Arabic, 663;
medieval, 52, 569
Endor, witch of, 385, 448, 464, 469-71, 506, 509-10, 629, 635
Entrails, see Intestines, Liver divination
Ephesus, 259-62
Ephod, 448
Epic, 16, 18
Epicurean, 138, 150, 283, 408, 441
Epidaurus, 329
Epilepsy, 69, 87, 90, 173, 235, 238, 536, 578-81, 614, 723, 726, 730,
735-6, 754-6, 779
Epitome, 495, 554-5, 568-9, 594, 603ff.
Er, vision of, 212
Erataoth, a spirit, 367
Eretrians, 260
Eridu, 15
_Erigeron_, an herb, 89
_Erystion_, an herb, 598
Essenes, 405
Ether, 254, 373;
and see Heaven
Ethics, 602
Ethiopia and Ethiopic, 141, 245, 256, 283, 327, 341, 345, 398, 435,
498, 554, 558-60, 654, 658, 744
Etruscan, 467, 630
Etymology, 625
Eucharist, 369
Eucrates, 280-1
Eugenianus, 133
Eugenics, 414
_Eumeces_, a gem, 81
Euphrates, a philosopher, 246, 253, 263;
and see Tigris-
Eustachian tube, 576
Evangelists, four, 502, 674, 721
Eve, 350, 511, 681
Evil, problem of, 305, 309, 349;
eye, see Fascination
Evolution, doctrine of, 149, 493
Ewe hop plant, 722
Excommunication, 542
Excrement, human, 74, 143, 573;
and see Dung
Exercise, physical, 587
Exorcism, 18, 24, 280, 299, 368, 386, 435, 533-4, 682, 722
Experience, Experiment, Experimental method, and magic, 57, 431-2, 447,
469, 540;
in Pliny, 53-7, 83, 88;
Ptolemy, 106-7;
Galen, 118, 121, 144-63, 169, 173, 175, 179;
Vitruvius, 187;
Hero, 190;
Greek alchemists, 198;
Plutarch, 213;
Apuleius, 237;
Simon Magus, 420-2;
Firmicus, 532;
post-classical medicine, 569, 573, 578-80, 583-7;
Dioscorides, 606;
Macer, 615;
Arabic, 644-6, 657, 669;
early medieval medicine, 734-5, 738, 753-4;
arts and alchemy, 762, 765-70;
and see Empiric, Observation
Eye complaints and cures, 56, 82, 87, 98, 166, 175, 289, 325, 490,
496, 536, 586, 589-90, 640, 670, 720, 755, 779;
evil, see Fascination
Eyebrow, 151, 159, 175
Eyelash, 92, 151
_Facies_, astrological, 710, 716
Faith, requisite in magic, 644
Falernian wine, 132, 586
Familiar spirit, see Spirit
Family, 300
Famine, 603
Fascination, 71, 83, 217, 294, 324
Fasting, 78, 82, 93, 174, 593, 705
Fat, 67, 91, 130, 168, 755
Fate, 181, 240, 306, 310, 315-6, 353, 375, 620
Fates, three, 210, 565
Faust, Faustus, or Faustinianus, 404, 406, 413, 417
Feather, 70, 236
Fee, physician’s, 670, 684, 688, 740
Fennel, 722;
tasted by snake, 74, 490, 626
Fern, 80, 769
Festival, 22, 107
Fever, 18, 49, 65-6, 71, 89, 91, 141, 536, 569, 575, 668, 720, 727,
759;
and see Quartan, Tertian
Fibula, 301
Fifty, 356, 383
Fig-tree, see Bull, tamed by
Figure, 709-10;
human, 723;
and see Image, Mannikin, Statue
_Fili_, Irish, 640
Finger, middle, 589, 592;
use of two, 583
Fire, the element, 88, 229, 310, 417;
marvelous, 252, 256, 368;
at Rome in 192 A. D., 125, 134;
universal, 104;
not burned by, 416
Fire engine, 192
Firmament, see Heaven;
Waters above the
First-born, 581
Fish, 30, 49, 74, 77, 218, 236-7, 260, 325-6, 469, 589, 636, 657, 756
Five, 92, 169, 357, 383, 590
Flea, 605
Float, 192
Flood, 16, 340, 475, 493
_Florilegia_, 618
Fluxion, 583
Fly, insect, 76, 175, 408
Flying, 397;
of Simon Magus, 416-7, 422-7
Foam, of snake, 67;
horse, 70, 86, 589
Folk-lore, 300, 567, 587, 722-3, 732
Foot, 580;
and see Barefoot
Form, 487, 542
Fossil shells, 493
Fotis, 229
Fountain, marvelous, 102, 318, 347, 546, 769
Four, 91, 356, 674-5, 728, 767
Fox, 80, 89, 90, 168, 490
Franklin, Benjamin, 414
Frederick I, Barbarossa, emperor, 477
Free-Masonry, 183
Free will, see Will
Frenzy, 755
Frog, 68, 80, 90, 92, 159, 168, 231, 491, 508, 588, 591, 656
Fruit, 85, 142, 599, 724
Fumigation, 69, 282, 512, 740, 779
Funeral, 214
Furnace, 81, 393, 434, 657, 764
Future life, 8, 25, 47;
and see Soul, immortality of
Gabriel, angel, 343, 367, 447, 452, 454
_Gagates_, a gem, 154, 495, 724, 779
_Gaia Seia_, 599
_Galactis_, 294
_Galactites_, 329
Gall, 68, 71, 587, 726, 764-6
Gall nut, 467
Games, Greek national, 186, 201
Ganges, 258
_Garamantica_, a gem, 97
Garlic, 213, 722
Gas, 55, 142
Gate, city, 591, 600
Gaudentius, 404
Gaul, 46, 76, 92, 568, 597, 672, 776;
and see Druid
Gazelle, 68, 70, 87
Gehenna, 367
Gem, Assyrian, 20;
Pliny, 68, 70-1, 80-1;
Apollonius, 254-8;
Orphic, 293-6;
Gnostic, 27, 378-80;
Pseudo-Plutarch, 216;
Solinus,328-9;
St. John and, 398;
Origen, 460;
Epiphanius, 495-6;
Augustine, 511;
in medicine, 590;
Pseudo-Dioscorides, 611, 654;
_Geoponica_, 605;
Isidore, 626-7;
found in animals, 75, 294, 603, 737, 740, 755, 772, 779;
Marbod, chap, xxxiv;
and see Consecration;
Image, engraved on;
and names of individual gems
Genealogical table, 624
Generation, spontaneous, 86, 219, 238, 324, 509, 511;
of various animals, 408-9, 460;
in fire, 102, 324;
human, 211;
and corruption, 210;
ruled by stars, 97;
organs of, used in magic, 11, 68-9, 356;
and see Child-birth, Conception, Eugenics, Private parts
Genethlialogy, 115, 273, 353, 412, 456, 513, 517, 560, 622, 629, 703,
708, 781
Genius, see Spirit, orders of
Gentiles, 479, 674, 771
Geocentric theory, 32, 105, 488
Geography, discussed by Pliny, 43-4;
Ptolemy, 105-7;
Philostratus, 244;
Solinus, 327;
other ancient, 488;
Ethicus, 600-4;
other medieval, 707
Geology, 493
Geomancy, 314, 343, 629, 648, 685
Geometry, 122-3, 126, 185, 318, 536, 542, 619, 663, 70
Gerard, archbishop of York, 689, 782
Germ of disease, 219
German, invaders, 148, 351;
language, 498, 728;
scholarship, 15-6, 30-1, 350, 684
Germany, 45, 557
Ghost, 233, 263, 280, 455, 540, 705;
and see Necromancy;
Endor, witch of
Giant, 254, 407, 430
Girdle or ungirded, 69, 87, 284, 512, 599
Girl, magic power of, 216;
and see Virgin
Githrife, an herb, 722
Gladiator, 124, 149, 581, 673
Glass, Egyptian, 12;
Roman, 590, 762;
medieval, 729, 764-7;
gems of, 781;
and see Stained
Glaucon, 143, 161
_Glossopetra_, a gem, 98
Glue, 765
Gnostic and Gnosticism, chap. xv, 197, 211, 290, 298, 305, 360, 397,
405, 411, 472, 547, 584, 661, 720
Goat, 69, 87, 130, 168, 213, 218, 256, 325, 367, 467, 490, 581-2, 729,
755, 759, 765-9;
and see Adamant and blood of
Goblet, 258
God and gods, antiquity of belief in, 5-6, 203;
animal, 14, 283, 503;
celestial, 14, 17, 25-6, 289, 309, 530;
and nature, 409; and man, 206, 208, 254, 274, 416;
and Roman emperors, 130, 529;
and art, 486;
and magic, 8, 230, 235-6, 249, 312, 320, 543;
Pliny concerning, 47, 97;
Seneca, 103;
Galen, 139, 151, 167, 180;
Plutarch, 210;
Gnostic, 362, 375;
Christian attitude to pagan, 317;
Firmicus, 527-30;
Boethius, 621;
name of, 599;
winged, 301;
and see Apollo and other individual names of gods, Christ, First
cause, Trinity, etc.
