other
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In the room itself it was worse Rats had m ade it their refuge for many.

ye a rs and they rushed behi n d the wainscot and down inside the walls
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bringing with them showers of lime and dust which rattled like chains , ,

Or sounded like m en s feet hurryi ng to and fro ; and every n Ow and t h en

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a cry broke through the room one could not tell from where or fr om ,

wha t but a cry distinct and human ; he avy blow s seemed to be struck
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o n the floor which cracked like parting ice beneath my feet

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knockin g s shook t h e walls Yet i n this tumult I was not afraid I rea
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s on e d on each new sound very calmly and said

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Those are rats or”
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those a r e and birds in t h e chimney or owls in the ivy
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as each new howl or scream struck m y ear And I w a s not in the least .

frightened or d isturbed ; i t all seemed natural and fam iliar I placed the .

c andle on a tabl e in the m idst of the room where an old mirror stood ; ,
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and looking steadily into the glass ( having first wiped o ff the dust ) I
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began to e at E ve s forbidden fruit wishing intently as I had been bidde n

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for the apparition of m y future husband .

I n about ten minutes I heard a dull vague unearthly sound ; felt not
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hear d I t was as if countless win g s rushed by and small lo w voices

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whispering too ; as if a crowd a multitude of life was about me as if ,

shadowy faces crushed up against me and eyes and hands and sneering , , ,

li ps all mocked me I was su ffocated The air was SO heavy— s o filled

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with life that I could not breathe I was pressed on from a ll sides and
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could not turn n or move without p arting thickening vapors I heard .

my o wn name — I can swe ar to that tod ay i I heard it repeated through

the room ; and then bursts of laughter followed and the wings rustled ,

and fluttered and the wh i s p e r i n g v oi ce s mocked and chattered and the

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heavy air so filled with life hung heavier and thicker and the Things
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presse d up to me closer and checked the breath on m y lips with the ,

c lamm y breath from theirs

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I was not alarmed I was n o t excited ; but I was fascinated and .

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yet with every sense seeming to possess ten times its n atural
power I still went on lookin g in the glass — s till earnestly desiring an
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apparition — when suddenly I saw a man s face peering over my shoulder ’

in the g lass Girls I could dra w t hat face to this h our ! The low fore
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head with the short curling hair black as j et gro wing down in a sharp
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point ; the dark eyes beneath thick eyebrows burning with a peculiar, ,

light ; the nose and the dilating nostrils ; the thin l i ps curled into a ,

smil e — I see them all plainly before me n o w And— O the smile that .
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it was — the mockery and sneer the derision the sarcasm the conte m pt , , , ,

the victory that were in 1t — even then i t struck into me a sense of s ub

mission The eyes looked full into mine ; those eyes and mine fastened
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on each other ; a n d as I ended my task the church clock chimed the

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half hour ; and suddenlyreleased as if fro m a spell I turned r ound

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expecting to see a living man standing beside me But I met only the .

chill air coming in from the loose windo w and the solitude of the dark ,

night The Life had gone the wings had rushed away the voices had
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died out and I was alone wi t h the rats behind the wainscot the owls
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hooting in the ivy and the wind howling through the trees
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Convinced that either som e trick h ad been played me or that some ,

one was concealed in the room I searched every corner of it I lift ed ,

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lids of boxes filled with the dust of a ges and with rotting paper lying ,

like bleaching skin I took down the chimney board and soot and ashe s
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fle w u in clouds I Opened dim Old closets where all manner of foul

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insects had made their homes and where daylight had not entered for ,

generations ; but I found nothing S atisfied that nothing human was i n .

the room and that no one could have been there to night— nor for many
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months if not years — and still nerved to a state of desperate courage I

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went back to the drawing room B ut as I left that room I felt some -
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thing flo w e d out with me and all through the long passages I retained , ,

the sensation that this something was b ehind me My steps were heavy ; .

the consciousness of pursuit having paralyzed not quickened me ; for I ,

knew that when I left that h aunt e d room I had not left it alone As I .

opened the drawing room door —the blazing fire and the stro n g lamp -

light bursting out upon me with a peculiar expression of cheerfulness and

welcome — I heard a laugh close at my elb ow and fel t a hot blast across
my neck I started back but the laugh died away and all I s a w were
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two points of light fie y a n d flami n g that someho w fashioned themselves

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into eyes beneath their heavy brows a n d looked at me meaningly ,

through the darkness .

They all wanted to kno w what I had seen ; but I refused to say a word ;
not liking to tell a falsehood then and n o t liking to expose m yself to ridi ,

cule For I felt that wh a t I had seen was true and that no S ophistry
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and n o argument n o r e a s on i n g and no ridicule co uld shake m y belief in

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it My s weet Lu cy came up to me — seeing me look so pale and wild

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thre w her arms round my neck and leaned forward to kiss me As she ,
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bent her hea d I felt the s a m e w a r m blast rush over my lips and my sister
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cri e d Why Liz z ie your lips burn like fire !

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And so they did and for long after The presence was with me s till
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never leaving me day nor n i ght : by my pillo w its whispering voice often '

waking me from wild dreams by my Side i n t h e broad sunlight ; by m y

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side in the still moonlight ; never absent busy at my brain busy at m y

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heart— a form ever banded to m e It fli t t e d like a cold cloud bet w e e n .

my sweet sister s eyes and m 1n e and d i m m e d t h e m so that I c oul d sc a rcely

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see their beauty It drowned m y father s voice ; and his words fell con
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fused and indistinct . u

Not lo n g after a stranger came into our neighborhood He bought

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G reen Howe a deserted old property by the rive 1 S ide where no one had
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lived fO 1 many many yea 1 s ; not S ince the young bride Mrs Braith w aite
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had bee n found l n the river one mor n ing enta n gled among the dank weeds ,

and dripping alders strangled and d rowned and h e r husband d e ad — none

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kne w h o w lyi n g by the ch apel door The p la c e had had a ba d name

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ever since and no one would live there However it was said that a
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stranger who had been long i n the E ast a Mr Felix had n o w bought it
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and that he wa s c om m g to reside there And true enough one day the .
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whole of our little town of Thornhil l was in a state of exciteme n t ; for a

traveling carri age and four followed by another full of servants — Hindoos
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or Lascars or Negroes dark colored stran g e looking people — passed

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through and Mr Fel ix took possession of G reen Howe

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My father called on him after a time ; and I as the mistress of the ,

house went with him G reen Howe had been changed as if by magic
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and w e bo t h s a i d so together as we entered the iron gates that led up the ,

broad walk The ruined garden was one mass of plants fresh a n d green
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many of them quite n e w to me ; and the shrubbery which had been a wil ,

derness was restored to order The house looked larger than before now
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t hat it was s o be a ut i fully decorate d ; and the broken trellis work which
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used to han g dangling among the ivy was matted with creepin g roses and ,

jasmine which left on me the impression of having been in flower which

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was impossible It was a fairy palace ; and we could scarcely believe that
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t h i s was the deserted ill omened G reen Howe T h e foreign servants too
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i n E astern dresses covered with ri n gs and necklaces and earrings ; the

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foreign sme lls of s a n d a lf w o o d and camphor and musk ; the curtains that ,

hu n g e very where in place of doors some of velvet and some of cloth of , ,

gold ; the air of luxur y suc h as I a simple country girl h ad never seen , , ,

before made such a powerful impression on me that I felt as if carried

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away to some unknown region A S we entered Mr Felix came to me et .

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us ; a n d drawing aside a heavy curtain that seemed all of gold and fi r e

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for the fla m e colored flowers danced and quivered on the gold — h e

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led us into a n inner room where the darkened light ; the atmosphere ,

heavy with perfumes ; the statues ; the birds like living j ewels ; the magni
fi c e n c e of stu ffs and the luxuriousness of ar r angement overpo w e red me
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I fel t as if I had sunk into a lethargy i n which I heard only the rich ,

voice and s a w only the fine for m of our stran ger host
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He was certainly ve r y h a n d s o m e ; tall dark yet pale as marble ; his ,

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very li ps were pale ; with eyes that were extremely bright ; but which had
an e xpression behind them that subdued me H i s i m a n n e r s were grace .

ful He was very cordial to us and made us stay a long time ; takin g us
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thro ugh his grounds to see his improveme n ts and pointing out here and ,

there further alterations to be made all with such a disregard for local
difficulties and for cost that had he been one of the princes of the
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genii he could not have talked more royally He was more than merely
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attentive to m e ; Speaking to me often and in a lower voice ben ding down

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near to me and looking at me with eyes that thrilled through every nerve
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and fibre I saw that my fa ther was uneasy ; and when we left I asked
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him how he liked our new nei ghbor He said Not much Lizzi e with a
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grave and almost d ispleased lo ok as if he h a d p r obe d the weakness I was ,

scarce ly conscious of m yself I thought a t the time that he was harsh

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However a s there was n othing positively to O bj ect to i n Mr Felix my

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father s impulse of distrust could not well be indulged without rudeness ;

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and my dear father was too thoroughly a g entleman ever to be rude even
to his enemy We therefore saw a great deal of the stranger ; who estab
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li s h e d himself in our house on the most familiar footing and for ced on my , ,

fa t h e r a n d Lucy an intimacy they both disliked but could not av oid For
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it was forced with such consummate skill and tact that there was nothing ,

which the most rigid could obj ect to .

i I grad ually became an altered bei n g under his influence In one thin g .

only a happier — i n the loss of the V oice and the Form which had h a unted
me. S ince I had know n Felix this terror had gone The reality had .

absorbed the Shado w B ut in nothing else was this strange man s i n flu

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ence over m e beneficial I remember t hat I used to hate myself for my

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excessive ir ritability of te m per when I was away from him E verythi n g .

at home displeased me E verythin g seemed so small and mean and old

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and poor after the lordly glory of th at house ; and the very caresses of my
family and olden school day friends were irksome and hateful to me All
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except my Lucy lost its charm ; and to her I was faithful as ever ; to her I
nev e r changed B ut her influenc e seemed to war with his wonderfully
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When with h i m I felt borne away in a torrent His words fell upon me
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mysterious and thrilling and he gave me fle eting glimpses into worlds

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which had never Opened themselves to me before ; glimpses seen and gone
like the Arabian gardens .

When I came back to my sweet sister her pure eyes and t h e holy light ,

that lay in them,her gentle voice speaking of t h e sacred things of heaven

and the earnest things of life seemed to me like a former existence ; a,

state I had lived in years ago B ut this divided influence nearly killed .

me ; it seemed to part m y very soul and wrench my bein g in t wain ; a n d

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this m ore than all the rest mad a me sad beyond anything people b e lieved
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possible in one so gay and r e ckle s s a s I had been .

My father s dislike to Felix increased daily ; and Lucy who had never
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been known to u s e a harsh word in h e r life from the first refused to believe ,

a tho u ght of good in h im or to allo w him one sin gle claim to pra1se S h e
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used to cling to me in a wild beseeching way and entreat me with pray , ,

e r s such a mother might have poured out before an erring child to stop
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i n time and to return to those who loved me
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For your soul is lost from .

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among us Liz z ie she used to say ; and nothing but a frame remains of
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the full life of love you once gave us ! But one word one look fro m
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Felix was enough to make me forget every tear and every prayer of her
who until now had been my idol and my la w
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At last my dear father commanded me not to see F elix again I felt .

as if I should have died In vain I wept and prayed In vain I gave . .

ful l license to my thoughts and su ffered words to pour from my lips which ,

ought never to have crept into my heart In vain my father was i n e x .

or a ble .

I was i n the drawing room S uddenly noiselessly Felix was beside -

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me He had not entered by the door which was directly in front of me ;

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and the window was closed I never could u n d erstand this sudden appear .

ance ; for I am certain that he had not been concealed .

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Your father has spoken of me Lizzie ? he said with a singular
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smile I was silent

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And has forbidden you to see me again ? he continued
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Yes I ans we r ed impelled to speak by somethi n g stronger than my will

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And yo u int e nd to ob ey him ?”

No I said again in the same manner as if I h ad been talki ng in a

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dream .

He smiled again Who was he so like when he smiled . I could not

remember and yet I kne w that he was like some one I had seen— a face
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that hovered outside m y memory on the horizon and never floated near , ,

enough to b e distinctly realized .

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You are right Lizzie he then said ; there are ties which are strong
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er than a father s commands — ties which no m a n has the right and n o

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man has t h e p owe r to break Meet me to morrow at noo n i n the Low

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Lane ; we will s peak further ”

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He did not say this i n any supplicating n or i n any loving manner it ,

wa s simply a command unaccompanied by one tender word or look He ,

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had never said he loved me— never it seemed to be too well understood
between us to need assurances .

I answered Yes burying my face in my hands in shame at this

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my first act of disobedience to my father ; and whe n I raised my head , ,

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he was gone G one as he had entered without a foot fall sounding ever
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I met him the next day ; a n d it was not the only time that I did so .

D ay after day I Stole at his command fro m the house to walk with him ,
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in the L o w Lane— the lane which the country people said was haunted ,

and which was consequently always deserted And there we us e d to .

