Author : N, I
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230405698
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (56 download)
Book Synopsis Jacob's Rod; a Translation from the French of a Rare and Curious Work, A. D. 1693, on the Art of Finding Springs, Mines and Minerals by Means of the Ha by : N, I
Download or read book Jacob's Rod; a Translation from the French of a Rare and Curious Work, A. D. 1693, on the Art of Finding Springs, Mines and Minerals by Means of the Ha written by N, I and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1870* edition. Excerpt: ... AQQEJTQA. CHAPTER I. If further proof be needed of the existence of the faculty of finding minerals, &c, I cannot do better than quote largely from the volumes of the Spiritual Magazine, as by so doing a much more comprehensive view of the subject will be obtained, with the experiences of others also, some of high rank and well known, premising however that the quotations have been copied from other works. This I do that no doubt may remain on the mind as to their truth, and to prove, as far as testimony will do so, their correctness, and as the works are now scarce and expensive, it will save the trouble of procuring them. DIVINING RODS AND HAZEL WANDS. Spiritual Magazine, March, 1862. IT is grateful to us to have to quote again from the pages of All the Year Round, some excellent remarks by Mr. Dickens' great collaborateur, Sir E. Bulwer Lytton, on this subject. Neither divining rods nor hazel wands have been much heard of as forming part of the modern manifestions. As for divining rods, they are, with the exception of those mentioned in the Bible, almost entirely connected in our minds with the magical arts of the earlier and middle ages, and they have disappeared from amongst us, who are seeking rather to develope Spiritualism as an incident of higher laws, than to cultivate the supposed relations of the magician. Hazel wands, on the contrary, have been more heard of, for no such uncanny ideas attached to them, for they have been carried to advantage in the hands of sickly girls, and others of the magnetic temperament, in searching successfully for mines and springs of water. The hazel wand performed wonders in the hands of Angclique Cottin. Indeed, its use has been occassional for many years in England also. We know that the well...
