Occult Sciences by Eusbe Salverte, Anthony Todd Thomson - 9781108044301

Occult SciencesThe Philosophy of Magic, Prodigies and Apparent Miracles\nAuthor(s): Eusbe Salverte, Anthony Todd Thomson\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108044301, 978-1108044301\nSynopsis\nThis examination of the connection between the belief in miracles and religious practices in ancient times was originally written by French politician and polymath Anne-Joseph-Eusbe Baconnire de Salverte [tel] and published in 1829. In 1846, it was translated into English by a Scottish physician and writer, Anthony Todd Thomson [tel], and published in two volumes. Thomson explains that Salverte's work was an important study of miracles and the power of priests, and he had 'performed a beneficial service in throwing open the gates of ancient sanctuaries'. However, Thomson also states that he differed from Salverte over the idea of the miraculous, and that he had expunged or heavily edited any passages relat.