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walk or sit under the blighte d e lm tree for hours —h e t a lking but I n o t _
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understanding all he said for t her e was a tone Of grandeur and of mys
bery in his words that overpowered without enlightening me and that ,

left my Spirit dazzled rather than convinced I had to give reas ons at .

h ome for my long ab s ences and he bade me say that I had been with old
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D ame Todd the blind wid ow of Thornhill Rise and t hat I h a d be e n
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readin g the Bible to her And I obeyed ; although while I said it I

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felt Lucy s eyes fixed plaintivelyon mine and heard her murmur a prayer
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that I might be forgiven .

Lucy gre w ill As the flowers and the summer sun cam e on h e r Spirit
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faded more rapidly away I have known Since that it was grief more
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than malady which was killing her The look o f nameless suffering .
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w hich used to be in h e r face has haunted me through life with undying ,

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sorrow It was su ffering that I who ought to have rather died for her
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had caused B ut not even h e r illnes s stayed me I n the intervals I

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nurse d her tenderly a n d lovingly as before ; but for hours and hours I -

left her — all th rough the long days of summer — to walk in the Low Lane ,

and to sit in my world of poetry and fire W hen I came back my sister .

was Often weeping and I knew that it was for me — I who once would
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have give n my life to save her from one hour of sorro w Then I would .

fling myself on my knees beside her in an ag ony of shame and repentance , ,

and pro mise better things of t h e mo rro w and vow strong e fforts against
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the power a n d the Spell that were on me But the morrow subjected m e .

to the S ame unhallowed fascination the same faithlessness , , .

At last Felix told me that I must come with him that I must leave “

m y home a n d take part in his life

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that I belonged to h i m and to hi m
only and that I could not break the table t of a fate Ordained that I
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was his destiny a n d he mine and that I must fulfill the law which the
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s tars had written i n the sky I fought against this I Spoke of m y

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father s anger and of my Sister s illness I prayed to him for pity not
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to force this on me and knelt i n the shadows Of the autumn sunset to

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ask from him forbearance .

I did not yield this day nor the n ext nor for many days At last be
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conquere d When I said Yes , h e kissed the scarf I wore round m y

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consented to leave my sister who I well knew was dying I cons e nted to,

leave my father whose whole life had been o n e act O f lo ve and care for
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his children and to bring a stain on our name unstained until t hen I
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consented to leave those who loved me — all I loved— for a str anger .

All was prepared ; the hurrying clouds lead color e d a n d the howling
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win d the fit companions in nature with the evil and the despair of my
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S oul .Lucy was worse tod ay ; but though I felt going to my death in ,

leavi ng her I could not resist Had his voice called me to the sca ffold
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I must have gone It was the last day of O ctober and at midnight when
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I was to leave the h Ous e I had kissed my sleeping sister w h o w a s

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dreaming in her sleep and cried and grasped my hand and called aloud
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Lizzie Liz z ie ! Come back 1 B ut the Spell was on me and I left

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her ; and still her d reaming voice called out choking with sobs “ No t , ,

there not there Lizzie C ome back to me i ,

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I was to leave the house by the large old haunted room that I have , ,

spoken of before ; Felix waiting for me outside And a little after .

twelve O clock I O pened the door to pass through This time the chill
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and th e damp and the darkness unnerved m e The broken mirror was
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in the middle of the room as before and in passing it, I mechanically

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raised my eyes Then I remembered that it w a s All hallow s eve the

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anniversary of the apparition of last year A s I looked , the r ocm which .

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had been so deadly still became filled with the sound I had heard before
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Th e rushin g of la rge win gs and the crowd of whispering voices flow e d

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like a river round me ; and again glaring into my eyes was the sam e , ,

face in the glass that I had seen b e fore the sneering smile even more ,

triumphant the blighting stare of the fiery eyes t h e lo w bro w and the
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coal black hair and the look of mockery All were there ; and all I
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had Seen before and since ; for it was Felix who was gazing at me fro m
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the glass When I turned to spe ak to him the room was e m pty Not
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a livi n g creature was the r e ; only a lo w laugh and the far o ff voices ,

whispering and the wings And then a hand tapped on the wm d o w

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and t h e voice of Felix cried fro m outside Come Lizzie come , , ,

I staggered rather than walked to the windo w ; and as I Wa s close

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to i t— m y hand raised to O pen i t — there stood between me and it a pale

figure clothed i n white her face more pale than the linen round it Her .

hair hung down on her breast , and her blue eyes looked earnestly and
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mournfully into mine Sh e was silent and yet it seemed as if a volum e

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of love and of entreaty flowed from her lips ; as if I heard w ords of

deathless a ff ection It was L u cy ; standing there in this bitter midnight
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cold— giving her life to save me F elix called to me again imp atiently ; .
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and , as he called the figure turned and beckoned me ; beckoning me

, ,

gently lovingly beseechingly ; and then slowly faded away The chime
, , .

O f the half hour sounded ; and, I fled from the room to my S ister I
-

found her lying dead on t h e floor ; her hair h an ging over her breast and '

one hand stretched out as if in supplication .

The next day Felix disappeared ; he and his whole retinue : and G reen
Ho we fell into ruins again N0 one kne w where he went as n o on e k n e w .
,

fro m whence he came And to this day I sometimes doubt whether or .

not he was a clever adventurer wh o had heard of my father s wealth ,

’

and who seeing my weak and imaginative character had acted on it for
, ,

his o wn purposes All that I do know is that my Sister s spirit saved

.
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me from ruin ; and that Sh e died to save me S h e had seen and known .

all and gave herself for my salvation down to the last and suprem e e ffort
“

Sh e made to rescue me S h e died at that hour of h alf past twelve ; and

.
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at half past twelve as I live before you all she reappeared to me and
-

, ,

recalled me .

And this is t h e re ason why I never married and wh y I pass All hal
“

,
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low s eve in prayer by m y sister s grave I have told you to night this
’ ’
.
-

story of mine because I feel that I shall not live over another last night
,

of O ctober but that befor e the next white Christmas roses come out like
,
.

winter stars on the earth I shall be at p e ace in the grave Not in the .

grave let me rather hope with my blessed sister in Heaven

FROM A N OLD W OR K .

ITis a matter of al most universal notoriety that a female figure

“

, ,

rather tall and cloth e d in white has be e n seen in several castles ; for ,

i a the castles of Neuhaus i n Bohemia B erlin B ayreuth

'

i nstance
'

, , , ,

D armstadt and here also in t h e c a stle at Carlsruhe ; she wears a

,

veil through which her face can just be distinguished ; Sh e generally

,
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appears in t h e n i g h t not lon g be fore the death O f one of the reigning

'

family although m any of them die without the Spirit s appearing S h e

,
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sometimes also foreshows by her appearing the death of those who

, ,

belong to the court but not to the reigning fam ily

,
.

Merian rel ates in the fifth volume of his Theatre of E urope ” that
,
“
,

Sh e was frequently seen in the castle in Ber lin in the years 1 6 5 2 and ,

1 6 5 3 ; but what entirely confirm s the belief of this apparition are the
t wo following testimonies .

It is an ancient tradition that the White Lady has been seen by

different individuals in the castle of Carlsruhe and the fact is also ,

believed by intelligent people ; but the two following instance of her

appearing decide the matter An illustrious lady went one evening at
.
,

dusk t o walk in the garden of the castle accompanied by her husband

, .

Without the remotest thought of the White Lady Sh e suddenly saw her , ,

very plainly standing near her on the path so that she could very dis
, ,

t i n ct ly perceive her whole figure S h e was terrified and sprang to the .

other side of her husband on which th e White Lady vanished This

, .

distinguished in d ividual stated that his lady turned deadly pale with the
fright and her p ulse beat violently S oon afterward some one died
,
.
,

belonging to the lady s family ’

.

The second proof is from a piou s and very learned man who filled a ,

respectable o ffi ce at the court This gentleman w a s passing one evening

.

late through one of the lobbies of the castle without thinking on any
, ,

thing of the kind when the White Lady came toward him At first
,
.

he believed it was one of the ladies of the court that wished to terrify
him ; he therefore hastened up to the figure i n order to la y hold of i t ,

but he then perceived it was t h e White Lady for she vanished before his ,

eyes He Observed her particularly ; he could even remark the folds in

.

her veil and through it her countenance while from within her a faint
, , ,

light appeared to glimmer

S h e was also wont to be seen about the time of the three principal
church festivals S h e generally appears i n the night but is likewise
.
,

frequently seen in the O pen day .

It was at the castle of Neuhaus in Bohemia about three hundred and , ,

fifty years ago where she was first seen and that very O ften S h e was
, ,
.

frequently observed looking out at noon day from a window at the top -

of an uninhabited turret of the castle S h e was entirely white had o n .

her h ead a w hite v eil with w hite ribbons was of tall stature and Of
, , ,

modest deportment S h e was of course durin g her lifetime of the

.
, ,
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Roman Catholic re ligion ; for three hun d red and fifty years ago no ,

other wa s k n own There are only two instances of her havin g spoken
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A certain illustrious princess was standing in her dressing roo m before -

'

the looking glass with one of her maids of honor in order to t r y s om e

-

, ,

articl e s of dress ; and On asking the lady in waiti ng what time it W a s ,

the White Lady sudden ly ste p ped forth fro m behind a screen and said , ,

“
It is ten o clock my dears ’
,
The p r i n ce s s w a s dreadfully alarmed as ,

may easily be supposed A fe w we e ks after w ard she fell i ll and died

.
,
.
.

In D ecember of the year 1 6 2 8 she appeared also in Berlin and was , ,

there heard to say the followi n g words in Latin : Ve n i j ud i ca r w os ci “

,

j ud i ci um m i /z i a d iz uc s up e r e s t ! that is Come j udge t h e livi n g

” “
m o r t u os , ,

and the dead m y fate is not yet d eci ded I ”

From the many and vario us apparitions of this Spirit we will only select ,

another which is particularly remarkable

,
.

At Neuha us in B ohemia t h e r e i s an old institution which provides that

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, , .
,

on Holy Thursday a mess of sweet pottage S houl d be given to t h e poor ,

the courtyard of the castle ; this mess consisted of s ome kind of pul
pous fruit with honey after which every one had as m uch small beer to
, ,

drink as he desired and besides this received seve n pretzel Many thou
, ,
.

sand p o Or people ofte n assembled on this day and were all feasted i n t h i s ,

manner When the S wedes 1n the thirty years wa r had subdued th e

.
,
’
,

to w n and the castle a n d n e g le ct e d the distribution of this meal to the

,
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poor the White Lady be g an to b e so violent and to cause such a disturb

, ,

ance that the inhabitants of the castle could no longer endure it T h e

,
.

guard was dispersed beate n and thrown to the ground by a secret power
, ,
.

The sentinels wer e frequently met by stra n ge figures and mere v isages a n d ,

ofl i e e r s themselves were d ragged by n i ght out o f their beds along th e , ,

floor No w when n o means co uld be devised to rem e dy this evil o n e of

.
, ,
“

the townspe ople told the commander i h chief that the poor had been - -

deprived of their y e arly feast and advi sed him to let it be immediately ,

prepared according to the custom of their predecessors This wa s done ;

,
.

the disturbance instantaneously c e ased and nothing more was observed ,

.

It is certain that the White L ady is not ye t i n a state of blessedne ss

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for in that case she would no longer wan der about mortals S h e is still
'

less i n a st a te of condemnation ; for in her counten ance nothing but

modesty decorum and piety is manifested and Sh e has O ften been seen
, ,
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to be angry and assume a threatening aspect when any one has m a de use
,

of blasphe mous or indecorous la n gu a ge against God and religion so that ,

Sh e has even used violence toward t h em .

B ut n o w let us inqu ire who this remarkable and mysterious being i s

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S h e has been taken for a certain Countess of O r l a m un d a but we fin d i n

 NA R R A T i v ES AND A NE O DO TES . 2 05

the “
e
Monthly discours s on h e World of S pirits a remarkable key to
t ”
,

this a ff air : the celebrated and learned Jesuit B a ld in us gave himself the , ,

trouble to as certain with certainty the truth of the matter the result of
, , ,

which is the following very probable history of the White Lady

“
In the ancient castle of Neuhaus in Boh emia among the pictures of , ,

the ancient and celebrated family of Rosenberg there was found a por ,

trait which bears an e xact resemblance t o the White Lady S h e is cloth ed .

after the fashion of those times in a white habit and w a s ca lle d Perchta , ,
‘

V on Rosenberg The history of this lady s life is briefly as follows S h e

.
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was born between 1 4 2 0 and 1 4 3 0 her father is said to have been U lrich
Y o u Rosenberg and her mother Catherine of Wartenberg who died
, , ,

in 1 4 3 6 This U lrich was lieutenant governor in B ohemia and at the

.
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, ,

instance of the Pope commander i n ch ief of the Roman Catholic troops

,
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against the Hussites .

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His daughter Perchta or rather Bertha was married i n the year , , ,

1 4 4 9 to John V on Lichtenstein a rich baronet in S t e ye r m a r k

,
But as ,
.

her husband led a v i cious and p r o flig a t e life B ertha was very unhappy , .

