.

[676] Inexpugnabili magicae disciplinae potestate, &c.--Lib. iii.

[677] Delle magiche frodi seppe il Givoco.--Dante, _Inf._ c. 20.

[678] Pp. 139 and 145.

[679] P. 9.

[680] P. 144.

[681] _Goesy_, or _Goesia_, is said to be a kind of magic. It is
asserted that those who profess it repair at night to the tombs, where
they invoke the demon and evil genii by lamentations and complaints.

In regard to _Theurgy_, the ancients gave this name to that part of
magic which is called _white magic_. The word _Theurgy_ signifies the
art of doing divine things, or such as God only can perform--the power
of producing wonderful and supernatural effects by licit means, in
invoking the aid of God and angels. _Theurgy_ differs from _natural
magic_, which is performed by the powers of nature; and from
_necromancy_, which is operated only by the invocation of the demons.

[682] P. 170.

[683] P. 654.

[684] P. 749.

[685] P. 9.

[686] P. 30, de Lam.

[687] P. 94.

[688] What is enclosed between the brackets is a long addition sent by
the author to the printer whilst they were working at a second edition
of his letter.

[689] Et vidi angelum descendentem de coelo habentem clavem abyssi et
catenam magnam in manu sua; et appehendit draconem, serpentem,
antiquum, qui est Diabolus et Satanas, et ligavit eum per annos
mille.--_Apoc._ xx. 1.

[690] Et cum consummati fuerint mille anni, solvetur Satanas de
carcere suo.--_Apoc._ v. 7.

[691] Cujus est adventus secundum operationem Satanae in omni virtute
et signis et prodigiis mendacibus.--2 Thess. ii. 9.

[692] Joseph. Antiq. lib. viii. c. 2.

[693] Acts viii. 6.

[694] Mittet siquidem Dominus in iram et furorem suum per angelos
pessimos. Hier. ad Eph. i. 7. p. 574.

[695] Vid. de Beatif. lib. iv. p. i. c. 3.

[696] Pp. 67, 75.

[697] P. 243.

[698] Lib. ii. p. 364.

[699] In pecunia divinabunt.--Mich. iii. 11.

[700] P. 127.

[701] Now well known as the evening primrose.

[702] Numquid daemonium potest coecorum oculos asperire? Joan. ix,
21.

LETTER

_From the_ REVEREND FATHER DOM. AUGUSTINE CALMET, _Abbot of Senones,
to_ M. DE BURE SENIOR, _Librarian at Paris._

SIR--I have received The Historical and Dogmatical Treatise on
Apparitions, Visions, and particular Revelations, with Observations on
the Dissertations of the Reverend Father Dom. Calmet, Abbot of
Senones, on Apparitions and Ghosts. At Avignon, 1751. By the Abbe
Lenglet du Freno