Pus-mantia the mag-astro-mancer, or, The magicall-astrologicall-diviner posed, and puzzled by John Gaule ...
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- Pus-mantia the mag-astro-mancer, or, The magicall-astrologicall-diviner posed, and puzzled by John Gaule ...
- Author
- Gaule, John, 1604?-1687.
- Publication
- London :: Printed for Joshua Kirton ...,
- 1652.
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- Astrology -- Early works to 1800.
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Contents
- title page
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To his Excellency the Lord Ge∣nerall
CROMWELL. - To the Readers, Intelligent and Orthodox.
- To the sober and skilfull Astronomers.
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Πῦς-μαντία. THE
MAG-ASTRO-MANCER, OR THE Magicall-Astrologicall-Diviner Posed, and Puzzled. -
Πῦς-μαντία. THE
MAG-ASTRO-MANCER, OR THE Magicall-Astrologicall-Diviner posed, and puzzled.- CHAP. I.
- CHAP. II.
- CHAP. III.
- CHAP. IIII.
- CHAP. V.
- CHAP. VI.
- CHAP. VII.
- CHAP. VIII.
- CHAP. IX.
- CHAP. X.
- CHAP. XI.
- CHAP. XII.
- CHAP. XIII.
- CHAP. XIV.
- CHAP. XV.
- CHAP. XVI.
- CHAP. XVII.
- CHAP. XVIII.
- CHAP. XIX.
- CHAP. XX.
- CHAP. XXI.
- CHAP. XXII.
- CHAP. XXIII.
- CHAP. XXIV.
- CHAP. XXV.
- CHAP. XXVI.
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CHAP. XXVII.
- 1. Of the fabulous erections and appellations of Starres, and celestiall Signes; such as the Mag-astro-mancers doe make use of, in their erecting of Theames, or Scheames; for their divining prognostications and predictions.
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2. Of the
Mythologicall significations ofPlanets; which are not onely made to signifie mens morals, or their manners; but their fatals also, or their lives and fortunes. - 3. Of the strange, uncouth, improbable, impossible, ridicu∣lous, and superstitious causes, grounds, forms, prescripts, waies, means, and instruments, whereby to acquire the Art, procure the power, and prepare unto the practice of Divinatory, Magick and Astrologie.
- 4. Of the diabolicall, originall, and obscure, and spurious Inventers, Authors, and Tutors, to praestigious Magick, and divining Astrologie.
- 5. Of Paganish Oracles, founded upon the starres, foun∣ding divinatory Magicke, and Astrologie, confounded by Divinity, and Christianity.
- 6. Of the Magicall Oracles, and or aculous Magicians, the causes of all Idolatry; especially that inhumane abho∣mination of humane Sacrifices, or immolations.
- 7. Of the fatuity of fatations, or fatidicall divinations.
- 8. Of the sundry natures, customes, and manners of men, either quite contrary, or nothing according to the posi∣tions, conjunctions, dominations, and dispositions of the Starres.
- 9. Of Magicians and Astrologers, the most perverse and pestilent Hereticks: and their Magick and Astrologie, the greatest causes or confirmations of their blasphe∣mous and nefarious Heresies.
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10. Of the inveterate malice, and envy of Magicall ope∣rators, and Astrologicall diviners, in maligning, defa∣ming, opposing and persecuting the Church; and more especially the Ministers of
Christ. -
11. Of the divining envy, dissimulation, calumny, blas∣phemy, and enmity, not onely against Christian Reli∣gion, but even against
Christ himselfe. - 12. Magicians, Astrologers, Diviners, Diabolically prae∣dicting, maliciously envying, malefically imprecating, and venefically murdering, such as inhibited, opposed, confuted, contradicted them, or their arts. That is, either by violence, treachery, or sorcery, seeking, and venturing their adversaries destruction: whether they were Kings or Priests, Christians or Persians.
- 13. Of oraculous arts, and divinatory artifices, silenced, and confounded, at the presence, and by the vertue of wise and holy men and things.