Goetia, 22, 247, 250, 505
Gold, 69, 78-81, 215, 257, 301, 325, 386, 590, 599, 739, 755;
chap. xxxiii;
and see Alchemy
Gonorrhoea, 536
Goose, 168, 301
Gorgon, 301
Gothic art, 501-2, 761
Gout, 81, 142, 277, 284, 571, 575, 579-81, 755
Grafting, 55
Grain, 325
Grammar, 535, 596, 612, 625
Grasshopper, 491
Gravitation, 481
Greece and Greek, magic, 20-8, 58;
science, 28-32, 46-7, 51, 62, 64;
culture, 274, 283;
animals, 73;
language, ancient, 154, 186, 222-3, 377, 420;
language, medieval, 331-2, 625
Greek church, 397, 735
Greek fire, 256-7
Griffin, 257, 325
Grimoald, abbot, 613
Groin, 71, 590
Ground, see Earth, Underground
Gruel, 142
Guadalquivir, 254
Gull, 159
Gum, 468
Gyges, 257
Gymnosophists, 247, 251, 260, 564
Gynecology, see Women, diseases of
Hades, see Underworld
Hadrian, emperor, 136, 200, 244, 318
Hail, see Weather
Hair, 69-70, 81, 151, 159, 176, 581;
net, 175, 213;
tonic, 738
Halcyon days, 255, 491
_Halicacabum_, 77
Hallucination, 509
Ham, son of Noah, first magician, 414
Hand, laying on of, 386;
and see Left, Right
Handkerchief, 213, 386
Hangman’s noose, 71
Hare, 159, 169, 253, 580
Harewort, 722
Harp, magic, 773
Harran, 661-2
_Haruspex_, 95, 104, 511, 513, 534, 629
Hathor goddesses, 14
Hatto, bishop of Vich, 704
Hawk, 74, 314, 332, 561
Hawkweed, 74, 332
Hazel rod, 725-6, 730
Head, habit of inclining, 659;
magical speaking, 662, 705
Headache, 18, 71, 92, 175, 591
Hearsay, 585
Heart, physiology of, 30, 146-9, 153, 737;
used in medicine and magic, 70, 89, 727
Heat and Hot, 140, 142, 161, 175-6, 191;
and see Qualities
Heathen, see Pagan
Heatherberry, 722
Heaven and Heavens, one or many? 16, 345, 363, 365, 372, 382, 459,
487-8, 709;
empyrean, 484;
and see Music of spheres, Star, Universe, Waters above the firmament
Hebdomad, sacred, 16, 365, 380
Hebrew, 554, 577-8, 709, 711, 749;
and see Jew
Hecate, 215, 280
Hedge, 91
Hedge-hog, 325, 502, 734
Hedgerife, 722
Helen, Simon’s, 363-5
Helena, empress, 477
Helenus, seer, 294
Heliocentric theory, 32, 97
Heliotrope, an herb, 65, 87, 636
Hell, see Underworld
Hellebore, 74, 490, 636
Hellene and Hellenism, 20-1, 245, 541
Hellenistic, 16, 22, 30-2, 39, 51, 183, 189, 288, 294
Hemlock, the poison, 490
Hemorrhage, 536, 576
Hen, omen from, 231
Henbane, 722
Hera, goddess, 429
Heracles, 251, 546, 582
Heracleidae, 541
Herb, Egyptian, 10;
Assyrian, 19-20;
Greek, 23;
Cretan, 129;
sacred, 76, 178;
Anglo-Saxon, 722;
Pliny, 54-7, 65-7, 76-9;
Galen, 154, 167;
Plutarch, 215-6;
Apuleius, 229;
Orphic, 295-6, 429-30;
Gnostic, 371;
Nectanebus, 561, post-classical medicine, 583, 591;
_Herbarium of Apuleius_, 597-9;
Pseudo-Dioscorides, 606;
Macer, 614-5;
used by animals, 324-5, and see Animals, remedies employed by;
conjuration of, 583;
plucking of, 57, 65, 93, 160, 173, 252, 291, 583, 614, 626, 721,
724, 727, 729
Herbal, 596-9
Herbalist, 79, 128
Hercules, see Heracles
Heredity, 75, 253; and see Atavism
Herefridus, 635
Heresy, chap. xv, 488, 494, 507-8
_Hermesias_, a compound, 84
Hermogenes the magician, 435
Hero, a kind of spirit, 180-1, 309-10, 469, 546
Herod the king, 473, 479
Heron, 218, 324
Hind, 279, 721
Hippomanes, 324
Hippopotamus, 75, 169
History and Historians, relation to this investigation, 201;
Roman, 14, 94, 96, 201, 602;
omens and portents in, 14, 675;
attitude to, of Empirics, 156;
Vitruvius, 185;
Lucian, 285-6;
Cicero, 274;
Horapollo, 333-4;
of medicine, 153, 156, 735;
of philosophy, 180;
of astronomy, 537, 707;
of alchemy, 195;
ages of, 383, 648, 675, 709;
astrological interpretation of, see Conjunctions, Planets,
_Magnus Annus_;
quantitative method and source-analysis in, 533ff.;
medieval attitude to, 617;
harlequins of, 359
Holy Ghost or Spirit, 363-4, 372, 397, 447
Holy salt, 722, 727
Holy wafer, 729
Holy water, 434, 721, 724, 727, 735
Honey, 66, 68, 70, 76, 129, 142, 229, 295, 599;
Attic and Hymettus, 132
Honoratus, 638
Hoopoe, 324
Horaeus, 367
Horn, 496, 586, 599, 722;
magic drinking, 191, 255
Horoscope, 14, 115, 209, 315, 516, 532, 560, 630
Horse, 55, 70, 86, 168, 589, 722, 730, 767;
and see Mare
Horus, 195
Hour, observance of, 712, 714, 726
House, astrological, 114, 397
Household magic, 9, 69;
and see Door, Threshold, Wall, etc.
Human body, symmetry of, 184, 519;
eight parts of, 452, 720;
use of parts of, 61, 81, 167, 229, 573;
and see Blood; Sacrifice, human;
Saliva, Sweat, etc.
Humanism, 20, 338
Humors, 536, 738
Hyacinth, a gem, 496, 656
Hydromancy, 233, 505, 629, 779-80
Hydromel, 79
Hydrophobia, 56, 169, 171, 496, 574;
and see Dog, mad
Hydroscope, 542
Hydrostatic balance, 761
Hyena, 67, 69-70, 332, 396, 587, 605, 728
Hymn, 18, 23, 317-8, 374, 433, 441, 640
Hypatia, 541
Hyperborean, 280, 413
Hyphasis, river, 256
Hyrcanian Sea, 488
Ialdabaoth, 367, 383
Iao, Iaoth, etc., 367, 379-80, 583
Iarchas the Brahman, 251ff.
Ichneumon, 74, 218, 575
Idolatry, 421, 433, 452, 475, 603;
and see Image
Ikhnaton, 9
Illuminated manuscripts, 498, 502, 547, 597, 676, 746
Image, engraved and astrological, 173, 267, 292, 316, 443, 579, 582,
645-6, 664-6;
Apuleius’ wooden, 233;
Egyptian mannikins, 8;
sacrificial, 261;
mystic seal, 367, 378, 382;
of wax, 10, 19, 25, 560-3;
other magic, 10, 19, 236, 280, 314, 344, 441, 769
Imagination, power of, 644, 660
Iman, doctrine of the hidden, 356
Immortality, see Soul
Impotence, 391
Incantation, antiquity of, 6;
Egyptian, 8, 12-4;
Assyrian, 17-9;
in Pliny, 69-72, 79, 88, 92-4;
Galen, 166, 173-4;
Apuleius, 230, 233, 239;
other classical authors, 25, 253, 257, 279-81, 314;
Gnostic, 299, chap. xv;
Jewish and early Christian, 352, 398, 418-9, 437, 442-3, 449-50,
463, 492, 510, 512;
pseudo-literature and post-classical medicine, 537, 560-1, 568, 573,
579-83, 588-93, 598-9, 605;
Arabic, 654-5;
early medieval, 596, 626-9, 675, 696;
in medicine, chap. xxxi, 754, 759;
alchemy, 769-70;
old Irish, 640;
and see Words, power of
Incense, 722
Incest, 475, 754
Incubus, 574
India, chap. viii;
science of, 31;
drugs from, 84, 132;
home of Magi, 476-7;
marvels of, 325-6, 496, 564, 756;
occult science of, 652-6, 710, 763;
miscellaneous, 503, 744
Indigestion, 779
Industry, and magic, 12, chap. xxxiii
Infant, exposure of, 147;
ailments, 69, 169, 615
Ink, invisible, 467
Innocent III, pope, 759
Insanity, 216, 536, 585, 755, 779;
and see Frenzy, Lunacy, etc.
