The Occult Sciences, Vol. 2 of 2

Excerpt from The Occult Sciences, Vol. 2 of 2: The Philosophy of Magic, Prodigies, and Apparent Miracles Preparations of Drugs and Beverages, some Soporific, others for producing temporary Imbecility. - Circe. - Nepenthes. - Delightful Illusions; fearful Illusions; involuntary Revelations. - Invincible Courage, produced by Meats and Potions. - The Old Man of the Mountain deceived his Disciples by Illusions: he probably fortified them against Torture by stupefying Drugs. - The Use of them becomes habitual, and conduces to bodily Insensibility and Imbecility. Triumphant over the obstacles which debarred him from attaining perfection, the initiated beheld all the hidden treasures of science laid open to him. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.