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14. Of such as apostated from, or were excommunicated out of the Church of
Christ, because of Magick and Astrologie. - 15. Of those that have retracted, recanted, repented of the study, practice, and consult of Magick and Astro∣logie: and that either fruitfully, or unfruitfully, despe∣rately, or contritely.
- 16. Of Magicians and Astrologers idolatrous account; and other vain, confident, and servile superstitions they wrought in simple and credulous men.
- 17. Of the severall waies that have been used, whereby to direct, dispose, determine, moderate, remedy, or prevent superstitious hopes or feares; as concerning prodigies, and prognostications.
- 18. Of humane reason, and prudence (much more Chri∣stian wisdome) making more probable, and pertinent conjectures, presages, interpretations; then can all the art and artifice of Magick and Astrologie.
- 19. Of Magicall and Astrologicall Artists, and their Arts, wittily derided, wisely rejected, and worthily con∣temned.
- 20. Of the absurd and ridiculous reasons, which have been rendred by Mag-astro-mancers, both for the rules of their art, and their practice upon those rules, and the events upon those practices; yea, and the re∣medies of those events.
- 21. Of Magicians, Astrologers, Diviners, envying, op∣posing, differing, contradicting, confuting both them∣selves, and one another.
- 22. Of jugling predictions, forged divinations, and lu∣dibrious mock-charms, as operative as the rest; and all alike effectuall, not from themselves; but from the Agents, or Patients superstition, and credulity.
- 23. Of the aenigmaticall, obscure, amphibolicall, am∣biguous, and aequivocating (sc. so deluding speeches, studiously and industriously delivered, by oraculous, magicall, sorcerous, and astrologicall predictors, or diviners.
- 24. Of things falling out quite contrary to Magicall and Astrologicall Prognostications or Predictions: and thereupon the Magastromancers themselves justly re∣warded by divers, for their delusive way.
- 25. Of the Heavens calculating their own purport, with∣out the helpe of an Artist: and the suspition of Mag∣astromancers predicting rather by diabolicall instinct, or the suggestion of their own Familiars, then from any vertue of the starres.
- 26. Of Astromancers turning Pantomancers; or presa∣ging, not onely upon prodigies, but upon every slight occasion, by every vile and vaine means: and so occa∣sioning superstitious people to an omination upon every accident, and after any fashion.
- 27. Of the treasons, treacheries, conspiracies, seditious ambitions, usurpations, turbulencies, and busie medlings, of Magicall and Astrologicall diviners, against Princes, Magistrates, Kingdomes and States.
- 28. Of impostorous Magicke and Astrologie, the causes of preposterous villany: or the Magastromancers instiga∣ting to those execrable acts, which otherwise had never been invented, or intended: And other cursed consequents.
- 29. Of Magastromancers eluding Authority; and deluding themselves in a presumption of impunity.
- 30. Of God, and the Starres, and men, blasphemed, accused, calumniated, defamed, by, or by the means of Magici∣ans, and Astrologers.
- 31. Of praestigious Magicians and Astrologers, prodigi∣ously practising their arts, for the promotion of their own and others filthy lusts.
- 32 Of the base sordid flattery, and corrupt covetousness of Magical and Astrological Diviners; as also of Chy∣mical promisers, and presuming deluders.
- 33. Of the infamy, danger, misery, and ruine of such as have affectedly favoured, or preferred, and superstiti∣ously credited, or consulted Magicall and Astrologicall predictors.
- 34. Of an evill Art, worst to the Artists: or the just pu∣nishment; and dreadfull judgements befalling praestigi∣ous Magicians, and fatidicall Astrologers.
- 35. Of the reformation of Magick and Astrology, as well in Pagan States, as Christian Churches: with a Caveat (in conclusion) to English-men, for to beware of Astro∣logicall Magicians, or Magicall Astrologers; as to re∣deem the old scandall, and prevent the new calumny, of their superstitious addiction to Soothsaying Prophecies and predictions.