Insomnia, 90
Instruments, scientific, 107, 751;
and see Musical
Intent, as a factor in magic, 644-6
Interrogations, astrological, 713-4
Intestines, 87-8, 175, 409, 414, 592
Inventions, 44, 149, 187-9, 426, 604
Invisible, to become, 71, 251, 416, 562, 638, 640;
writing, 265
Invocation, see Necromancy and Spirit
Iris, 132
Iron, magic use of, 66, 69-71, 81, 89, 213, 765, 769;
taboo of, 78, 81, 92, 614;
oxide of, 130;
quenching hot, 713, 756
Isaac the patriarch, 437
Ishmaelite, 711
Isis, goddess, 195, 223, 280, 300, 546, 559
Island, floating, 102
Ismuc, 183
Israel, twelve tribes of, 495
Istria, 601-2
Itacius, bishop, 381
Italian Renaissance, see Renaissance
Italians and Italy, 184, 557
Iunx, 265-7
Ivory, 301, 599
Ivy, 767-8
Jacob the patriarch, 354, 358, 444;
and Esau, 369, 479, 514
Jambres, Jamnes, or Jannes, the magician, 59, 431, 461
James, brother of Jesus, 392, 401, 403, 405
James the Great, St., 434-6
Jannes the magician, see Jambres
Jared, and magic, 415
Jasper, 294, 572
Jaundice, 49, 217, 536
Jealousy, see Animal, and Professions, learned
Jeremiah, legend of, 399
Jerusalem, 393, 399, 415, 423, 477
Jesus, see Christ
Jew and Jewish, 219, 434, 436, 465, 474-5, 583, 746, 762, 773, 781;
magic, 59, 437-9, 449;
religion, 137;
tradition, 473
Jewelry, 301;
and see Gem
John the Baptist, 364, 737
John, duke of Campania, 557
Jonathan, 471
Joseph the patriarch, his coat of many colors, 352, 358;
divining cup, 386;
dream, 354, 358, 385
Joseph, father of Jesus, 393
Joseph, mentioned by Epiphanius, 434
Judea, see Palestine
Judas Iscariot, 391
Juggler, 230, 312-3, 352, 437
Juliana Anicia, 606
Juno, goddess, 546
Jupiter, planet, 97, 184
Justina, 431-3
Karnak, 559
Khîrgeh, 559
Kid, 393
Kidney, 294
King, prediction for, 17, 66;
to gain favor of, 19, 67, 71, 89, 294;
magic power of, 83, 476, 479;
and alchemy, 13, 195
Kiss, 88, 391, 589
Knife, 545, 722, 727;
surgical, 149
Knot, in divination, 7;
other magic, 19, 25, 66, 69, 71, 592, 661
Kruno, a star, 346
_Labartu_, 18
Laboratory, 228
Lacedaemon, 429, 602
Ladder, 368
Laelius, 274
Lamb, 561, 769
_Lamia_, 263
Lamp, 129, 380;
experiment with, 55;
inextinguishable, marvelous, etc., 192, 214, 231, 239;
and see Candle
Land and water on earth’s surface, 54, 105, 254, 488
Language of birds and beasts, learning, 257, 261, 294-5, 430
Laodicea, unguent of, 133
Lar, 80, 546
_Laser_, a simple, 83
Laurel, 229, 324, 332, 424, 571, 588
Lavinian grove, 326
Law, and magic, 2, 6, 95;
Roman, 167-8, 224, 233-4, 277, 527, 568;
of nature, 272, 350, 530-1;
Mosaic, 395, 459;
national, 376;
early German, 593;
a medieval lawsuit, 688
Lead, 657, 757, 764;
application of, 574, 590;
glazing, 762;
tablets, 28, 366, 724
Leaves, falling, effect on dreams, 206
Lebadea, 249
Lectionary, 476
Lecture-notes, 134
Leech, 724
Left, hand etc. used or preferred, 65-6, 78, 82, 88, 90, 92, 173, 216,
231, 325, 332, 580, 583, 591-2, 722, 726
Legends of saints, chaps. xvi, xviii, 637;
and see names of individuals
Legislation, 2, 25, 59, 95, 126, 194, 293, 415, 505;
and see Law
Lentils, 369
Lemnos, 130-2, 154, 242, 264
Lent, 678
Leopard, 256
Leprosy, 171, 219, 390, 392, 536
Letter, see Alphabet, Vowel
Lettuce, 639
Lever, 192
Leviathan, 346-7, 367
Levitation, 251-2, 394, 427
_Libanotis_, an herb, 495
Libation, 431
Libraries, ancient, 15, 27, 125, 134-5;
medieval, 617-8, 743
Ligatures and suspensions, 65, 68, 70-2, 80, 89-90, 94, 173, 175, 204,
279, 294, 572, 579, 591, 598, 611, 614, 654-6, 726, 729-30, 740,
755-6, 759;
condemned, 512, 630
Light, 191, 488, 720;
and see Radiation
Lightning, 71, 95, 102, 738
_Ligusticum_, 613
Like cures like, 68, 86, 94
Lily, 68
Linen, use of, 88, 90, 230, 249, 260, 378, 560, 581, 598
Liniment, 586
Lion, habits and traits, 74, 256, 319, 326, 332, 367, 394, 636;
roar of, 491;
use of parts of, 67, 70, 168, 279, 726, 755;
whelps of, 255, 491;
amours of lioness, 74;
figure of, 582;
made by magic, 215;
lion-faced, 364
_Liparaios_, a gem, 295
Litany, 721
Liturgy, 398, 476
Liver, disease, 536, 591;
divination, 17, 25, 249, 272, 313, 318, 430, 458, 466
Lizard, 68, 92, 238, 324, 494, 574, 581, 589-91
Logic, 154-5, 157-9;
magic, 10-1, 72, 214
_Logos_, doctrine of, 350
Loigaire, king, 640
Lollianus Avitus, 223
Lollianus Mavortius, 525ff., 537
Longevity, 141, 170, 176, 207, 537
Looking around, 591
Loosing bonds, etc., 265, 416, 449, 779
Lord’s Prayer, 598, 721, 724-6, 729-30, 736
Lot-casting, 77, 112, 539, 727;
and see Geomancy and _Sortes sanctorum_ (other index)
Lotapes, a magician, 59
Lot’s wife, 583
Love charms and potions, 22, 76, 94, 201, 215, 217, 236, 258, 295, 368,
370
Lucifer, 636
Lucius, hero of _Golden Ass_, chap. vii
Lucius Verus, emperor, 124
Lucullus, 94, 201
Lumbago, 90, 175
Luna, goddess, 236, 417;
and see Helen, Simon’s
Lunacy, 536, 727, 754;
and see Insanity
Lung, 148, 536, 727
Lupin, 722
Lutheran, 447
_Lychnis_ and _Lychnites_, a gem, 257, 295
Lycia, 154, 325, 765
Lycurgus, 283
Lynx, 81, 325, 620
Lyre, 356
Macedon, 278, 560
Machine, 182, 187;
and see Mechanical
Maerotis, lake, 349
Magi, in Pliny, 64-72, 80, 84;
of Persia and the east, 228, 235-6, 247, 250, 266, 295, 352, 416,
450, 763;
who came to the Christ child, 372, 396, 443-4, 471-9, 506, 518-9,
730
Magic (only leading passages where magic in general is discussed under
