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System of the Astrologers; Sidereal Influence; Configuration of the Stars.

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Doctrines Concerning Æons; The Chaldean Astrology; Heresy Derivable from It.

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The Horoscope the Foundation of Astrology; Indiscoverability of the Horoscope; Therefore the Futility of the Chaldean Art.

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Impossibility of Fixing the Horoscope; Failure of an Attempt to Do This at the Period of Birth.

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Another Method of Fixing the Horoscope at Birth; Equally Futile; Use of the Clepsydra in Astrology; The Predictions of the Chaldeans Not Verified.

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Zodiacal Influence; Origin of Sidereal Names.

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Practical Absurdity of the Chaldaic Art; Development of the Art.

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Prodigies of the Astrologers; System of the Astronomers; Chaldean Doctrine of Circles; Distances of the Heavenly Bodies.

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Further Astronomic Calculations.

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Theory of Stellar Motion and Distance in Accordance with Harmony.

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Theory of the Size of the Heavenly Bodies in Accordance with Numerical Harmonies.

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Waste of Mental Energy in the Systems of the Astrologers.

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Mention of the Heretic Colarbasus; Alliance Between Heresy and the Pythagorean Philosophy.

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System of the Arithmeticians; Predictions Through Calculations; Numerical Roots; Transference of These Doctrines to Letters; Examples in Particular Names; Different Methods of Calculation; Prescience Possible by These.

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Quibbles of the Numerical Theorists; The Art of the Frontispicists (Physiognomy); Connection of This Art with Astrology; Type of Those Born Under Aries.

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Type of Those Born Under Taurus.

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Type of Those Born Under Gemini.

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Type of Those Born Under Cancer.

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Type of Those Born Under Leo.

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Type of Those Born Under Virgo.

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Type of Those Born Under Libra.

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Type of Those Born Under Scorpio.

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Type of Those Born Under Sagittarius.

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Type of Those Born Under Capricorn.

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Type of Those Born Under Aquarius.

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Type of Those Born Under Pisces.

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Futility of This Theory of Stellar Influence.

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System of the Magicians; Incantations of Demons; Secret Magical Rites.

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Display of Different Eggs.

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Self-Slaughter of Sheep.

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Method of Poisoning Goats.

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Imitations of Thunder, and Other Illusions.

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The Burning Æsculapius; Tricks with Fire.

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The Illusion of the Sealed Letters; Object in Detailing These Juggleries.

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The Divination by a Cauldron; Illusion of Fiery Demons; Specimen of a Magical Invocation.

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Mode of Managing an Apparition.

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Illusive Appearance of the Moon.

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Illusive Appearance of the Stars.

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Imitation of an Earthquake.

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Trick with the Liver.

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Making a Skull Speak.

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The Fraud of the Foregoing Practices; Their Connection with Heresy.

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Recapitulation of Theologies and Cosmogonies; System of the Persians; Of the Babylonians; The Egyptian Notion of Deity; Their Theology Based on a Theory of Numbers; Their System of Cosmogony.

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Egyptian Theory of Nature; Their Amulets.

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Use of the Foregoing Discussions.

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The Astrotheosophists; Aratus Imitated by the Heresiarchs; His System of the Disposition of the Stars.

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Opinions of the Heretics Borrowed from Aratus.

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Invention of the Lyre; Allegorizing the Appearance and Position of the Stars; Origin of the Phœnicians; The Logos Identified by Aratus with the Constellation Canis; Influence of Canis on Fertility and Life Generally.

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Symbol of the Creature; And of Spirit; And of the Different Orders of Animals.

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Folly of Astrology.

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The Hebdomadarii; System of the Arithmeticians; Pressed into the Service of Heresy; Instances Of, in Simon and Valentinus; The Nature of the Universe Deducible from the Physiology of the Brain.

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Note.

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