INDEX.
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Mackay, Charles
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Abraham, Noah, and Moses said to have been alchymists, i. 95, 114.
Acre besieged in the Third Crusade, ii. 69; its surrender to the Christians, 71.
Addison’s account of a Rosicrucian, i. 177; his opinion on duelling, ii. 281.
Agricola, George, the alchymist, memoir of, i. 145.
Agrippa, Cornelius, memoir, and portrait of, i. 138; his power of raising the dead and the absent, 142.
Aislabie, Mr., Chancellor of the Exchequer, his participation in the South-Sea fraud, i. 73, 78; rejoicings on his committal to the Tower, 79.
Alain Delisle. (See Delisle.)
Albertus Magnus, his studies in alchymy, i. 99; portrait of, 100; his animated brazen statue destroyed by Thomas Aquinas, 100; his power to change the course of the seasons, 101.
Alchymists, the, or Searches for the Philosopher’s Stone and the Water of Life, i. 94-220; natural origin of the study of Alchymy, its connexion with astrology, &c., i. 94; alleged antiquity of the study, 95; its early history, 96; Memoirs of Geber, 96; Alfarabi, 97; Avicenna, 98; Albertus Magnus, with portrait, Thomas Aquinas, 99; Artephius, 102; Alain Delisle, 102; Arnold de Villeneuve, with portrait, 103; receipt for the elixir vitæ ascribed to him, 103; Pietro d’Apone, 104; Raymond Lulli, with portrait, 105; Roger Bacon, 110; Pope John XXII., 111; Jean de Meung, 112; Nicholas Flamel, 113; George Ripley, 118; Basil Valentine, 119; Bernard of Treves, 119; Trithemius, 124; Maréchal de Rays, 125; Jacques Cœur, 132; inferior adepts of the 14th and 15th centuries, 135; progress of the infatuation in the 16th and 17th centuries, 137-189; Augurello, 137; Cornelius Agrippa, with portrait, 138; Paracelsus, with portrait, 142; George Agricola, 145; Denis Zachaire, 146; Dr. Dee, with portrait, and Edward Kelly, 152; Dr. Dee’s “Shewstone” (engraving), 154; the Cosmopolite, 163; the Rosicrucians, 167; Jacob Böhmen, 177; + Mormius, 178; Borri, 179; inferior Alchymists of the 17th century, 185; their impositions, 188; Alchymy since that period, 189-220; Jean Delisle, 189; Albert Aluys, 197; the Count de St. Germain, 200; Cagliostro, 206; present state of Alchymy, 220.
Alexius I., Emperor, his treatment of the Crusaders, ii. 17-19; imprisons the Count of Vermandois, 23; is compelled to release him, 24; his fear of the Crusaders, 25; his treachery at Nice, 28; neglects the Crusaders at Antioch, 35, 42.
Alexius III., usurping the Greek empire, is expelled by the Crusaders, ii. 77.
Alexius IV. made Emperor of the Greeks by the aid of the Crusaders, ii. 77; his deposition and murder, 78.
Alexius Ducas (Murzuphlis) chosen Emperor instead of Alexius IV., ii. 78; defeated by the French and Venetians, 79.
Alfarabi, the Alchymist, memoir of, i. 97.
Almanac-makers: Lilly, Poor Robin, Partridge, Francis Moore, Matthew Laensbergh, i. 240.
Aluys, Albert, the Alchymist, memoir of, i. 97.
American laws against duelling, ii. 299.
Amsterdam, witches burnt at, ii. 160.
Animal Magnetism. (See Magnetism.)
Andrews, Henry, the original of “Francis Moore,” portrait, i. 244.
Anna Comnena, her notices of the Crusaders, ii. 22, 25.
Anne, Queen, duels in her reign, ii. 289; her efforts to suppress them, 292.
Antioch, besieged by the Crusaders, ii. 29; is taken by treachery, 32; sufferings of the Crusaders from famine and pestilence, 35; pretended discovery of the Holy Lance (engraving), 37; battle, and defeat of the Turks, 38; retaken by Saladin, 63.
Aquinas, Thomas, his studies in Alchymy, i. 99; he destroys an animated brazen statue, 100; his magical performances, 101.
Arabia, the chief seat of the Alchymists, i. 96.
Arnold de Villeneuve. (See De Villeneuve.)
Arras, view of the Town-hall, ii. 101; persecution of the Waldenses at, 115.
Art, works of, destroyed by the Crusaders at Constantinople, ii. 79.
Artephius, his extravagant pretensions as an Alchymist, i. 102.
Astrology, its prevalence in England, i. 243; account of Lilly’s prophecies, 244; its connexion with Alchymy. (See the Alchymists, Dr. Dee, &c.)
Augurello the Alchymist, memoir of, i. 137.
Augury, an almost exploded study, i. 272.
Aurea-crucians, a sect founded by Jacob Böhmen, i. 177.
Avicenna the Alchymist, memoir of, i. 98.
Bacon, Lord, portrait of, ii. 286; his opposition to duelling, 285, 287.
Bacon, Roger, his pursuit of Alchymy, i. 110; his scientific discoveries, 111.
Bagnone, Francisco, the magnetiser, i. 272.
Bailly, M., his account of Mesmer’s experiments, i. 281, 293.
Baldarroch Farm-house, “haunted,” ii. 235; investigation by the elders of the kirk; the noises caused by servant-girls, 237.