that name are here included), preliminary definition, 4-6;
primitive, 5-6;
Egyptian, 7-12;
Babylonian and Assyrian, 15-9, 33;
Greek and Roman, 20-8;
Pliny, 44, 58-64;
Plutarch, 203;
Apuleius, 234-7;
Philostratus, 247-50;
Neo-Platonists, 299-300;
Enoch, 343;
Philo, 352;
heretics and Gnostics, 361;
church fathers, 414-20, chap. xix, 466-9, chap. xxii;
Nectanebus, 560;
Isidore, 628-30;
Alkindi, 643-6;
as an art or discipline, 312, 420, 443;
relation to science and medicine, 60-64, 236, 312, 330, 432, 511,
534-5, 644;
use of materials, 65-70, 441, 508;
procedure, 68-71, 506;
false and illusive, 61, 418, 423-4, 431-2, 440, 464-8, 509;
evil and criminal, 61-2, 313, 344, 377, 431-2, 439, 505, 539, 543;
good or natural, 235, 352;
marvelous results, 66-7, 70-1, 506;
reality of, 506;
history of, 58-9, 414-5, 628-9;
immunity from, 440, 448-9
Magnet, 81, 85, 213, 469, 511, 581, 636, 644, 657, 668, 765, 780
_Magnus annus_, 26, 180, 210, 333, 372, 384, 456, 543
Majoram, 490
_Maleficium_, 234-5, 381, 506, 603, 629
Mambres, a magician, 461
_Mana_, 6
Mandaeans, 383-4, 450
Mandragora, 22, 231, 258, 597, 607, 626, 740
Manes, a kind of spirits, 546
Manes or Mani, founder of Manicheism, and Manicheism, 381-2, 398, 409,
513
Mansions of moon or sun, 693, 713, 715
_Mantike_, 259;
and see Divination
Manuscripts, of Pliny, 51-2;
Ptolemy, 106, 108-10;
Galen, 134-5;
Gentile da Foligno, 164;
Greek alchemy, 194-6;
Apuleius, 241;
Aelian, 322;
Solinus, 326-8;
Hermes and Enoch, 291, 340;
Manichean, 383;
_Apocrypha_, 387-9;
_Recognitions_, 401ff.;
Basil and Ambrose, 484;
_Physiologus_, 498ff.;
Firmicus, 532;
and Book III _passim_
Maps, 107, 114, 707
Marble, 729
Marcus Aurelius, emperor, 124-5, 130, 148
Marcus the heretic, 369-70
Marcus of Memphis, 381
Mare, 87, 324, 332, 511
Marinus, duke of Campania, 557
Market-place, magic of, 437, 440
Marriage, 685, 688
Mars, planet, 78, 97, 184
Marsi, 172, 511
Martin of Tours, St., 381
Martyr and Martyrdom, 428, 433, 512, 555
Mary Magdalene, 364
Mary, Virgin, 390, 724
Mass, sacrament of, 13, 722
Mathematical method, 107
Mathematics, 154, 535-6
_Mathematicus_, 464, 513, 532, 534, 632, 717, 781
_Mathesis_, 411, 632, 704
Matter, 111, 199, 305, 309, 349, 487, 542, 643, 763
Mavortius, see Lollianus
Maximilian II, emperor, 607
Maximus, emperor, 381
Meal, 314;
evening, 482
Measles, 668
Measurement, 144;
and see Instruments, Time
Meat offered to idols, 452
Mecca, 337
Mechanical devices and toys, 167, 426;
Applied Science; see Bird, mechanical; Machine
Mede and Medea, 21, 65, 215, 295, 324, 329, 780
Medicine, chaps. iv, v, xxxi, xxxii, 289, 535-6, 542;
Egypt, 10-2;
Babylonian and Assyrian, 18;
and magic, 25, 70,
and see Magic;
Pliny, 72;
Greek, 318;
Apuleius, 221, 237;
Brahmans, 252-3;
Lucian, 279, 284;
Solinus, 329;
church fathers and theologians, 460-3, 593, 617;
and see Animal, remedies employed by; Astrological; Compound;
Disease; History; Pharmacy; Poison; Simple; etc.
Medicine man, 5, 227
Medinet Habu, 559
Medium, 297, 467
Medulla, 660
_Mela_, see _Taxo_
Melancholy, 137, 536, 756
_Melanteria_, 132
Melothesia, 712
Memory, 303, 660
Memphis, 198, 430
Menander the heretic, 368, 421
Menippus, 263
Menstrual fluid, 82, 369, 573
Merchant, 214, 245, 710
Mercury, god, 233, 236, 630,
and see Hermes;
metal, 764,
and see Quicksilver;
planet, 318, 383
Meroë, a witch, 226
Merovingian, 616, 672
Mesraim, first magician, 414
Messiah, 355, 383
Messina, 445, 710
Metal and Metallurgy, 44, 102, 198, 346, 463, 767;
and see Alchemy; Planets and; and the names of individual metals
Metamorphosis, see Transformation
Meteor, 103
Meteorology, 44, 636
Methodism, in medicine, 155, 735
Michael, an angel, 367, 447, 452
Michael, bishop of Tarazona, 652
Microcosm, 382, 411, 530, 633, 709, 712
Midday, see Noon
Middle Ages, influence in, of Pliny, 51-3, 56, 73, 85, 595, 628, 635;
Seneca, 100;
Ptolemy, 109;
Galen, 161, 180, 572-4;
Hero, 188;
_De placitis philosophorum_, 180;
Apollonius, 267;
Solinus, 326;
early Christian literature, 338;
Enoch, 340-2;
Philo, 351;
_Apocrypha_, 389-90;
Simon Magus, 427;
legends of saints, 435;
Basil, 484;
_Physiologus_, 497ff.;
Augustine, 504;
Alexander legend, chap. xxiv;
post-classical medicine, 571, 576-8, 584;
Ethicus, 601-4;
Dioscorides, 606-12;
Boethius, 618-20;
Isidore, 623, 630-1;
Arabic learning, 646, 663, chap. xxx, 732;
Constantinus Africanus, 743, 754;
Greek learning, 734;
and see Classical heritage; Greek, medieval; Textual history;
Translation
Midnight, 248
Milan, 477
Mildew, 80
Milesian tales, 225
Milk, cow’s, 229, 295;
woman’s, 82, 175, 587, 729, 759, 763;
other, 721, 767
Milk-stone, 294
Milo, 779
Milt, see Spleen
Mind, 210, 531, 654
Mine and Mining, 132, 142, 344
Mineralogy, 606
Minerva, 79
Minotaur, 603, 636
Mint, wild, 57
Miracle, 8, 327, 541, 637, 686;
distinguished from magic, 242, 265, 387-8, 417, 437-9, 465, 505;
by heretics, 507-8
Mirror, 180, 236, 417, 468, 644;
and see Divination by polished surfaces, Optics
Missal, 759
Misy, 132
Mistletoe, 23, 79
Mithra, 368, 429
Mithrobarzanes, a magician, 281
“Modern,” 717
Mohammed and Mohammedan, 139, 337, 356, 445, Chap. xxviii, 688
Mole, 63, 67, 70, 80-1, 88, 409, 494, 587
Monastery, Monasticism, and Monk, 505, 637-9, 679
Monkey, 148
Monreale, 427
Monster, 627
Mont, temple of, 559
_Montaster_, an herb, 598
Monte Cassino, 597, 610, 743ff.