Her marriage proved a constant source of grief to her and she was ,

obliged to seek relief from her relatives Hence it was that she could .

never forget the insults and indescribable distr ess she had endured and ,

thus left the world under the influe n ce of this bitt e r passion At length
. .

this unhappy marriage was dissolved by the death of her husband and she ,

removed to her brother Henry I V The latter began to r eign in the

,
.

year 1 4 5 1 and died without issue in 1 4 5 7

, , ,
.

“
Lady Bertha lived at Ncubans and built the castle there which , ,

occupied several years in building to the great grievance of the town s ,

’

people Lady Bertha however spoke kindly to her vassals and con
.
, , ,

soled the m with the speedy termination of the work and the due pay
.
,

ment of their services A mo n g other things she generally called out

.
,

to the workmen Work for y our masters ye faithful subjects work

,
‘
, ,

when the castle is finished you and all your families shall be feasted ,

with sweet porridge for so our forefathers expressed themselves when

,
’
,

they invited any one to be their g uest .

No w in autumn when the building was finished Lady Bertha kep t

, ,

her word by treatin g all h e r subjects with an excellent repast and said
, ,

to th em duri n g dinner In consequence of your loyalty to your liege

,
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lord yo u sh all every year have such a feast as this and thus the praise
,

of your good conduct S hall flourish i n after ages -

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The lords of Rosenberg and S lavata foun d it afterward more appro

2 06 T HE MYS TERIE S OF A S TROLOGY .

r ia to
te transfer this be n e fi ce nt a n d c
haritable feast to the day of the
p
institution of the Lord s S upper on which day it is still c ontinued
’
, .

I do not find at what time Lady Bertha V on Rosenberg died ; but

it was probably to ward t h e end of the fifteenth century He r portrait is . .

to be m e t with in several Bohemian castles in a widow s white dress ,

’
,

which exactly corresponds with the appearance of t h e W h i t e L ady S h e ‘

.

is most frequently seen at R oum la u, Ne uh a us Trzebon I s lubock a B e , , ,

chin a n d T r e t z e n which are all B ohemian castles inhab i ted by her de

, , ,

s ce n d a n t s ; and as individuals of her family m arried into the houses of

B randenburg Baden and D armstadt s h e is als o in the habit of visiting

, , ,

t he m : a n d wherever Sh e comes her O bject is to announce an approaching ,

d eath — perhaps also to warn a g ainst some misfortune for she someti mes ,

appears lik e wise without any one dying ”

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7
615 1 13 3 39 15 120 11 [M
i f i g r a t ing .

P LU TA ROHin his works has preserved a mo s t remarkable vision of the

,

world of Spirits which may tend i n some measure to illustrate t h e ideas

, , ,

which the an cient G reeks formed of it It is as follows

:

T h e s p e s 1o s of S O11 lived at first very prodigally and p r o fli g a t e ly ; but

‘ ’

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,

after w ard when he had Spent all his property necessity induced him to
, ,
.

have recourse to the basest methods for a subs i stence The re w a s nothing .
,

however vile which he abstained from if it only brought h i m in money ;

, ,

and t h us h e again amassed a considerable s um but fell at the same time

.
,

into the worst r epute for his villany That which contribut e d the m OSt .

to this was a prediction of the god Amphilochus for having applied to

,

this deit y to know whether he would spend the rest of his life in a better
manner he received for ans wer that he would never mend til l he died
, ,
‘
.
’

And so it really happened in a certain se n se ; for not long afterward he , ,

fell down fro m an eminence upon his neck though he received no wound , ,

yet he died in consequence of the fall But three days afterward when .

'
,

he was about to be interred he r e ce i ve d s t r e n g t h and came t o himself

, ,
.

A wonderful change now took pl ace i n his conduct for the Cilicians , .

kne w no one who at that time was more conscientious in business devout ,
 NARRATIVE S AND A NE ODOTES . 2 07

toward G od terrible to his foes or faithful to his friends ; so that those

, ,

who associated with him wished to learn the cause of this change justly
supposing that such an alteration of conduct from the greatest baseness ,

to sentiments so noble could not have come of itself And so it really

, .

was as he himself related to P r o t og e n us and other j udicious friends

, , .

“
When his rational soul left the body he felt like a pilot hurled out ,

of his vessel in to the depths of the sea He then raised himself up and .
,

his whole being seemed on a sudden t o bre athe and to look about it on ,

every side as i f the soul h ad been all eye He saw nothing of the pre
,
.

v i ous objects ; b ut beheld the enormous stars at an immense distance from .

e ach other endowed with admirable radiance and uttering wonder ful
, ,

sounds ; while his soul glided gently and easily along borne by a stream ,

of light in every direction In his narrative he passed over what he

,
.
,

saw besides and merely said that he perceived th e souls of those that
, ,

were just departed rising up from the earth ; they formed a luminous
,

kind of bubble and when this burst the soul placi d ly came forth glorious
, , , ,

and in human form T h e souls however , had n ot a ll the same motion ;

.
,
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some soared upward with wonderful ease and instantaneously ascended ,

to the heights above : others whirled about like spindles ; sometimes

rising upward and sometimes sinking downward having a mixed and
, ,

disturbed motion He was unacquainted with t h e most of them but

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,

recognised two or three of his relatives He drew near to them and .

,

wished t o Speak with them but they did not hear him for they were n ot , ,

w holly themselves but in a state of insensibility and avoiding every

, ,

touch ; they turned round first alone i n a circle then as they met with
, , ,

others in a similar condition they mov e d about with th e m in all d i r e c ,

tions emitting indistinct tones like rejoicing mixed with lamentation

, , .

O thers again appeared in the heigh ts above shining brilliantly and a ffe c , ,

t i o n a t e ly uniting with each other but fleei ng the restless souls above d e ,

scribed In this place he also saw t h e soul of another of his relatives

.
,

but not very perceptibly for it had died while a child The latter how
,
.
,

e ver approaching him sai d

,
Welcome T h e s p e s i os 1 O n his answering
,
‘
,
’

that his name was not T h e s p e s i os but A r i d a i os it replied It is true , , ,

‘
,

thou didst formerly bear that name but hen ceforth thou art called Thes ,

p e s i os . Thou art however not yet dead but by a particular providence

, , ,

of the gods art come hither in thy rati onal spirit ; but thou hast left the .

other soul behind as an anchor in the body At present and in future

,
.
, ,

be it a sign by which thou mayest distinguish thyself from those that are
really dead that the souls of the de ce a sed no l on g er cast a Shado w a n d
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’
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are able to look steadfastly at the light above without being dazzled ’ .

O n this the soul in question conducted T h e Sp e s i o s through all parts of

,

the other world and explained to him the myste ri ous de a ling s and gov
'

e r n m e n t of Divine Justice why many are punished in this life while , ,

others are not ; and showe d him also every Species Of punishment to
which the wicke d are subject h ereafte r He vie wed everything with h oly .

a we ; and after having beheld all this as a Spectator h e w a s at length ,

'

s eized vr ith dreadful horror when on t h e point of departing for a female

'

form of wondrous size and appearance laid hold of him j u st as he wa s ,

w a s goin g to hasten away a n d sa id "

Come hither i n order that thou
, , ,

mayest the better remember eve r ything 1 And with that Sh e dr e w forth
”

a b u ning rod such as the painters us e when another hindered her and
r

, , ,

deli vered h 1m ; while he as if suddenly impelled forward by a viol e nt

,

gale of wind sank back at o n ce into hi s body and came t o li fe a g ai n at

, ,

t h e pl a ce of intermen t ”
.

“
t
i ms fa rm h g h
i i i M di ur n a l
’

t h
“

e a ,
t n u t r a rga r e t s .

To illustrate a n d confirm the vari ous relations and statements given

'

r esp e ct ing a ppariti ons fro m the invisible world we subj oin a m ost ,
'

remarkable a ccount of a developed faculty of presentiment extracted ,

from the j ournal of t h e Rev John Wesley who has pre m ised it wi t h a .
,

fe w remarks w h i ch manifest a striking coincidence with the views and

,

sentiments of some Of the G erman authors '

2 5 t h M a y 1 7 6 8 — B eing at S underland I took do wn from one who

,
.
, ,
'

had feared G o d from her infancy O n e of the strangest accounts I ever ,

read : and ye t I ca n find no pretence to disbelieve it The well kn own .

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character of the per son excludes a l l suspicion of fraud and t h e n a t ur e ,

‘

of the circumstances th e mselves excludes the possi bility of a delusion .

'

It is true there a r e several of them I do not co m prehend : but this

is with me a very slender obj ection ; for what is it which I d o com
, ,_

prehend even of thin gs which I s e e daily ? Truly not the s mallest

,
‘

grai n Of sand or spire of grass I kno w not h o w the one grows nor .
’
,

how the particl e s of the other adhere together What pretence have I .
,

then to deny well attested facts because I can not comprehend them ?
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It is true likewise that the E ng lish in general and ind eed most of
“

, , ,

the men of le a r m n g 1n E urope have giv e n up all accounts of witches ,

and apparitions as mere old wives fables I am sorry for it ; and I

,
’
.

willingly take this Opportunity of e n t e r m g my solemn protest against

this vio lent compliment which so many that believe the Bi ble pay to
,

those who do not believe it I owe them no such service I take . .

knowledge that these are at the bottom of the outcry which has bee n
raised and with such insolence Spread throughout the nation in direct
, ,

O pposition not only to the B i ble but to the su ffrages of the wisest a nd
, ,

best of m e n in all ages and nations T h ey well kno w ( whether .

Christians know it or not ) that the giving up of witchcraft ” is in e ffect

,
!
, ,

giving up the Bible ; and they kno w on the other hand that i f but on e , ,
“

a ccoun t f
o t he i n t e r cour s e o
f m en wi th se
p a r a te s
p i r i t s be a d m i tt e d ,
th e ir

w h ole ca s ( d e i s m a t h e i s m m a t e r i a li s m ) f a lls t o t h e g r oun d

t le i n th e a ir , ,
I .

know no reason t here fore why we should su ffer even this weapon to be
, ,

wrested o ut Of our hands Indeed there are numerous arguments .

,

besides which abundantly confute their vain imaginations but we need

, ,

not be hooted o u t of one ; neither re a son nor religion req uire this .

O n e of the capital objections to all these accounts which I have ,

known urged over and over is th is : Did you ever see an apparition ,
‘

yourself NO nor did I ever see a murder ye t I believe there is such a

, ,

thing ; yea and that i n one place or another murder is committed every
, , ,

day Therefore I can not as a reasonable m a n deny the fact althoug h

.
, , , ,

I never saw it , and perhaps n ever may The testimony of un e x ce p t i o n .

able witnesses fully convinces me of both the one and the other .

“
E lizabeth Hobso n was bor n in S underland i n t h e year 1 74 4 Her ,
.

father dyin g when she was three or four years old her uncle Thomas , ,

R e a a pious man brought her up as his own daughter

,
S h e was s erious .

from a child and grew up i n the fear of G od Yet she had deep and
,
.

Sharp convictions of sin till she was ab out s ixteen years of age whe n
, ,
'

Sh e found peace with G o d and from that time the whole tenor of her ,

behavior was suitable t o h e r profession f

.

“
O n Wednesday May 2 5 1 7 6 8 a n d the three following days I
, , , ,

talk e d with her at large ; but it was with great d ifficulty I prevailed g

on her to speak The substance of what she said was as follows

.
.

Fro m m y childhood wh en any of our neighbors died whether men ,

‘
, ,

women or children I used to see them , either just when they died or a
, , ,

Th e p e r a t i on
o of m a li g n an t or i n fe rn a l i n flue n ce .

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2 10 . THE MYS TERIE S or A S TROLO GY .

little before nor was I at al l afraid it w a s so common ; Indeed many ,

'

tim e s I did not then kno w they were dead I s a w many of them by .

day many by night Those that came when i t was dark brought light
,
.

with them I observed tha t little children and many grow n persons had
.

bright glorious light around them ; but many had a gloomy dismal lig ht
, , ,

and a duskycloud over them

When I told my uncle this he did not seem to be at all surprised ,

at i t but several times said B e not afraid only take care to fear and
,
“
, ,

serve G o d ; as long as he is on your side none will be able to hur t you ,

.

At other times he said— dropping a word n o w and then but seldo m ,

answering me any questions about i t E vil spirits very seldom appear

’

but after they have appeared to the person a year they frequently come ,

i n the daytime W hatever s p i r i t s g o od or bad come i n the day th e y

.
,
.
, ,

come at sunrise at noon and at sunset ,

”
, .

When I was bet ween twel ve and thirte en m y uncle had a lodger
‘
, ,

who w a s a very wicked man O n e night I was sitting in my cham ber .

,

about half an hour after t e n having by accident put out my candle whe n , ,

he came in all over i n a flame I cried out William why do you come
“
.
, ,

i n so to fright me He said nothing but W e nt away I went after h i m , .

into his room but found h e wa s fast asleep i n bed A day or two after
,
'

he fell ill and Within the week died i n raging despair

,
.

