{"product_id":"2940015517316","title":"THE MYSTERIES OF ALL NATIONS","description":"CONTENTS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       *       *       *       *       *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE RISE AND PROGRESS OF SUPERSTITION.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003e                                                                  PAGE\u003cbr\u003eRise and Progress of Superstition--The Serpent--Cain's Departure\u003cbr\u003efrom the true Worship--Worship of the Sun, Moon, and Stars--Strange\u003cbr\u003eStory of Abraham--The Gods of Antiquity--Ether, Air, Land, and\u003cbr\u003eWater filled with living Souls--Guardian Angel--Cause of the\u003cbr\u003eFlood--Magic--How the Jews deceived the Devil--A Witch not\u003cbr\u003epermitted to live--Diviners, Enchanters, Consulters with familiar\u003cbr\u003eSpirits, and Necromancers proved a Snare to Nations--Charms worn by\u003cbr\u003ethe Jews--Singular Customs and Belief--Prognostication--Allegorical\u003cbr\u003eEmblems--Marriage Customs--Ceremonies at Death and Burials--Divination\u003cbr\u003eamong all Nations--Observers of Times--Opinion concerning the\u003cbr\u003eCelestial Bodies--Power of Witches--Wizards--Necromancers' Power\u003cbr\u003eto call up the Dead                                                  1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER II.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMen endowed with Prophetic Spirits--The Jews forbidden to consult\u003cbr\u003ethe Oracles of the Heathen--Schools of Prophets--Influence of\u003cbr\u003eMusic--The Prophetic Mantle--Way Revelations were made--Bath\u003cbr\u003eKol--Urim and Thummim--False Prophets Strangled or Stoned--Diabolical\u003cbr\u003eArt--Moloch--Seething a Kid in its Mother's Milk--The Smooth\u003cbr\u003eStones mentioned by Isaiah--Sheep-head and Sheep-head Broth--Casting\u003cbr\u003eSins into the Sea--Fasting among the Pharisees--Dust of Heathen\u003cbr\u003eCountries--The number 10--Angels that had the Care of Men--Predictions\u003cbr\u003eby Hebrew Women--Punishment in the Grave                            10\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER III.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEgypt steeped in Superstition--Power of Magicians--Obtaining\u003cbr\u003eVisions--Demons--Departed Heroes--Gods and Demi-gods--Altars or\u003cbr\u003eLiving Stones--Sacred Animals--Isis searching for Osiris--Leeks and\u003cbr\u003eOnions--Priests, Physicians, and Interpreters of Oracles--Sacrificing\u003cbr\u003eHuman Victims--Wax Figures--Magic--Teaching of the Egyptian\u003cbr\u003ePriests--Transmigration                                             14\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IV.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBabylon--The Chaldeans--Downfall of Babylon predicted--Worship of\u003cbr\u003ethe Medes and Persians--Sacred Fire--The Gaures--Births and Deaths\u003cbr\u003ein Early Times--A Narrow Bridge--An Immense Tree--Creation of\u003cbr\u003eProphets--A Stone to which Abraham tied his Camel--Adam and Eve's\u003cbr\u003eTrysting Place--Black Art--Ways of discovering whether a supposed\u003cbr\u003eCriminal was Guilty or Innocent--Looking into Futurity--Canaanites,\u003cbr\u003eSyrians, and Arabians--Strange Fables--Abraham breaking Heathen\u003cbr\u003eIdols--Altars--Religion of the Carthagenians and Tyrians--Supremacy\u003cbr\u003eof the Gods                                                         20\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER V.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGreek Religion and Superstition--Jupiter regarded as the\u003cbr\u003ePresident of the Law and Protector of Cities--Dreams and\u003cbr\u003eCharms--Sacred Stones--Omens of Evil--Sacrificing the Hair--Flight\u003cbr\u003eof Birds--Compassing the Altar to the Right--Love secured by\u003cbr\u003eMagic--Marriage Ceremonies--Way of protecting a Child from Evil\u003cbr\u003eSpirits--Divers Magical Ceremonies--Laws as to Dead Bodies--Fingers\u003cbr\u003eand Toes of Dead Men worn as Charms--Preparing a Body for\u003cbr\u003eBurial--Swine and Swine's Flesh--Drinking Toasts--Prophets consulted\u003cbr\u003ebefore Armies marched to Battle--Certain Words avoided--Sneezing--Evil\u003cbr\u003eOmens--Throwing a Person overboard to save a Ship                   26\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VI.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRoman Delusions and Customs--Tokens of Futurity--Drawing of Lots--Events\u003cbr\u003eforetold by reading the first passage that turned up on opening a\u003cbr\u003eBook--Lucky and Unlucky Stars--Fortune-tellers--Dreams--Omens\u003cbr\u003edrawn from the Appearance of parts of Animals offered in\u003cbr\u003eSacrifice--Sibylline Books, Charms, and Incantations--Spirits\u003cbr\u003eobservers of Men's Actions--Unlucky Days--Dress of a Bride--Anointing\u003cbr\u003eDoor-posts and crossing the Threshold--Fire and Water--Bridal Feast\u003cbr\u003eand Nuptial Songs--Funeral Rites--Souls of Unburied Persons--Customs\u003cbr\u003eat a Deathbed, and Funeral Observances--Hobgoblins--Purifying\u003cbr\u003ewith Water and Fire--Appeasing the Manes--Dead Bodies used for\u003cbr\u003eMagical purposes                                                    34\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VII.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEthiopian Superstition--Heathen Indian Gods--Superstitious\u003cbr\u003eObservances at Marriages--Disposal of Dead Bodies--Different\u003cbr\u003eDegrees of Glory after Death--Reverence for the Cow--Detecting\u003cbr\u003eCriminals--Addressing Oracles--Astronomy--Eclipse of the\u003cbr\u003eMoon--Magic--John Gondalez                                          39","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47069505552624,"sku":"2940015517316","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015517316","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble 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