Month, specified, 585, 588, 590, 676, 685-9, 728, 737, 774;
and see Moon, observance of
Montpellier, 109, 741
Monument, 565
Moon, addressed, 727;
affected by magic, 203, 225, 280, 308, 468, 492;
controls generation and corruption, 210, 219, 354, 633, 708;
day of the, 79, 572, chap. xxix;
duration of, 180, 702;
and Easter, 521;
observance of, 69-71, 78, 80, 90-1, 98, 178, 216, 283, 322, 324, 333,
364, 539, 580, 582, 590-2, 598-9, chap. xxix, 720, 724, 729, 756,
780;
relation to other planets and to the signs, 179, 211;
spots on, 354;
size of, 488;
and see Bleeding, Luna, Selene, Tide
Moon-earth, 765
Moon-god, 382
Moon-stone, 250
Moon-tree, 564
Moralizing, 101, 490, 638
Mortar, pounded in a, 82, 765
Mortuary magic, 8-9
Mosaic, 367, 427, 764
Mosaic law, see Law
Moses, see other index
Mother, goddess or Great, 216, 360
Mouse, 23, 80, 166, 175, 213, 325, 491, 587, 737;
field-, 98, 279;
shrew-, 76, 86, 88
Mountain, marvelous, 346-7;
magnetic, 756;
affected by magic, 226, 416
Mule, 88, 183, 390, 589, 736
Mullein, 490
Muscle, 145, 150, 580
Muses, 371
Mushroom, 219
Music, 319, 325, 534, 619, 744;
and magic, 6;
and medicine, 124;
and architecture, 185;
of the spheres, 26, 184, 193, 371, 487, 544, 622
Mutton-fat, 722
Mycenaean art, 301
Myriogenesis, 537
_Myrmecia_, a gem, 166
Myrrh, 586, 765
Mysia, 216
Mysteries, 139, 216, 221, 223, 243, 245, 248, 317, 360-1, 368, 377,
428-9;
and see Eleusis, Mithra
Mysticism, 211, 254-5, 677, 763
Mythology, and magic, 8, 21;
and astrology, 16, 282-3;
miscellaneous, 211, 215, 282, 294, 327, 407, 415-6, 545-6, 620
Nail, metal, 78, 81, 87, 90, 280, 581, 722
Nail parings, toe and finger, 71, 581
Names, see of Christ and God, and Words, power of
Nannacus, see Annacus
Nard, 169
Nativities, 25, 95, 104, 115, 185, 471, 559-60, 632, 679, 712
Nature, Pliny on, 42, 46-7;
Seneca, 101;
Galen, 150-1;
as a teacher, 155;
Plutarch, 210;
in contrast to fate, 375
Neck, stiff, 737
Necromancy, 21, 197, 228, 233, 264, 270, 280, 300, 419, 466, 539, 629,
705;
as proof of immortality, 416;
relation to science, 744
Nectabis, 463
Nectanebo or Nectanebus, chap. xxiv, 391, 463, 516, 704
Needle, copper, 590;
eye of, 396
Nektanebes, Nekht-Har-ehbet, Nekhte-nebof, 558-9;
and see Nectanebus
Neo-Latin, 732, 757
Neo-Platonism, chap. xi, 116, 208, 296-7, 349, 540, 544-5, 661
Nero, emperor, 61, 171, 201, 260, 262, 423-5, 553, 585
Nerva, emperor, 244
Nerve and nervous system, 145-6
Nestorian, 554
Nettle, 636, 768
_Neuri_, 330
Nias Island, 170
Niceta, a character in the _Recognitions_, chap. xvii
Nicias, 22, 204
Niello, 769
Night-shade, an herb, 581
Night time and magic, 68, 78, 129, 224-6, 234
Nigromancy, see Necromancy
Nikon, father of Galen, 122
Nile, 102, 179-80, 198, 254, 559;
horses, 169
Nimrod and magic, 413
Nine, 88, 371, 590, 592, 598, 721, 727
Nineveh, 243
Nitrate, 772
Nitro-muriatic acid, 772
Noah’s ark, 20;
and see Flood
Noon, 248, 755
Norman and Normandy, 427, 745
Nose, 576, 589
Notebook, 45-6;
and see Lecture notes
Notory art, 267
Nude and Nudity, 83, 93, 295, 565, 588
Numa, king, 274, 505
Number, observance of, and theory of perfect, 26, 69, 91, 178, 212,
258, 273, 317, 355-7, 370, 373, 383, 430, 441, 521, 544-5, 621, 627,
675;
and see Five, Four, Nine, Seven, Ten, Three
Numitor, king, 602
Nymph, 546
Oak, 493
Oath, 430
Obelisk, 558
Obscenity in magic and medicine, 61-2, 167-8, 204, 207, 236
Observation, Pliny, 48, 53-4;
magicians, 64-5;
Ptolemy, 105, 107, 110, 112;
Galen, 156;
reputed Chaldean, 95, 316;
Dioscorides, 606;
and see Experimental method
Obstetrics, see Child-birth
Occult virtue, discussions of and
references to of a general character, in Egypt, 10;
Pliny, 64-5, 75-6, 81, 89;
Galen, 169-70;
Vitruvius, 183;
Plutarch, 212-3;
Neo-Platonists, 304, 307, 311, 320, 542-3;
Brahmans, 257-8;
Marbod, 778-81;
miscellaneous, 441, 454, 468-9
Ocean, 489
_Ocimum_, an herb, 93
Oculist, 284, 670
Odor, foul, 536
Odysseus, 264, 281, 509, 629
Oea, 222ff.
Oil, 68, 90, 92, 130, 142, 154, 168-9, 171, 175, 213, 256, 373, 572,
606, 724, 779
Ointment, see Unguent
Old-wives, 166, 204, 234, 250, 272, 586;
and see Witch
Olybrius, emperor, 606
Olympias, mother of Alexander, 560ff.
Olympic games, 22, 102
Olympus, Mt., 198, 296, 429
Omens and portents, 14, 92, 178, 201, 231, 251, 254, 260, 318, 430,
471, 543, 560, 562, 675
One, Once, for the first time, 82, 92, 210, 582
Onesiphorus, 396
Onion, 20
Onoel, a spirit, 367
_Ophites_, a marble, 87
Ophites, a sect, 365, 383
Opium, 724
Opobalsam, 128
Optics, 108, 218, 237, 276, 669
Oracle, 21, 95, 203, 206-7, 253, 278, 295, 318, 432, 442, 466, 534,
627
Oratory, 535, 776
Ordeal, 386, 468, 759
_Oreites_, a gem, 295
Orestes, 324
Oreus, 365
Organ, musical, 187-8, 192
Oriental attitude, exaggerated estimate of, 20-1, 388
Originality, 569, 575, 616
_Origanum_, an herb, 218
Origenists, 461, 519
Oromazes, a magician, 236
Orphic rites, 296, 429
Osiris, 13, 196, 223, 233, 546
Ossifrage, 87
Ostrich, 636
Ouroboros, the encircling serpent, 197, 763
Owl, 63, 68, 70, 253
Ox, 468, 722, 755
Oxford, 642
Oxygen, 143
Oyster, 218
Padua, 164
_Paeanites_, a gem, 329
Paganism, 203, 294, 317, 327, 512, chap. xxiv, 661-2
Painting, 177, 187, 764
Palatine hill, 125, 134
Palermo, 427
Palestine, 132, 280, 438
Palimpsest, 553
Palm, 62, 230, 333, 636
Pamphile, a witch, 229ff.
Pamphylia, 132
Pan, the god, 251, 546
Panacea, 172
Pancrates, a magician, 280-1
_Pantarbe_, 252
Panther, 74, 256
Papacy, 705;
see Sixtus IV for patronage of learning by
Papyri, 12, 14, 22, 27-8, 193, 196, 365, 467, 686
Paradise, 367, 470, 488
Paralysis, 739;
of the face, 738;
tongue, 755
Parchment, 589, 729, 764
Pard, 74, 168
Paris, 642
Parrot, 575
Parthians, 373, 376
Partridge, 168, 324, 574
Pastoral magic, 70
_Paternoster_, see Lord’s Prayer
Pathology, 576
Paul the apostle, 405, 413, 424, 449, 505;
potion of, 739
Peacock, 574, 636
Pebble, 591
Pelican, 324
Pella, 278
Penalty, 293, 313, 433
Penance, 513
Pendant, 301
Peony, 78, 173, 614, 740, 756
Pepper, 169, 176, 256, 586, 637
Pergamum, 122, 124, 130, 136, 149, 171, 236
_Peristereos_, an herb, 77
Persecution, fear of, 194
Persia and Persian, 58, 66, 376, 451, 475, 479, 503, 553, 558, 744,
762
Personification, 198, 343
Perspective, see Optics
Peru, 7, 17
Peter the apostle, 231, chap xvii, 505
_Petroselinon_, 132
Phaethon, 283
_Phalangium_, an insect, 86
Phallic ritual, 308
Phantasm and Phantom, see Apparition, Ghost
Phanuel, an angel, 342
Pharaoh’s dream, 358;
magicians, 379, 385, 417, 438, 446, 464, 470, 506-8, 629
Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 10, 20, 83, 122, 133, 343, 413, 434, 610,
734-5
Phidias, 24, 407
Philae, 559
Philip of Macedon, 331, 560ff.
Philoctetes, 294
Philology, 535, 545
Philosopher’s stone, 52, 197, 398, 763;
and see Alchemy
Philosophy, Greek, 21;
and alchemy, 13, 199;
and magic, 24, 61, 234, 246, 310, 440, 535;
and astrology, 674;
and business, 97;
Seneca, 103;
Galen and pseudo-Galen, 123-4, 127, 133, 139, 146, 149-50, 176, 180;
Vitruvius, 185-6;
other mentions of, 220, 223, 279, 360, 416, 466, 471, 481, 485, 493,
536, 620, 707;
and see names of individuals (largely in other index) and schools.