I was between fourteen and fifteen when I went very early one
‘
,

m orning to fetch up the kine I had t wo fields to cross into a lo w .

g r ound w hich w a s said to be haunted Many persons had b e en frighted

, .

ther e and I had myself often seen men and women ( so many at times
, , ,

that they were out of count ) go just by me and vanish away This .

morning as I ca me toward it I heard a confused n oise as of many

, , ,

people quarreling ; but I did not mind it a n d went on till I came near ,

the gate I then saw o n the other s id e a young man dressed in purple
.
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,
.
,

who said It is too early ; go back whence you came and th e Lord be
“
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, ,

with you and bless yo u and presently he wa s gone .

When I was about sixteen my uncle fell ill and gre w worse and , ,

worse for three months O n e day having been sent out on an errand I
.
, ,

w a s coming home through a lane when I saw him in the field coming ,

swift ly toward me I ran to meet him but he was gone When I came
.

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, .

home I found h i m calling for me As s Oon as I came to his bedside he

, .
,

clasped his arms rou nd m y neck a n d , bursting into tears earnestly , ,

"

e xhorting me t O c o n t i n ue i n the ways of G od kept his hold till he sunk

'

, ,

down and died ; and e v e n then they could hardly unclasp his fingers I .
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would fain have died with him and wished to be buried with him dead , ,

or alive .

From that time I was cryin g from morning till night and prayin g
, ,

that I might see him I grew weaker and weaker till O n e morning .
, ,

about one o clo ck as I was laying crying as usual I heard some noise
’
, , , ,

and rising up s a w h im come to the be d side He looked muc h dis

, , .

pleased shook h i s head at me and in a min u

,
te or t wo went aw a y , .

About a week after I took to my bed and grew worse and worse
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till i n six or seven days my life was despaired of Then about eleven at .
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night my uncle came in looked well pleased and sat d own on the bedside
, , , .

He came every night after at the same hour and stayed till cock , ,

crowi n g I was exceeding glad and kept my eyes fixed o n him all the
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time he stayed If I wanted drink or anything though I did not speak

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or stir he fetched it and set it on the cha ir by the bedside Indeed I

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could not S peak Many times I strove but could not move m y t o n g ue
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E very morning when he went away he waved his hand to me and I

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heard delightful music as if many pesons were singing together , .

In about S i x weeks I gre w better I was then musing one n ight

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whether I did well i n desir ing h e m i g h t come and I was praying that ,

G o d would do his own will when he came in a n d stood by the bedside , .

B ut he wa s not in his usual dress he had on a white robe which reached ,

down to his feet He looked quite well pleased About one th e re stood
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by him a person i n white taller than he an d exceedingly beautiful He , , .

came with the singing as of man y voices a n d continued till near co ck ,

crowing Then my uncle smiled and waved his hand toward me twice
.
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or thrice They went away with inexpressibly sweet music and I s a w

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h i m no more .

I n a year after this a young man courted me and in some m onth s ,

we agreed to be marrie d But he purposed to take another voyage first .

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and one eve n ing went on board his ship About eleven o clock goi n g .
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out to look for my mother I s a w him standing at his mother s door wit h
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his hands in his pockets a n d his h a t pulled over his eyes I went to him .

and stretched out my hand to p ut up his hat but he went swiftly by me , ,

and I s a w the wall on t h e o t h e r side of the lane part as he went through

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and t h e n immediately close aft er him At ten the next morning he died . .

A few days.
after John S impson one O f our neighbors —
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a man that ,
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truly feared G o d and O n e with who m I was particularly acquainted

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went to sea as usual He sailed out on a Tuesday The Friday night

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followin g between eleven and twelve o clock I heard one walking in my

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room and every step sounded as if h e was stepping i n water He then

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came to the bedside in his sea j acket all wet and stretched his hand -

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over me Three drops of water fell on my breast and felt as cold as ice
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, .

I stro ve to awake his wife who lay with me but I could not any more , ,

than if she was dead After ward I heard that he was cast away t h at
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night ; In less than a minute he went a w ay ; but he came to me every '

night for six or seven nights following between eleven and t wo B e fore , .

he came and when he went a way I always heard s w eet music After
, , .

w ard h e came both day and n ight— every night about twelve , w ith the

mus ic at his coming and going a nd every day a t sunris e noon and sun , ,

set He came — whatever company I was i n — a t church in the preaching

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h Ous e a t my class ; and was al w ays just before me changing his pos ture
,
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a s I changed mine When I sat he sat ; when I kneeled he kneeled ;

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w hen I stood he stood likewise ,

I would fain have spoken to h i m but I .
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c ould not ; when I tried my heart sunk within me M eantime it aff ected
,
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me more and more so that I lost m y appetite my color and my , ,

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st rength This contin ued ten weeks while I pined away not daring to
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tell any one At last he came four or five n ights wit h out any music
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and looked exceeding sad O n the fift h night he dre w the curtains o f t h e
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bed violently to and fro still looking wistfully at me a n d as one quite dis
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re s s e d This he did two n ights ; on the third I lay down about eleve n
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on the side of the bed I quickly saw h i m walkin g u p and down the
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room B eing resolved to speak to him but unwilling a n y should hear I

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rose a n d w e nt up into the garret When I opened the door I saw h i m .

walk ing toward me and shrunk back on which he stopped and stood at
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a distanc e I said .In the name of the Father S o n and Holy G host
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what is your busines s with me He answe red Betsy G o d forgive

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you for keeping me so long from my rest ! Have you forgot what you
promised before I went to sea — to look to my children if I was drowned ?
You must st and to your word or I c a n not rest ”
I said I wish I w
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,a s
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dead .
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He said S a y not so ; you have more to go thro ugh before
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then : and yet if you kne w as much as I do you would not care h o w
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soo n you died You may bring the childr e n on in t h e i r le a r n i n g while

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they live ; they have but a short time ”

I said I will take all the care .
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I can ”
He added
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“
Your brother has written for you to come to
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Jamaica ; but if you go it will hurt your soul You have also thoughts
,
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of altering your condition ; but if yo u m arry him you t h i n k o f it will

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draw you fro m G o d and yo u will neither be happy here nor hereafter
, .

Ke e p clos e t o G od and go O n in the way wherein you have been brought

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up .
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I asked , Ho w do yo u spend your time He a nswered In ,

songs of praise But of this you will know more by and by ; for wh ere I
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am you will surely be I have lost much happiness in coming to you ;

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a n d I should not have stayed so long without using other means to make

you speak but the Lord would not s uff e r me to fright you Have you
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anything more to say ? It dr a ws near two a n d aft er that I can not stay
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I shall come to you twice more before the death of my two children .

G o d bless you 1 ”
Immediately I heard such singing as if a thousand ,
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voices joined together He then went do w n stairs and I followed him

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to the first landing He smiled and I said I desire you will come b ack
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He stood still till I came to him I asked h i m one or two questio ns .

,

which he immediately answered but added I wish you had not called
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me back for n o w I must take something fro m you

,
He paused a little .
,

and said I think you can best part with the hearing of your left ear
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He laid his hand upon it and m the instant it was as deaf as a stone and
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it Wa s several years before I recovered the least hearing of it The cock .

crowed as if he went out of the door and then the music ceased The ,
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elder of h i s bh ild r e n died at about three and a half the younger before ,

he was five years old He appeared before the death of each but with
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out Speaki n g After that I s a w h i m no more

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A little before Michaelmas 1 7 6 3 my broth er G eorge w h o was a

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good you n g man went to sea The day after Michaelmas day about
, .
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midnight I saw him standing by my bedside surrounded with a gloriou s

, ,

light and looking earnestly at me He was we t all over That night

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the ship in wh i ch h e sailed Split upon a rock and all the crew were ,

drowned .

O n April 9 1 7 6 7 about midnight I was lying awake and saw my

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bro ther John s tanding by my bedside Just at that time he died in .

Jamaica .

By his death I bec ame entitled to a house in S underland which was

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left us by my grandfather John Hobson an exceeding wicked man who , , ,

was drowned fourtee n years ago I employed an attorney to recover it .

fro m m y aunt who k ept possession of it ; but finding m ore diffi culty than
,

I expecte d in the beginning of D ecember I gave it up Three or four

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nights after as I rose up from prayer a little before eleven I saw h i m

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standin g at a small distance I cried out Lord bless me what brin gs .
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you here He answered You have give n up the house Mr Parker ,

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advised you so to do ; but i f yOu do I shall have no rest Indeed Mr ,

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D unn whom yo u have employed will do nothing fo r you G o to Dur

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ham ; employ an attorney there it will be recovered His voic e , a n d ”

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was lo ud and so hollo w and deep that every word went through me
, , .

His lips did not move at all nor his eyes but the sound seemed to rise , ,

out of the floor Whe n h e had done speaking he turned about and
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walked out of t h e room .

I n January as I w a s sitting on t h e bedside a quart er b e fore twelve

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he came in stood before me looked earnestly at me then walked up a nd

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down and stood and looked aga i n This he did for half an hour and
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thus he came every ot her night for ab out three weeks A ll this time h e .

seemed angry and sometime s his l ook was quite horrid and furious O n e
, .

ni g ht I was sitting up in bed crying when he came and began to pull off , ,

the clothes I strove to touch his hand but could not on wh ich he
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shrunk back and smiled .

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The next night but one about twelve I was again sitting up and , ,

crying when he came and stood at the bedside As I was looking for a
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handkerchief he walked to the table took On e up br oug ht and drop ped

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it upon the bed After this he came three or four nights and pulled th e
.
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clothes Off throwing them on the other Side of the bed

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T wo nights after he came as I was sitting on the be d side a n d

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after walking to a nd fro s natched the handkerchief from my neck : I

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fell in t o a swoon When I came to myself he was standin g just before

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me ; presently he came close to m e dropped it on the bed a nd went

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away .

Having had a lo n g illness the year before having taken m uch cold ,

by h i s freq u ent pulling o ff the clothes and being worn out by these ap ,
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p e a r a n ce s I was n o w mostly confined to my bed The next night soon

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after eleven he came again I asked In G od s name why do you tor

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m e nt m e i t h us ? you k now it is impossible for me to go to Durham n o w :

But I have a fear that you are not happy a n d beg to kno w wheth er you ,

are or not ”
. He answered after a little pause That is a bOld q uestio n
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for you to ask S O far as you knew me to do amiss i n m y lifetime do you

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take care to do better ”

I said It is a S hocking a ffair to live and d i e
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after that man ner ”

He replied It i s no time for reflection n o w what
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is done can not be undone ”

I said It must be a great happiness to
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d i e in the Lord ”
He said Hold yo ur tongue ! hold your tong ue ! At
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your peril never mention such a w in d e ore me again

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b f ”
I was fright .

ened and strove to lift up m y heart to God He g ave a s h r i e k a n d sunk

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down a t three times with a loud gro a n at each time Just as he d i s a p

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p e ar e d there was a large flash of fire and I fainted away

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Three days after , I went to D urham and put the a ffair into Mr .

Hugill the attorney s hands The next night about one he came in ;
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but on my taking up the Bible he went away A month after he came

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about eleven I said Lord bless me ! what has brought you here
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again ? He said Mr Hugill has done nothing but wrote one letter
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you must write or go to Durha m a gain : it may be decided in a fe w

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days I said Why you not go to m y aunt s wh o keep me out of it ?
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He answered I have n o power to go to them and they can not bear it

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If I could I would go to them were it only to warn them ; for I doubt

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where I am I shall get t o o man y to bear me compan y

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He added . .
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“
Take care ! there is m ischief laid in Peggy s h er aunt s ] hand ; Sh e ’ ’

will strive to meet you coming from the class I do n o t Speak to hinder .

you from going to it but that you may be cautious Let some one go,
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with you and come back with you though whether you will escape or not ,

I can not tell ”

I said S h e can do n o more than G o d will let her
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He answere d “
W e h ave all too little to do with him : m ention that
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word n o more A S soon as this is decid ed meet me at B o yld o n hill

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about half a ile fro m the town ] bet een twelve and one at night
m w ”
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said ,
That is a lone place for a woman to go at that time of night I .

am willing to meet you a t the B allast hills or in t h e churchyard ”

He,
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said T h a t will not do ; but what are you afraid of ? I an swered I

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am not afraid of you but of ru d e m e n ”

He sai d I will set y o u safe
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both thither and back again ”

I ask e d “
May I not bring a minister .
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with me He replied Are yo u thereabouts ? I will not be seen by

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any but you You have plagued me sore enough already : if yo u bring
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a n y o n e with you take what follows

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From this time he appeared every night bet w een eleven and two
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If I put out t h e fire and candle i n h O p e s I should not see him it did ,
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not avail ; for as soo n as he came all the room was light but with a
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dismal light like that of flaming brimstone ; but whenever I took up the
,

Bible or kneeled down — yea or prayed in my heart— h e was gone ,

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O n Thursday May 1 2 he came about ele ven as I was sitting by

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the fire I a s k e d
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I n G od s name what do you want ? He said
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You ’
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must either go or write to Durham I can not Stay from you till this is
decided and I can n ot stay where I am
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”
When he went away I fell .
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into a violent passion of crying seeing no end to my trouble In this ,

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agony I continued till after one and then fell into a fit About t wo
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o clock I came to m yself and saw standing at the bedside one in a

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white robe which reached do wn to his feet I cried In the name of “

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the Father S on and Holy G host

, , He said Th e Lo rd is with you ; I .
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a m come to comfort you What cause have you to complain and murmur
.

thus for your friends ? Pray for them and leave them to God Arise and .

