The Novels And Miscellaneous Works of Daniel De Foe;
The Novels And Miscellaneous Works of Daniel De Foe;
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731
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For they, that promised to drive away terrors and troubles from a sick soul, were sick themselves of fear, worthy to be laughed at. This whole quotation is a description of the dark- ness of Egypt, in which, according to this text, there were strange apparitions, being evidently the Devil and evil spirits with human shapes, horrible appearances, and heavy countenances. I think this is so plain as to need no confirmation from other opinions : magic was reproved, that is to say, disgraced, becaus...e the Devil could not assist the magician, so as to make any abatement of the darkness, which was wrought by Heaven ; for even the fire could not be made to give any light, so the power of art, nay, even of magic itself, was at an end. In this terrible case, the Devil, or rather devils, were, it seems, permitted to appear in horrible and firightful shapes, with heavy countenances, &c. In like manner I cannot doubt but he appeared d by Google 174 A SYSTEM OP MAGIC. to the magicians when he and they had occasion to meet and converse, and carry on their hellish com- binations and confederacies for doing mischief; and this brings me of course to speak of the manner of the magicians conversing with the Devil, for hi- therto we have only spoken of his conversing with them.
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