Phlebotomy, see Bleeding
Phoebus, 620;
and see Apollo
Phoenicia, 438
Phoenix, 207, 257, 332-3, 347, 460
Phraotes, 258
Phrygia and Phrygian, 206, 430, 597, 630
Phylactery, 513
_Physica_, 512, 579-80
Physics, 644
Physiognomy, 26, 176, 179, 460, 668
Physiology, 145, 395, 657-60
Pig, 76, 85, 168, 219, 393, 587, 727, 729, 764, 766;
and see Swine
Pill, 739
Pillow, beneath one’s, 90
Pine-tree, 490, 493
Piper, 217
Pirronius, a magician, 604
Piston, 192
Place, observed in magic, 645
Plagiarism, 186, 483, 649, 742, 746-7
Plague, Galen and, 124, 142, 171;
of 1348 A. D., 164;
Apollonius and, 259, 391;
of 542 A. D., 575;
of Egypt, 325, 357, 491, 522, 685, 687, 696;
miscellaneous, 410, 432, 538-9, 600
Planetary week, 16, 513, 633
Planets, when distinguished, 13-4, 16;
properties of, 97, 113-4, 346, 383, 526, 529, 662, 711;
in Gnosticism, 361;
in art, 379;
and the metals, 347, 368, 709, 763, 767;
and herbs, 291;
position at creation, 711, 713;
and formation of foetus, see Child-birth
Plate, metal, 229, 386, 572, 582
Platonism, 221, 243, 456;
for Plato see other index
Pleiades, 179, 355, 636
Pleurisy, 738
Plough, 80
Pneumatics, 188
Poetry, 6, 95, 511, 535
Poison and Poisoning, relation to magic, 25, 61, 441;
to medicine, 56;
venomous human beings, 324;
safeguards against, 67, 70-1, 386, 614,
and see Antidote;
miscellaneous, 81, 86-7, 231-2, 397, 417, 460, 535, 565, 572, 574,
668, 721, 733
Polar star, 384
Polion, an herb, 77
Politics, 358, 666
Pompholyx, 132
Pontianus, 223-4
Pontiff, 124, 149
Pontus, drugs from, 87, 132
Poplar, 90
Poppy, bearing stones, 216
Population, 136
Pork, 142
Pot-herbs, 606
Potter and Pottery, 384, 433, 588-9
_Praestigium_, 630, 665
Praetor, 538
Prayer, 12, 79, 104, 219, 233, 382, 398, 412, 423, 426, 443, 457,
530-1, 589, 645, 671, 705, 728;
procuring answer to, 70, 294, 593, 779;
by others than man, 457;
to others than God, 260, 264, 303, 526, 598-9, 661;
of St. John, 721;
and see Lord’s Prayer, Incantation
Predestination, 514
Prefect, 526
Pregnant stone, 740
Presbyter, 437
Prescription, medical, 152, 159, 172
Presentation, literary and scientific, 570, 595, 625
Prester, John, 477
Priest, 9, 13, 15, 21, 79, 85, 131, 195, 197, 300, 386, 533, 754, 763,
766
Priscillianists, 478, 519
Private parts, 343, 536
Procharus, 397
Proconsul, 235, 527
Professions, learned, 5, 125-6, 186-7, 744
Prognostication, medical, 164
Prophecy and Prophet, 25, 77, 205, 230, 352, 370, 439, 447, 459, 465,
476, 479, 534
Proteus, 263
Psychology, 75, 144-5, 657-60
Ptah-Seker-Ausar, 233
Ptolemais, 541
Ptolemy, king of Egypt, 135
Pulse, 144-5, 430, 658
Pump, 187, 192
Punic, 597
Puppy, see Dog
Purging, 667;
the lungs, 143
Purification, 62, 204, 232, 441, 531, 598
Purple, 173, 197-8, 590-1, 604
Push-ball, 487
Pylades, 144-5
_Pyrethrum_, an herb, 614
_Pyrigoni_, 324
Pyrites, 571, 768
Pyromancy, 260, 629
Pyrrhus, 83
_Pytho_, 629
Pythagorean, 26, 32, 50, 58, 61, 63, 65-6, 179, 184, 243, 258, 260,
280, 370, 456, 544
Quail, 490
Quadrivium, 632
Qualities, the four, 114, 139-40, 154, 157, 218, 485, 751, 755;
and see Cold, Heat
Quartan fever, 269, 579-81, 736
Quaternities, divine, 674
Quick-lime, 434, 571
Quinsy, 77, 89
Quintus Cicero, 269ff.
Rabbi, 355, 445. 470
Rabbit, 588, 729
Race, 184, 781;
for strange races see Hyperboreans, Seres, etc.
Radiation of force or light, 643-6
Radish, 721
Rainbow, 409
Rain-making, 23-4, 103, 386, 430
Rain-water, 81-2
Ram, 213, 332, 424, 467
Raphael, the angel, 342, 367, 447, 452, 454
Rat, 76
Ravenna, 367, 763
Raymond, archbishop of Toledo, 657
Reading, medieval, 604, 617-8
Reason, 218, 660;
free from magic, 300;
and experience, 157
Red, used, 65, 581, 508, 740
Red Sea, 84, 208
Redeemer, 361, 363, 438
Reed, 75-6, 80, 90, 215, 591, 726
Reformed churches, 447
Reggio, 445, 745
Relics of saints, 444, 446, 593, 675
Religion, and magic, 5-6, 8-9, 15, 18, 20, 22-3, 33-4, 60, 232, 256,
505, 533;
and astrology, 15-7, 524, 529-31;
and science, 407-8, 479, chap. xxi;
other than Christian, 94, 361, 725,
and see Mohammedanism, Paganism, etc.;
medieval religious attitude, 746, 752;
and see Christianity, God, Theology, Trinity, etc.
Renaissance, 20, 122, 570, 618
_Reseda_, an herb, 93
Respiration, see Breathing
Resurrection of the body, 47, 415, 541
Resuscitation of corpses, 280, 391, 394, 397, 424, 426, 638, 763
Revelation, 56, 253, 407;
and see Divination by
Revolutions, astrological, 26, 377, 650
Rhetoric, 124, 221, 269, 483, 518, 533, 535, 555, 596, 603, 700
Rhodes, 269, 301
Rhododendron, 175
Rhubarb, first mention of, 576
Riddles, 636
Right hand, etc., used or preferred, 70, 78, 81, 83, 88, 90, 92, 324-5,
332, 574, 580-1, 591-2, 767
Ring, 69, 78, 173, 219, 251, 253, 280, 292, 379, 564, 582, 590, 592,
599, 656, 662, 705, 755
Ring-worm, 93
Rip van Winkle, 399
Ritual, 12, 23;
and see Ceremonial
Roads, Roman, 135-6
Robber, 117
Robert, king of France, 672, 704, 736
Robert Guiscard, 745
Romance, Greek, 22, 221, 232, 553;
Medieval, 557
Romanesque, 502
Romans, traits of, 184
Rome, as center of learning, 124, 128-31, 135, 162, 201, 222, 242, 269,
277, 537, 586, 741;
other mentions, 209, 230, 366, 372, 403, 408, 421, 423-4, 464, 553
Romulus, 209, 274, 330, 602
Root, see Herb
Rose, 230, 751;
wild, 56
Royal Society, 214
Rubbing, 142
Ruddy complexion, 768-71
Rue, 737;
eaten by weasel, 74, 324, 626
Ruin, excavated, 762
Russet, 89
Rust, 766
Rustic, experience, 578, 585
Sabaoth, 365, 367, 379, 451, 583, 599
Sabbath, 204, 513
Sabians, 661-3
_Sacerdos_, 235
Sacra Via, 125, 133, 424
Sacrifice, 68, 79, 104, 131, 166, 215, 248, 250-1, 261, 294-5, 308-9,
317, 363, 414, 431, 645, 661-3, 705;
human, 62, 207, 249, 418, 539, 687
_Sacrum amarum_, 739
Saffron, 656, 765
_Sagmina_, sacred herbs, 76
St. Gall, 640, 677
St. Sophia, 575, 770
Sakkara, 9
Salamander, 54, 68, 85, 214, 324, 511, 636;
“wool,” 214
Salerno, chaps. xxxi, xxxii
_Salisatores_, 630
Saliva, 20, 82, 88-9, 92-3, 174, 281, 373, 392, 573, 588, 592, 656, 769
Salmon, 424
Salt, 213, 373, 467, 583, 670;
and see Holy, Sodom
_Saltus Gilberti_, 705
Salve, 87, 606, 722
Salvia, 739
Samaria, 363-4, 368, 421
Samothracian orgies, 149
Samuel, ghost of, see Endor, witch of
Sandal-Makers, street of, 134
Sandals, 230
_Sandastros_, a gem, 97
Sapphire, 496, 779
Saracen, 138, 718
Sarcophagus, 476
Sard, 777
Sardinia, 329
Sardis, 255
_Sardonia_, an herb, 329
Sardonic laugh, 329
Satire, 285
Saturn, god, 207;
planet, 97, 184, 580, 633, 768
Saturninus, a heretic, 372
Satyr, 263-4, 546
Saul, 448, 469
Scarab, 10, 68, 333
Scarification, 721
Scepticism, see Credulity and
Sciatica, 69
Scientific spirit, curiosity, etc., 144, 234, 308, 378-9, 437, 485-6,
494, 502-4, 528, 535, 559, 669, 752;
and see Experiment, Observation
Scipio Orfitus, 223
Scorpion, 74, 81, 85-8, 171, 174, 494, 573, 583, 656, 666
Scotland, 654
Scrofula, 82, 89, 91, 587
Sculpture, 277, 501
Scylla, the monster, 263, 636;
an herb, 526
Scythian, 59, 77, 245, 407, 496, 654
Sea, 225, 738;
and see Bath
Sea-calf, 580;
faring, 245;
foam, 468;
gull, 159;
hare, 171, 236, 238, 587;
holly, 213;
serpent, 325, 574;
star, 89;
urchin, 68, 490-1
Seal of Diana, 130
Sealing, 69, 278, 468
Seasons, four, 114
Secrecy, 194, 227, 233, 239, 254, 287, 295, 372, 405, 420, 579, 765,
776
Seed, 605;
seedless herbs, 489
_Seia_, 599
Selene, 215
Selenomancy, 98
_Semen_, 369
Semitic, 15
Semo Sancus, 421
_Senecion_, an herb, 614
Sense and Senses, 150, 158, 180, 355
Sepia, 87
Septimius Severus, emperor, 243, 253, 293;
and see Severi
Septizonium, 253
Serapis, 379, 442, 763
Seres, 376, 402, 412-4
Serf and Servant, 739;
and see _Colonus_; Slavery
Sermon, 426, 482ff.