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pray ”
. I said I can pray none,
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He said B ut G od will help you ; .
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only keep close to G od You are backward likewise in prayin g with .

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others and afraid to receive the Lord s supper bre a k through that back
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w a r d n e s s and that fear The Lord bless you and be ever with you 1
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As he went away I heard many voices singing hallelujah with such

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melody as I never heard before All my trouble was gone and I wanted .
,

nothing but to fly away with them .

S a t ur d a y 2 8 i h — About twelve m y grandfather stood at my b ed

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side I said In G od s name what do you want ? He said Y ou do

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not make an end of this thing get it decided as soon as possible My '
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coming is as uneasy to myself as it can be to you ”

B efore he came .
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there was a stron g smel l of burning a n d the room was full of smoke , ,
,

which got into my eyes and almost blinded me for s o me time after .

W e d n e s d a y 2 l s t Jun e — About sunset I was coming up stairs at

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Mr Knot s and I s a w h i m comi ng toward me out of the Opposite room

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He went close by me on the stair head Before I s a w him I smelt a -

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strong smell of burnin g a n d so did Miss H a s m e r It got into m y throat

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and almost sti fled me I sat down and fainted away . .

O n Friday July 3 I was S itting at dinner when I thought I h eard

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one come along t h e passage I look e d about and s a w my aunt Margaret .

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S cot O f Ne wcastle standing a t my back

, , O n S aturday I had a letter .

informing me that she died on that day .

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Thus far E lizabeth Hobson .

O n S unday, J uly 1 0 I received the following letter from a friend ,

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to who m I had recommended her

SUN DER LAN D
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I wrote you word before th at E lizabeth Hobson was put into pos s es ,

sion of the house The same n i ght her old visitant who had not troubled
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her for some time came again and said You must meet me at B oyld on
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hill on Thursday night a little before twelve You will see many appear
,
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a n ce s who will call you to come to them

,
but do not stir neither g ive ,

them any ans wer A quarter before t welve I shall come and call you
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but still do not answer or stir S h e s aid It is a hardship upon me for

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to desire me to meet you there W h can you not take your leave
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y o u y .

n ow ? He answered It is for your good that I desire it I can tak e

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my leave of you n o w ; but if I do I mus t take something from you , ,

which you woul d n o t like to part with S h e said May not a fe w ’

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friends come with me He s aid They may but they must not be pre, ,

sent when I come ’

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That night t welve of us met at Mr D avidson s ( about a quarter of
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a mile from the hill ) and spent some time in prayer God was with us
,
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of a truth The n six of us went with her to the place leaving the rest to
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pray for us We c a me thither a little before twelve and then stood at a

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small distance from her It being a fine night we kept her in our sight
.
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and spent the time i n p rayer S h e stood there till a fe w minutes aft er one
. .

When we saw her move we went to meet her S h e said Thank G o d

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it is all over and done I I found everything as he told me I saw many .

appearances who called me to them but I did not answer nor stir
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Then he came and called me at a distance but I took no notice S oon , .

after he came up to m e and said You are come well fortified “ He

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then gave her the reasons why he requested her to meet h i m at that
p la c e and why he could take his leave there and not in the house with
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out taking something from her But wi t h h a l he charged her to tell this t o
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no one adding If you disclos e this to any creature I shall be under

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the necessity of troubling you as long as you live if you do not I shall
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never trouble you nor see you an ymore either in time or eternity H e
,
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then bade her farewell waved his hand and disappeared

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S tr u t s in fir s t ” .

I N France t h e belief in diabolic sorcery appears to have been more

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prevalent than in E nglan d and about the middle of the fifteenth century
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i t b e ca m e the g r ound of one of the most remarkable acts of wholesale

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O ppression that the history of that age has preserved to us As early .

as t h e thirteenth century the charge of sorcery had been use d a s one

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of the means of branding with infamy the name O f the Waldenses or

V audois ; they were accused of selling themselves to the devil of pass ,

ing through th e air mounted on broomsticks to a place of general meet

ing where they did homage to the demon and where they had pr each
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ing and did various acts of impiety and sinfulness S everal persons
, .

accused of taking part in these meetings were put to death and the ,

meeting itself was often characteriz ed by the name of a Va ud oi s i e or

a Va ud e r i e The s e cr e s y of t h e meetings of persecuted religions secta
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ries gave a certain plausi ble a pp e arance to s uch stories It is w e ll known .

that at the commencement of the fourteenth century , t h e sam e hated and

fearful crime of diabolic sorcery deeply m i xed up with the charges brought
against the unfortunate knights templars ; and it was not unfrequently
used then and in subsequent times to r ui n t h e character of hig h state
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o ffenders .

O n e of its victims was the powe rful minister of Philippe le Bel F ug uer ,

r a nd de Marigny the same who had conducted the execution of th e

,

templars and who thus fell under a stroke of the deadly weapon which
,

he had employed for the destruction of others After the death of that .

monarch i n 1 3 15 E n g ue r r a n d was thrown into prison and accused of

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various acts of extortion and other crimes i n abuse of the confidence o f

his late master at the in stigation of some of the princes of the r oya i
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family of France whose enmity he had provoked especially of the counts

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of V alois and S t Pol Philippe s successor Louis sho we d some i n cli

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nation to save E n g ue r r a n d and his trial was making little progress whe n
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it was suddenly published abroad that he had entered into a conspiracy

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t o c o m p a s s t h e death of his two principal ac cusers It was stated tha t .

E n g ue r r a n d had sent for his wife the la d y of Marigny her sister the lad y
, ,

of C h a n t e lo h and his brother the archbishop of S ens who came to h i m

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i n h i s p r 1s o n and there held counsel together on the best method o f

,

e fle c t i n g the deaths of the two counts The ladies after leaving t h e

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prison sent for a lame woman who appe ars t o have dealt in alchemy
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s o i t Z or — a n d a m a u va i s g a g ou n amed P a v i o t and pro m ised the m

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i f
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q u e g , ,

a great s um of money if they w Ould make certain faces whereby the y

“

might kill t h e said counts ”

The faces or images were a ccordin g ly
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made of wax and baptized in the devil s name and so ordered by a r t

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m a gic tha t as they dried up the counts would have grad ually pine d
,
”

away and died But accidentally as we are told the whole matter cam e
.
, ,

to the ears of the count of V alois who gave information to the king a n d
, ,

the latter then con sented to E n g ue r r a n d s death E n g ue r r a n d and P a ’

.

v i o t were hanged on one gibbet ; the lame woma n was burnt and the t wo ,

ladies were condemned to prison In 1 3 3 4 the lady of Robert Count of

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Artois and h e r S On were thrown into prison o n a suspicion o f s or ce r y ;

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her husband had been banished for crimes of a diffe r ent nature .
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The chronicle of S t Denis in which is preserved the account of the

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trial of E n g ue r r a n d de Marigny furnishes a sin gular instance of the s u

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p e r s t i t i o us feelings of the age In 1 3 2 3 a Cistercian abbot was robbed

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of a very considerable s um of money He went to a man of Ch a teau .

Landon who h a d been provost of that town and was k no wn by the n ame
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of J e h a n le Prevost to consult on the best way of tracin g the robbers

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and by his advice made an agreement with a sorcerer who un d ertook to ,

discover the m and oblige them to make restitution A box wa s first .

made and in it was placed a black cat with three days provision of
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bread S opped in cream oil that had been sanctified and holy water and
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the box was then buried in the ground at a cros s road two holes havin g ,

been left in the box with two long pip es which admitted su fficient air
, ,

to keep the cat alive After three days the cat was to have been taken
.

out and Skinned and the skin cut into thongs and these thongs being
, ,

made into a girdle the man wh o wore it w ith certain insignificant cere
, ,

monies might call upon the evil one who woul d immediately come and
, ,

answer any question he put to him .

It happened however that the day after the cat was buried a party
, , ,

of shepherds passed over t h e spot with their s heep and dogs and the ,

latter smelling the cat bega n to bark furiously and tear up the ground
, ,

with their feet The shepherds astonished at t h e perseverance w ith

.
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which the dogs continued to scratch the ground brought t h e the n provos t ,

of Ch a t e au Landon to the place who had the ground excavate d a n d

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found the box and cat It was at on ce j udged to be an act of sorcery

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and was the subject of much scandal but no traces could be dis c overed ,

of the persons who had done it until at last the provost found the car ,

p e n t e r who had m ade the box for J e h a n le Prevost and thus the whole ‘
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matter came to light and t wo p e r s on s we r e burnt for the cr i me

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Later on in the century in the reign of the weak Charles V I

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sorcery was again m ixed up with the highest a ff airs of the state , It was
in 1 3 9 3 that this prince experienced the first attack of that painful
malady which affected h i s reason and rendered h i m unfit for several ,

years to fulfil the duties of his high sta t i on People in general ascribed .

his madness to the e ffects of diablerie and they pointed to h i s beloved ,

Italian Sl s t e r 1n law the young and be autiful Duchess of O rl e ans as the

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author of it This lady was a visconti the daughter of the rich and
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powerful D uke of Milan : and i t appears that at this time Lombardy,her

native land wa s celebrated above all other parts for S orcerers and poison
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ers T h e wise ministers of the court ju d ged it necess a ry to set up one

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sorcerer against another and a man of this stamp named Arnaud Guil
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laume was brought from G uienne to cure the king by his magic
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Arnaud was in every respect an ignorant pretender but he possessed a ,

book to which he gave the strange title of S m a g or a d the original of ,

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which he said was given by G o d to Adam to console him for the loss of ,

his son Abel ; and he pretended th a t any one wh o pos ses sed this book
was enabled thereby to hold the stars in subjection a n d to command the ,

four elements and all the objects they contained This man gave credit .

to the general O pinion by asserting positively that the king lay under the
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power of sorcery ; but he said that the authors of the char m were work
1n g so strenuo usly against him that it would take much t i m e be for e h e ,
r

could overcome them The clergy in the meantime interfered to p u

. t a , ,

stop to proceedings so contrary to the sentiments of the church and t h e ,

king having recovered Arnaud G uillaume seems to have fa llen back into
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his original obscurity Another attack followed rapidly but the magi
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c i a n w a s not r ecalled altho ugh people s till believed that their king was
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be witched and they n o w O penly accused the Duke of M ilan himself as

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the sorcere r .

I n 1 3 9 7 King Charles was again the victim of a violent attack

, On ;

this occasion the province of G uie nne which app e ars to ha ve been cele ,

br a t e d for persons of this description contributed toward his cure by ,

sending two persons to counter act the influence under which he was
believed to have fallen These men who were by profession Augustine
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friars were receive d at court with every respect and honor and were
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lodge d in the ch a teau of S t Antoine They like their predecessor . .

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delayed t h e i r Op e r a t i o n s amusing people with formalities and promises

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while they lived i n luxury and debauchery a n d used their influence over ,

people s minds to corrupt their wives and daughters At last their

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cha racter became so appar ent that after having been subjected to a fair, ,

trial they were c onducted to the G r e ve at Paris,where th e y were a t

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first publicly degraded from their order a n d then beheaded B ut even , .

their fate was no w a rning to others ; for w h e n in 14 03 the king was ,

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laboring under another a t t a ck of his malady t wo sorcerers n amed ”

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Po inso n and Briquet w h o resided at Dijon in Burgundy O ffered to e ffect

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his cure For this purpose they established themselves in a th i ck wood

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not far from the gates of Dijon w here they made a magic circle of iro n ,

of immense weight which was supported by iron columns of t h e height

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of a mid d le Sized man and to which t welve chains of iron were a t tached
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S o great was the popular anxiety for the king s recovery that the t wo
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sorcerers succee d ed i ri persuading twelve of the principal persons of the

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town to enter the circle and allo w themselves to be fas t ened by the
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chains The sorcerers then proceeded with their incantati ons but they
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were altogether without result The ba i li f of Dij on who w a s one Of the

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twelve and had averred his incredulity from the first caused the sorcer
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ers to be arrested and they were burnt for their crime

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The Duke of O rle a ns appears to have fallen under the sam e suspicion
of sorcery as his Italian consort After his murder by order of the Duke
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of Burgundy— the commen cemen t of those troubles which led to the

desolation of F r a n ce —the latter drew up various heads of accusation
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against his victim as justific a tions of the cri m e and one of these was that , ,

the Duke of O rleans had atte m pted to compass his death by means of
sorcery According to his s tatement he h ad received a magician
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another apostate friar— into h i s c a s t le of M oun tj oi e where he w a s em

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ployed in these S inister desig n s He performed his magical ceremonies

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before sunrise on a n e ighboring mountain where two demons named , ,

Herman and A s t r a m on appeared t o h i m ; and these became his active

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instruments in the prosecution of h i s design .

Many other such cases no doubt occurred i n the annals of this period .

