Occult Sciences: The Philosophy of Magic, Prodigies and Apparent Miracles Volume 1 (Cambridge Library Collection - Spiritualism and Esoteric Knowledge) - Softcover

Salverte, Eusèbe

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108044301 ISBN 13: 9781108044301

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2012

Synopsis

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

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Book Description:

A Scottish physician, Anthony Todd Thomson (1778–1849), translated and edited this two-volume 1846 study of miracles in ancient times by French intellectual Anne-Joseph-Eusèbe Baconnière de Salverte (1771–1839), originally published in 1829. Volume 1 looks at human credulity, and offers explanations for supernatural phenomena.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1108044301
• ISBN 13: 9781108044301
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 404