Serpent, lifted up in the wilderness, 379;
and see Snake, Dragon, Sea-serpent
Sesame, 655
Sethians, 365
Sethos, 14
Seven, 14, 16, 49, 67, 69, 169, 179, 198, 212, 232, 253, 258, 279, 282,
318, 333, 346, 355-6, 365, 371, 373, 376, 378, 383, 385, 411, 429,
435, 491, 522, 537, 545, 581, 590, 592, 599, 633, 676, 724, 771, 777
Seven sleepers, 725, 759
Severi, dynasty of, 125, 130;
and see Septimius
Sèvres, 762
Sex, observed in magic, 69, 78, 80-2, 94, 729, 759;
of hyena, 397;
of herbs and stones, 81, 764;
of numbers, 179, 371;
of planets and signs, 282, 662, 709-12;
predicted, 175-6, 516;
intercourse, 141, 639, 767
Shadow, 605
Shadow-footed, 256
Shark, 494
Shaving the head, 142, 560, 724
Sheba, 479
Sheep, 68, 102, 168, 173, 219, 467, 490, 582, 656;
the lost, 363;
and see Lamb, Ram, Shepherd, Pastoral
Shellfish, 98, 517
Shepherd, 478
Ship, 604;
wreck, 748
Shirt, 581
Shoe, 638
Short-hand, 134, 232
Showbread, 385
Sibyl, 546;
for Sibylline books see other index
Sicily, 85, 427, 525
_Sideritis_, a stone, 295
Sieve, 91, 250, 325
Signatures, 310
Sign, see Abbreviation, Divination, Prognostication, Sex predicted,
Star, Zodiac
Silence observed, 722
Silas, 449
Silk, 608
Silvanus, 546
Silver, 590, 599
Similarity, argument from, 238, 614;
and see Like cures like
Simon the Canaanite, 392
Simon Magus, chap. xvii, 362-5, 397, 439
Simon, St., 435
Simples, medicinal, in Pliny, 46, 83;
Galen, 128, 153, 160, 168, 571
Sin, 344, 372-5, 430, 457, 520;
effect on nature, 254, 345, 350, 409-10, 490
Sinew, 68, 148
Siphon, 189, 191
Siren, 263
Sisebut, king, 623
Sisinnios, 398
Six, 184, 356, 521
Sixtus IV, pope, 349, 596
Skeleton, 233
Skin, 141, 769;
changing one’s, 170, 238, 324;
disease, 102, 537;
see Animals, parts of;
and the names of particular animals for the use of their skins
Skull, 80, 580
Sky, see Heaven
Slav, 658
Slavery, 136, 170, 350, 515, 668, 683
Slavonic, 342, 345, 398
Sleep, magic, 399
Sleight-of-hand, 370
Slot-machine, 197
Smallpox, 668
Smilax, 92
Smoke, 89, 615
Smyrna, 123
Snail, 89, 92, 586
Snake, remedies against, 84-9, 99, 175, 258, 295, 365, 386, 392, 495,
599, 614;
animals antipathetic to, 84-5, 99, 231;
virtue in, 23, 168, 197;
of India, 214, 564;
Satan and demons as, 365, 391, 430;
charming, 83, 278-80, 325, 511, 561-2, 638-9;
sting and venom of, 56, 81-2, 102;
foam of, 67;
sloughing of, 170;
not found in Ismuc, 183;
at Delphi, 283;
on a pendant, 301;
medical knowledge of, 441;
and see Fennel, tasted by
Sneeze, divination from, 95, 205, 207
Social aspect of magic, 59;
life in antiquity, 137, 185
Socrates, 137, 139, 204, 234, 240, 270, 288, 532
Soda, washing, 571
Sodom, salts of, 138
Soldier, 56-7
Solemnity, required in magic, 644-6
Solon, 326, 355
Son of God, 372, 438
Soot, 236
Sopater, 313
Sophist and Sophistry, 540-1
Soporific, 758
Sorcery, 10, 25, 61, 96, 166, 270, 279, 324, 344, 352, 386, 390, 393,
437-8, 441, 655, 690, 733;
counter-magic against, 17-20, 70, 81, 94, 301, 391, 600;
and see Goetia, Witchcraft
_Sortilegi_, 630
Sory, 132
Soul, human, Plato on, 25-6;
Pliny, 47, 96;
Galen, 150, 178, 180;
Plutarch, 206-7, 213, 217;
Neo-Platonists, 309-10, 318;
Gnostics, 364;
location of, 735;
apart from body, 399, 418, 455, 510, 546;
immortality of, 416, 419, 469, 531, 541;
other than human, 198, 213;
and see World-soul
Sound, 143, 201, 430, 542
Sousnyos, St., 398
Spain, 380, 433, 489, 580, 597, 607
Spanish era, 773
Sparrow, 271
Sparta and Spartan, 21-2, 216, 301
Species, 304, 493, 751
Speech, impediment of, 536
_Sphaera barbarica_, 537
Sphere, see Earth, Universe, and other index
Spice, 250, 257, 295, 606
Spider, 90, 94, 168-9, 171, 175, 587
Spinal cord, 146
Spirit, good or evil (including angel and demon, but see also
Apparition, Ghost, Necromancy, Soul), in early Arabic poetry, 6;
in the ancient orient, 11, 15, 18-9, 24;
classical Greece, 24, 26, 180-1;
on nature of, Plutarch, 203-4, 206-8;
Apuleius, 240;
Philostratus, 263-4;
Iamblichus, 309-10;
Enoch, 343; Origen and Celsus, 441-3, 452-3;
Augustine, 508;
Martianus Capella, 545-6;
Dionysius the Areopagite, 546-7;
Christian ascription of other religions to demons, 370, 414, 429ff.,
442, 453;
disease and, 11, 18-9, 299, 343, 452, 722;
expulsion of, and power over, 253, 262, 386, 405, 414, 417-8, 441,
443, 754, 779, and see Exorcism;
fall of, 343, 374-5;
familiar and guardian, 207, 210, 368, 370;
in the air, 206, 240, 424, 463, 508, 635;
in heavens and stars, chap. xv, 343, 397, 431, 458, 487-8, 519;
in the moon, 207;
in nature, 181, 296, 308, 310, 347, 382, 414, 430, 443, 452-4, 543;
invocation of, 301, 308, 310, 320, 361, 367-8, 371-2, 384, 419, 437,
442, 447, 449-52, 543, 655, 674, and see Necromancy, Notory art;
magic, astrology, arts and sciences ascribed to, 195, 240, 313, 343,
368, 370, 412, 414, 417-8, 422, 429-32, 441-3, 447-8, 453, 458-9,
463, 465-6, 506-7, 509, 513, 518, 629, 675, 705;
mediums between God or gods and men, 206, 208, 240, 349, 452-4, 459,
621, 675;
orders of, 308-9, 320, 363, 408, 455, 507, 545-7, 727;
possessed by, 308, 392, 413-4, 434, 510, 640, 723-4, 754-5;
safeguards against, 18, 216, 293, 391, 398, 449, 615, 726, 728
_Spiritus_, 147, 658-60
Spit, see Saliva
Spleen, 57, 68-9, 85, 536, 577, 579, 584, 587-8, 591
_Spodium_ or _Spodos_, 132
Sponge, 227