E very read er of history knows th at the most serious crime laid to the
charge of Jeanne of A rc was that of sorcery for which chiefly she was ,

condemned to the stake It was pretended that she had b e en in the

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habit of attendin g at the witches sabbath which was held on the Thurs
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day night o f every week at a fountai n by the fairies oak Of B our le m on t

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near D omremy her n ati ve place ; th at the n ce she was sent forth to cause
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war and slaughter ; that the evil Spirits had discovered to her a magic
sword concealed in the church of S t Catherine at F i erbois to which and
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to charmed rings and banners w hich she bore about with her she owed her ,

victories ; and that by means of sorcery she had gained the c o n fid e n ce

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and favor of t h e kin g and the D uke of Bourbon S h e was condemned on .

these charges by the fac ul t y of theology of the university of Paris .

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d i nt Ente rt a in at d a m m it

A P A SSA G E F R O M THE HISTOR Y O F THE C OMM ONW EAL T H .

A F TER t h e death of C harles I the royal property confiscated and . wa s ,

commissioners were appointed by parliament to survey and sell the crown

lands Among the royal estates was the manor of Woodstock of which
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the parliamen t ary commissi oners were sent to take possession in the month .

of O ctober 1 6 4 9 The more fan atical part of the Opponents of roy

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alty h ad always taught that through witches and otherwise the de vil , ,

was actively engaged i n the service of their O pponents battling against ,

them ; and they n o w found him resolved upon more Open hostilities than
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ever 0 11 the 3 r d of O ctober the commissioners with their servants

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went to the manor hall and took up their lo d gings in the king s own
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rooms the bed chamber and w i t h d r a wm g room : t h e former they used

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as their kitchen the council hall was their brew house the ch amber of
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presence served as their place of sitting to despatch business and th e ,

dining room was used as a wood ho use where they laid the wood of
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that ancient standard i n the high park known of all by the name of ,

the king s oak which ( that n othing might remain that had the name of
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king a ffixed to it ) they digged up by the roots ”

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O n the 14 t h an d 1 5 t h of O ctober they h ad little d i sturbance but on

the 1 6 t h there came as they thought something into the bed chamber
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where t w o of the commissioners and their servant lay in the shape of a ,

dog wn i ch going un d e r t h e i r bed did as it were gnaw their bed cords

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but on the morrow finding them whole and a quarter O f beef which lay ,

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on th e ground untouched they began to e n tertain other thoughts ,
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O ctober 1 7 — S omething to their thinking re moved all the wood of the

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king s oak out of the dining room to the presence chamber and hurled
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the chairs and s t ools up and dow n that room ; from whence it came
into the two chambers where the two commissioners and their se r van ts
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la y and hoisted up their bed feet so m uch higher than their heads that
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they thought they should have been t urned over and over a n d then let ,

them fall down with such force that their bodies rebounded fro m the ,

bed a good distance ; and then sho ok th e bedsteads so violently that ,

t hey declared their bodies were sore w ith it O n the 1 8 t h something

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came into the chamber and walked up and down and fetching t h e warm ,
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ing pan out of the withdrawing room made SO much n oise th at they
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thought fir e bells could not h ave made more Next day trenchers were
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thrown up and down the dinin g room and at those who slept there ; one -

of them being wakened put forth his head to see wha t was the matter, ,

a n d had trenchers thrown at him O n t h e 2 ot h the curtains of the bed .

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in the withdrawing room were drawn to and fro ; the bedstead was much
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shaken and eight gre at pewter dishes and three dozen of trenchers
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thrown about the bedchamber again This night they also tho ug ht a .

wh ole armful of the wood of the king s oak was thrown down in their ’

chamber but of that in the morning they found nothing had been moved
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O n the 2 l st the keeper of their ordinary a n d h i s bitch lay in one of th e

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r ooms with them and o n that night they were not disturbed at all
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But .

on the 2 2 d though the bitch Slept there again to which circumsta n ce

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they had ascribed their former night s rest both they and it were in a ’
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pitiful taking the latter

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O pening but O nce a n d then with a whining
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fearful ye lp ”
O ctober 2 3 — They had all their clothes plucked o ff them
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i n the withdrawing room and the bricks fell out of the chimney into the
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room O n t h e 2 4 t h they thought in the dining room that all the wood o f
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the ki n g s oak had been brought thither and thrown down close by their
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bed sid e which bei n g heard by those of the withdrawing room

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of them rose to see what was done fearing ind e ed his fellow commis ,
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s i o n e r s had been ki lled but found no such matter Whereupon return

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ing to h i s bed a gain he found two or three dozen of trenchers thrown

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into it and h andsomely covered with the bed clothes
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The commissioners persisted in retaining possession and were subjecte d ,

to new persecutions O n the 2 5 t h of O ctober the curtains of the bed

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in the withdrawing room were drawn to and fro and the bed stead shaken
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as before ; and in the bed chamber glass flew about so thick ( and yet -

n o t one of the chamber windo w s broken ) that they thought it had rained
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money ; whereupon they lighted candles but to thei r gri e f they found ,

nothing but glass O n the 2 9 t h something going to the windo w opened

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and shut it then going into the bed chambe r it th re w great stones for
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h alf an ho ur s time some whereof fell on the high be d others on the

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truckle bed to the number in all Of above fourscore This nigh t there
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was also a very great noise as if forty pieces of ordnance had been Shot ,

o ff together It astonished all the neighborhood and it was thought it

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must have been heard a great way Ofl During these noises which were .
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heard in both rooms together the commissioners and their servants were ,

st r uck wi t h so gre at horror that they cried out one to another for help ; ,
2 24 THE MYS TERIE S OF A S TROLO GY .

w hereupon one of the m recovering himself out of a strange agony ”

he
had been in snatched a s r d and had lik e to have killed one of h is
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brethren coming out of his bed i n his shirt whom he took for t h e spirit ,

that did the mischief However at length they got all toget h e r ye t t h e
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noise c on t i n ue d s o great and terrible and shook the wall s so m il ch that , ,

they thought the whole manor would have fallen on their heads At the .

d epartur e of the supernatur al disturber of their repose

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it took a l l t h e ,

the glass o f t h e windows away with it O n the first of November

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some thing as the commissioners thought walk ed up and do wn the with

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drawi n g r oom a n d then m ade a n o i s e i n the di n ing room The stones

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which were left befor e and laid up in the withdrawing r o om w e r e all

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fetched away this night and a great deal of g ass ( not like the form e r )
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thro wn about again .

O u t h e 2 d of November ther e came somet hi n g into the withdraw ,

i n g room tread ing as th ey conceived much like a bear which began by

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walkin g about for a quarter of an hour and then at length it made a ,

noise about the table and thre w the warming pan so violently that it W a s .
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quite spoiled It threw also a glass and great stones at the commis
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s i on e r s a g a i n
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and the bones of horses ; and all so violently that the

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bedstead and the walls were bruised by them Tha t night they planted .

candle s all about the rooms and made fires up to the r a n t le trees of
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the chimney but all we re put o ut nobody kne w h ow the fi r e and b urnt
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wood being thro wn up and down the room ; t h e curtains were torn with
the rods from their beds and th e bed pos t s pulled away that the tester ,
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fell d own upon them and the feet of the bedstead were cloven into t wo
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The servants in the truckle be d who lay all the time sweating for fe ar -

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were treated even worse for there came upon them first a little which ,

m ade them begin to stir but before they could get out it was follo wed
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by a whole tubful as it we re of s t inki ng dit ch water so g reen that it

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m ade thei r Shirts and s heets of that color too The s a m e n i gh t the ‘
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windows we e a ll br ok e by thr owing O f stones and there wa s mo st

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terrible noises i n three sev e ral places togethe r ne ar them Na y the very
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rabbit stealers wh o were abroad that night were so affrighted w i t h the

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dismal thundering that for haste they left their ferrets in the holes
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behind them beyond Ro semond s well t Notwithstanding all this one of

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t h e m h a d the boldness to ask , in the name of G od what it was what it , ,

would have and what they had done that they should be s o disturbed
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aft e r this manner To which no ans wer was given but the noise ceased
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for a while .
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A t length came ag ain and as a ll of them said brought seven devils

it , , ,

worse than itself Whereupon one of t h em lighted a candle agai n and

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set it bet ween the two chambers in the doorway on which another fixing ,

his eyes saw the similitude O f a hoof striking the candle and candlestick ,

into the middle of the bed chamber and aft er ward making three S e rapes
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on the s nuff to put it o ut U pon this the s ame person was so bold a s
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to dra w his sword but he had scarce got it out but there was another
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invisible hand h a d hold Of it too and tugged with him for i t ; and pre
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vailing struck him so violently that he was stunned with the blo w
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Then began violent n oises agal u 1n s om uch that they calling t o one , ,

another got together and went into the presence chamber where th e y
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s aid prayers and sang psalms notwithstanding a ll which th e thundering

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noises still continued in other rooms After this o n the third of .

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November they removed their lo d ging ove r the gate ; and next day being
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S unday went to E we lm
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where h o w th ey escaped the authors of the
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relation kne w not but returning on Monday the d evil ( for that was the
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name they gave their nightly guest ) left them not unvisited n or on the ,

Tuesday foll owin g which was the last day they stayed
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The courage .

ev e n of the devout c om m i s s i o ue r s of the parliament was not proof ag ainst

a persecution lik e this and the m a nor of Woodstock was relieved from
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their presence .

S t e r n s f t lg t h a i r 3 1m h
Ent t l t r .

IT was late in the t welfth century when the A n glo Normans first set -

their feet in Ireland as conquerors and before the end of the th i rteenth ,

the portion of t h a t islan d which has since received the name of the E n g
l i sh Pale was already covered with flour i shing towns and cities which
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bore witness to the rapid increase of commerce in the hands of the enter
prising and industrious settlers from the shores of G reat Brit ain T h e .

county of Kilkenny , attractive by its beauty and by its various resour ces ,

was one of the districts firs t occupied by the invaders ; and at t h e ti m e

of which we are Speaking its chief town named also K ilkenny was a
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st rong city with a commanding castle and wa s i n h abited by w e alth y

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merchants one of who m was a rich bank e r and money lender named
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W il liam O ut la we .

This Willia m O ut la we married a lady of property named Alice Kyte

ler or Le K yt e le r who was perhaps the sister or a near relative of a
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William Kyt e le r incidentally mentioned as holding the offi ce of sheriff of

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the liberty of Kilken ny William O ut la we died some tim e before 1 3 02 ;

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and his wido w became the wife of Adam lc Blond of C allan of a family , ,

which by its English name of White held considerable estates i n Kil

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kenny a n d Tipperary in later times T h is second husband was dead be .

fore 1 3 1 1 ; for i n that year the la d y A li ce appear s as the wife of Richard '

de V alle z and at the time of the events narrated in the following pages
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she was the spouse of a fourth husband S ir John le Poer By her first , .

husband she had a son n amed also William O ut la we who appears to

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have been the heir to h i s father s property an d Succeeded him as a ’

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banker He was his mother s favorit e child and seems to have inherited
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also a good por t io n of the wealth of the lady Alice s second and third ’

husbands .

The fe w incidents relating to th is family previous to the year 1 3 2 4 ,

which can be gathered from the entries on the Irish records seem to ,

sho w that i t was not altogether free from the turbulent spirit which was
so preval e nt among the Anglo Irish in former ages It appears t h at in -
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1 3 02 Adam le Blond and Alice his wife intrusted to the keeping of

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William O ut la we the youn ger the sum of three thousand pounds in money ,

which W i lliam O ut la w e for the better security buried in the earth with
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in h i s h ouse a method of concealing treasure which accounts for man y

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o f our antiquarian discoveries This was soon noised abroad ; and one . .

n ight William le Kyt e le r the sheriff above m entioned with others by

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precept of the seneschal of the liberty of Kilkenny broke into the ,

house vi e t a r m i s as the record has it dug up t h e money and carried it

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off, along w ith a hundred pounds belonging to William O ut la we himself, ‘

which they found i n the house S uch an outrage as this could not pas s .

in s i lence ; but the perpetrators attempted to s h elter themselves under the

e xcuse that being dug up from the g round it was t r e a s ur e t r ove and as
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s uch belonged to the king and when Adam le Blond an d his wife Alice ,

a ttempted to make good their claims the sheri ff trumped up a charge ,

against them that they had committed homicide and other crimes and ,

t hat they h a d concealed R o e s i a O ut la we ( perhaps the sister of William

O ut la we the young er ) accused of theft from the agents of justice under
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which pretences he threw into the priso n all three Adam Alice and , , ,
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R oe s i a They were ho w ever soon after ward liberated but we do not

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learn if they recovered their money William O ut la we s riches and his .

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mother s part iality for him a ppear to have drawn upon them both the
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j ealousy and hatred of many of their neighbors and e ve n o f some of ,

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their kindred but they were to o powerful and too highly connected to be
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reached in any ordinary way .

At this time Rich ard de Le d r e d e a turbulent i ntriguing prelate held , ,

the see of O ssory to which he had been consecrated in 1 3 18 by mandate

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from P Op e John X X II the same pontiff to whom w e owe the first bull
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against sorcery ( con t r a m a g os m a g i ca s que s up e r s t i t i on e s ) which was the ,

groundwork of the inquisitorial persecutions of the followin g a ges I n .