Spoon, 721
Spring, water 229;
caused to flow, 769;
and see Fountain, Seasons
Staff, 252, 435, 679
Stag, 84, 207, 294, 324;
and see Deer
Stained glass, 427, 435, 770
_Stans_, the, 415
Star, nature of, god or animal, etc., 25-6, 103, 206, 210, 212, 240,
303, 315, 343-4, 353, 436, 456, 519-21, 530, 620-1, 632, 662, 670;
as sign, 302, 410, 458, 544;
not cause of evil, 305, 354, 475, 514;
cause of evil, 411;
affected by magic, 225-6;
shooting, 71, 589;
fixed, 114;
and see Astrology;
Christ, birth of;
Magi
Star-fish, 56
Starling, 490
Statue, 91, 279, 280, 764;
healing, 284;
animated, 188, 416-7, 424, 435;
and see Image, Sculpture
Steam, 192
Stele of Metternich, 559
Stepmother, 215
Stoic, 50, 141, 178-81, 210, 269-70, 283, 350, 397, 456
Stomach, 92, 173, 536, 592, 656, 757
Stone, the disease, 87, 588, 729;
and see Gem
Stoning to death, 262, 399
Storax, a gum, 495
Stork, 257, 324-5, 331, 460, 580
Storm-averting magic, 71, 80, 92, 102, 252, 313
Stream, 91, 225-6, 546;
and see Fountain
Stupa, 251, 413
Style, literary, 222-3, 525, 570, 620
Styx, river, 326
Suanir, 435
Suffumigation, see Fumigation
Suggestion, force of, 265
Sulla, 532
Sulphur, 279, 764
Sumerian, 15, 17
_Summun bonum_, 752
Sun, god and worship, 97, 251, 261, 294-5, 317-8, 382, 492, 524;
personified, 347, 410, 457, 529;
and magic, 141, 225-7, 308, 386;
astrological influence of, 99, 179, 211;
rising and dawn, 215, 230-1, 256, 261;
before sunrise, 69, 71, 78, 91, 94, 131, 173, 281, 583, 599, 768;
before sunset, 583;
experiment with, 55;
dial, 185, 187;
distance and size of, 219, 488;
tropical, 214;
tree of, 564
Superstition, Plutarch on, 203-4;
in medicine, chaps. xxv, xxxi
Surgery, 148-9, 536, 569, 668, 723, 735
Suriel, a spirit, 367
Swaddling cloth, 392, 396
Swallow, habits of, 75, 324, 615, 636;
use of, 68, 70, 168, 175, 581, 721
Swallow-stone, 755, 766
Swallow-wort, 75, 615, 626
Swan, 636; song, 255, 332
Sweat, 167, 392, 767, 779
Swine, 70, 77, 79, 99, 217;
and see Pig
Sword, 78, 295;
magic 258
Sylvia, 404
Symbol and Symbolism, 166, 251, 310, 361, 367, 502, 506, 546, 676-7,
679, 721;
in alchemy, 766-7, 771-2
Sympathetic magic, 68, 84-7, 92, 238, 271, 296, 299, 304, 312, 314,
320, 354, 542-3, 614
Symposium, 137, 201-2
Symptoms, 735
Syncretism, 525
Synod at Rome, 389, 402
Syracuse, 476
Syria, Syriac, and Syrian, 280, 374, 387, 395, 403-4, 422, 437, 497,
499, 503, 554, 559-61, 577, 597, 601, 661, 663, 747, 762
Syrian goddess, 231
Syringe, 192
Syrup, 560
Tablecloth, 214
Tables, astronomical, 14;
of contents, 50, 153.
Tablet, astrological, 560, 563;
and see Cuneiform, Lead
Taboo, 21;
and see Iron
Tagus, 630
Tamarisk, 85, 587
Tape-worm, first mentioned, 576
Tarpeian rock, 426
Tarquin the Proud, 602
Tarrutius, an astrologer, 209, 330
Tarsus, 259, 479
Taste, sense of, 505
_Taxo_, 600, 636
Teiresias, 281
Telines, 21
Temperaments, four, 668
Temple, 533;
of Peace, 125;
devices, 192-3;
in alchemy, 197-8, 763;
Egyptian, 261, 301, 559;
Jewish, 395;
Greek, 407;
of the Sun, 435;
of Liber, 496;
Christian, 533
Terebinth-tree, 571
_Terra sigillata_, 130-2, 154, 756
Tetter, 93
Textbook, 635
Text and Textual criticism and history, magic, 9;
cuneiform, 15, 17-8;
classics, 21, 27;
Aristotle, 24, 27;
Pliny, 52;
Ptolemy, 106, 108;
Galen, 119-21;
Hero, 189;
alchemy, 193;
Plutarch, 202;
Aelian, 322;
Philo, 348-9;
patristic, 374, 377, 389, 401-6, 477, 495;
_Physiologus_, 497-9;
Alexander legend, chap. xxiv;
_Medicine of Pliny_, 596;
Dioscorides, 594, 606-13;
medicine, 567, 731;
Isidore, 623;
medieval alterations, 3, 338, 683, 720
Thaphtabaoth, a spirit, 369
Thaumaturgy, 190
Thautabaoth, a spirit, 367
Theater, 184, 422, 425, 486, 506, 512
Thebes and Theban, 179, 491, 553, 765
Theft, discovery of, and recovery of object, 644, 666, 681, 718, 725;
aids, 780
Theodamas, 294
Theodoric the East Goth, 569, 617, 619
Theodosius I, emperor, 584
Theodosius II, emperor, 327
Theology, astral, 15, 17, 360-1, 543, 621;
and magic, 18, 234;
Galen, 149;
Egyptian, 370;
attitude shown, 619-20
_Therapeutae_, 349, 356
Therapeutics, 10, 122, 141, 735
Theriac, 130, 733, 756
Thersites, 269
Thessaly, home of witches, 58, 203, 226
Theurgy, chap. xi, 505, 535
Thomas the apostle, in India, 475, 477
Thoth, 288
Thotmes IV, king of Egypt, 13
Thought, history of, 3-4;
explained physiologically, 659
Thread, 89, 590, 656
Three, Thrice, etc., 69, 79, 82, 88-9, 91, 93, 169, 174, 295, 476,
479, 582, 588-9, 592, 614, 656, 721, 730, 736, 767
Threshold, 69, 89
Throat, disease of, 82
Thunder, divination from, 57, 96, 262, 546, 562, 629, 635-6, 674,
679;
other observance of, 78;
thought to produce mushrooms, 219;
stage, 468
Thyme, 571
Tiberius, emperor, 59, 776
Tick, 67
Tide, 254, 274, 351, 517, 530, 703
Tigellinus, 259, 263, 265
Tiger, 256, 502
Tigris-Euphrates, 13-6, 281-2
_Ti’i_, 18
Time, devices for telling, 115, 144, 187, 276, 333, 395;
observed in magic, 645
Titus, emperor, 42, 45
Toad, 771
Tobias nights, 688
Toledo, 657
Tomb, Egyptian, 9, 14
Tongue, 98, 150;
use of, 175, 726, 779;
gift of, 208, 386
Tooth, 68, 82, 84, 159, 279, 599, 600, 656, 769;
extracting, filling, etc., 175, 573, 779
Toothache, cures for, 56, 68, 88-90, 169, 175, 577, 588-9, 592, 599,
614, 724, 727, 755
Toothpowder, 236
Topaz, 495
Top, spinning, 487
Torpedo, 159