1 3 2 4 Bishop Richard made a visitatio n of his diocese and

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found as
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the chronicler of these events inform us by an inquest in whic h were ,

five kn i g hts and other noblemen in great multitude ,that in the city of
Kilkenny there had long been and still were many sorcerers using divers , ,

kinds of witchcraft to the investigation of which the bishop proceeding

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as he was obliged by duty of his o ffice found a certain rich lady called , ,

the lady Alice K yt e le r the mother of William O ut la we with many of her

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accomplices involved in various such heresies

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Here then was a fa ir .
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occasion for displaying the zeal of a follower of the sorcery hating Pope -

Joh n and also perhaps for indulging some other passions

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The persons accused as Lady Alice s accomplices were her son the ’
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banker William O ut la we a clerk named Robert de Bristol John G a l

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r us s yn ,
William Payn of Boly Petronil la de Meath Petronilla s d a ug h ,
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ter S arah Alice the wife of Henry the S mith Annota Lan ge Helena
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G a lr us s yn S ys ok G a lr us s yn and E va de B r oun s t o un
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The charges
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brought a gainst them were distributed under seven formidable heads .

First it wa s asserted tha t in order to give e ffect to their sorcery they

, , ,

were in t h e habit of totally denying the faith of Christ and of the church
for a year or month according as the object to be attained wa s gre a ter
,

or less so that dur in g the stipulated period they believed in nothing that
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the church believed and abstained from worshipping the body of Christ
, , ,

from entering a church from hearing mass and from participating in the
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sacramen t S econd that they propitiated the demons with sacrifi ces of
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living animals which they divided me mber from member and o ff ered by
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scattering them in cross roads to a certain demo n who caused himself to

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be called Robin A r t i s s on ( fi li us A r t i s ) who was one of the poorer ,

class of hell ”
Third,that byf t h e i r sorceries they s ought council and
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answers from demons Fo u rth that they used the ceremonies of the
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2 28 THE MYS TERIE S OF A S TROLO GY .

church in their nightly conventicle s pronouncin g with lighted candles Of , ,

wax sentence of excommunication even against the persons of their own

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husbands naming expressly every member fro m the sole of the foo t to
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the top of the head a n d a t length extinguishing the candles with the
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exclamation Fi l fi ! fi l Amen ”
Fifth that with the intestines and .
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other inner parts of cocks sacrificed to the d e mons with certain horrible
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worms various herbs the nails of dead men , the hair brains and
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clothes Of children wh ich had died unbaptized and other things equally ,

disgusting boiled in the skull of a certain robber who had bee n beheaded
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on a fire made of oak sticks they h a d made p owders and Ointm ents and
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also candles of fat boiled i n t he said skull with certain charms w hi ch , ,

things were to be instrumental in exciting love or hatred and in killing

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and otherwis e a fflicting t h e bodies Of faithful Christians and in e ffecting ,

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vario us other purposes S ixth th at the sons and daughters of t h e fo ur

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husbands of the Lady Alice K yt e le r had m a de their complaint to the

bishop that she by such sorcery had procured the death of her hus
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ban d s and had so i n fatuat e d a n d charmed the m that they had given all
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their property to her and her s on to the perpetual impo verishment of '

their sons and heirs ; i nsomuch that her present husband S i r John le , ,

Poer was reduced to a most miserable state of body by her powder s

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o i ntmen ts and other m agical operations ; but being warned by her m aid
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servant he had forcibly taken from his wife t h e keys of her boxes in
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which h e found a bag filled with the detestable articles above e n um e
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ra ted which h e had sent to the bishop S eventh that there w a s an un

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hol y connectio n bet we en the said Lady Alice and the demon called Robin
who sometimes appeared ’
A r t is s o n ,
t o h e r in the form O f a cat sometimes ,
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in that of a black s haggy dog and at others i n the form of a black man “

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with two tall and equally swarthy compan i ons e a ch carrying an iro n rod-

i n his hand It is added by some Of the old chroniclers that her o ffering
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to the demon was nine red cocks and nine peacocks eyes at a certai n ,
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stone bri d ge at a cross road th at she had a certain O intment with which
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she rubbed a beam of wood called a c o wlt r e upon which she and her
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accom plices were carried to any part of the world they wished without ,

hurt or stoppage that she swept t h e s t r e t e s of K ilk e n n i e be t we e n e

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c o m p le i n e and twilight raki n g all the filth towards the d oor e s of h i t; sonne
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William O ut la we murmuring s e cr e t li e with hir selfe these words

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To t h e h o us e of W i lli a m m y s on n e ,

Hi e a ll t h e we a l t h of Ki lk e n n i e t o wn
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and that in her house wa s seiz ed a wafer of consecrated bread on which ,

the name O f the devil was written

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The bishop of O ss ory resolved at once to enforce i n its utmost rigor the
recent papal bull against O ff enders of this class ; but he had to conten d
with greater difficulties than he expected The mode of pro ceeding was '

n e w for hitherto in E ngland sorcery was looked upon as a cr i me of which

,

the secular la w had cognizan ce and n ot as belon ging to t h e ecclesiastical

,

court ; and this is said to have been the first trial of the kind in Ireland ‘

tha t had attracted any public attention Moreover the Lady Alice wh o .
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was the person chiefly attacked had rich and po werful supporters The , .

first step taken by the bishop was to require the chancellor to issue a
w r it for the arrest of the persons accused B ut it h appened that the .

lord ch ancellor of Ireland at this time was Roger O ut la we prior O f the

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order of St John of Jerusalem and a kinsman O f William O ut la we

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This dignitary in co n junction with Arnald le Poer seneschal of Kilkenny

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expostulated with the bishop and tried to persuade h i m to drop the suit
,
,
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When however the latter refused to listen to them and persisted i n

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demanding the writ the chancellor informed him that it was not custom
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ary to issue a writ of this kind until the parties had been regularly pro
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ce e d e d against accordin g to la w The bishop indignantly replied that .

the service of the church was above the forms of the la w of the land but
the chancellor now turned a deaf ear and the bishop sent two apparitors ,

with a formal attend a nce of pri e sts to the house of William O ut la we ,

where Lady Alice was residing to cite her in person before his court , .

The lady refused to acknowledge the jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical

court in this case ; and on the day she was to appear the chancellor
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Roger O ut la we sent advocates who publicly pleaded her right to defend

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h erself by her counsel and not to appear in person

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The bishop regard .
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less Of this plea pronounced against her the sentence of excommunication

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and cited her Son W i lli a m O ut la we to appear on a certain day and

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a ns wer to the charge of harborin g and concealing his mother in defiance

of the authority of the church .

O n learning this the seneschal of Kilke n ny Arnald le Poer repaired

, , ,

to the Priory of Kells where t h e bishop was lodged and made a long
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and touching appeal to him to mitigate his anger until at le n gth wea , ,

ried and provoked by his obstin a cy he left his presence with threats of ,

ve n geance The next m orning a s the bishop was departing from the
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priory to continue his visitation i n other parts of t h e diocese he was ,

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stopped at the entrance to the town of Kells by one O f the seneschal s
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i cer s
Off
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S tephen le
Poer with a body O f armed men who cond ucted h i m
, ,

as a prisoner to the castle of Kilkenny where he was kept i n custody ,

until the day was past on which William O ut la we had been cited to
appear in h i s cour t The bishop after many protests on the indignity
.
,

O ffered in his person to the church and on the p rotection given to sor ,

c e r e r s and heretics was obliged to submit . It was a mode of eva d i ng

,

the form of la w characteristic of an age in which the latter was s ubs e r

,

vient to force and the bishop s friends believed that the king s Officers
,
,
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were bribed by William O ut la we s wealth They ev e n reported after ’

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ward to thro w more discredit on the authors of this a ct o f v iolence

,
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tha t one of the guards was hea rd to s a y to anoth er as they led him to ,

prison “
Tha t fair steed which William O ut la w e presented to our lo rd
,

S i r Arnald last night draws well for it has drawn the bishop to ,

prison ”
.

This summary mode of procee d ing against an ecclesias t ic appears to .

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have caused astonishment even in Ireland and during the first day m ul ,

t i t ud e s of people of a ll classes visited the bishop in h i s confinement to ,

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feed and comfort him the general ferment increasing with the discour
,

ses be pronounced to his visitors I o hinder this the seneschal o rdered .

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him to be more strictly confined and forbade the admission of any visit ,

ers e xée p t a few of the bish op s especial friends a n d servants The

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bishop at once place d the whole diocese under an inter dict It w a s .

necessary to prepare immediately some excuse for these proceedings and ,

the seneschal issued a p roclamation callin g upon all who had any com
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plaints to make against the bishop of O ssory to come forward ; an d a t

an inquest held before the j ustices itinerant man y grievous crimes of the ,

bishop were rehearsed but none would ventur e personally to charge him
,

w ith them All these circumstances however Sho w that the bishop was
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not faultless and that his conduct would not bear a very close examina
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tion is evident from the fact that o n more than one o cca s i o n i n s ubs e
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quent times he wa s obliged to sh elter himself under the protection of

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the kin g s pardon for all past offences Willi am O ut la we n o w went to

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the archives of Kilkenny and ther e found a former deed of accusation ,

against the bishop of O ssory for having defrauded a wido w of the in be

r i t a n ce O f her husband The bishop s party said that it w as a cancelled
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document the cas e having been taken out of the secular court ; and that
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William had h ad a n e w Oopy made of i t to conceal the evidence of this .

fact and had the n rubbed the fresh p a rchment with his Shoes in Order to
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g i v e his m m the appearance of an old document H owever it wa s .

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deli vered to the Seneschal who n o w O ffered to release his prisone r on,

condition of his giving su fficient bail to appear and answer in the secu
lar court the charge thus brought against him This the bishop refused .

to do and after he had remained eighteen days i n confinement he was

, ,

unconditionally set fre e .

The bishop march e d from his prison in triumph full dressed in his pon ,
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t ifica l robes and immediately cited William O ut la we to appear before

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him in his c on r t o n another day ; but before that day arrived he recei ved ,

a royal writ ordering h i m to appear before the lord jus tice of Ireland
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without any delay on penalty of a fine of a thousand pounds to answer

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to the king for havi n g placed his diocese under interdict and also to ,

make his defence against the accusations of Arnald le Poer He received .

a similar summons from the dean of S t Patrick s to appear before him .

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as the vicarial representative of the archbishop of D ublin The bishop .

of O ssory made answer that it was n o t safe for him to undertake the
,

j ourney because his way lay through the lands and lordship of his
,

enemy S i r Arnald but this excuse was not admitted and the diocese
, , ,

was relieved from the interdict .

O ther trials were reserved for the mortified prelate O n the Monday .

after t h e octaves of E a s ter the se neschal Arnald le Poer held his court
, , , ,

of justice in the judici al hall Of the city of Kilkenny and there the ,

Bishop of O ssory resolved to present h imself and invoke publicly the aid
of the secular arm to his assistance i n seizing the persons accused o f
sorcery The seneschal forbade him to ent e r the court on his peril ; but
.

the bishop persevered and robed in h i s p o n t ifica ls carryi n g in his han d s

, ,

the body of Christ ( the consecrated host ) in a vessel of gold and ”

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attended by a numerous body of friars and clergy he entered the hal l ,

and forced his way to the tribunal The seneschal received him with .

reproaches and insults and caused h i m to be ignominiously turned out

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of court At the repeated protest ho wever of the o ffended prelate and

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the intercession of some influential persons there present he was allo wed ,

to return and the seneschal ordered him to take his place at the bar
,

allotted for criminals upon which t h e bishop cried out that Christ had
,

never been treated so before since h e s t ood at the bar before Po ntius
P il ate He then called upon the seneschal to cause the persons accused
.

O f sorcery to be seized upon and delivered into his hands and upon his , ,

refusal to do this he held Open the book Of the decretals and said Y ou
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S ir Arnald are a knight and instructed in letters a n d tha t you may n o t

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have the plea of ignorance i n this place we are prep ared here to sho w in
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t hese decretals that you and your o ffi cial s are bound to obey my order i n .

this respect under heavy penal ties ”

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G O to the church with your decretals replied the seneschal

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and , ,

preach there fo r here you will not find an attentive au d ience ”

, .

The bishop then read alou d the names of the O ffenders and the cr i me s ,

imputed to them , su m moned the seneschal to deliver t hem up t o the

j urisdiction of the church a n d retreated from the court , .

S i r Arnal d Ie Poer and his friends had not been idle on their part ,

and t h e bishop was n ext ci t e d t o defend himself ag ainst variou s ch arge s

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in the parliam e nt to be held at D ublin while the Lady Alice indicted ,

him in a secular court for defamation The bishop is represent e d as .

having narrowly escaped the snares which were laid for him on h is way
to D ublin ; he t here found the Irish pr e lates not m uch inclined to a d vo
cate his cause because they looked upon h i m as a foreigner a n d an
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interloper and he was spoke n of as a truant monk from E nglan d who

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came t h i t h e r to r epresent the Island of S ai nts as a nest of heretics

x
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and to plague t hem with papal bulls of which they never heard before ,

It was however thought expedie nt to preserve the credit of the church

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and some Of the more influential of the Irish ecclesiastics interfered to

e ffect at least an outward reconciliation between the seneschal and th e ,

Bishop o f O ssory After encountering an infinity of n e w obstacles and

.

disappointments the latter at length O btained the necessary power to

,

bring the alleged offenders to a trial and most of the m were imprisoned , ,
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but the chief obj e ct of t h e bishop s p r oc e ie d i n g s the Lady Alice h a d ’

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b e en conveyed secretly away a n d she is s aid to have passed the rest of

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her life in E nglan d When her son William O ut la we w a s cited to

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appear before the bishop in his court in t h e churc h of S t Mary a t

Kilkenny he went armed to the teeth with all sorts of armor and
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attended with a very for m i d a ble com p a n y and demanded a m m of ‘

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the charges objected a gainst him which extended through thir ty four ,
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chapters H e for the p resent wa s allowed to go at large because

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nobody dared to arrest him and when the o ffice r s of the crown arrive d
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they showed so ope n lytheir favor t owar d him as to take up their lo d g

ings at his hous e At length h owev e r having been convicted in the
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bishop s court at least of har boring these a ccused of sorcery he consented

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to go into prison trusting p robably to the secret protection of the great

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barons of the land .

The only person mentioned by name as punished for the extr e me crime
of sorcery was P e tronilla de Meath who was perhaps less provided with , , ,
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worldly interests to prot e ct her and wh o appears to have been made an

,

expiatory sacrifi ce for her superiors S h e was by order of the bishop .

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s i x times flogged a n d ,
the n probably to escape a further repetition of
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this cruel and degrading punishment she made public confession accus , ,

i n g not only herself but all the others a gainst whom t h e bishop had
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proceeded S h e said that in all England pe rhaps i n the whole world
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there was not a perso n more deeply skilled i n t h e practices of sorcery

than the Lady Alice Kyt e le r who had been their m istres s a n d teacher
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in the a r t S h e confessed to most of the charge s contained in the

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bishop s articles of a ccusation and said that she had been present at the
’
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sacri fices to t h e demon and had assisted i n making t h e unguents of t h e

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intestines of the cocks O ffered on this occasion mixed with Spiders and ,

certain black worms like scorpions with a certai n herb called m ille foil
, ,

and other herbs and worms and with the brain s a n d clothe s of a child
,

that had died without baptism i n the m a nner befor e r elated ; t hat with
,

th e se unguents they had produced various e ffects upon d i fie r e n t persons

'

making the faces of certain ladies appear horned like goats ; that she
had been present at the nightly conventicles and with the assistance of
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her mistress had frequently pronounced the s e n t a n ce of excom m unication

against her own husband with all the cere monies required by their
,

unholy rites that she had been with the Lady Alice whe n the demon ,

Robin A r t i s s on appeared to her and had seen acts pass bet ween them
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in her presence which we shall not undertake t o describe T h e wretched

,
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woman having made this public confession was carried out into the ci ty
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and publicly burnt This says the relator was the first witch who was
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ever burnt in Ireland .

The rage of the bishop of O ssory appears now to have been to a cer ,
'
tain degree appeased He was prevailed upon to remit the Ofle n ce s of
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William O ut la w e e n j oining him as a reparation for his c on t e m p t o f the

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church that within the period of four years he should cover with lead the
,

whole roof of his cathedral from the steeple east w ard as well as that of ,

the chapel of the Holy V irgin The rest of t h e Lady Alice s p estiferous
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society were punished i n different ways with more or less severity ; one
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or two of t hem we are told were subsequently burnt ; oth e rs were flogged
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publicly i n the market place and through the city ; others were banished
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from the diocese ; and a few like their mistress fled to a distance or con
, , ,

c e a le d themselves so e ffe ctually as to escape the hands of justice .

There was one person concerned i n the foregoing eve nts whom the
bishop had not forgotten or forgiven T h at was Arnald le Poer t h e .
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seneschal of Kilkenny who had so strenu ously advocated the cause Of

,

William O ut la we and his m other a n d who had treated with so much,

r udeness the bishop himself The Latin narrative o f t his history pub
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li s h e d for the C amden S os i e t y by the wr i t e r of this paper g i ves no further ,

information resp e cting him but we learn from o t h e r s our c e s that the
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bishop n ow accused him of heres y had him e xcommunicated and O btained

, ,

a writ by which h e was com m itted prisoner to the c astle of D ubl i n Here .

he re m ained m 1 3 2 8 when Roger O ut la we was m ade lord justice Of Ire

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lan d wh o atte m pted to mitigate his su ff erin gs The bishop of O ssory

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enrag ed at the lord j ustice s humanity accused him als o of heresy and of
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abetting heretics ; upon which a parliament was called and the di ff erent
'

accusations having been duly exami ned Arnald le Poer himself would ,

probably have bee n d eclared innocent and liberated fro m confinement but ,

before the end Of the investigation he died i n p rison and his body, lying ,

under s e n t e nce o f excommunication remaine d long unburied

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The bisho p who h a d been so great a prosecutor of heresy in others

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wa s at las t accused of the same cr 1m e himself and the case being laid ,

before the archbishop of D ublin he appealed to the apostolic see fled

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t h e country privately and repaired to Italy

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S ubsequent to thi s be a p
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pears to have experien ced a variety of troubles and he suff ered banish ,

ment during nine years He died at a very great age i n 1 3 6 0 The

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bishop s party boas ted that the n est of sorcerers who had infested
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Ireland w a s entir ely root e d out by the prose cution of the Lady A lice K y

ta ler and her accomplice s It may however be well doubted if the belief
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i n witch craft were not rather extended by the publicity and magn i t ude of
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these events Ireland would no doubt a flor d many equally remarkable
.

cas es in subsequent times had t h e chroniclers thought them as well worth

,

recording as the process of a lady of rank which involved some Of the ,

leading people in the E nglish pale a n d which agitated th e whole stat e ,

during seve 1 a l successive years .

 A F EW LA S T W O R DS .

H AVING n ow c on d uc e t d his re a d e r s th r oug h th e m a ze s of Occul t

s ci e n c e w i th out be w i l d e ri n g O r co n fus i n g t h e m w i th t e ch n i ca li t i e s

an d com p le x p r o ce s s e s in m a th e m a t i c s , g e om e try &c wh i ch

, .
, ca n

on l y be m a s te r e d th or o ug h l y by t h e s ud e n
t t wh o g i v e s h i s w h ol e

m i nd a n d th e be s t ye a rs of h i s l i fe t o th e p ur s ui t , th e A uth o r
take s a fr i e n d ly le a ve of th e m ,
t r us t i n g t h a t t h e y h a ve d e r i ve d
i n s tr uc ti o n ,
i n fo r m a ti on a n d r ati o n a l a m us e m e n t fr o m th e p ag e s
-

h e h a s h a d t h e p le a su e r of l a y i n g be for e t h e m .

I f h e h a s fa i l e d t o c on v i n ce th e m th a t th ere are ,
a s Ha m l e t

Mor e t hi n gs in H e a ve n a n d Ea r t h
Th a n ar e d re am e d of in y our ph i los oph y ,

h e h a s l a bo r e d t o li ttl e p ur p os e . B ut t h i s ca n n o t be . H i s t o ry ,

t r a d i t i on ,
e ve ry S p e ci e s o f cr e d ibl e t e s ti m on y ,
i s i n fa v or of th e

t r uth of A s t r ol og y an d th e o cca s i on a l p r e s e n ce of s u e p r n a tur a l

ts in th is ma t e r i a l wo r ld T h e la n g ua g e of H oly W r i t ,
‘

a e n a s
g .

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s h o wn in th e ch a t on th e Di v i n e O r i g i n of A s tr o l o g y , e x
p er
i ts t h e i n flu e of th e h l y bo d i e h um
p li ci t l y d
a m n ce e a ve n s ov e r an

a ffa i r s , a n d r e co g n i ze s ,
n ot a s m e r e i llu s i o n s ,
but a s r e a li ti e s ,
th e

p h e n om e n a of m a i
g c : a nd i n th is , th e m os t e n li g h t e n e d a g e of

th e w or l d
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s h i s t or y , w e fin d
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th ous a n d s up on t h ous a n d s Of th e
23 6 A F EW LA S T W OR D S .

m os t in t e lli g e n t m e m be rs o f s o ci e ty v o uch i n g fo r t h e e x i s t e n ce of

s up e r h um a n a g e n ci e s in o ur v e ry m id s t , an d ci t i n g fa t
c s w h i ch

ske p t i c i s m a ff e t
c s to d o ubt , but ca n n ot d i s p r ov e ; an d wh i ch

e ve r y e xp e r i m e n t on ly s e r ve s to e s a t bli s h on fir m er g r oun d s an d

by t h e e vi d e n ce o f n e w wi t n e sse s .

Th e s e are m a tte rs wh i ch ca n n o t s a fe l y be tr e a te d wi t h d e r i

s i on an d in co n clud i n g h i s l a bo r s (s o fa r a s th is v ol um e is c on

ce r ne d ) , th e au th or -
ve n t ur e s to e xp r e s s th e h Op e th a t he has
t h r own s om e li g h t up on th e ph e n om e n a o f O ccul t S ci e n ce an d i ts

ki n d re d m ys t e r i e s .
 Qt n n t t n ts .

FR O N T I P I E C E
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D ED ICAT I O N ,

A UT O BIO GR A P H Y O F T H E A UT H O R ,

T H E MY T ER I E OE A TR O L O G Y
S S S ,

T H E H I T O R Y O F A TR O L O G Y
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S S ,

EL E M EN T A R Y PR INCI P L E O F A TR O L O G Y S S ,

C HI R O MA NC Y or t h e A r t of F or e t e lli n g Eve n t s b y t h e H a n d
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TH E D O C TR I N EOF NA T I V I T I E Accor di n g t o H or a r y As t r ology S ,

G E O MA NC Y'

D i vi n a t i on by t h e Se ve n P la n e t s ,

Th e Fi r s t Pr oce s s ,

A Fi gur e of Tr i p li ci t y ,

Th e S e n t e n ce Of t h e Jud g e i n t h e Que s t i on s r e l a t i n g t o 1 L e n g t h , . of

L i fe , 2 . Mon e y or Gi a n , 3 . H on or of d
C r e i t , 4 B us i n
. e ss , 5 . Mar
riag e , 6 . Pre gn a n cy 7 , . Si ck n e s s , 8 . pr i s on m e n t 9 Jou r n e y s a n d
Im , . ,

10 T i n . h gs L os t , a ccor di gn to th e m os t F a m ou s A ut h or s of f or m e r

ti m e s ,

P H YS I O GN O M Y AN D M ET O P O S C O P Y ,

T) G ove r n i n g t h e s e ve r a l T e m p e r a m e n t s ,

3 G ove r n i n g t h e s e ve r a l Hu m or s
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Gove r n i g t h e s e ve r a l C o s t i t u t i on s
n n ,

Th Q G ove r n ip g i n t h C h ol or i c ,
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e e

Th e 1) G ve
Phle gm a t i c o rn in g in th e ,

9 G ove r n i n g t hr ough t h e s e ve r a l Hum or s ,

A NCI E NT P H RE N O L O G Y ’
,

M ET op os C OP Y ,

TH E D I V IN E OR I G IN AT L Y OF S R O OG ,

O M ED ICAL HER B
F S ,

T H E F AM U ELI I R L IF E P e p a e d f
O S X OF , r r r om Ba l m ,

NA RR A T I V E AN D A N i r l ti o S E O DO T E S n e a n t o W i tc h cr a ft Ma gi c App a r i
, ,

Pr e s e n t i m e n t s he r Sup e r n a t ura l Ph e n om e n a
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t i on s , Vi s i on s , , an d ot ,
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HO P K IN S T H E W I T CH FIN DER AN D H I VIC T IM F r om a n Old Re cor d

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T H E D E A D L O V ER RE V E N GE F r om a ce le br a t e d G e r m a n Au t h or
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B E N V E N UT O C E LLINI AN D T H E S I CILI AN PR I E T A T a l e of M a gi c Tr a n s S , ,

l t df a e t h e I t a li a n
r om ,

E X TR A RD INA R Y C A
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APP A R I T I O N A L I V I N G M AN
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A N E C D O TE F S EDE NB RG
S O W O ,

T H E E N G LI H MAG ICIAN D R D EE
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A R YAL O PI NI N N W IT CH E
O O O S,

PR V I DE N T IAL F O R E B D IN G
O O S,

D EAT H W A R NIN G IN A D RE AM ,

W O N DER FU L I N T ANC E O F PRE S E N T IM E N T F r om t h e G e r m a n of Dr Jun g

S , .

S t i ll i g n ,

T H E W I T CH E O E M H R A IN SW EDE N
S O ,

L O TTER Y PR I E W N BY D R E AM F r om a L e t t e r i n M or i t z s Dxp e n
Z S O S,
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m e t a l P y ch ol ogy
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